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601. Update problem
... topic: 2303 Update problem posted: 7 Sep 2013 08:38 from: Jacques Gerber Hello All: I downloaded and installed Templot 208b. On startup, I'm informed that this is not the latest version, and then Templot closes, and opens the update page, where I get the exact same version, which on installation, repeats the whole process. Any advice? Is something buggy? BTW I'm working on Windows 7. Thanks Jacques Gerber posted: 7 Sep 2013 10:07 from: Martin Wynne Hi Jacques, I can't see any problem from here. Anyone else seeing this? I think the problem must be a caching issue at your ISP. I have now edited the file on the server which hopefully will update the timestamp and cause your ISP to re-fetch the cache. Please try again now. If still now joy, please wait a few hours and then try again. Templot checks the USA server only if the UK server fails to respond at all. I will change the code so that Templot won't close without ...
... then (or 6ft-6in between the running edges on the GWR). So to find the track centre-to-centre spacing you simply add on the gauge: 7'-0.1/4" gauge+ 6'-6"= 13'-6.1/4" centres (54.08mm in 4mm scale). For other spacings simply add on the gauge difference, i.e. assume that the clearance from the near rail is the same as now. regards, Martin. posted: 23 Mar 2008 23:10 from: Martin Wynne p.s. sorry David, I didn't actually answer your question. Outer rails of double broad gauge tracks= 7'-0.1/4"+ 6'-6"+ 7'-0.1/4"= 20'-6.1/2" apart. After conversion to standard gauge assume the outer rails between platforms remain in the same place. So to find the new track centres between platforms subtract the new gauge: 20'-6.1/2"- 4'-8.1/ ...
603. Stub turnouts
... M. posted: 12 Jul 2017 08:23 from: rodney_hills 134_120322_500000000.jpg Hello, The 'two-foot' gauge Festiniog Railway has a notable 3-way stub point in bullhead rail. http://www.photobydjnorton.com/FfestiniogRailway.html It was originally part of the passenger run round arrangements at Portmadoc Harbour Station, but has been moved to Minffordd Yard, see http://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/Minffordd_Yard this page also gives some history and also illustrates a 4-way stub. Regards, Rodney Hills posted: 12 Jul 2017 10:10 from: Ariels Girdle Out of sheer curiosity, are there stub points still in use in the USA? If not, when were they banned? posted: 12 Jul 2017 13:41 from: Matt M. Hi Ariels, Not sure they were ever banned. Generally that method of lead design lost favour due to its inability to take speed and weight. When researching Permanent-Way early lead design can be a bit hard to find information on. On main lines in England that apparently used them they ...
604. Curved turnouts
... I could keep the main radius down to 300' (47") without geting the other exit going into the red. Built another point and that worked out fine other than main line radius looks a bit tight. In reality I think my crossover will be on a starting radius of 400' (63") which would keep the other exit road shallower! On the basis that curving the point does not extend the length too much (re SMP points) would I be better advised to go for a 9 of 10 crossiong angle? Any advice welcomed please John posted: 6 Apr 2008 16:45 from: Martin Wynne Hayfield wrote: My previous experience with curved turnouts was with the SMP 36/24" radius kits, which came out nearly 2 foot long (well 18 inches).... On the basis that curving the turnout does not extend the length too much (re SMP turnouts) would I be better advised to go for a 9 or 10 crossing angle? Hi John, Please ignore the curved turnout templates ...
... "John Arkell style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffee"Tunbridge Wells posted: 15 Jul 2013 09:43 from: Dave Summers Simon You could do worse than read this thread on RMWeb. David Siddall gives a blow-by-blow account of the trials and tribulations of building a 7mm scale turnout-in-a -bag. Don't let the scale bother you, the principles are the same. There are several other similar threads giving useful trackbuilding information and advice. Cheers Dave posted: 15 Jul 2013 10:06 from: Paul Boyd Hi all Arthur asked: have you any idea what is the difference between 406 and 435 and why you would use one rather than the other? I use both at work, and I've often extolled the virtues of 435 on this forum for track building. The gist of it is that 406 is a very thin liquid that's formulated for plastics (and rubber), but does act as a good general purpose adhesive. It whips into joints by capillary action very readily. 435 is a ...
