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661. Newbie - Chair Types
... track from suppliers such as C& L which is much closer to prototype dimensions, and hence to Templot, which will look much better when finished. You can also buy point kits which will provide chairs and information on how to use them. You could of course construct PCB pointwork and add cosmetic chairs; personally I've found that approach a bit tedious and would suggest using plastic sleepers as per the above kits, or ply sleepers, with the chairs glued to the sleepers. Cheers Nigel posted: 4 Aug 2010 11:08 from: grog_polymer My chosen track standard is OO-SF. This was selected to allow fellow BRMA members to bring their RTR stock and run it at my place but not suffer the horrendous running that comes with RTR pointwork with massive flangeways. There will be imperceivable change in gauge where OO-SF P+ C meets Peco flex from a gauge perspective. Building some PCB turnouts with limited sleepers drives the cost and time to build way down for staging track but will still give reliable running so that seems a very sensible ...
662. Flatbottom Track
... edit the URL to be view_postx instead of view_post, you get a simplified page display: This will reduce the size of MY OWN MANUAL considerably and make things a lot neater at the same time. Your blood's worth bottling mate. Ken posted: 7 Aug 2010 17:07 from: Alan McMillan Thanks for your help Ken, I've decided to leave the conversion of my rather huge plan until Martin can set up the Modify on Rebuild option for adding the FB rail foot. Alan Last edited on 7 Aug 2010 17:08 by Alan McMillan Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Flatbottom Track 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 web site are copyright and the ...
... continues through the V-crossing into the siding. Likewise the main line turnout is also curved, so there are no straight bits in that one either. That one has a "regular" type of V-crossing. This means that the turnout curve terminates in front of the V-crossing where you can see a black line across between the rails. Beyond that the turnout road curves back through the V-crossing following the radius of the main road. regards, Martin. posted: 10 Aug 2010 12:08 from: grog_polymer Thanks guys, I swapped the track segment end for end so the datum moved and now the transition works as expected thanks. Sorry for difficult to understand descriptions. I know I read somewhere not to use curviform tunouts for crossings as you would get an instantaneous change from positive to negative radius. I think it tells you when you try to do it. Imagine a loco travelling east on the loop and down to the platform. This road is curved. There is a few sleepers worth of straight track ...
... and save the template. Then quickset some plain track. Select the turnout and use peg align tools -> align the template over the background template -> facing-facing. That worked but is there an easier way? It does seem an odd distinction to prevent you creating a separete exit track on a turnout with a parralel crossing. The parralel crossing, for obvious reasons, was the only one where the branch and exit tracks are of different concentric radii. Regards and Many thanks, Greg posted: 11 Aug 2010 08:44 from: Martin Wynne Hi Greg, If you do tools> make branch track, the branch track is given an initial radius to match the existing radius in the diverging turnout side of the V-crossing. For regular and generic V-crossings, that means the same radius as in the main road of the turnout. For curviform V-crossings, that means the turnout radius for the turnout. That is just Templot trying to be helpful and setting the most likely radius you will want in the branch ...
... the spacing-ring tool -- tools spacing-ring menu item. Click the set ring> p-s button on the dialog to pre-set the ring diameter to the correct 6ft way for your scale. SHIFT+ CTRL+ F9 mouse action to move the spacing-ring over your plan. You can leave copies of the ring dotted about on the plan, to help you re-align templates later. Click the ring copies> make button. regards, Martin. posted: 9 Nov 2010 16:08 from: philchudley Thanks for the feedback Martin will do that, the original map is quite a small scale so I couyld have easily introduced some errors. Also as usual I guess photographic evidence of the same area does not always agree with the map! Having drawn up the plan, I have now discovered it won't fit in my house, but I will still keep it in mind for future reference as I already have some of the stock in hand to build regards Phil Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you ...
