... some shapes in the list, you can click the list to select the one below which you want the new shape to be inserted. I've moved it up in the wish list. Another side effect of this is that if the smaller bmp is hidden, it stays hidden and I can't see it to shift it or scale it or whatever! If you select a shape by clicking it in the list, it is highlighted in red on the pad*, and you can use the controls and mouse actions to move or adjust it even if it is behind another shape. Also the grid data for it is displayed below the list to help identify it. If it's behind a picture shape, you can make it visible by temporarily making the picture shape transparent. *for picture shapes the border becomes red when it is selected, so you need to have picture options> borders on pad ticked in order to see which picture shape is selected. (If you use the default maroon colour for shapes, the fact that they turn red when selected ...

... correct rail joint automatically. Then if you want it as a separate plain track template, click the tools> make split> make separate approach track menu item. Hi Martin I rechecked. No, it was F4 I was using. Although the info box which appears claims that it's doing what it should, in fact it works the same as 4 and Cntrl-F4. However, as this is an old Pug and I've done what I needed to, I leave there. Yes, I should have used F3 to adjust the approach track, in fact that was in my mind when I started producing the templates. Somehow when I got to that point I just moved the control template onto that point instead; I put it down to ttrying things too late at night! cheers Nigel posted: 9 Mar 2009 14:01 from: Martin Wynne Nigel Brown wrote: I rechecked. No, it was F4 I was using. Although the info box which appears claims that it's doing what it should, in fact it works the same as ...

... far enough away from the stretcher bar to allow the motor to make its full stroke against the small movement of the point blades. The excess movement being absorbed by the flex in the piano wire operating rod. Hi everyone In our club layouts (East Kilbride MRC) we prefer to use this type of motor but not with the linkage suggested in the installation instructions. We use a crank or servo horn underneath the tie bar with an omega loop connection to the motor unit. We have found this much easier to install, adjust and maintain. A photograph of one of our installations is attached. bill_campbell_point_motor.jpg Regards Bill Campbell posted: 8 Apr 2009 15:06 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, Thought you might find this solution of interest, above and below shots of a Tortoise installation in 0 Gauge.gray1.jpg tortoiseop2.jpg Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Hand made points& solenoids about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index ...

... special crossing chairs can be fitted on the vee rails in their usual positions and spacing, even though the whole V-crossing is on a curve. In the case of a curviform V-crossing, the rails between A and B instead continue the radius and in the same direction as the turnout road (the upper centre-line above). This means that the vee rails are separating more quickly than is usual for the angle of the V-crossing, and the positions of the special crossing chairs have to be adjusted on site accordingly. If you use a regular or generic V-crossing on a turnout with contraflexure, and then connect a branch track or siding along a line similar to the upper centre-line, you will have a clumsy-looking alignment with a short section through the crossing curving the wrong way. So quite often after setting contraflexure on a turnout (negative curving radius), the next step is to change it to a curviform type of V-crossing.( template> V-crossing options.. ...

... is that you can set 169.94% output scaling directly in Templot -- you don't need to create a PDF -- print> enlarge/reduce size> set any% ... menu item. But the proper way is to go to the gauge/scale list (template> gauge and scale> other gauges...), select 0 gauge in the list, and click the convert group button at the top of the dialog. This will work perfectly for P4> S7, but may need some slight adjustments for other 0 gauge standards. regards, Martin. posted: 18 Dec 2009 00:25 from: John Preston Chris Mitton wrote: awhite wrote: I would love to build a double outside slip like that but in f/s 0 Gauge (32mm). Is there any way of converting your drawing from P4 to 0G in one easy action? Or has anyone got a box drawing of one already done in F0G? I've done searches and a trawl through this site and the internet, but nothing came to ...

... for some more detailed notes. There are three options for the 60ft rails, depending on the prototype radius. Our radii tend to be nowhere near prototype sizes, so I suggest you use the 25-sleepers per length setting for most places, and 24-sleepers only for dead straight track. Templot will automatically create the closed up sleepers at the joints, and you can use the CTRL+ F4 roll rails mouse action to get the joints exactly where you want them. Or use the roll rails to match functions to adjust the joint positions on the current/control template to flow the rail lengths correctly across the template boundary to a background template. More details and screenshots about that at: http://www.templot.com/martweb/pug_info_2.htm Scroll down to "new roll rails functions". *in version 074b, go to geometry> plain track lengths... menu item. regards, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> ...

... , you can set it to any other spacing you require. Or if you move the timber with the buttons or mouse actions, the read-out will show the changing position. shove_set_zero.png regards, Martin. posted: 5 Nov 2008 22:47 from: Martin Wynne p.s. To check the timber spacing across a boundary to another template, add a bonus timber. Move it along to align it over the timber on the other template. Then you can see the spacing, or set zero on the bonus timber to adjust others. Remove the bonus timber when done (real> timbering> bonus timbers> remove last added menu item). Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Shoving sleepers about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and first-time visitors. indexing link for search engines back to top of page Please read ...

... pondering, and half-an-hour looking through back issues of MRJ, and 10 minutes sketching on the back of an envelope, and going to make another cup of coffee. But I agree that it would be convenient to be able to restore several settings with one click, and it is on the list. The problem is that it doesn't add any actual functionality to the program -- you can't then do anything which you couldn't do before. Whereas if I spend time on program functions instead, you could then adjust the radius through a tandem's crotch frog independently of its angle -- which you can't do at present. Or a dozen other such things which are sorely needed. There's a reason that the upgrades are free, as I mentioned in another topic -- it's that Templot is still essentially unfinished. Saving user preferences is on the list, and we shall get there eventually. regards, Martin. posted: 11 Nov 2008 18:30 from: Nigel Brown Martin Wynne wrote: You may have a point about the default ...

... heel switches are listed in the first group of switches at the template> switch options... menu item. There are Help notes on that dialog. There is more discussion about these different types of switch in the 0-14 topic. Diagram key to the marks: A= position of points (blade tips). B= end of the planing (machining) of the blades -- the position where the rails diverge. This is an important mark because it is at this position that you must check and adjust the stock gauge during construction. For more discussion about this see the setting the stock gauge topic. C= heel joint on loose-heel switch. This is the prototype position of the blade pivot. However, if you are using over-scale flangeways, you will probably need to make the blades longer in order to have a full flangeway clearance behind the open blade. The pivot is often made using short fishplates which are not fully tightened onto the rails, hence the term "loose" heel. D= ...

... from: NGT_Models Hi, Only somewhat on topic, but I have a few 16mmm scale 32mm gauge templates for points and such, based loosly on the Ffestiniog profile Anyone who could make use of these, please write me at NGTmodels@aim.com Zoë posted: 6 Oct 2011 23:48 from: NGT_Models I'm looking for a little help with a TEMPLOT I'm building, please. Some have been aided by my 32mm gauge/16mm scale TEMPLOT work, but being based on UK standards, the work was mostly scaling, not adjusting. Now however..., I'm attempting to build a 2.5" scale TEMPLOT of a D&RGW 36" gauge 'switch'. I have a drawing of 'a' prototype switch that I've scaled up to 2.5" scale as a BG Image, and have created a TEMPLOT where everything except the 'wing rails' are correct..., there is my problem. I must be thick..., 'cause I can't seem to get the wing rails moved around to the right position or length. Would ...