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... different to other programs and does lead to a steeper learning curve than hoped for. The more advanced functions are needed and used by experienced Templot users, including me. I can't take them out just to avoid frightening beginners. No beginner is forced to use them -- I don't really understand what is confusing about simply ignoring what you don't understand until you feel ready to try using it. The difference between the control template and stored templates is what makes it easy to build up complex formations from partial templates. During the development phase of Templot2 I tried an option to merge the two, but the general feedback was that it made matters even more confusing, and some operations impossible. The option is still there if you want to try it -- on the program panel window click the program> click-mode options> make-on-click mode menu item. The top toolbar shows orange when this mode is in force. It is necessary to right-click on a template to display its menu. User inputs such as at Real ...
... off background shapes -- blank infill now fills with colour Templot is now "dpi-aware" for much improved display on high-resolution screens and tablet computers Here's a round-up of the bits of Templot2 which are currently not working, work-in-progress, or entirely missing: updated to version 213b 1. In some places clicking the help and more information buttons and bars will do nothing or show empty pages. Writing the stuff to go in there is by far the most time-consuming part of developing Templot. 2. Several alerts and help notes include a more information online button or link, but it doesn't yet go anywhere specific, it will simply open the front page of the online Templot Companion in your browser. 3. Short-angle irregular half-diamonds need further work on the timbering. In most cases you will want to tidy them up with your own timber shoving. Don't put too much effort into this because if I change the program later, your work will be wasted and have to be done ...
... topic: 1481 Admin: 2 new forum areas posted: 16 May 2011 16:40 from: Martin Wynne Dear all, I have added 2 new forum areas to Templot Club: Tips and tutorials is a place post handy hints and tips about using Templot, and to upload your own tutorial files. Many thanks for contributions. PDF is the preferred format for uploads. (Note that hints and tips related to track building go in the existing Trackbuilding topics area instead.) Development doings is a discussion area for members who are helping with the development version of Templot. There are some access restrictions on this. Non-members of Templot Club will not be able to see any of it. All Templot Club members can read the topics, but only members of the development group will be able to post messages. Important 1: If you receive emails direct from Templot Club and want to receive emails from these new forums, please remember to add them to your Emailed Messages settings at: http://85a.co.uk/forum/my_account.php? ...
... ragged stud fixed in mortar? From experience of gate hinges pulling out of stone pillars I know that, even today, it is not always easy to get a secure fixing into stone. The dates you give for non-fishplated joints are also interesting. This line opened in 1882, which is a lot later than the 1850's (UK) and 1857 (for the Parramatta line) that you mention for non-fishplated joints. Arthur posted: 18 Apr 2016 02:00 from: Matt M. Hi Arthur, Development of the Permanent Way during the early 1800's is a complex and fast developing subject. A lot of it was by trial and error. And it changed a lot over a 40 year period. Don't make the error about materials. Stone sleepers were engineered too. The only difference is the material chosen. There were multiple reasons that stone sleepers were fairly standard until the mid 1830's. 1. Due to the hang overs of the Napoleonic Wars, (which only finished in 1815), timber was still expensive. Especially ...
... in an order based on context. For example while a mouse action is in force the drawing order is different from when it isn't. Another example would be adding a sketchboard rectangle item. On the sketchboard it would normally be in front of the trackplan item. But when shown on the trackpad it would be behind the track templates. I agree that there is sometimes confusion between "background templates" and "background shapes". But the latter is due for the chop because the primitive BGS file format doesn't allow for any development. I invented it in about 2 minutes flat 15 years ago and it is well overdue for something better. I want to replace the background shapes with a proper CAD-style editor. The name I have provisionally in mind for that is "frame" shapes, a word which a. is short -- important to fit it on menus and buttons, b. suggests the idea of an underlying foundation or container structure, c. helps to understand picture shapes (an image in a picture frame), and ...
... 6" maps would still be available as screenshot maps. cheers, Martin. posted: 18 Jul 2018 18:46 from: Rob Manchester Martin Wynne wrote: Friends, It is a year since I introduced the tiled background maps in Templot, and the NLS API subscriptions are now coming up for renewal in the next few days. Unfortunately the current Templot donations fund is looking a bit thin, and won't cover it. Martin. Hello Martin, I am quite happy to donate to a global fund that allows you to develop Templot without impacting on you personal finances but as you have asked for donations to (effectively) support the provision of a service I likely won't use it doesn't have the same justification to me. Maybe it is wrong of me to think that way. Interesting to see what others think. Any way you can tell who has used the tiled maps facility to see if it is worth continuing? If you had just asked for donations as the kitty was nearly depleted, without mentioning the tiled map subscription, it would have ...
... harder to 'get into' though, is it? Hi Derek, Which software are you referring to? I suggest you start with Lazarus, which is a clone of Delphi, works well, and is entirely free: http://www.lazarus-ide.org How hard it is to "get into" depends on what you want to do. It is very quick and easy to write simple programs to do calculations, print lists of numbers, draw coloured diagrams on the screen, and so forth. If you want to develop a replacement operating system for the NHS, it might take a bit longer. If you say something simple I will post some sample code showing how you might get started, and you could have a go at changing it or expanding it. regards, Martin. posted: 14 May 2017 15:24 from: Martin Wynne Hi Derek, If you are starting Lazarus for the first time, you might find the screen confusing, even though it is really very simple, at least for Windows: 1. go to ...
