... . Roger posted: 17 Mar 2020 13:27 from: Martin Wynne Roger Stone wrote: How do I load a DXF file into Templot? The DXF file I have was exported from Tempot but I no longer have the original. I want to reload it either as usable templates or as a background so that I can align new templates over it. Hi Roger, A DXF file (any DXF file, not only from Templot) can be imported into the background shapes. If it's from Templot you can let it print as usable templates as it stands, or use it as a guide to align new templates over it. 2_170817_410000000.png Note however that Templot is restricted to a maximum of 32,000 background shapes. A large track plan in DXF is likely to exceed this. You may wish to edit the DXF in a CAD program to remove some of the detail, such as say timber centre-lines, etc., before importing it. Another way of dealing with the maximum import limit is to zoom the trackpad to the area ...

... main> store as library template menu item. When you want to use those settings again, you reload or add the file into the storage box, select the template which contains them, click the button to copy it into the control template, and off you go designing a new template with those settings: storage_box_library.png Alternatively, simply shift (F7 mouse action) the template to the bottom of the workpad below the grid origin line, and then main> store& background menu item. Anything in the negative quadrants doesn't get printed, so you can use that area as a general dumping ground for templates. Some users like to have a row of them along the bottom of the screen and saved in the .box file. Just click on whichever one you want, copy it to the control template, and shift it to wherever you want. This has the advantage that you don't need to open the storage box to get to your template and you can see them all at a glance. The disadvantage is that such templates might be inadvertently deleted. ...

... topic: 214 Startup video posted: 29 Oct 2007 17:57 from: Martin Wynne Dear all, There was a request on RMweb for a source of curved turnout templates in EM. So I have answered with a quick video showing Templot in action from startup to printing an EM template, in less than 2 minutes. See: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p =163783#163783 The video is in Flash format as a direct web page link for RMweb. I will add it to the video list here in our usual Camplayer Windows executable format shortly. 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> Startup video 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 ...

... on the screen at the same time (add function) When you save the data, it creates a new file to contain it. You can save all the data, or only part of it (save group function). You can see which file the data was last loaded from, or last saved to, on the top line of the storage box (if you can't see the full path, drag the right edge of the storage box wider): 2_150641_460000000.png That information is also shown on each page of the printed templates, in very small text at the top of the page below the trim margin. If you have lots of saved Templot files, you can browse through them and see a screenshot of each, at files> file viewer menu item. It's very handy if you can't remember what's in each one. p.s. in Templot "reload" refers to the storage box, not the file. i.e. it means "replace existing& load new data". It doesn't mean repeat loading of the same thing. The ...

... have tried using it but I simply cannot get myself into the right mindset. Can you point me at any simply tutorials which develop my knowledge to I can get it to do what I want to? As Paul mentioned there are two starter videos, and a long list of tutorial videos on the Templot web site. Before starting on your Barnstaple Junction plan I would suggest simply playing about with individual turnouts in the control template. Curving them; extending them; shortening them; trying different combinations of switch and crossing sizes; printing them out. That way you will have a much better understanding of what is and isn't possible and the options available to you, when you start laying out your plan for real. This first starter video shows how to make basic adjustments to a single template: http://www.templot.com/martweb/videos/flash/startup/startup_em.html I have a project in mind that looks a little like the west end of Barnstaple Junction at one end and some complex pointwork at the other. This second starter video shows you ...

... it --- I'm re-organising the filing at the moment). It has inter alia a number of official photographs at the opening of the line. That original layout is now in a cupboard in the Falkirk Museum, and it might be possible to rescue some of the buildings from it. Heresy! The three way into the yard is actually two overlapping turnouts and I remember I got them in the wrong order when I built it. When building something like your crossing between the fiddle yards, I would just print the Templot plan with the two pieces of plain track crossing each other. The time to worry about check rails, wing rails etc is when you're building the track. Some people get their knickers in a twist about getting the Templot plan just right. It's only an aid to tracklaying, and there's no point in spending time with Templot when you could be spending the time laying real track. More heresy! (don't tell Martin I said that!) Look forward to meeting at the next Biscuit Group. Allan F ...

... regard this as a serious bug, so I will try to get an update fix released later today. cheers, Martin. posted: 9 Jul 2019 08:40 from: richard_t Thank you Martin. The plan dates from the start of last year, so I've forgotten most of the details I had a bit of time yesterday, so I thought I'd make a start to correcting the turnout road exit lengths when I noticed some of the timbers looked incorrect. Thanks for pointing out the real reason! Although I could just print the plan at 4/7ths size, now I have a bit more room that 4mm will give me, I can add some of the features of the original that I omitted for the 7mm version. I'll await the update before doing any further work (I harvested some Onions instead yesterday evening) BTW, here's a screenshot of the 7mm version: 499_090345_410000000.png All the best Richard Last edited on 9 Jul 2019 08:45 by richard_t posted: 10 Jul 2019 01:53 from: Martin Wynne Hi Richard, Update ...

... Ray. Attachment: attach_2744_3326_Marcway_3way.jpg 554 posted: 11 Sep 2018 23:15 from: Martin Wynne Hi Ray, Thanks for the photo. To make an exact copy I would need something more precise, such as an actual scan of the Marcway tandem. p.s. I note that it has a check rail missing. Also a vee nose hanging in fresh air, and strangely narrow spindly timbering. I have created this 0-MF tandem which I think may be fairly close. The .box file is attached below. If you print it out, place the Marcway tandem over it and take a photo as square on as possible, I may be able to adjust it for a better fit. The V-crossing angles in order are 1:4.5- 1:7.5- 1:5.5 The radii are 1972mm (77.6")- 1287mm (50.7") 2_111801_390000000.png 2_111801_390000001.png cheers, Martin. Attachment: attach_2745_3326_short_tandem_for _ray_2018_09_11_2232_38.box 192 posted: 12 Sep 2018 10:37 from: r_wilton Hi Martin,Many thanks for the box file. Ive attached a ...

... to set out a curve by hand, assuming the usual trammel bar (beam-compass) method can't be used. My answer may be of interest (I used inch figures because ldsig is a USA-based group -- it's much easier working in mm): There isn't nearly enough space between the basement wall and the track to use a 77-inch jig..... Is there a method available to calculate the curve's exact location on my benchwork? The easy answer is to use a program to print out curve templates. See for example Templot. If you prefer to set it out by hand, here's a method taken from "British Railway Track", the handbook of the UK Permanent Way Institution: set_out_curve.png ©PWI (Using suitable rulers and a pencil of course for the model, using string lines and pegs on the baseboard is going a bit far!) You first need to use your calculator to find a suitable chord length and versine for your radius. For a 77" radius, suitable figures would be ...

... topic: 3489 changes in version 223b posted: 19 Aug 2019 02:31 from: Martin Wynne Here is a summary of the changes in Templot update version 223b, released 10th July 2019. Despite the long interval since the last update this is mainly a maintenance update to fix some bugs. There are only a few function changes this time. That's because I'm mostly working on the 3-D DXF export for chairs and 3-D printing. It's proving a slow and daunting process. So much so that this update is actually a retrograde step in that the existing 3-D option for DXF exports is temporarily disabled (no change to 2-D DXF exports). I didn't want to wait any longer to release an update, and spend time reverting the work in progress. If anyone specifically needs the previous 3-D DXF export in the meantime please continue to use 219b, and defeat the internet check by means of the method given at: topic 3337 But there are a few changes in this update: 1. It ...