666. Pad maximum size
... . When all done, CLICK THE WARNING LABEL to cancel notch linking, otherwise you will get in a terrible muddle. (Or click group> unlink group from notch menu item, if the warning is not visible.) *The maximum zoom-out is set to 10,000 ft scaled, i.e. at 4mm/ft scale the maximum visible width is 40,000mm (40 metres). To see more pad area than that it is necessary to pan. regards, Martin. posted: 14 Sep 2010 08:02 from: RichardTP Thanks Martin, That was very helfull Regards Richard Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Trackbuilding topics> Pad maximum size 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, ...
667. posted by email -- 2
... topic: 1206 posted by email -- 2 posted: 17 Aug 2010 02:20 from: Templot User Infrequently used by me, I find logging on is always difficult as I guess My information is out of date. My last use was July 2007. Maybe I would do better if I got a Templot CD? Charles L posted: 17 Aug 2010 08:39 from: Martin Wynne Hello Charles, I'm sorry, I don't understand what you are asking. The Templot CD was discontinued some time ago. Templot is now available by download only. Full download and ordering details for Templot are on the Templot web site at: http://www.templot.com/martweb/templot_buynow.htm regards, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> posted by email -- 2 about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and first-time ...
... Hamilton Here is my first attempt at a complete common crossing. 4911846629_ef2b492318.jpg posted: 23 Aug 2010 07:00 from: roythebus Yep, looks good. don't worry about the V being spot-on, you can always fill with solder and file it down a bit. posted: 23 Aug 2010 07:58 from: Mike Waldron Yep, looks good. don't worry about the V being spot-on, you can always fill with solder and file it down a bit. Mike!! posted: 23 Aug 2010 08:37 from: roythebus Ermm, this is a bit like the BBC with all these repeats! Back to the OP, could I suggest you put a support bit under the VEE so it locates on the sleeper and supports the V. posted: 23 Aug 2010 10:23 from: Mike Waldron sorry! mischief! Mike posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:37 from: Paul Hamilton roythebus wrote: Back to the OP, could I suggest you put a support bit under the VEE so it locates on the ...
... here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/topic/19096-wigmore-road-sidings/ The track for the narrow gauge layout is this winter's project. So on a scale of 1 to 5 I most certainly give it a Great Big ONE (and a star if available). Regards Arthur posted: 25 Aug 2010 21:16 from: donald peters Visited your rmweb site ref. I would agree it looks a great success. Many Thanks for reply Regards, Donald posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:55 from: Martin Wynne Arthur Budd wrote: After a number of years trying to get to grips with Templot (and failing!) I viewed Allan's beginners guide and proceeded to plan two layouts, one P4, the other 0-16.5 and then I used the templates to build the track for the P4 layout. The results can be seen here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/topic/19096-wigmore-road-sidings/ So on a scale of 1 to 5 I most ...
670. Mac advice needed
... click the relevant buttons on the screen instead of pressing keys. For say the F6 mouse action you just click the F6 button. For say the CTRL-5 peg position you click the ctrl button and then the 5 button: on_screen_keyboard.png To launch the on-screen keyboard, go to Start> All Programs> Accessories> Accessibility> On-Screen Keyboard from the Windows taskbar. It stays on top and you can drag it around to keep it out of your way. regards, Martin. posted: 7 Sep 2010 08:25 from: John Priestley Thanks Martin, I knew i had seen the name pad removal before but had not fallen over it recently. The keyboard i did not even know about, that will, I hope solve so many things. Regards John posted: 13 Oct 2010 20:12 from: Simon Dunkley I have previously mentioned that I was using Parallels on my Mac, but this was with Vista- I couldn't get hold of a copy of XP at the time. Not the cheapest option. It ran ...
