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... topic: 2682 Importing image files posted: 7 May 2015 11:51 from: John Hawtin [size=Hi!] [size=] [size=It's all a question of image!] [size=I've trawled through the forum and haven't found an answer so I apologise in advance if I have missed something and are covering old ground.] [size=The 'National Library of Scotland' (NLS), which, if I recall, Martin has spoken about in the past, have a huge archive of old maps, mostly of Scotland but also of England, which you can view free of charge on line, marvellous for railway enthusiasts, historians and modellers.] [size=As well as being able to view on line, they offer a copy service whereby you can purchase full size scanned image on paper or as a digitised file on CD or DVD, the latter being ideal to import into Templot as a background image on which to overlay track. However because the original has been scanned they can only offer ...
... I can use proper chairs but with pcb under the vee I can fix this solidly (also I can't work out what chairs I would use to hold the vee). I realise that this might give me height problems on the un-chaired pcb, so the plywood sleepers are1.5mm thick and the pcb 1.6 2. What chairs do I need to fix the check rails in place? I have already bought slide and normal Midland 4-blot chairs from c+ l, but am confused about how to fix the all important check rails. Do they sell the required chairs? 3. Is it not necessary to cut through and isolate the wing rails and give them the same polarity as the vee to avoid shorting? Or can you just allow the contact at the switch to provide current to the appropriate wing rail? I had assumed you would need dropper wires? 4. What else have I overlooked??? As I'm writing this I'm thinking that a redraw to make a more normal A-5, B-6 or B- ...
... topic: 1511 Templot2 change log posted: 23 May 2011 15:53 from: Martin Wynne Templot2 Summary of the main changes in Templot since version 091c of February 2008 support for irregular diamond-crossings and curviform ladders platforms can be added alongside track templates check rails can now be individually set and adjusted by mouse action sketchboard layout drawing function rail foot edge lines can be shown on FB templates (flat-bottom rails) print menu renamed output menu output in diagram mode -- solid colour infill between stock rail edges Important: not available for partial templates if stock rails omitted -- temporarily lay plain track templates across complex formations to create diagram-mode output. output to PDF files, including large single pages for roll-paper poster printing export to bitmap image files in PNG, GIF, JPG, BMP formats export to vector image metafiles in EMF, WMF formats easy capture of screenshots to PNG files print now! function to bypass printer setup and calibration background picture shapes -- support for PNG, JPG, GIF image formats background picture shapes ...
... posted: 28 Nov 2013 20:18 from: roythebus Ok, update, I've now taken some pix and traced the laid track as pdf files. I now can't remember or find out how to load them to Templot 2! I'm sure it's easy, I managed it 3 years ago when I built the track, but my brain does not retain computer speak. posted: 23 Dec 2013 18:47 from: roythebus BUMP again...I've found the scale drawings of my original plans but still can't work out how to import them to Templot; it must have been 3 years ago when I imported them on the other computer which has subsequently failed and lost everything! There doesn't seem to be a simple HELP page that tells you how to import anything! Last edited on 23 Dec 2013 18:48 by roythebus posted: 23 Dec 2013 18:58 from: Phil O Hi Roy Try this link to import images into Templot. http://www.templot.com/martweb/gs_bgshape.htm Or the video option. http://www.templot.com/martweb ...
... of folders, not files. Refer to the working of these boxes in Templot2 to see what I mean. It was because I couldn't find the same in Lazarus that I omitted the file viewer from the first release of OT. There is no point in having a list of files there, because that is what is intended to appear in the main pane E. Also it is listing 11 files there but indicating 7 files in the top heading. Presumably because some of them are MECBOX files. Viewing MECBOX files (and importing them) needs to be a separate option on the viewer. F. When I clicked the show files button to generate the list, it crashed T3. Also the HTML on the main pane used to be centred. Have you changed it for some reason? I didn't expect that there would be any need to modify the HTML. If you would like to leave all the above with me to fix while you sort out the Git stuff, I'm entirely happy to do that. cheers, Martin. posted: 3 ...
