... on an embankment and over bridge, I have decided to go for an open plan baseboard, and have drafted a design in the CAD package, Fusion360. The problem I have is that I want to make sure the track bed is a) the right width and b) in the right place on the boards. I may be simply missing something, but is there any way that the data from Templot (really just the outer edges of the sleepers would be fine) can be exported in a format that could be imported into the CAD software and placed in position? I appreciate its asking something of Templot that it probably was not designed to do, but I also thought I cannot be the first person to consider it! Any help would be appreciated. Mike posted: 27 Apr 2020 12:26 from: Martin Wynne Mike Kynaston wrote: but is there any way that the data from Templot (really just the outer edges of the sleepers would be fine) can be exported in a format that could be imported into the CAD software ...

... useage between the two types of checkrail chairs produced by Exactoscale (0.68mm and 0.8mm flangeway)? The latter are for use where you have 0.12mm of gauge-widening, in order to preserve the correct check gauge. Mainly intended for continuous check rails in curved plain track, rather than pointwork. If you have some other amount of gauge-widening, you shouldn't use them -- prototype steam-era gauge widening is up to 3/4" max, which scales to 0.25mm. In pointwork the check gauge is so important that I would prefer to use a soldered construction for crossing check rails and add the chairing detail as cosmetic half-chairs only. regards, Martin. posted: 14 Nov 2007 12:53 from: Paul Boyd Matt wrote: I am modelling GWR trackwork Ah- do you have "The Bible"? This is the "GWR SWITCH AND CROSSING PRACTICE- A Design Guide for 4mm Modellers" published by the Great Western Study Group. Essential reading! I'm assuming that you just accept the fact that some of the ...

... topic: 2774 Importing scanned background images posted: 4 Nov 2015 08:24 from: Hayfield I have just spent an hour or so re-sizing 4 scans into images, sorry about being one of the thicker users on the site, but I must be missing something My latest effort for a friend was to scan 4 A4 pages which I made the equivalent of a brass rubbing, he has a junction on his layout and wants to build a much smoother formation than his Peco turnouts allow Anyway I scanned each sheet (after putting a 6" scale on each sheet) and then started to add them to a plan, I used scanned model track plan, which was fine. But the scans load to about 60% of the size. Its not too much of a problem re-scaling them, but what am I doing wrong please By the way, he is coming round this afternoon (for some track building tuition) and I have been able to redesign the formation for him, though he may want it altered still posted ...

... in despair with all us ancients who still operate Templot as it was years ago. Jim. posted: 15 Sep 2017 12:45 from: Martin Wynne Jim Guthrie wrote: Martin, You must be tempted to give up in despair with all us ancients who still operate Templot as it was years ago. Hi Jim, Not despair exactly, but it is the reason for paragraph 3 at: http://templot.com/companion/terms_of_use.html You can understand a beginner such as Tony getting mighty confused. That's why it's important that I do get on and make some progress with the Templot Companion. Just saying "lots of friendly help on Templot Club" isn't much help if the friends all say different things. I do wonder how other software copes with this problem? And having said I'm going to get on with the Templot Companion, I'm not actually doing it today or any other day for months now, because it is far more interesting to get on with the code for the NLS map imports, or the code for auto-generated ...

... -- many of the links to the help notes do not yet go anywhere, and the old help notes in the Templot Companion are now very out of date. regards, Martin. posted: 24 Dec 2011 21:15 from: pearson john Martin, I will be downloading the TDV version of Templot 2 the changes look exciting for a flat bottomed narrow guage On3 enthusiast...into 3 way stub points or perfect Y s! I have all but finished the garage full layout using 091c, will it be possible to import into Templot 2? Regards John Pearson posted: 24 Dec 2011 21:26 from: Tony W Hi John. Yes. Later versions of Templot will always accept track plans from earlier versions. It does not though necessarily work the other way round. Tony. posted: 24 Dec 2011 21:30 from: Martin Wynne pearson john wrote: I have all but finished the garage full layout using 091c, will it be possible to import into Templot 2? Hi John, Yes, the file format is fully compatible ...

