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581. Single Slip
... : 1958 Single Slip posted: 14 May 2012 17:20 from: Les Waters Hello Carefully following the Single Slip video I have created something resembling a single slip but I substituted a B8 switch as a starting point. What appears to have happened is the slip road has overlaid across the original diamond checkrails. Consequently, I am thinking I have missed something out or have I done something completely wrong. This could be because I really want a double slip to 1:8 and thought I could cobble something up from a print out of a single slip. You can tell this from the extended timbering on both sides. To be honest I have not got a clue of how to go about a double slip. Any advice would be gratefully received. Regards Les Attachment: attach_1444_1958_Double_Slip.box 228 posted: 14 May 2012 17:50 from: Martin Wynne Hi Les, If you want a 1:8 slip you need to start with a 1:8 diamond-crossing. The one you have there is a 1:6 diamond-crossing, ...
582. Gauntlet
... Does anyone know where I can find the template for a Gauntlet and a Diamond, please? Regards Max posted: 22 May 2012 08:29 from: Martin Wynne Hi Max, 1. For gauntlet track, start with a turnout. Click template> gaunt options> gaunt turnout menu item. Then use F3 mouse action to extend the gauntletted section to the required length. 2. For a diamond-crossing, start with a turnout. Click tools> make diamond-crossing menu item. Press the INSERT key and print the background templates. regards, Martin. posted: 22 May 2012 11:16 from: MaxSouthOz Brilliant! Thanks, Martin. posted: 23 May 2012 00:48 from: MaxSouthOz Hi Martin I've done the straight turnout and the gauntlet, but I'm having trouble with the crossover. I need to make one that's at right angles. Regards Max posted: 23 May 2012 02:11 from: Martin Wynne MaxSouthOz wrote: I need to make one that's at right angles. Hi Max, Sorry, 90- ...
... :55 by Hayfield posted: 3 Dec 2015 19:35 from: Martin Wynne Hi John, Here you go. File attached below. 2_031433_580000000.png regards, Martin. Attachment: attach_2181_2799_em_ds7_for_john_2 015_12_03_1929_26.box 222 posted: 3 Dec 2015 19:41 from: Hayfield Martin Than you very much, I did not expect it finished saved me hours. John posted: 3 Dec 2015 20:14 from: Martin Wynne Hi John, You're welcome. I left it where you had it, but here it is again, better positioned for printing on A4 paper. regards, Martin. Attachment: attach_2182_2799_em_ds7_for_john_2 015_12_03_2010_07.box 220 posted: 9 Dec 2015 22:33 from: Hayfield undefined Martin Thank you for your efforts, the slip is well under way, to ease the pressure on the switch blades I have hinged them using C&L /Exactoscale metal fishplates soldered to one rail only 982_091729_310000000.jpg posted: 11 Dec 2015 08:20 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, What Martin didn't mention was how he did it. If you move the peg to the switch front and ...
... topic: 1970 Storage box- help please posted: 29 May 2012 17:17 from: Bob Juleff Could someone please tell me how to move a stored template into a different storage box. This morning I created a number of satisfactory templates and stored them. I saved all before quitting for lunch. After lunch, despite no alcohol being taken, I made a mistake. I reopened my previous session, made some alterations to some of the templates and printed some. I lost one of these templates when I think I deleted to control a subsequent template without store and background to the previous one. Anyway it is nowhere to be seen in the box. I have saved this afternoons work before quitting. My question is, whilst I can open this morning's session and its storage box, can I move one of the templates (the one I later lost) from in there to this afternoons session's storage box, thus recovering my lost template? I am using v.0.91c with Windows 7. Thanks in anticipation. posted: 29 May 2012 17 ...