606. Saving Files
... topic: 2254 Saving Files posted: 10 Jul 2013 13:14 from: LPL All; Is it possible to save work, all ready done, onto a disc? I'd like to restore my computer but would rather save the files first. I have made some attempts on my own but without success. If, after all, saving files to a disc can be done, please, reply to let me know how. Thanks, ahead of time; Lu Luis Leistikow USA posted: 10 Jul 2013 15:03 from: Martin Wynne Hi Luis, Welcome to Templot Club. To save your work to a data file, click the main> save all templates... menu item. If you have already done that, and you want to copy all your files to a CD or external disk drive -- In My Computer go to the C: drive and copy the entire \TEMPLOT_DEV\ folder to the CD. In most CD burning software you can just drag that folder into the burner dialog. If you need more ...
607. Track construction
... we've invented Pritt in Tasmania yet? Have to hunt around. So: can you gentlemen advise on glues you prefer to use? N-S rail to plastic base plate to ply. I haven't discounted having some etches done but then I'll be glueing N-S to brass to ply hopefully in one go. Is there a good glue for this application. If I go this way there will be no holding of rail to base plate mechanically so it will only be glue. Cheers Simon Handby posted: 4 Jul 2013 10:08 from: Paul Boyd Hi Simon So: can you gentlemen advise on glues you prefer to use? N-S rail to plastic base plate to ply. I haven't discounted having some etches done but then I'll be glueing N-S to brass to ply hopefully in one go. Is there a good glue for this application. I've had very good results with Loctite 435. I've used this to glue plastic slide chairs to N/S rail and ply timbers. Where I've subsequently needed to remove the slide ...
... as the turnout and siding were not original, and were later removed, so don't exist on many photos of the location. I don't know in what situations centralised timbering would be prototypical- perhaps when both roads are used equally? I'm looking for an excuse to build it as it is. There will be plenty of detritus around in any case so it won't be terribly noticeable. But it's still relatively easy to start again and adjust the timbering if centralised is definitely inappropriate here. All best Julian posted: 5 Sep 2020 10:06 from: Julian Roberts Actually I think I've found the answer to the question of whether it will look OK in the situation. This photo does show more than I remembered. Hardly a pukka mainline scene! Interested to know the answers to the questions all the same! The turnout in question is the one on the right of the loco. 3591_050458_440000000.png posted: 5 Sep 2020 12:33 from: Martin Wynne Julian Roberts wrote: I don't know in what situations centralised timbering would be prototypical- perhaps when both ...
... in your computer as that could be something to do with this issue?It involves a lot of processor activity to carry out some actions in Templot and something that size takes some time with slower processors especially if they are single core.I find I have to wait sometimes even with a triple core 3200Ghz processor when doing more work intensive processes. Trevor. posted: 2 Jul 2013 15:25 from: richard_t This PC has Intel dual core 2.66Ghz processor in it running at 3.2Ghz :- D posted: 4 Jul 2013 11:10 from: Martin Wynne Hi Richard, Thanks for sending the image file. At around 15000 x 9000 it really is far larger than anything I have previously imagined using, or tested, in a Templot picture shape, so I'm not surprised there are problems. Much the easiest solution would be to split it into several smaller picture shapes, and place them side-by-side on the trackpad. 4 sections each 7500 x 4500 would still be regarded as large. 9 sections each 5000 x 3000 would be more typical ...
... that they are now very popular and the days of a home desk-based computer are probably numbered. I do test and try Templot on CrossOver/Wine to make sure as far as possible that it runs well and is usable, so if Templot will now run on tablets using CrossOver I will try to make sure Templot works well on there. A full release of CrossOver Android is expected next month. regards, Martin. posted: 20 Jul 2017 16:00 from: davelong Hi Martin I use templot on a 10" tablet. It runs both windows and android, via an Intel chip. I don't have any real issues other than the size of the menu and shortcut icons, but just get on with it as it's my choice using such a small screen. Nothing seems to be compromised at all, if I get annoyed with trying to tap the screen I use a small mouse. [size= ]Edit. Dragging a box for screen zoom or to group several templates etc isn't possible with the touch screen, but if ...
