... topic: 1677 Continuous check rails posted: 4 Nov 2011 13:26 from: Raymond I thought this might be useful for any one who has not yet figured it out for themselves yet. I needed several continuous check rails on sharply curved sidings and this method produces them at the correct spacing using the new module for adjusting check rails. Having already made the curved road, save it and then make a copy. Go to Template and 'Insert turnout into plain track'. Go to Geometry and use 'No track centre lines' Go to Do and click 'Switch drive mark' to delete the switch. Now delete all the rails except the check rain on the inside curve. Go to Real, 'Adjust check rails' and lengthen both ends to the full length of the curved track. Result, a properly spaced check rail with bent ends. Simples! Regards Raymond Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Development doings- archive> Continuous check rails ...

... posted: 16 Oct 2011 22:36 from: Martin Wynne Good news. Jim has pulled out all the stops on a Sunday afternoon: OK pipe size will be increased at the latest tomorrow during the day. This will cure all current speed problems. regards, Martin. posted: 18 Oct 2011 10:38 from: Martin Wynne Jim installed a much larger pipe yesterday. That's the internet link between his servers and the outside world. But it's a big extra investment for him, so we are expecting some "adjustments" to the hosting fees when they come up for renewal. The result is that most users in the world should be seeing a big improvement today in response times to Templot Club. Unfortunately some users in the UK, including me, and possibly others elsewhere, are seeing that occasionally a page takes a very long time to load. As far as I can trace, this is being caused by errors on an internet link between Colorado and Ohio. There doesn't seem to be much we can do about it, other ...

... topic: 1648 Couple of TDV issues posted: 8 Oct 2011 16:19 from: bainin NOW POSTED (CORRECTLY, I HOPE) IN DEVELOPMENT DOINGS Hi Martin, I'm enjoying most of my experience so far with the latest TDV. I'm working with 9mm gauge tram track, so I particularly like the interactive check rail adjustments, which help me to simulate quite a lot of girder rails in turnouts. But I have had intermittent problems clicking on the TSnn/MSnn labels. Just doesn't seem to work sometimes, although I cannot figure out any particular set of circumstances that causes problems. One other issue: Templot won't quit for me! I have to end the process in task manager. Neither issue is critical. And one question: Is there a way of deleting custom switches (something that's also very useful in simulating tram track)? System is XP SP2. Regards, Mike Last edited on 14 Oct 2011 14:11 by bainin posted: 14 Oct 2011 15:01 from: Martin Wynne Hi Mike, Sorry I missed this ...

... is important that the paper size is set correctly. This paper is more commonly available in US Letter size (11in x 8.5in) than A4. Because of the effects of the printer calibration, and manufacturing tolerances on the paper size, it is unlikely that the printed page alignment marks will exactly coincide with the folds in Z-fold paper. This does not affect the accuracy of the printed templates. If you are using Z-fold computer listing paper as banner paper, you can prevent printing through the sprocket holes by adjusting the trim margins. Click the PRINT> TRIM MARGINS>? TRIM MARGINS HELP menu item for more information. For continuous banner printing an accurate printer calibration is especially important to maintain accuracy over long print runs. Remember to do a separate calibration for the banner paper which you are using. For more information click the PRINT> PRINTER CALIBRATION> CALIBRATE PRINTER... menu item. When printing on single sheets of paper Templot ignores any empty (blank) pages and prints only the pages of your drawing which actually contain ...

... the S7 pre-set -- 78.17mm real> V-crossing options> curviform V-crossing real> V-crossing options> V-crossing angle... set it to 8.75 tools> make ladder crossover> make curviform ladder tools> make branch track Remove the underlying conflicting templates and re-connect to the diamond. You will probably want to shorten the first half-diamond (F4). In practice a C-9 might be more likely for the top turnout, but that would require some further adjustments to the turnout positions (CTRL-F6). regards, Martin. posted: 27 Aug 2011 22:36 from: Len Cattley Hi Martin I did this and it worked, but I don't know how to do the timbers. I've enclosed the new file. Regards Len Attachment: attach_1159_1597_S7_Tebay_& _Kirkby-Stephen_crossing.box 204 Last edited on 30 Aug 2011 00:32 by Len Cattley Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> ...

... : 15 Jul 2011 11:23 from: Stephen Freeman I would hope that they should be arriving any time soon if not already. Anyway, I have found that when fitting in a conventional method, it is easier to bend a little loop in the wire to solder to the pointblade, don't worry if you don't get it quite right first time as not being brass it is unlikely to break and can be easily replaced anyway. If the gauging is not quite to your liking simply unsolder one wire from the centre, adjust and re-solder. Likewise if the wire should become unsoldered, just solder it to the rail first and then the centre. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Trackbuilding topics> New Tiebar Design 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 ...

... time! is that outside slip a #4 or #6? as I really don't want to disturb the existing track on the section from 3 foot to 7 foot on the plan Hi Ian, I did it quickly in TDV -- it's an irregular diamond left to right: 4.59 5.02 5.6 The lower turnout is 1:6 with a 12ft switch. I intended it only to convey the idea -- were you to actually go with such a plan it would need to be re-done more carefully, and adjusted for the optimum fit at the board joint. regards, Martin. posted: 4 Jan 2012 10:17 from: RedgateModels Show off TBH I think I'm pretty happy with the double slip and GWR 9ft heel- 6. Current stock will fit and I always have scope to expand the layout by a few feet should I ever have the need to run a 9F into the station. Good fun this layout design- Summat Colliery was already done for me in Peco code 75 so I didn't have all these things to ...

... is intended to create a guide line for cutting open-top baseboards, rather than anything based on the prototype. A proper function for this needs a lot of work on the generator. A full implementation requires 4 additional lines on each side of the track -- top of ballast shoulder, bottom of ballast shoulder, edge of formation, outer edge of drain/cess. And a 5th if you add the boundary fence. However, a short-term fix would be to make the width of the trackbed edge line adjustable to represent the cess. At present it is a bold marker line created by two lines half a rail-width apart. I can add an option to make it say 10mm wide instead to represent the cess, with a hatched infill to save ink. I will look at doing that for the next update, which I'm hoping to have ready in the next few days. For a typical single track railway, the formation would be 15ft wide between each cess, the cess/drain being 2ft-6in wide on ...

... , At present they can be removed by deselecting them in the generator and then doing a rebuild. I will look to include them in the output options, but I'm wondering why you want to do that? It's useful to know where each radius section begins and ends when building the track. Secondly, when adding a platform to the turnout side of a parallel crossing, would it be possible for it to follow the turnout road rather than the turnout side of the main route? That's a tricky one, because if I adjust it to follow the loop track it will be wrong for any approach track on the same template. The platform edge can only parallel the main road, it can't follow the turnout road. What you can do is manually change the front edge spacing accordingly. Increase it by the current track spacing, which by default for 6ft way is 11ft-2in= 134". Templot will even do the arithmetic for you, just enter #134 to increase the existing dimension showing, which by default is 28.75", and ...

... asymmetrical Y point? I would like to place a Y point in a 54 inch radius curve, where the right hand leg would be the running line with has a 54 inch radius and then the left leg would branch off, with a 60 inch radius. Hi Kim, Is this quick dabble something like what you are looking for? 2_261627_450000000.png What you do is set the 54" main road curving (negative for a Y-effect -- contraflexure), and set a curviform type of V-crossing. Then adjust the V-crossing angle (F9 mouse action) until you hit the desired resultant turnout radius (60" is 1524mm as shown). This is using a 1:24 switch and ideally you need a custom switch here a bit shorter, say 1:18 or 1:20. Probably you also want equalized timbering. regards, Martin. posted: 26 Sep 2012 22:39 from: kimstation Hi Martin, This looks just what I was looking for. Thank you. Kim Parts of Templot Club may ...