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... Version 218a. Your copy of Templot should update automatically if you restart it and follow the instructions. If you have any problems with that, see the download and notes at: http://templot.com/companion/installation.php The main change in this update is the new tools> make 3-way tandem turnout> function. For more information please see this page: http://templot.com/companion/3_way_tandem_turnouts.php which I shall be expanding in the next few days. regards, Martin. posted: 4 Jan 2018 10:31 from: madscientist You are a national treasure Martin, how HM missed you in the recent list is beyond me Last edited on 4 Jan 2018 10:32 by madscientist posted: 4 Jan 2018 11:17 from: Paul Boyd Gosh, Martin, that's brilliant! All those hours spent fiddling with partial templates, and now Templot does most of it for you! One teeny little point- when I updated the program, it wanted to install in a folder called Templot 2, instead of Templot2. Knowing ...
642. scaling buttons
... Templot most of the dialog windows have had scaling buttons: 2_170857_410000002.png These buttons have had little comment over the years. So either they work exactly as required, or no-one ever uses them. (Apart from the predictable complaint that the buttons are the wrong way round -- you can't please everyone. The up button shrinks the window up towards the top caption bar, the down button expands it down away from the top caption bar.) Each click changes the scale of the dialog window in the ratio 9:10 or 10:9. This is the minimum you can go down to: 2_170857_410000001.png And this is the maximum you can go up to: 2_170857_400000000.png The reason I'm writing about this now is the recent introduction of some very high resolution small screens, such as on the Surface Pro 3 from Microsoft, and similar tablet computers running a full version of Windows. I would be interested to know if anyone is running Templot on one of these, and how you get on with these scaling buttons? Do they help to see ...
... to rail, but they aren't painted so quite to hard to see.* I don't know what's up with the rail I use (C &L HiHi Bullhead), but both the Exactoscale chairs, and Off the Rails don't seem to fit, specifically the key is too large and doesn't sit flush to the web. So I thought I'd give the little grey cells a poke, and do some 2D and 3D modelling... Last edited on 18 Jan 2018 09:00 by richard_t posted: 18 Jan 2018 10:13 from: Martin Wynne richard_t wrote:* I don't know what's up with the rail I use (C &L HiHi Bullhead), but both the Exactoscale chairs, and Off the Rails don't seem to fit, specifically the key is too large and doesn't sit flush to the web. Hi Richard, All model rail has the web thickness significantly overscale, and also the fillet radius under the head and foot. 4mm scale rail from SMP/Marcway is under scale width for the head and foot, but ...
... explain exactly what they think is a threat on that page. And why no other anti-virus programs agree? cheers, Martin. posted: 22 Jan 2018 19:04 from: polybear Hi Martin/Rob, Many thanks; I did consider using Windows Defender as it was pre-loaded on a new laptop, but after a bit of research decided that Norton offers some additional protection not offered by Defender. And at twenty quid for a five-user licence (and some pc's/tablets don't run with Windows 10) it wasn't too high a price to pay. Now the good news: I submitted the problem to Norton and after a couple of days they came back with the following: "We have manually analyzed the below domain and found it to be clean. So we have modified its rating to green in safeweb.norton.com".- I can now access the Templot Forum without problem So it's official: Martin isn't a Big Bad Wolf after all, more of a cuddly puppy Brian posted: 22 Jan 2018 19:14 from ...
... reset with the other derived settings. You may not believe this but I don't think I have ever used F5. I use the menu settings for crossing angle and switch type which is why my track plans are probably littered with daft crossing/switch sizes. Another lesson learned...the single sided tandem looks fine when starting with a D-12 although to be honest I could go back to the original track plan and use a turnout of the same overall length as my B-12 such as a C-10. Visually much better. Thanks for looking at this and jogging some sense into me. Rob posted: 16 Jan 2018 15:44 from: Martin Wynne Rob Manchester wrote: You may not believe this but I don't think I have ever used F5. Hi Rob, Well I believe it because you said it. But I do find it very surprising, not least because the F5 size function is on the beginner buttons. It does illustrate why I'm finding it so difficult to write the docs for Templot. In ...
