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... topic: 2518 From the memory banks posted: 22 Aug 2014 12:54 from: Martin Wynne A topic on RMweb has just reminded me of something I tried a long time ago. Nowadays the availability of moulded chairs may make it worth considering for beginners. You can build initially with the cheapness and adjustability of copper-clad, and then only later fit cosmetic half-chairs if desired. For this to be possible the rails need to be lifted above the surface of the timber (strictly by a scale 1.75", the thickness of the base of a chair casting, or 0.58mm in 4mm/ft scale -- but anything is better than nothing). From an old topic on RMweb: 95_crossover02_1.jpg In another world a long time ago I once did something very similar using single-sided Vero pins. It was much quicker to do than the above looks to be. Use a softish workboard material under the template. Drill a 1mm hole with mini-drill, through the copper-clad and into the board, abrade off ...
642. Symmetrical turnouts
... that will answer your question, but I thought I would get the ball rolling. They are tutorial and videos available on the site covering both methods Easy route Produce a normal template of the correct crossing angle from quick set in the Template section Place the centre of the heal over a horizontal line F6 will curve the turnout so the centre of the Vee moves over the horizontal line Ctrl+ F10 (Swell) will alloy you to centralise the centre Change the Vee to a curviform one if needed in Real then V crossing options Adjust the timbers in Real then Shove timbers There are a couple of others bits to tidy it up but that gets it going Second method Scan the plan into Templot Overlay a turnout template (use Real Timbers remove timbers option initially) Now you can extend and bend the template as above, reverse the timber removal, then shove timbers Hope this helps John Last edited on 22 Aug 2014 07:51 by Hayfield posted: 22 Aug 2014 16:09 from: Brian Nicholls Hi Luke, Just had a look at your turnout ...
... time getting it into a format he could see. See this topic: topic 2642- message 18205 I have adopted the FBR format for future video tutorials because 1. it allows interactive stop-starts, call-outs, web links, Jump-To list, etc. This makes it possible to combine static text tutorials with video in a single format instead of having to do both. 2. the FBR picture quality is lossless, matches the original exactly and is comfortable to watch. This is important when making precise adjustments to rail edges, etc. 3. the file size is small and won't send the server bandwidth through the roof if several hundred users are accessing the videos. 4. the FBR recorder and editor are quirky in design but reliable and pleasant to use, unlike the Camtasia program which I used previously which was buggy and liable to crash at the least convenient moment, driving me mad. 5. I can include a player for FBR videos in the Templot installation, so that users can view the videos directly from Templot ...
... ' based on the prototype. I take your point regarding the spacing (100mm), this was arrived at by scaling up the drawing I had but admit there's a lot of room for error here. That said, all the buildings are to the left of the bay platform (top) but I will see if I can find a more defined measurement for this. Edit: I've just taken some measurements from a couple of pictures using people as a reference, looks to be about 25' wide so will need to adjust the track spacing to approx 138mm(?). The same can be said for the straight track, looking at what photos I have that's how it is. I could put in a slight curve but wonder if this would command criticism from those in the know. The B6 turnouts are the Templot defaults, like I said this is just a first stab. I did play about with the turnout to the shed (B5) to create an offset Y. I did a printout full size and managed to get the ...
... " at the toe of the second switch, and the fine-point (FP) of the middle crossing must be at least 14" from the nearest running rail. Otherwise it's not possible to fit all the chairs with the required clearances. Generally this means you need a significant difference in the crossing angles. For example a common size is a 1:6 turnout combined with a 1:8 turnout. A difference of only 1:5 to 1:5.5 may not be enough, but some further lead length adjustment is possible on the flatter angles by increasing the crossing entry straight. I have yet to try the 9ft straight heel switch option. Is this likely to make a difference? Yes, it will significantly change the geometry. Generally using the shorter straight switches saves a lot of space on non-natural turnouts and gives you more flexibility in the design of formations. You don't have to actually build them as loose-heel switches if you don't want to -- just adopt the geometry, adding dummy heel joints. I'm ...