46. File names etc
... under Windows so that others could use it if they wished. But I made no attempt to follow Windows conventions because at the time I had no idea what they were (and wasn't very impressed when I found out). I was simply faced with a brand new unknown computer and a program which I wanted to make work on it. Nothing much has changed in the subsequent years and isn't now likely to. There are others with more Windows software experience who have written similar programs, and clearly if full Windows compliance is important those could be used instead. For example Jeff Geary has created Trax3, and there is S21 ModelGleis from Bernd Steimann and Christian Sender. However, I don't believe Templot is difficult to use provided you don't start off expecting it to be something which it isn't. In the early days most folks had much smaller screens, and keeping as much of it as possible clear for track design was important. So for example the mouse action panel can be hidden from view if it is in the way (the Delete key toggles ...
... topic: 3332 Importing background shape on Applemac posted: 25 Sep 2018 22:59 from: roythebus Help, having used Templot for a few years, I'm now trying to import some old Frank Dyer track plans to see how they pan out. I'm running Templot on my Apple Macbook pro using Wine and Templot seems to run well in that but, trying to import a background shape doesn't seem to work. I have the plan in both JPEG and PDF format which both appear on the C drive on Wine. I select the file, click on it, click copy, but when I go back to the "import shape dialogue it won't drop the shape onto the track plan. What am I missing? Track plan attached, it's a bit faded but should be useable! Attachment: attach_2756_3332_New_Annington_tra ck_plan.jpeg 196 posted: 25 Sep 2018 23:16 from: Martin Wynne roythebus wrote: I select the file, click on it, click copy, but when I go back to the "import shape dialogue it won't drop the shape onto the ...
... time designing P Way layouts in the drawing office and surveying them on site. I was especially chuffed when I managed to produce a symmetrical 3-way turnout with all the timbers shoved in all the right places. Martin, please keep up the good work! Judi R Last edited on 12 Mar 2015 23:38 by Judi R posted: 12 Mar 2015 23:49 from: Rob Manchester Martin, A couple of niggles from me then ;- I think that documenting and demonstrating the capability of Templot is nearly as important as the features themselves. Assuming a new user makes sure that Templot is indeed a suitable program for his needs I can understand that some can be confused by the interface and sheer number of in-built functions. The concept of foreground and stored templates is different to other programs and does lead to a steeper learning curve than hoped for. I have just installed an extra monitor so I can work through the excellent looking single slip video while clicking away on the main screen to learn as I go along but it won't ...
... part of the business which had very low sales figures. I should know as I have been loosing a battle to get modellers to use them and seen the quantity that sold at shows. I much rather have the problems of a slow mail order system than loose the entire range for ever posted: 10 Aug 2018 15:54 from: DerekStuart John, You're a good bloke. Phil is lucky to have supportive people like you around him. From experience of running small businesses, I can say that this is much more important than others would realise. There is a strange isolation when running a "challenged" business. But sometimes friends can kill a businesses with kind words to the owner. If only being a nice bloke, wanting to work hard and do the right thing were enough to guarantee success. But it's not. Best wishes Derek posted: 10 Aug 2018 16:26 from: Hayfield Derek Thanks for the kind words, and I am mighty relieved at not being in a position to have contemplated taking over C&L or ...
... 15:50 from: Martin Wynne Hi Derek, You are now green. You should now be able to see: http://85a.co.uk/forum/view_forum.php?id=26 although there hasn't been much activity recently. See also: topic 3539 The original "starting with Lazarus" topic is at: topic 3283 although I think it might need some updating. The latest set of files is at (click the Files tab): http://sourceforge.net/projects/opentemplot/ including the MECBOX option to import files from Templot2. Ask again if you can't find anything -- things had got into a bit of a muddle. There is an option to try T3 directly within the latest Templot2 program update -- T3> run Templot3 menu item. cheers, Martin. posted: 8 Feb 2020 16:04 from: DerekStuart Many thanks Martin. I really appreciate it. I really don't want to bother you with questions, but if I could ask one in order to point me in the right direction. If you were ...