... printing for computers). I discussed this matter briefly with the owner of Modelu at Stevenage, who chatted through his own thoughts briefly with me. With 3 D printing costs reducing, perhaps this could even lead to plastic extrusions coming down in price, The other thing which is keeping prices high on plastic extrusions is the economies of scale, which come into play when you get higher production volumes, so I guess whilst volumes are low (in manufacturing terms) prices will remain at a premium. posted: 26 Jan 2018 10:05 from: Stephen Freeman They told me they had no plans for any Indivdulay parts for Bullhead 4mm scale. Rob Manchester wrote: rodney_hills wrote: Rob, Noted that large-supplier Peco does not (yet?) list code 75 bullhead rail amongst the Individulay components... I've just sent of a query on this to the Peco T.A.B. Regards, Rodney Hills Hello Rodney, No, they don't and I am not sure they will aim to do so. They don't have any suitable chairs available as ...
647. Ludgate Hill North
... of the basic connections survived to be photographed and they really were as tight as they look. And as for short switches... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Holborn_Viaduct_2020606.jpg The LCDR was an enigma, yes they understood budgets, but equally, they had no right to put a railway here at all, and no expense was spared on the station frontage. And they built Crystal Palace High Level! Cheers, Howard Last edited on 9 Feb 2014 17:41 by JFS posted: 11 Feb 2014 10:54 from: rodney_hills Hello, Ludgate Hill is covered in Alan A Jackson's book "London's Termini", David& Charles 1969. It reprints both the 1890s plan and the 1910 rebuilding plan from an article in the Dec 1964 Railway Magazine. I have both book and magazine, but the latter article is online here: http://www.semgonline.com/RlyMag/ line: Ludgate Hill Station: http://www.semgonline.com/RlyMag/LudgateHillStation.pdf The article say that more detail of the 1910 rebuilding appears in the June ...
648. Making crossing vees
... the bulk of the metal can be quickly removed with a coarse file or metal shears before finishing on the sander. Use a fine-grade sanding disc on the sander plate. If the vee gets too hot while sanding stop and dip the block in a bowl of cold water. The end result is an accurately aligned vee comprised of solid rail at the nose. All that then remains is to fettle the running edges at the tip and blunt back the nose to the specified width as shown on the template (0.25mm/10 thou for bullhead in 4mm scale). It's a good idea to take a few thou off the top of the nose so that it dips down slightly below the wing rails. This allows for the coning angle on the wheels as they run off the wing rail onto the nose, producing smoother running. But don't overdo it. N.B. Wear a mask while sanding and wash hands afterwards. The sandings will contain lead from the solder. Stick Elastoplast or tape on the ends of your fingers beforehand to protect them if ...
... 2014 19:38 from: Gordon S Thanks Martin, that looks superb! I'm sure PH will be very pleased.. posted: 8 Mar 2014 12:35 from: Martin Wynne Hi Gordon, I have now added some timbering. It's a prototype nonsense of course, but looks the part: 2_080732_570000000.png 2_080732_580000001.png PDF and .box files below. regards, Martin. Attachment: attach_1779_2416_triangle_for_ivor _pages_2014_03_08_1228_18.pdf 200 posted: 8 Mar 2014 12:38 from: Martin Wynne .box file: Attachment: attach_1780_2416_triangle_for_ivor .box 204 posted: 9 Mar 2014 10:47 from: Gordon S Many, many thanks Martin! I have sent a pdf copy of the file to Pete this morning. No doubt he will be in touch later.. Last edited on 9 Mar 2014 10:47 by Gordon S Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Can anyone assist?- Small Y diagram about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot ...
650. Templot program code
... the generator). This is called many, many times while Templot is running. For example if you are adjusting the crossing angle with F9, it will be called every time Windows reports the mouse having moved one or more pixels on the screen. The variables are global so that they can be used anywhere in Templot if needed. For example the variable bnx is the x dimension to the blunt nose, g is the track gauge, etc. All the dimensions are in mm to extended precision (80-bit, 10-byte). After being curved to the required main road radius and transformed (shifted/rotated) to its proper position on the trackpad grid, this template gets drawn as the control template. The dimensions are referenced from the template datum, which is the gauge-face of the straight stock rail, at CTRL-0. This template datum is marked on the trackpad as a green dot. All the rail edges and centre-lines which make up the template have an aq number. The code attached below ...