646. Platforms in TDV
... topic: 1547 Platforms in TDV posted: 20 Jun 2011 12:11 from: Martin Wynne Here's an example of the new real> platforms... function in the Templot Development Version (TDV). This is the workpad view. Several templates have had platforms added. The widths have been adjusted and some of the edges have been set not to show in the final output (they then show dotted on the pad). The template order has been set so that the platforms overlay each other in the required sequence: 2_200646_520000000.png I then used the new output> export a file... function to create a large PNG image file, 6000 dots wide. The tracks are drawn in the new output> diagram mode style instead of detailed templates. This is just a small part of it: 2_200646_520000001.png Then in a graphics editor program such as PaintShoPro, I resized it to 900 dots wide, with this neat result: 2_200646_520000002.png These image files from Templot can be opened in any graphics/drawing program to have the full details of ...
... topic: 1689 Diamond crossings- Queries posted: 17 Nov 2011 20:37 from: PeterD I have had a long break from using Templot due to family issues. Now i am back and re-learning the application. I am using version 91c. I have created a diamond crossing as part of a acissors crossing. No problems with rail alignment but I have noticed extra sleepers being added whilst adjusting the crossing angle. I have included the box file for the crossing. When I try to sort the sleepers out, the programme hangs with a -1 error in a dialog box. Can anyone help me please? Thank you Peter Attachment: attach_1242_1689_Diamond_crossing .box 213 posted: 17 Nov 2011 21:17 from: Martin Wynne PeterD wrote: When I try to sort the sleepers out, the programme hangs with a -1 error in a dialog box. Hi Peter, It's a known issue which eluded me for years -- see: topic 1629 Fortunately it is now fixed in TDV, so I suggest that you join the development group ...
... #4505 though. Hi Ian, That's why I'm mystified and can offer no solution, sorry. I'm hoping to have a TDV update available in the next few days, so it will be interesting to see if this makes any difference. regards, Martin. posted: 4 Jan 2012 08:51 from: Jim Guthrie Just noting Paul's suggestions about server blocking, and I would just add that another problem might be a firewall blocking access to the TDV. I've had occasional problems with ZoneAlarm over the years when I hadn't adjusted the setting to allow access from applications. Jim. posted: 4 Jan 2012 16:09 from: Ian Allen OK, latest update. I've popped into the office to access the broadband and managed to get build#4703 up and running, however it did take a while and it did lock up (gave it a thump via Task Manager). Haven't changed any Firewall settings, so I'll be on to O2 later to explain the problem to them and see if they can shine any light on the issue. ...
... press on ebay (for 99p+£ 2.75 postage) as below 1763_241653_410000000.jpg I'm currently modifying it to take the riveting or punching tool, and I'll upload a photo when its finished best wishes Richard posted: 12 May 2013 11:18 from: Richard_Jones Hi, Here's the modified press with a Studiolith rivet tool in position- if I had been clever I could have cut the upper arm to the right length, but as I made the gap too large I drilled and taped a hole for a 6BA screw which gives some adjustment on the movement, and is probably a harder wearing material than press is cast in. best wishes Richard 1763_120614_070000000.jpg posted: 5 Apr 2020 14:53 from: Chris Noble Martin Wynne wrote: Templot can mark the rivet hole centres for you. See: http://www.templot.com/martweb/gs_printing.htm Scroll down to Handy Hints at the bottom. Hi Martin I can print the rivet point ok using rail and timber centres. Is there a way I can export this detail to a dxf so I can laser cut ...