671. Minimum Radius
... R A Watson Bill, Before buying the later book (also refered to as "the Bullhead Suplement") you may like to consider that it is written to cover mainly modern B H track, which is mostly London Underground applications, and is not too helpfull for those working on older prototypes. Perhaps for a greater overview you should go for one of the earlier books recommended above. Wally posted: 5 Sep 2010 23:05 from: Bill Fay Wally, Thanks for the allert. Bill posted: 11 Sep 2010 08:22 from: Andy B Andy B wrote: You can get Part 3 of "British Railway Track. 7th edition" which specifically covers Bullhead track.... If I get time, I'll put the chapter headings on here over the weekend, so you'll have a better idea of its content. Andy Apologies- didn't manage it until now. The book has 5 sections, plus 23 pages of Glossary and several appendices (60 pages). There are references all the way through to pre-grouping practice ...
... images of various objects, hopefully this time for real (not fictitious) objects, when I have consulted my books. If there is anything specific wanted, then again I state, I will need line style (outline) drawing or sketch with, preferably some dimensions written on it (so that I can scale it). I very much look forward to seeing 'Sketcboard' on my PC in the near future, I can then give it a real testing. Best regards. Brian Nicholls. posted: 16 Sep 2010 08:56 from: Martin Wynne Brian Nicholls wrote: BTW, I can if required produce the images in any format you wish: PNG, GIF, BMP, PDF, TIFF. However, it would seem the requirement is for GIF format, so that's what will be provided. Hi Brian, Thanks for your further thoughts. Sketchboard can add bitmap items in any of these file formats: BMP, GIF, PNG, JPG, HCK. It is important for non-rectangular objects that the background can be made ...
673. Selecting Templates
... labels are likely to overlap as you zoom out. Zoom out first. After arranging the group name labels, you can move them all in one go to a new position using the ACTION> MOUSE ACTIONS: GROUP> MOVE TEMPLATE NAME LABELS mouse action. See also the different styles of label available on the PAD> PAD BACKGROUND OPTIONS> BACKGROUND NAME LABELS> menu options. If the BOXED OVER style is wanted, select this first before arranging the name labels. regards, Martin. posted: 13 Sep 2010 21:08 from: JFS Hello Martin, Many thanks for a very full response- as I said to Richard, I need to practice this- there is a lot of power here when I get my head around it! Best Regards, Howard. posted: 13 Sep 2010 21:15 from: Martin Wynne JFS wrote: I also think I need to practice using the group feature a bit- this layout is only small but has a lot of partial templates so there are 97 templates in the list and I need to ...
674. Metric Calculator
... topic: 1845 Metric Calculator posted: 25 Feb 2012 15:07 from: Phil O Hi Martin Any chance of making the Metric Calculator available to use in the Sketchboard mode as it is a bit of a pain to keep going back to Templot, Tools, ETC. every time I want to check dimensions. Many thanks in advance Phil posted: 25 Feb 2012 16:08 from: Martin Wynne Hi Phil, The metric calculator should remain visible in front of the sketchboard if you don't close it. You can drag it mostly off-screen if it's in the way. If you click the small up-arrow in the top left corner a few times it will scale down to a smaller size and be less obtrusive. However, I have now added a menu item on the sketchboard menus to display it when needed: options> metric/scale calculator menu item. In the next TDV update. regards, Martin. posted: 25 Feb 2012 16:46 from: Phil O Many Thanks Martin. Cheers Phil Parts of Templot ...
... 2_021605_160000000.png You can do this with any picture shape, whether it was saved as a transparent image or not. The effect is not quite the same as normal transparency in that the colours will change. But it allows you to see the underlying detail, which is the object of the exercise for Templot use. Note that this option uses more memory on your graphics card -- zooming will be slower, and you may not be able to zoom in so far. regards, Martin. posted: 2 Mar 2012 23:08 from: Brian Nicholls Martin Wynne wrote: The background picture shapes do not support transparency as part of the original image file (i.e. saving as transparent option in an image editor program). Instead, tick the transparent box on the dialog: Hi Martin, That works a treat, just what I required. Note that this option uses more memory on your graphics card -- zooming will be slower, and you may not be able to zoom in so far. Duly noted, I will only be using this ...