... topic: 134 Model LMS Coaches posted: 18 Aug 2007 02:29 from: Richard Spencer I recently came across these kits at and exhibition, serching the web has drawn a blank Has any member any knowledge of Scale Models by Ratio (124 Series) these are a wooden kit, very basic but the quality seems quite good for their age 748 and 749 stamped on the end of the box. Price on box £1.50. They were made by Webster Development Co. Chorleywood, Herts Anyone who could help with any info would be appreciated Regards Richard posted: 18 Aug 2007 03:56 from: Keith Norgrove Richard, If you look in some 1950s mags you will probably find ads for these. Pretty much what Ratio started with, wooden kits for coaches similar to the CCW range of similar vintage. What more info do you want? Keith Richard Spencer wrote: I recently came across these kits at and exhibition, serching the web has drawn a blank Has any member any knowledge of Scale Models by Ratio (124 Series) these ...
49. New user
... in the last thirty years. All of these items are interface issues and have nothing to do with the quality of your system's content which as I said is very powerful. You indicated that your system contains 500,000 lines of code but my guess is a lot of it is hard coding your menus. You had to do all this before modern programming tools became available. I programmed data base systems for thirty years using Oracle, Foxpro and what have you. All of these systems contain their own libraries so that the developer did not have to hard code menus. E.g. with Foxpro a developer can program numerous multipage screens containing dozens of toolbars and buttons with just a few lines of code. The latest programming environments from Python, Dabo and many from Microsoft go even further in attempts to simplify building web pages and screens so that the developer can concentrate on the content of the application. Again I am not trying to harass you but am really trying to learn this system and hope that it can be made easier on a beginner. posted ...
50. Templot docs
... medical emergency in your home and I hope all is now going well. I have not addressed this note to you because I wished to address all of those who have commented on this topic. I agree that it is ludicrous to compare you with major companies who have many employees and incidentally put out some pretty awful documentation anyway. However one thing they do very well and that is to distance themselves from their users in their forums, a practice which I find totally unprincipled. So what is the solution? As the sole developer of this impressive program only you can say. However I can say your documentation is not great mate. Regards to all, ken posted: 29 Jan 2010 11:07 from: kenbec Jim Guthrie wrote: Brian Lewis wrote: But regarding help files, I am not unsympathetic. With Timber Tracks Buildings, I am just finishing the 7mm Station Building in time for the Bristol O Gauge Show on Sunday and I know that the instructions take 2-3 times as long to write as drawing the building in the first ...
... topic: 2750 Current documentation list posted: 5 Oct 2015 11:42 from: Martin Wynne This list is now out-of-date and not all the links are working. Please ask on the Templot Club forum for more information. If you are new to Templot you may not realise that Templot has been available for over 20 years and has been subject to constant development over that time. Development which is still continuing. This means that many of the user guides, tutorials and screen videos on the Templot web site were made with and for earlier versions, and need revising and updating for the current Templot2 version. It also means that information about Templot elsewhere on the internet in web forums and blogs and in the results of Google searches may be similarly out of date Likewise the Templot web site itself has developed piecemeal over those 20 years and more. Unfortunately this means there is little overall structure or plan to the site. Some information can be difficult to find, and a lot of it is now out of date. I am ...
... to be handed in by 5pm. Wait for a phone call next morning, while setting up a chain-welding machine, to see if they managed to run the job overnight (there were always hold-ups), and if it was successful. Thanks for posting your code. I see you were sticking to the conventional Delphi style of camel case and spaces around operators. I couldn't get on with either of those, or with not having the thens and elses equally indented. Likewise begins and ends. I soon developed my own style, and have stuck with it unchanged for all these years. Camel case for Delphi's own identifiers, and lower case with underscores for my own. A useful distinction: if x>0 then begin ClientHeight:=client_height; pad_canvas.Pen.Width:=pen_width; end else begin.... end; Which I find much more readable than most published code. But of course I'm an oily fingered toolmaker, not a software developer. They objected to oily finger marks on the punched cards, I remember. ...
... topic: 1111 ADMIN -- user support posted: 23 Apr 2010 09:38 from: Martin Wynne Dear all, We are now approaching the 10th birthday of this Templot Club forum and the email group before it. Several times over the years I have written about my difficulty in finding enough Templot-time both to deal with all the requests for user support, and to develop the program itself. Many of you have offered helpful suggestions, but unfortunately no-one has solved the basic problem of there being only 24 hours in a day. At the turn of the year I expressed the hope that I would find more time for development in the coming months, but I regret to say that it hasn't happened -- development of Templot has been as sporadic as ever, if not more so. Something has to change if we are ever going to get another upgrade released -- it is now over 2 years since 091c. I have thought long and hard about this and come to a conclusion which I hope everyone will find reasonable ...