... whether giving consent to be contacted by other members applies only to those who are members at the time the consent is given, or also applies to any additional members who may join in future. And whether such consent is only meaningful if you can see a membership list of current members at the time, and whether such a membership list can only show members who have specifically consented to be on it. The GDPR is an utter minefield, let's hope some common sense prevails. cheers, Martin. posted: 11 May 2018 10:43 from: madscientist My advice to various small voluntary organizations that I'm involved in, is to do nothing in the medium term. currently it's like y2k all over again, with" consultants" everywhere. In time, the simple messages will emerge and clarity will be established By the way, it's no" minefield" you can read the underlying EU regulation, it's quite simple( in general) the key things are 1. No use of personal data other then what the data was originally provided for 2. ...
... to ease them is with a round file as you've suggested, but the amount needing taking off is small. If you have more to take off, can't you find larger washers? What diameter hole are you looking for? Is it the 2mm or 3mm you mentioned? Nigel Last edited on 28 Mar 2018 01:19 by Nigel Brown posted: 28 Mar 2018 09:08 from: Phil O Try using a broach, it may be a bit hard going in 1mm thick material. Phil posted: 28 Mar 2018 10:35 from: Jim Guthrie Rob Manchester wrote: Next try is to solder the washers to a metal strip and then just drill them before unsoldering and cleaning up the solder. unless anybody has any other ideas Rob, I would either solder the washers to a bit of brass or nickel silver and drill through then unsolder and clean up, or, if you were dealing with materials which wouldn't solder, stick the washer to the material with cyano glue and drill through then heat with a torch or clean soldering iron to ...
... topic: 3252 Creating custom gauge/track settings posted: 2 Apr 2018 10:11 from: chrisveitch I'm trying to create custom track settings but basically I don't know where to start. What I'm after is 9mm gauge, 3.5mm scale track with a specific sleeper size, using HOe/N standards but with Code 40 rail. I can get as far as editing one of the Custom gauges, but can't find a way of adjusting rail width, sleeper length etc. Any help would be appreciated. Regards, Chris Veitch posted: 2 Apr 2018 13:12 from: Martin Wynne chrisveitch wrote: I'm trying to create custom track settings but basically I don't know where to start. What I'm after is 9mm gauge, 3.5mm scale track with a specific sleeper size, using HOe/N standards but with Code 40 rail. I can get as far as editing one of the Custom gauges, but can't find a way of adjusting rail width, sleeper length etc. Any help would be appreciated. Hi Chris, Narrow-gauge is easy ...
654. Way-beams
... alignment and are usually tolerated only where necessary in slow speed areas. Yes, I know there are high-speed exceptions. The long timbers are usually 12" x 12" and sometimes bigger, up to 18" x 18", and the cross timbers- the transoms- are usually around 6" x 6" and are paired with a steel tie rod to strap the whole lot tight to hold the gauge. Judi R Last edited on 20 Apr 2018 14:35 by Judi R posted: 4 May 2018 10:44 from: richard_t Thanks Judi that was a great help. I've found a bit of further information in the NERA "Standard Railway Equipment, Permanent Way, 1926" booklet, diagram 107. It has three arrangements, S1J chairs on 18" beams, L1CC chairs on 18" beams, and M1 chairs on 12" beams. For 60' rails, these chairs are all placed at 2' centres. Looking at the picture it seems to be M1 chairs, as there's no checkrail visible, and M1 ...
... topic: 3266 Forum posting response time posted: 5 May 2018 22:57 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, Have you recently hit the 'turbo' button on the Templot servers? I have noticed a huge difference in the time it takes from hitting Send before the page refreshes and the post is added to the topic. It used to be 10-15 seconds but now it seems less than a half or even a third of that. Rob posted: 5 May 2018 23:25 from: Martin Wynne Rob Manchester wrote: Hi Martin, Have you recently hit the 'turbo' button on the Templot servers? I have noticed a huge difference in the time it takes from hitting Send before the page refreshes and the post is added to the topic. It used to be 10-15 seconds but now it seems less than a half or even a third of that. Hi Rob, Pay attention at the back! See: topic 3246- message 24512 I'm glad you are finding it faster. The difference here isn't as marked as ...