650. glueing track
... (?) plastic cans. Cheers for now John from 33820 St Ciers sur Gironde, France. posted: 23 Dec 2011 12:06 from: allanferguson Copydex does, as stated, remain flexible. But if you try to drill holes in it (as for wiring) the glue film will wrap itself round the drill and simply peel off the baseboard and rail/ballast surfaces -- a pain in the neck. I have used a spray adhesive sold for floorcoverings with some success, but it leaves little time for adjustment. I'm not convinced of the soundproofing qualities of any combination of adhesive and underlay on a conventional baseboard. The only reasonably quiet system is, I think, the baseboard made of rigid foam; but I've only seen it at exhibitions, and there may be other drawbacks. Who wants a quiet railway anyway! Happy Christmas everyone! Allan F posted: 23 Dec 2011 12:27 from: Martin Wynne allanferguson wrote: Copydex does, as stated, remain flexible. But if you try to drill holes in it ( ...
... and what I would like to do is printout the templot plan and the background shape as one print out. I then can place it on to the baseboards which I can lay the track to, but it would also give me the position of the buildings, platform,etc Is there a way to print the Templot template and the background shape together? Thanks Ian posted: 20 Dec 2011 22:19 from: Martin Wynne Hi Ian, back_scan2.png 1. Page outlines (here as orange/black dotted lines) being adjusted for best fit. For more details about how to do this, see this video. back_scan3.png 2. After clicking print> print entire pad menu item. You must click the print pictures (stretch) option shown to get the background scan to print. I am about to print page c/10. background_print.jpg 3. Page c/10 as printed out. To print on a large-format printer, use TDV to export a large PDF file: 2_040152_560000000.png You can set the PDF sizes to anything you like ...
652. Other TDV Use
... the TDV which might help others out. I got a very large .GIF file of a station building plan from the Caledonian Railway archive. I much prefer working from paper plans and I looked at some way of printing it out- like using PaintShopPro or Gimp to split the file into individual bits to print on A4 or A3 paper. But it would have been difficult to get the printing scale on each printed sheet. Then I thought about the TDV, converted the .GIF to .PNG and imported the file as an image, adjusted it to be about A1 size, put a couple of plain track templates across it with rails and timbers turned off, then printed out to A3 PDF, printed the lot out on A3 paper, and joined them all together. I've now got my A1 drawing. Jim. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Other TDV Use about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot ...
... me test and develop the next version of Templot (Templot2). You get to use all the new features: create irregular diamond-crossing templates. This makes it much easier to design curved double-junctions, curviform ladder tracks crossing several running lines, and similar formations. use the new sketchboard drawing functions to create colourful layout plans. have native output to PDF files in large page sizes for roll-paper poster printing, and easy export of track plans in the new diagram mode. add platforms alongside your templates. adjust check rails by mouse action. and lots more. 2_200847_520000000.png Not everything is yet finished and fully working, which is where your help with testing comes in. Download the Templot Development Version (TDV) from: topic 1500 Further instructions to get started are on there. Many thanks for your help. Enjoy using TDV. But do please remember that it is unfinished -- many of the links to the help notes do not yet go anywhere, and the old help notes in the Templot Companion are now very out of ...
... results are seen below. Regards Alan 412_150549_070000000.png posted: 15 Dec 2011 10:55 from: Martin Wynne LSWRArt wrote: Is it possible to create a line which is offset from the centre line of the track by a certain (user specified) amount e.g. to draw a platform edge line at the correct distance from the track and following the curve of the track? Looking forward to Xmas and (hopefully) the release of Templot 2. Hi Art, Platforms are a new feature in TDV and Templot2. You can adjust the dimensions and spacing from the track as required: 2_030552_450000000.png I have turned you purple so that you can get TDV now if you wish. The TDV download and instructions are here: topic_1500&forum_id=18 In earlier versions of Templot you can create such adjacent lines using the trackbed edges option in the generator. This has been re-worked in TDV to create the new platforms feature, see the real> platforms... menu item, and the geometry> trackbed edge menu items. regards, Martin. ...