... a background shape by clicking on it, rather than selecting the shape out off a list of 12000 items? Hi René, Sorry, no. For a large number of background shapes, try using the "bright night" colour scheme so that you can see the change to red colour more easily. Zoom in on the area of interest. Then select the top of the shapes list and hold down the down-arrow key on the keyboard until the required shape flashes red. Presumably to get that many shapes you have imported a DXF file? The best solution therefore would be to edit the DXF file in a CAD program (there are several free ones) before importing it. If you no longer have the DXF file you can export one from Templot. To export only the background shapes, select "none" as the colour for all the other items. DXF files can also be edited in any text editor, such as Windows Notepad -- if you know the dimensions of the item you are looking for. There is an option ...
... . Best regards. Brian Nicholls. posted: 16 Sep 2010 08:56 from: Martin Wynne Brian Nicholls wrote: BTW, I can if required produce the images in any format you wish: PNG, GIF, BMP, PDF, TIFF. However, it would seem the requirement is for GIF format, so that's what will be provided. Hi Brian, Thanks for your further thoughts. Sketchboard can add bitmap items in any of these file formats: BMP, GIF, PNG, JPG, HCK. It is important for non-rectangular objects that the background can be made transparent. Otherwise such objects would be displayed on a rectangular image patch. This means that only GIF and PNG are the real options, and sketchboard supports transparent backgrounds for both of these formats. In theory PNG is better because it can support transparency with full colour, whereas GIF is limited to 256-colour format. In practice not all image editor programs support transparent PNGs (so users might have trouble editing them if needed), and 256 colours is more ...
... topic: 3449 Templot DXF Output posted: 6 Jul 2019 01:28 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, I am having a little trouble importing DXF files created by Templot. The files are generated and I can view my track( or whatever) using an online DXF viewer but a software package I downloaded called Inkscape just ignores the contents when trying to import them. It mentions in the Inkscape help notes that DXF files should be AutoCAD Version 13 or later- do files exported from Templot conform to this? I have been using InkScape as was thinking of buying a Silhouette cutter machine for the production of architectural details and was just curious about the DXF import. Thanks Rob posted: 6 Jul 2019 01:53 from: PHP I'm not sure of the dxf version Templot is but I've not had any problems opening and manipulating dxf files in QCAD or CorelDRAW. QCAD can be used for free and is also excellent making files to cut on a silhouette cutter. Last edited on 6 Jul 2019 01:54 by PHP posted: 6 Jul ...
... topic: 3396 Importing and scaling background plan posted: 18 Mar 2019 01:09 from: Mike Wilks Hi. Suspect this is covered somewhere but cannot find it. I have a scan of a hand drawn trackplan that represents 16 real feet. The scan is appx 25cm long when printed. It is a .jpg file. Therefore I assume that the scale is appx 20:1. I can import it but cannot work out how to tell templot what the scale is- at the moment I have a length of O gauge plain track the same size as the scan.... Attachment: attach_2805_3396_o_gauge_plan_3.jp g 170 posted: 18 Mar 2019 01:39 from: Rob Manchester Hi Mike, Assuming you have set the track gauge you are using first and then imported the plan into Templot you may have something like this :- 2001_172035_560000000.png Using the background shapes dialogue seen above you can shift and resize the image by mouse action until the size of the plan matches the original using the trackpad measurements as a guide. Rob posted: 18 Mar ...
... Templot which probably means 10m. I was thinking that's bigger than the existing ET, but of course this includes the whole of one side plus half the station... What concerns me is that at 1:50, it could make the panel 2m long, unless we reduce it further. Is it possible to widen the track sections, so that once reduced 7mm LED's would still fit? I guess there may be ways of compressing things a little more, but the relationship of one turnout to the other is very important. Over to you for suggestions.... 479_140857_050000000.jpg posted: 14 May 2020 14:35 from: Martin Wynne Hi Gordon, I wanted to suggest that re-drawing it on the straight in Templot was the only way to get what you want, but I thought it would be too much work. Don't worry about the aspect ratio, it's easy to stretch it to fit a panel. This is just a quick re-size: 2_140928_510000000.png With some teaking we can remove the fuzziness. The main thing ...