... complex seems about 4' or less, for the two middle roads. So I dug out the few Peco O turnouts I had tucked away, and that's what they give you. I think you need to space them so that you get a 6' way; the most obvious way is to stick a bit of plain track between the leading turnout and each of the other two; this will also enable you to avoid sleeper overlaps. That will reduce the effective size of the loops though. posted: 31 Mar 2015 08:47 from: roythebus If you've got room, move the point fan left and replace the straight section on the left end of the loops with the points. The plan as drawn won't work and you're wasting loop space at each end. Could you use sharper radius curves as you're using sharper curves on the approaches. I like idea of reverse loops in hidden sidings as it does away with all the handling of stock. I used one on an HO German layout I built back in the 1980s and it generated a ...
... 32 mm long I think I will have to look through some photos. Thanks for the information as its given me a good start. Thanks again posted: 18 Apr 2014 23:00 from: alan@york John: The Peco clips are horrendously overscale. If you want to copy a place/system, let us know,& I can then be of more help. If by chance you are at the York show Sat/Mon, I'm on the DEMU stand. alan posted: 19 Apr 2014 09:08 from: Hayfield Alan Thanks for your interest, I have no particular place in mind as of yet (thats the next thread)I enjoy building track and hope that when retirement comes along it could be a bit of a part time business, just to keep my mind active after I get my last pay packet. So I would like to build a portfolio of small cameos in case they are needed. With these parts I would like to build a small diorama depicting perhaps a turnout(s) and crossing with ...
... The .box file for that is included as a sample track plan in the Templot program download: C:TEMPLOTBOX-FILES_85a_Mawley_Oak.box For a run-round loop, it usually means adding a second crossover, or alternatively make return curve. That wasn't included, so I agree a second video would be good -- preferably without the background sketch. But what is really needed is a full video to replace the old "track plan" tutorial. It's on the list. regards, Martin. posted: 27 Nov 2008 20:08 from: JimH Excellent tutorial Martin, I learnt the F10 swell function which is quite handy. The more I use the software the more the mists are clearing and I suddenly have these "aha that's what that's for" moments! Regards, Jim posted: 3 May 2010 14:29 from: David Higgs David Higgs wrote: Martin, An excellant starter tutorial. All I need now is a scan of BR(W )Moretonhampstead and I will be occupied for the forthcoming holidays! Regards, David Was it really ...
... much easier to construct because you don't have to find room for the K-crossing check rails. The only downside is the need for two extra point motors (or only one if you make a suitable rocking crank device to drive both K-crossing switches from a single motor). regards, Martin. posted: 19 Feb 2014 21:17 from: Len Cattley Hi Martin thanks for your reply, how can I add movable K-crossings to my 1:10? Len posted: 21 Feb 2014 22:08 from: JFS Martin Wynne wrote: I can't put all that in a warning. Hi Martin, Indeed not! I guess I was thinking more of a little marker that would appear which would just say "K crossing flatter than 1:10" In the same way as the "V -Crossing angle shorter than 1:4" does- the help button is there for all the detail... Even better, is does not interrupt what you are doing. Best wishes. Howard Parts of Templot Club ...
... current wheels. S7 -- 33.0mm gauge, 1.0mm flangeways. This is exact scale from the prototype. For S7 wheels only. Full details and gauge tools from the ScaleSeven group: http://www.scaleseven.org.uk The track gauge affects the length of turnouts, so for accurate track building you need to convert your Templot track plan to your chosen gauge before printing the construction templates. Click the gauge> other gauges... menu item, then convert group button. regards, Martin. posted: 2 Mar 2014 18:08 from: Murryb Martin Thanks for the reply, O-MF, Will the turnouts, Kits from C&L still work. Murry posted: 2 Mar 2014 22:14 from: mike47j In the standard C&L parts the V crossing and wing rails will be set at 1.75mm not the 1.5mm needed for 0-MF. A 1:6 crossing is probably OK in GOG-F, but with 1:10 the wheels will drop into the gap at the V making the running look rough. Mike ...
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