655. Dale Junction
... Advanced Starting signal quite a long way "round the bend"). Either way, from a model point of view, this means that you need a length of track between the "hidden sidings" (my assumption) and the Home Signals which is at least as long as the platforms and it is not clear from the plan if you have allowed that. You could get round all of this if the area you currently have marked as "Gas Works" could be given over to carriage sidings (with a suitable adjustment to the layout) of at least the same length as the platforms. As an alternative, you could shorten the Platform lengths to allow the Main to be long enough to allow the Advanced Starter to be in the "scenic" bit. The same might also apply to goods trains since you currently would have to run round them in the Branch bay then shunt them out, though in that case, you could get round that issue by providing a cross-over in the yard, or, alternatively, by having ...
... come from the collective questions that I have been asked at Templot and track building demos I have done over the years and from the questions that recur both at those events and on the forum. As a user looking in, the view is often rather different from the programmer looking out. You make a very valid point about the amazing flexibility designed into Templot. This is both its strength and to some extent its weakness. There are usually several different ways of achieving the same thing and just about everything is cabable of being adjusted to suit the users special needs with the customised options. However, this can make documenting things a potential nightmare, as you have obviously discovered. Don't get me wrong, I would not have it any other way, but even after 4 years of using version 0.78e I was still discovering features I did not know about. Since that came out of course the more recent versions include many more. For me the greatest strength of Templot is that it can be used at several different levels, from the most basic, ...
... look at all the templates later but from a brief scan it seems to have been successful. I honestly thought I was going to have to start again! Many thanks, Mark posted: 1 Dec 2011 18:15 from: Jim Guthrie Mark Pelham wrote: I have just done the conversion, my first task in the development version. I'll have a closer look at all the templates later but from a brief scan it seems to have been successful. Mark, You will probably find that you have to do some slight adjustments in the turnout templates. I had to change a whole layout plan some years ago- going from one 7mm FS gauge to another- and turnouts and slips did need some tidying up. Jim. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Change track plan from 2mm Finescale to N about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new ...
... 14:58 from: Brian Nicholls Hi Martin, I thought the gremlins had struck again, as I seemed to have lost the Vee wing rail joints on a template which, caused me a little confusion at the time. On investigation, it appears that if you have no timbers on the template, all the rail joint marks are there except for the Vee wing rail joints, these joint marks only return when you restore the timbers. Not really a big deal, but does make it more difficult when you want to adjust the wing rail joints when you have no timbers on the template. All the best, Brian Nicholls. posted: 26 Nov 2011 16:01 from: Martin Wynne Hi Brian, The position of the wing rail joints is determined by the timber spacing -- real> V-crossing options> customize V-crossing> wing rail front... menu item. This is necessary so that the joints are marked central between the timbers. Admittedly this is rather a back-to-front way of working, ...
... best, Brian Nicholls. posted: 19 Nov 2011 20:12 from: Martin Wynne Hi Brian, Thanks for reporting that bug. It seems to have crept in somewhere between 074b and 091c. If there is any timber-shoving present on any timber, the restore all button should always be active. I will get it fixed. Normally there should be no need to shove the position of any switch timbers, because the spacings can be individually set up in the custom switch settings. But the timbers may have been adjusted in other ways -- for example timbers S1 and S2 are often lengthened to carry point levers, rodding cranks or detection gear. So it would not be right to cancel all shoving automatically when changing to a different switch. Regardless of the working of the restore all button, if the show all shoved timbers box is ticked, any timbers which have been shoved should be showing coloured blue while the timber shoving dialog is visible. regards, Martin. posted: 19 Nov 2011 23:06 from: Martin Wynne I ...
... . Save them as a BGS file so that you can add the same grid lines to other track plans at any time. (You could perhaps create the grid lines more quickly as an array in your CAD program, export them as DXF and import that file into the background shapes.) Instead of DXF, you can include the grid in exported EMF metafiles, and most CAD programs will import metafile image files. That's at output> export a file> create metafile... button. You would probably need to adjust the scaling after import into CAD, which is not necessary with DXF of course. Make a note of the metafile resolution (600 dpi default) to help with this. 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> Strange output of dxf file about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and ...
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