585. 3 Way Tandem
... ago. It needs updating a bit for Templot2 -- but then, what doesn't? If you can't follow anything just ask again. regards, Martin. posted: 6 Dec 2017 13:31 from: Alan Kettlewell Hi Martin, Thanks for the quick reply- I would never have worked that out for myself! Looks like another few days of training then. At least if I can't get the hang of this one process then the turnout could still be built as it is, just looks a bit untidy on the print out. Thanks again Regards Alan posted: 7 Dec 2017 13:29 from: Judi R I followed that video a year or so back when I wanted to design a tandem and found it quite straightforward. Just follow the steps like the yellow brick road... Judi R posted: 8 Dec 2017 12:49 from: Alan Kettlewell Templot Training Continues... I can't believe how thick I'm being at these tandem turnouts. I can follow the old tutorial and get that right and I've got a good ...
586. Help for Someone new
... most of the track in your photograph. Of course hardly anyone would know the difference in an EM model, especially if you built in some cast crossings and lengthened the check rails. regards, Martin. posted: 28 Jul 2016 19:01 from: BigAndy Hi Martin, Thanks for the speedy reply. Don't worry, to be honest, modelling has been the last thing on my mind for the last few months anyway! Anyway, hmmmmmmm, in all honesty I would probably be looking at needing the trackplan ready for printing out within the next two weeks. I don't know if you would class that as urgent or whether you can get the program update done within that time, and then convert the Queen St plan or not, but approx two weeks is when we'll be looking at getting the trackplan stuck to the boards. Many thanks Andy posted: 26 Sep 2016 13:35 from: BigAndy Hi Martin, Sorry to mither you, but I was just wondering how the update is coming along. I'm going to be in a position ...
... , although adequate for the purpose, and apart from the picture shapes haven't actually changed much in the 15 years since I wrote them. Click the? help button on the background shapes dialog for more info. 3. You can add baseboard outlines on the sketchboard. These can be more colourful, easily adjusted with the mouse, overlapped, etc. However if included on the trackpad they appear as bitmaps rather than vector graphics, so causing zooming and panning to be much slower and less responsive. If included on the template prints they require a modern system with plenty of memory and good graphics. Sketchboard data is likewise saved and reloaded from separate files, in this case .sk9 files. 4. If you have a CAD program you can create your baseboard framing, room outlines, etc., in that program. Save it as a DXF file and then import it into the background shapes on Templot. 5. Likewise you could create your baseboard framing, room outlines, etc., in a graphics drawing program. Save it as a PNG ...
... I immediately found some maps and drawings of the Bakerloo Line under Paddington: http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/f /f9/Er19150108.pdf Being PDF they can be zoomed in to reasonable detail. I fear a few hours are about to go missing. Martin. posted: 22 Jun 2012 18:50 from: richard_t I didn't know these would be of interest, I would have mentioned them- I've looked at all of the Manchester Central articles, and are very interesting. Saved my a small fortune trying to get printed versions! Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Prototype pics> "The Engineer" -- early volumes online 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 ...
589. Posted by email
... : 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 be bothered! I slightly resent the implication that the only people who can now use Templot are "nerds who like the challenge". That's a load of crap, to put it bluntly, quite apart from the fact that the new version is far less challenging than the old because of all the improvements that have been made. It's also easy enough to download ...
590. This Is It
... You mention chairs and I assume that you have used them functionally (to apply that many cosmetically requires about 2 lifetimes!) will you say a bit about your construction methods? Best Wishes, Howard. Howard All the S&C and a small amount of track has been built with ply sleepers and plastic chairs, a mixture of EMGS (C &L) and Exactoscale chairs. The plain line is C&L. The S&C was all built on the work bench using the double sided tape on the printed templates method. All the crossings were prefabricated and are soldered to brass shims. For the Main Station Throat, sections of S&C up to 1,200 long were made up and sometimes laid as one piece. Baseboards are graded softwood framed and quite heavily constructed (will take my 6 ft weight without groaning) with 9mm marine ply covering glued and screwed down. Track base is 3mm sheet cork glued to the ply with Copydex, track is glued on to the cork again with Copydex. Overall alignment was achieved ...