... topic: 1595 Things you can do with the development version posted: 22 Aug 2011 21:23 from: Simon Dunkley Hello everyone, As one of those people whose name has turned purple, I have been playing with the development version of Templot, but this time on a Mac, using Crossover as a wrapper around Templot. This is a cheap but not perfect solution: it occasionally crashes (Templot is not a supported program on Crossover, and the guys behind it are more interested in Linux, and I think the output drivers for screen and printer are not set up for a non-US setting) and it ignores any printer settings I have, but that's a result of my chosen cheap and cheerful solution to having a Mac and wanting Templot. However, it has been a lot more stable. Firstly, let me say that the changes are wonderful! Secondly, the ability to click on a template and then select an action via a letter on the keyboard, e.g. G for group select, really speeds things up. ...
55. Posted by email
... , I just want to use it to design layouts (and I have done 4 so far, that have been built), could I please go back to original purchased version that I understood and could use when I wanted to and where I wanted to. Sorry and all that but a great programme but now unfortunately no use to me. Andrew Shillito posted: 24 Jun 2012 12:39 from: Dave M Martin, As a newcomer to Templot early this year I'd like to compliment you on a superb (if developing) product. Yes, I spent many hours 'getting to grips' with the program and I still have a lot to learn but my experience so far has been extremely rewarding. Many thanks also to the fellow Templot users who have assisted with the development of the Torr Giffard trackplan so far. My Toshiba laptop with its Windows 7 operating system had no problems printing to my Hewlett Packard A3 Deskjet printer. Best regards Dave posted: 24 Jun 2012 14:29 from: Paul Boyd Hi Martin I guess some people can't ...
56. TDV Road Map
... (or even properly start) the Quick Intro beginner wizard. TDV should then be ready to become a Pug -- unless you know different? regards, Martin. posted: 6 Oct 2011 21:25 from: Martin Wynne Nearly 4 months on from my previous post in this topic, so an update would seem to be in order. With today's TDV update (Build# 4309) I feel that the core functionality in TDV is now complete. Unless you know otherwise? With over 60 purple members now in the development group I've been a little surprised that there hasn't been more discussion about some of the new features. It can't all be working fine, surely? But of course it is still some way from being finished because there is still the major task of writing the help notes and docs, creating videos, updating the shortcuts lists, online links, F-key chart, etc. Also I want to add more settings into the saved program preferences. In truth I've been putting off doing the help notes for a long time ...
... topic: 3648 Dockside shunt plan posted: 29 Apr 2020 11:26 from: Andrew Jones Hello one and all, I am very new to Templot and have never been one to want to be 100% accurate to a time or location. I like watching trains go by, and I like interesting track work Currently, my intent will be to create a small test plot to have a go at in real life once it's been put together. This topic will track my development of the plan in Templot, and hopefully I'll get to make it in real life once it's complete so I'll move this to a new topic in the relevant area when I get there. The concept for the layout is a dockside shunt based on a hornby track plan. Yes I know, groan groan not another one, but you have to start somewhere. The actual track work will be....complex, as I have an idea to alter it to make it more interesting. I have no prototypical example for this (shock) but I do have ...
... becoming the sole supplier of the excellent range of products currently provided by Exactoscale. The Exactoscale products will be incorporated into the C&L range and customers will be able to purchase items for next day dispatch at the C&L website http://www.finescale.org.uk. The full Exactoscale range of turnout kits, track components, loco, coach and wagon wheels, wagon chassis and gearboxes will remain available. In due course there may be some simplification of the combined range, the aim being to carry the range forward with new developments. Pete Llewellyn, the owner of C&L said: "This is an exciting time for customers of both businesses. The changes in management and availability will bring the excellent Exactoscale range to a wider audience and will allow for direct web-based purchasing, with next day dispatch". Pete added "At C&L, we have a good reputation for the breadth of our product range and for the level of our customer service. Exactoscale have been producing top quality components for a number of years and these ...
59. Download size
... some blank space to make the download look a bit meatier and take longer. It seems a daft thing to do, and unfair to anyone still on dial-up, but I'm wondering if other software gets up to such tricks? Anyone know? At one time the smallness of a file was a selling point, but in the broadband age is that still true? Or if not that, just what is it that makes other program downloads so much bigger than Templot? regards, Martin. Martin, It's probably the development packages that developers use these days which include about every option and function under the sun in the compiled .exe file. I use Delphi to do my programming and a comparatively simple program with very straightforward graphics comes in at around 400K. It is possible to get the program much smaller by going in and hacking all the libraries of functions that will be loaded. I know that in the original version of Delphi, a basic "Hello World" program was about 250K but if you did a lot of hacking you could get ...
... topic: 1504 Templot Development Version (TDV) posted: 9 Jun 2011 09:53 from: Martin Wynne For details of how to get the TDV, see: topic 1731 For TDV discussions, see: http://85a.co.uk/forum/view_forum.php?id=17 2_200847_520000000.png regards, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Development doings- archive> Templot Development Version (TDV) 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 this important note about copyright: Unless stated otherwise, all the files submitted to this web site are copyright and the property of the respective contributor. You are welcome to use them for your own personal non-commercial purposes, and in your messages on this web site. If you want to publish any of this material ...
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