656. Export a jpeg file
... topic: 3267 Export a jpeg file posted: 7 May 2018 10:32 from: rynd2it I am trying to create a jpeg file of a track plan- done it many times before- but now the file is missing. I create the jpeg from the output menu, option view in my usual viewer and the file is reported as moved or renamed. If I redo it and view in Templot viewer it shows the image BUT on exit the file cannot be found again. Using TEMPLOT 2.19b Windows 10 Home Edition I was going to attach the box file but would you believe Windows can't find that either! HELP!!! Thanks David posted: 7 May 2018 11:50 from: Martin Wynne Hi David, Assuming you left the defaults unchanged when you installed Templot, everything related to Templot is in the C:\TEMPLOT_DEV\ folder. Your box-files are in C:\TEMPLOT_DEV\BOX-FILES\ and your image files are in C:\TEMPLOT_DEV\IMAGE-FILES\ cheers, Martin. posted: ...
... 8" from the C/L of the A timber. 499_121151_350000000.png Luckily Templot allows me to adjust this (via real> V-crossing options> customize V-crossing> blunt nose...). posted: 12 May 2018 18:16 from: Martin Wynne Hi Richard, Interesting topic. As usual it's not easy to pin down. The general rule for REA designs is 3/4" blunt nose (BH)= 4" from centre of "A" timber, i.e. timber centre is 10" from F.P. for a 1:8 crossing. 5/8" blunt nose (FB)= 5" from centre of "A" timber, i.e. timber centre is 10" from F.P. for a 1:8 crossing. except where it isn't. For slab& bracket "A" chairs, bear in mind the note on Fig. 41 in BRT3- "A revised design incorporating nose blocks obviates the necessity for the 3" extension with holding-down bolt". It has always ...
... a length of straight between reverse curves isn't always feasible. But Templot makes it easy to create smooth S-curve transitions in place of reverse curves: 2_292139_340000000.png Here I have used Templot's make transition function to create a sweeping S-curve transition between your curves at A and B. You can see what I meant by a less geometric and more flowing design. Now we can create another transition for the other running line, and start inserting the pointwork into the curves: 2_292143_000000000.png I changed some of your turnouts to C-10 size. That is always a good size to use if you have room for them when creating curved pointwork, allowing easier radii than shorter curved turnouts. This is the result: 2_292145_330000000.png You can see that this has a more prototypical flow to it in the yellow tracks than your original unmodified blue tracks at the top. Here is the same section when printed out for construction: 2_292148_520000000.png regards, Martin. posted: 1 Jan 2017 11:25 from: drrsenior Hi Martin, Thank you for spending more time on this ...
659. Trimming turnouts
... topic: 1194 Trimming turnouts posted: 10 Aug 2010 10:27 from: grog_polymer I know that I will probably come to this later in the tutorials but there are a couple of places where I have found that the alignment on the entry to a turnout with a track that was made as double track does not quite align at the end of the turnout be it the approach, the branch or the length to use terms relating to how they are fashioned on a single turnout. If I move the peg along a little and make a separate exit road etc. will this let me trim the turnout down? Regards, Greg posted: 11 Aug 2010 11:09 from: Martin Wynne grog_polymer wrote: If I move the peg along a little and make a separate exit road etc. will this let me trim the turnout down? Hi Greg, You can shorten a turnout template back towards the toe (CTRL-0 end) by as much as you wish, using the F4 overall length mouse action. Alternatively you can blank out ...
... in this instance in reality is quite large with the longest arm being close to 3500' long. I am trying to compress this arm into a curved part with an approximate radius of 35 inches (HO so fairly tight) If you can provide a screenshot of what you mean I'm sure we can help. That could be from XTrkCad or a rough freehand sketch with the mouse in any drawing package. I'll send both the XTrkCad and my attempt in a .box file. Bob Hobbs Ottawa, Canada posted: 6 Aug 2008 10:37 from: Bob Hobbs Hi Gang As promised three files have been uploaded to the Yahoo Files section under folder BobHFiles. ### edit: Bob, not all members of Templot Club are members of the Yahoo group. I have copied your files to the Templot Club web site and linked them in your text below so that everyone can access them. I've also added screenshots below for those who do not have Templot or XtrkCad programs. Martin. ### One is the box file for where I am ...
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