... topic: 2001 Transition point markers posted: 2 Jul 2012 22:08 from: dave turner I've just noticed that on my installation of Templot 2 (latest posted version) the transition point markers on transition curves are missing. It's probable that I've accidentally altered a setting somewhere but I've not been able to discover where. Any thoughts? regards Dave posted: 2 Jul 2012 22:16 from: Martin Wynne Hi Dave, Missing where? On the trackpad? On the sketchboard? In image files? On the printed templates? On the DXF exports? There are several options for turning the transition markers off. regards, Martin. posted: 2 Jul 2012 22:22 from: dave turner Hi Martin On the trackpad itself. The marks don't appear as I create a new transition curve. Since they don't appear on previously created curves I either I assume I've altered something inadvertently. Thanks for your response Martin. regards Dave posted: 2 Jul 2012 22:37 from: Ian Allen Dave, Check "Main Enable Generator Menu" then ...
... on this dialog if needed to see the transition curve. That is still the case for the pan buttons, but now in Windows10 you can zoom the trackpad behind this dialog simply by moving the mouse over the trackpad and rolling the mouse wheel. However, I can't remove the zoom buttons because they are still needed in Windows7, and on Wine/CrossOver. There are now some situations where the new behaviour is not so helpful, and I will need to make some changes -- for example: 1. when the print pages preview or the pdf pages preview is showing for the output, accidentally rolling the mouse wheel over the preview reverts to the trackpad view and loses the pages preview, with no way back. This is a great nuisance for Windows10 users, and I will get a fix done soon. 2. when the stay-visible help notes are showing, there is no way for Windows10 users to scroll them. I will get some scrollbars added. There are probably other similar situations. If you find one, please let ...
... : 6 Jul 2012 17:46 from: Martin Wynne Tony W wrote: I guess part of my query was to the purpose of adding the BH letters to the information bar, you obviously had a reason for doing so as it was not shown in earlier versions. Hi Tony, It was done to provide some visible evidence on the trackpad of the real> rails> rail type setting. There is no visible difference on the screen templates -- in the present temporary implementation the rail foot lines appear only on the printed output templates (and PDF). It wasn't shown in previous versions because the FB rail foot lines weren't then available. See: message 10638 rail-foot edges: indicators added on workpad and storage box: To change the control template to flat-bottom rails (FB), click the real> rails> head and foot (flat-bottom rails) menu option (A below). To change existing background templates, all the settings in this sub-menu are now available as a modify on rebuild option ...
... 7.7MB 3-way tandem turnouts 11.3MB fixing start of transition zone 3.8MB linking to the notch 11.1MB simple transitioned corner 1.1MB overlaid track on a scan (long) 28.5MB weaving track between obstructions 3.6MB overlaid track on a rough sketch 7.9MB recording radius within a transition 3.8MB picture shape -- display a scanned track plan as a background guide 39MB (broadband only) widely-spaced crossover 2.5MB zoom-free mode for single templates 8MB using template marker colours 3.8MB using 'make transition' into a parallel platform 5MB adjusting the size and position of printed template pages 2.8MB All of them at;- http://www.templot.com/martweb/video_list.htm Also, the Static Tutorials at:- http://www.templot.com/martweb/tutorials.htm No1 and No2 should help with basics. Another suggestion would be to download some of the .box files which other people have uploaded and have a look at how they have developed solutions- it does not help with getting to grips with menus but it does show what is possible. Hope that helps. I look forward to hearing how you ...
... Brian, Thanks for finding this. I did say that I wasn't safe to be let loose in the generator. You don't need to make a slight adjustment to the length -- simply right-click on the trackpad and change the length free option to length locked. The CTRL+ F12 function will then work correctly. I will get this fixed. edit: now fixed -- in the next update. The mint function (CTRL+ Q, NEW) sets the length free option which is intended for use when printing individual REA templates. The length locked option is for track planning, and applies after any user change to the overall length. To see the difference, try using F5 in each case. There is no reason to use the CTRL+ F12 function on a mint template, so I will add an automatic change to length locked. Thanks again for reporting it. By the way, I like the new Program Panel! Thanks. Just ringing the changes. I needed something a bit wider to make room for the new ...
