... components with Templot generated templates. I believe I can do the customization for things like the 11' points but I was hoping somebody had already climbed that learning curve and was willing to share. Hi Mark, Yes, there are some USA style templates available for downloading: h0_usa_turnouts.png These are in H0, but can be converted to Proto48 easily. On the the gauge/scale list dialog (other gauges... menu item), select P-48 and then click the convert group button at the top. A few things might need tidying up, for example the timber (tie) ends may no longer be set to "in-line". I don't know how closely these 11ft and 16ft-6in switches (points) match the American Switch& Signal products. If you further customize them, do please upload your files. Bear in mind when customizing, that in Templot and UK/Europe, a "switch" is the moving points section only, not an entire turnout. Download from: http://www.templot.com ...

... : 4 Apr 2008 14:50 from: Hayfield I hope this is the right section for this question, I have built a 4 point complex unfortunatly half has fallen below the 0 grid line, how can I shift the grids down to include the other half of the point complex please. Second question on a B7 point which is curved to 500' it shows the main line radius at about 70" (from memory), where can i find out the radius of the other exit please. Had the program a few days and just getting the hang of some of it. John posted: 4 Apr 2008 16:21 from: Martin Wynne Hayfield wrote: I hope this is the right section for this question, I have built a 4 point complex unfortunately half has fallen below the 0 grid line, how can I shift the grids down to include the other half of the point complex please. Hi John, I have made a couple of quick Jing videos, using version 074b. You can either move the page origin down, ...

... topic: 232 Midford S&DJR posted: 11 Nov 2007 06:02 from: Stumpytrain Hello all, I've had a copy of Templot for a number of years now (doesn't time fly?) but I've never got any further than the first tutorial. Anyway, I've finally decided to start building a model railway and I've returned to a plan I've been working on over the past few years. Here she is: phase1_midford_viaduct_osmap.jpg Once I've pestered Martin for a new registration thingy I'm going to set to work producing the template. The template will be used to assist building the baseboards and viaduct etc. I just thought people might be interested! Oh, she's 2mm Finescale and represents the end of the single line section from Bath. I'll keep you posted with my progress, any tips or suggestions will be greatfully received! Alex Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Midford S&DJR about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide ...

... for OO, OO-SF, EM or P4. The P4TrackCo/Exactoscale point kits have two limitations that you may or may not care about. They are limited to P4 (obviously if you are working in P4 this is not a limitation, but you are out of luck if you are not) and they are a fair representation of LNER track, which is not GWR track. They are designed for use with the supplied templates. They do sell a starter kit at exhibitions that has a point kit and a few yards of track panels. Flextrack uses 3 bolt chairs. The chairing issue is a horses for courses thing. It really depends on how accurate you want your track to be. The flextrack that C&L sell for OO or EM or P4 looks great, but it's 3 bolt chaired. I confess for my GW layout I took the expedient view that I did not want to make up track panels and used flextrack. Flextrack might be an interesting proposition on an airplane nowadays. Until Heathrow completely lost the plot earlier ...

... tracks differ in radius. This most commonly occurs in a double junction, where a curved diverging route crosses the adjacent track of a straight main route. Such irregular diamonds are in the queue of developments for a future Templot upgrade. In fact the code is already written, and has been for several years. The delay is caused by the need for a suitable user interface and Help texts. Here's a preview from my development version of Templot, showing a curved ladder comprising all irregular diamonds. This was created with just a few clicks on the tools> make ladder menu item: irreg_ladder.png If your track plan calls for irregular diamonds, I suggest that you leave them as overlaid plain tracks in the meantime, in the hope that this function will be available in Templot by the time that you actually need to build them. I'm hoping that the changeover to these new Templot Club forums will reduce my email load, and finally give me time to get on with some of these Templot developments before the grey cells die off completely! regards, Martin. ...

... on the "straight" (i.e. a regular diamond). This second design is much easier to do. "Straight" means curved at the ruling radius, if the scissors is on curve. See this message for some basic guidelines to get the overall design and rail alignments: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/templot/message/6030 After that you may need either to draw in some V or K crossing details by hand, or create some partial templates to do a full design. Here are a few screenshots of scissors and half-scissors created in Templot: http://www.templot.com/martweb/temp/p4_10_scissors.png http://www.templot.com/martweb/temp/ds_10_scissors.png http://www.templot.com/3pi/h0_half_scissors.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> Scissors crossover about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information ...

... it is necessary to modify only one of the check rails. That means reducing the diagonal-side (DS) half-check rail on one half-diamond, and the main-side (MS) half-check rail on the other. For the example shown I reduced each end by 39", and to help maintain checking I reduced the flare length to only 27". Here is the result: slip_mods.png You can see that there is still a slight conflict, but easily dealt with during construction with a few strokes of the file. These compromises are the price to be paid for not using P4. It's much worse in 00-BF or 00/H0 of course. You could try moving the slip switches a little closer to the V-crossings, but bear in mind that the points (switch tips) must be supported on a timber, must have room to open between the wing rail fronts, and the V-crossing check rails must be long enough in front of the crossing to check it properly. There ...

... topic: 111 Posting messages posted: 14 Jul 2007 16:34 from: Martin Wynne Dear all, In the last few days I have posted several messages on Templot Club on behalf of members who emailed them. I'm happy to do that if there is some reason why you can't post direct on the forum. But it is a distraction for me and it does take time, and it inevitably means a delay before your message appears. In due course I intend to automate email posting to the forum, but it's not done yet and won't be for some time. So if you are a registered member of Templot Club please post direct if you can. That means clicking the link above if you are reading this by email, instead of clicking the usual Reply function in your email program. There are several advantages to this -- your message will appear instantly, you can add attachments, include images, and use text formatting to emphasize a point or create neat lists. You can also immediately edit your message if you notice a mistake ...

... to amaze me. Great stuff. Thak you. Best Regards Peter posted: 14 Nov 2007 20:00 from: Martin Wynne Peter Salathiel wrote: Please keep the videos coming. They are not only painless (unlike manuals) but they are an excellent way to learn the finer points of your great creation. Templot never ceases to amaze me. Great stuff. Thank you. Hi Peter, Thanks for the kind words. The problem with the videos is that they are getting scruffier and scruffier. It takes only a few minutes to record some screen activity, and it's often the best way to answer a query on the forum. But it can take hours to edit out all the fumbles, join clips together, add captions and notes, etc., so I tend to leave them scruffy. I can only dream of the polished video tutorials I see on some other sites. With full sound commentary! regards, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. ...

... the default printer driver is a local printer? When I bring up available printers all of them indicate network connections by the horizontal "wire" under the icon, but I don't know where to find information on the drivers. Dave posted: 25 Aug 2007 01:04 from: Dave Phillips Martin Wynne wrote: I would be grateful if you could confirm that this problem never occurs with 091a? Or does it? Hi Martin, I'll try 91a for a while. I just tried 92b and launch failed. Within a few seconds I tried 91a and it launched fine. Dave posted: 25 Aug 2007 01:21 from: Paul Boyd Hi Martin I'm not too sure how Templot would behave if the default printer is a network printer which is not available at startup. Templot may be waiting for a network response which never comes. I can answer that bit- it behaves absolutely fine! My default printer is a networked HP Laserjet 4M+ of some vintage, and I only ever turn it on if I need to print something. This ...