611. PDF Export origin
... which would be appropriate in all circumstances has been a headache. I doubt very much that buying a new computer will make much difference. I am seeing the same effects here. It would make some difference, assuming increased memory, but maybe not enough to make a significant change. You can probably get everything in the PDF correctly by reducing the DPI (dots per inch) setting. I found that it worked fine at 100 DPI, but not at higher settings: 2_050720_070000000.png 100 DPI means everything is rounded to the nearest 10 thou. That's probably fine for the sketchboard items, but not good for the track templates. I usually recommend at least 300 DPI for those, and 600 DPI looks neater. Here is a close up from your plan at 100 DPI. You can see that the rounding effects at 100 DPI produce wonky rail lines and varying rail width: 2_050716_120000000.png That's probably acceptable in 7mm scale, but discrepancies of this magnitude would obviously be unacceptable in 2mm scale. So ideally you need to make some changes on the sketchboard so that ...
... CURVIFORM type of V-crossing. 4. Adjust the V-crossing angle to create the required radius in the diagonal road (F9 mouse action). 5. TOOLS> MAKE LADDER menu item. Thanks for reminding me that the help menu item isn't linked to the above -- it is now. There are still lots of dead help links, I'm afraid. I will see if I can re-word some of the above to make things a bit clearer. regards, Martin. posted: 28 May 2013 10:47 from: Martin Wynne richard_t wrote: Also the help menu item in the tools> make ladder crossover doesn't do anything. Sometimes a simple report such as this opens such a can of worms that I despair of ever getting Templot fully updated and less confusing for beginners. The introduction of irregular diamond-crossings in Templot2 meant rewriting the template generator to allow the turnout radius to go negative. In previous versions this was an error condition causing numerous error and diagnostic messages to be displayed. I removed all of those ...
613. V-crossing details
... usual practice is to fit them through small holes in the rail and then weld. You can often spot the ends of the wires protruding on the other side. The lower picture is in a yard, so not track-circuited. Generally only running lines are track-circuited. In the upper picture notice the fishplated joint to FB, which looks to be insulated. Here's a welded BH/FB joint instead (picture from Rodney Hills -- thanks Rodney): FBtoBHjoint.jpg regards, Martin. posted: 27 Feb 2009 10:20 from: lippydavies Here are some Pics I took for DEMU members asking about V-crossings DSCF5149.jpg DSCF5168.jpg posted: 27 Feb 2009 10:23 from: lippydavies Another view DSCF5150-1.jpg Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Prototype pics> V-crossing details about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and first-time ...
614. Wantage Scan & Plan
... topic: 431 Wantage Scan& Plan posted: 10 May 2008 14:48 from: Martyn Grainger Harrison Thanks to Martin for explaining how to save a "scan and plan" image Having never really played with Templot to produce something useful, I sat down and spent yesterday afternoon with a scan of Iain Rices' plan of Wantage. I very soon discovered that there were one or two seemingly impossible bits of formation, however I have produced something that may be workable. I have altered slightly the alignment and length of a couple of sidings, but nothing too drastic. See what you think of the attached. Oh, by the way I won't be building Wantage as such, but using the track plan and architecture from North Worcestershire to create the Belbroughton Tramway. Locos will be from High Level Models. Attachment: attach_274_431_Wantage_Plan_& _Scan.JPG 232 posted: 10 May 2008 14:52 from: Martyn Grainger Harrison Sorry, heading should read Wantage scan& plan. All this hot sun has gone to my brain even at this time of ...
... switch is very close, so I used that as-is with some blanking on the switch front. It's not possible to read the dimensions clearly enough to do a proper custom switch. It needed only a slight adjustment to the V-crossing entry straight to match the 9500mm line, which I think is to the blunt nose, not the FP. I shortened the check rails by eye to the drawing. regards, Martin. Last edited on 18 May 2013 13:38 by Martin Wynne posted: 16 May 2013 10:34 from: Martin Wynne Hi Paul, I have had a fresh look at this. The 5277mm dimension is clear enough and I think confirms that the crossing angle is 1:7 RAM and that the 9500mm dimension is to the FP as you said and not the blunt nose as I previously thought. I will work up a proper design for this turnout and post updated files later. regards, Martin. posted: 16 May 2013 11:48 from: Franz Martin, Thank you for your efforts. I ...