... turnout is simply a straight turnout bent into a curve along the main road. This means that all the sections which are straight in a straight turnout are curved to the main road radius in a curved turnout. So beyond the set, the "straight" section* is curved at the outer radius. Then where the rails diverge the inner turnout radius begins. The stock gauge remains the same and in the same position at the end of the planing, which is the same planing length. All the marks are on the printed templates. In fact in Templot even a straight turnout is actually curved. It just happens that the outer radius is so large (over 50 miles) that you can't see it. To curve it, Templot simply reduces the radius from 50 miles to 5ft. *assuming straight or REA semi-curved switches. regards, Martin. posted: 6 Sep 2016 23:04 from: madscientist Ok so the set still remains on the curved side. Does the straight section still remain before the curve begins. So then ...
... intention was that they would have been abolished by now and replaced with the sketchboard functions. Unfortunately the picture shapes (a later addition) have taken on a life of their own, so I can't abolish the BGS format now. I suggest for anything other than baseboard outlines and picture shapes that you use the sketchboard instead. On there you can combine items into blocks, copy and paste them, move them about. Plus far more options for colours, text, etc. Sketchboard items can be included on the trackpad and printed output by ticking the relevant boxes. regards, Martin. posted: 10 Jan 2018 22:18 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, Thanks for your reply. I suspected it may not be possible. I had a hunch that I could work around it by exporting a number of background shapes to an image file and then loading them back with the add picture shape dialogue. You only seem to be able to export background images rather than shapes via this route as it just produces a blank image. You may wish ...
... in the knowledge of, rather than out of ignorance of Other Ways! But please don't anyone suggest using tubular rivets- I have knocked up several thousand of them and can see no need ever to use another one- ever! I built a Test Track to "prove" the approach and in our S4 AG we are proposing to build a bigger (continuous run) one using similar concepts. The job starts with developing the Template (my shorthand for a template developed in Templot!) two copies of which are then printed- one to make a "rail forming and sub assembly pre-fabrication jig" and the second to stick to the base board so that the track can be built directly upon it. It is important that the prefabrication jig is perfectly level so I make mine by spray-mounting the Template to a piece of 10mm thick laminate flooring which is flat, hard and rigid. If you have not just redone your flooring, go to you local flooring shop- they usually have a few bits to give away as samples ...
... ), and tools> make mirror on peg menu item. Templot can create double track at 14ft centres and create the required transition curves for you. For each template, delete to the control and then: tools> adjacent track centres... and set 49mm (14 x 3.5mm). tools> make double-track TS menu item. Choose the option for automatic adjust. store and background (INSERT key). 2_290955_500000000.png File attached below. (I have changed to FB rails for USA practice so that the printed templates show the rail foot edges.) regards, Martin. Attachment: attach_1636_2274_luis_curve.box 286 posted: 31 Jul 2013 23:09 from: LPL Martin; Thanks for drawing that one up. I think that is fantastic. I have done just that myself as well. 'Mirroring' does seem to speed things up though. I'll try it. I still would like to know if track plans and their background images can be up loaded in a message. If you would, please, let me know how. Luis Leistikow ...
... a little gauge widening. Tyre width is narrower too. As you're at Kettering on Saturday, why not ask for advice from some of the practical demonstrators, especially if some work in S7. posted: 2 Mar 2011 23:15 from: Rob Manchester Hi Ian, I will take a look at what people are giving demo's on at Kettering. My problem at shows is spending too much time( and money!) on the trade stands. They should sell their goods with 'Not for re-sale on ebay' printed on them. That would make me double-certain to check I wanted something before flashing the cash.... I suspect I am not alone. Rob posted: posted: 2 Mar 2011 23:45 from: Nigel Brown Rob If I was contemplating what you're doing, I'd wonder about the following. If you've got sharp curves, and if you're thinking of 6-coupled locomotives, there's got to be a bit of give somewhere. You can get this from two sources; the amount the wheels can ...
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