... topic: 1801 Shapes- Identifying then in the shape box easily posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:30 from: Kipford The baseboards and basic platforms tunnels etc on my new layout are imported as a dxf from my CAD data. Is there an easy way to identify which line is which when you have a couple of hundred off lines imported (I want to delete some). Ideally what would be nice to do is to select the lines on the screen? Thanks in advance Dave posted: 22 Jan 2012 11:19 from: Martin Wynne Kipford wrote: The baseboards and basic platforms tunnels etc on my new layout are imported as a dxf from my CAD data. Is there an easy way to identify which line is which when you have a couple of hundred off lines imported (I want to delete some). Hi Dave, The selected shape shows in red. This isn't too easy to see because the default shape colour is dark red. If you change that to something else, or change to the "bright night" ...
57. Background Scans
... topic: 120 Background Scans posted: 2 Aug 2007 12:33 from: Alan Turner Martin, As requested a plea for some new features: 1) A button under the file menu which said "import background image". This should import the image to the shape folder and then ask the questions to create the .bgs file. 2) The choice of having the grid lines in front of the image be put on the pad drop down menu with all the other choices for grids. I would prefer grids on top to be the default state. 3) I would prefer the default state for page outline to be off Alan posted: 2 Aug 2007 13:42 from: Paul Boyd Hi Martin I'll second Alan on 1) and 2), but don't really have an opinion on 3) (mainly because off-hand I'm not actually sure what it means, and I don't have Templot here to have a look!) Cheers posted: 13 Aug 2007 09:30 from: Richard Morton I know I'm a total noob ...
... topic: 3076 Important -- 215a map screenshots posted: 10 Sep 2017 18:19 from: Martin Wynne There is an important point to make about using the new screenshot maps function in 215a. I failed to make this clear in the notes. When the embedded browser appears it is important that its zoom setting is set to display images dot-for-dot. Otherwise Templot's size calculations for the screenshot will be wrong. This is the case when it first appears, but you need to take care not to change it. To zoom the map, make sure to use the+/- buttons on the map, or click on the map and then use the mouse wheel. That way the web site will receive the wheel activity and adjust the URL accordingly. Take care not to zoom the entire browser page by clicking off the map -- for example on the header section -- and then using Ctrl+ Wheel or the usual browser keyboard shortcuts for zooming. If you do that Templot will not know that you have done ...
... topic: 2942 Template rail representation on sketchboard posted: 1 Dec 2016 14:00 from: Dave Phillips On the sketchboard, trackpad template rail when zoomed in appears as two thick parallel black lines with a rust-colored fill between them. Is the rail head edge located at the outside edge of the black lines, at the middle of the black lines, or at the boundary between the black line and rust-colored fill? I'm trying to match details of the template with a file imported into the sketchboard. I need to work in the sketchboard because of zoom limitations on the imported file in the trackpad. Thanks, Dave posted: 1 Dec 2016 16:46 from: Martin Wynne Dave Phillips wrote: On the sketchboard, trackpad template rail when zoomed in appears as two thick parallel black lines with a rust-colored fill between them. Is the rail head edge located at the outside edge of the black lines, at the middle of the black lines, or at the boundary between the black line and rust-colored fill ...
... (decimal point), please delete all DXF files created with any version of Templot prior to TDV build# 4435. There was a bug in the DXF generator -- the Windows Regional Setting for the decimal separator character was used in the DXF file. In TDV# 4435 and later, a dot (full stop, period) is used in all cases regardless of the Windows Regional Setting. Well, I'm calling it a bug. Actually I can't find it fully documented anywhere, but clearly many CAD programs will not import DXF files correctly if they contain a comma as the decimal separator. This is what is causing the strange rounding effects in your print. Please re-export the DXF using TDV build# 4435 or later and all will be well. Download from: topic 1500 Just to repeat for everyone -- this problem applies only if you are in a country which uses a comma as a decimal point (and assuming you have set your computer accordingly). regards, Martin. posted: 15 Nov 2011 15:04 from ...
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