... full hi-resolution scan is at (right-click, Save Link As...): http://templot.com/info/rea_src_12_switch_diamond.png cheers, Martin. posted: 8 Aug 2020 20:40 from: Phil O That looks like a job for Modelu, if someone could lay their hands on the appropriate chairs and get them to Modelu for scanning. Other 3d printers may be available. Cheers Phil. Last edited on 8 Aug 2020 20:41 by Phil O posted: 8 Aug 2020 21:10 from: Nigel Brown Depending on how amenable C&L chairs are to cutting up, it may be possible to cut 1/3 off a couple of chairs then glue them together, to create to wider slide chair. Nigel posted: 8 Aug 2020 23:30 from: ikcdab Martin Wynne wrote: Here is the REA/SRC drawing of a 1:12 switch diamond. In this case the middle timber is 14" wide. Low res: 2_081530_450000000.png 2_081531_110000000.png The full hi-resolution scan is at ( ...
617. F7 snapping
... ways of doing it than F7 snapping, with far more options, and total control over what's happening. For example here I have shortened the turnout-road exit almost to the bare minimum, so that the branch track can start curving more severely as soon as possible. The branch track template can be snapped onto the turnout template like this, after clicking on the turnout: 2_191845_420000001.png With the result: 2_191845_420000000.png waiting now for some timber shoving and possibly some further curving adjustment. regards, Martin. posted: 20 Sep 2017 10:19 from: Andrew Duncan Oh lord Martin the last thing I wanted to do is either to shock you or make you feel that you've failed Templot users because that is not what I meant to say, or imply, in the least. I'm pushed for time right now buit will reply fully later today. In the meanwhile please accept my apologies. Kind regards Andrew Last edited on 20 Sep 2017 19:18 by Andrew Duncan posted: 20 Sep 2017 19:29 from: Martin Wynne Hi Andrew, Nothing ...
... too severe, so a suitable irregular diamond across a straight should be possible. But to add inside slip roads, the crossing angle can't be less than about 1:6, and preferably longer. For shorter diamonds it is necessary to make it an outside slip instead. regards, Martin. posted: 12 Apr 2013 09:47 from: Hayfield Martin That was very quick, thank you I will try and do a quick Templot file to illustrate the problem I have. Thank you again John posted: 12 Apr 2013 10:30 from: Hayfield I have just attached a quick plan of the proposed slip, I have only at this moment used rails without sleepers just to show the position of the 3 tracks. I overlayed a straight and curved diamond over a B6 then just added a slip road, I still have my doubts that it is buildable in 00 gauge. Any advice would be most welcome Thanks John Attachment: attach_1578_2194_offest_slip.box 255 posted: 12 Apr 2013 11:01 from: JFS I tried to post this a minute ago and ...
... topic: 2335 Are there any Templot users in West Sussex? posted: 15 Oct 2013 10:37 from: MartynS Hi Chaps, I have been struggling with Templot for quite a while now, and although I do not like to give in easily I have to admit" I give up". So I was wondering if there are any local Temploters out there who could help me get back on track( pardon the pun ), I live close to Chichester but do not know of any like minded souls. Kind regards, Martyn. posted: 15 Oct 2013 14:48 from: Raymond I am in East Sussex but if you are not to far away would be happy to help. Regards Raymond posted: 15 Oct 2013 21:27 from: MartynS Hi Raymond, I have sent you a pm. Martyn. posted: 16 Oct 2013 10:33 from: Andrew Ockwell Hi Martyn I live close to Chi, though I'm far from an expert- I just muddle along (hope this works too as I've never posted ...
... topic: 2342 Help With First Track Plan posted: 12 Nov 2013 10:31 from: Chris Dark Hi all, I am very new to the world of handbuilt trackwork and Templot, I have decided to stop designing my 18X4ft peco code 75 layout in favour of a 8x4ft P4. I have made this decision as I feel I would gain more satisfaction, plus the fact is is more achievable project. I have come up with a design which gives me some usability but I would like some help/advice on some of my track settings: Firstly the points at the far end of the run-around loop look far too long. I had drawn up a rough plan in Scarm to give myself an idea of layout which I then sketched over. Can somebody explain how I can shorten the points but keep the curve of the track? My second question is how to add a straight piece of track. I created a separate piece by adding a branch from an existing point then moving using the f7 command and snapping onto the end ...
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