... view (ie pick the view point, rather than a "walk through") might not require the combined resources of NASA and CERN. best wishes Richard posted: 26 Aug 2013 15:40 from: Martin Wynne Richard_Jones wrote: It may be a "wish too far", but would there be any possibility of generating 3D views? Hi Richard, You can do 3D "walk-throughs" of your Templot track plan by exporting a DXF file and selecting the 3D option. The DXF file can then be imported into any 3D CAD program, some of which are free. If you want to try this I recommend the free demo version of 3rd PlanIt (3PI): http://www.trackplanning.com Here is a 10-year-old web page describing the process of getting Templot tracks into 3PI: http://templot.com/3pi/dxf_3d_hc_3pi.htm Sorry, the page is old and in need of updating. There are about 100 ifs and buts to getting the best results, especially if you actually want to run train simulations ...

... picture shape. You must save the BMP file in the same folder as the BGS file, so that Templot can find the BMP image each time it loads the BGS file. This has caused users so much confusion that it will be changed in the next Pug version -- Templot will automatically put a copy of the image in the folder for you, in its own SK8 format. However, if you have reached the 32,000 shapes limit, it's unlikely that you are using a picture shape. You have probably imported a DXF file which has been vectorized from the BMP file. There is no way round the 32,000 limit, sorry. You can thin out the vectorized shapes by clicking the modify all tab> delete 25% or delete 50% buttons. This makes room to import some more if you can break your BMP image into sections before vectorizing each section to separate DXF files. Alternatively there are probably some settings in your vectorizing software to control the complexity of the DXF file and the number of entities created. Most ...

... Which not only takes much longer, but seems to involve an entirely different brain function. Also nowadays with failing memory, by the time I've reached hot I've forgotten that it's water we are talking about and I need to read it all again. 2 things I can remember, 3 is asking a bit much. hahaha- Well, an ingenious explanation, I have to say. However- there ARE three things on the line. The':=' is NOT just punctuation. In fact it is arguably the most important of the three because it is the one that defines what kind of statement we have here. It is an assignment. Although you said "the variable and its value" there are in fact two values involved in this part of the code. The value of abc before the statement executes and the value after, and it is the':=' which causes the replacement of one value with another. As you said it is the operator. Very different from the; at the end of a line, for ...

... -point data type which is used throughout Templot2. I have tried to create a conversion utility, but it's messy and needs modifying for every program update, so it is currently commented out. What is needed is an entirely new file format based on XML or similar. That's very definitely not a 5-minute task, although there are XML components available which might help, and one such is already used for the .SK9 files from the sketchboard. If someone wanted to contribute to OpenTemplot, creating a new file export/import format in XML would be a massive step forward. cheers, Martin. posted: 14 Sep 2019 07:13 from: John Clutterbuck Hi Martin, I am certainly not suggesting you stop work on Templot2. I was simply trying to find a way that others (including me) could contribute and help improve and ensure the continuation of the wonderful program you have created. Am I correct you are now developing Templot2 using Delphi? If so surely anyone could download the Embarcadero Community Edition and would have the means to contribute ...

... topic: 2500 Important- printer settings posted: 2 Aug 2014 13:22 from: Martin Wynne Modern printers are getting lots of extra functions. Most of which we don't need when printing track construction templates. It is important that the data sent from Templot is printed exactly as supplied, and is not interfered with in any way by a printer driver trying to be too helpful. This is getting more and more difficult to ensure. For example, if your printer has a setting like this: 2_020814_450000000.png please make sure that it is unticked when printing templates from Templot. It is probably ticked by default. Make sure that everything is set to Normal Size, No Scaling, No Fitting, 100%, etc. Even if you have done a printer calibration, please check that the printer has not interfered with the data before using a template. You can do that by carefully measuring the grid lines. regards, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot ...