... provided by items on the geometry menu. Best regards, Dave posted: 5 Sep 2007 10:03 from: Martin Wynne Dave Phillips wrote: I'm looking for a display option checklist for control templates like the checklist you provide for background templates. Hi Dave, The control template represents the current output from the generator. So the settings you are probably looking for are in generator> generator settings> menu options. Note that to not generate any rails, there are 3 separate settings at generator settings> rails>. A few more notes -- unticking> timber outlines also prevents any timber infill being generated. If you don't generate any rails or track centre-lines at all, the zoom to fit option (SPACEBAR) won't work properly, and it may not be possible to print the template. I will look at adding further pad display options for the control template, although not displaying too many of the features which are being generated can get mighty confusing! Storing a template could cause a lot more features to appear than you were expecting ...

... thickness brass and solder that to the foot of stock rail and then use a part chair to make the shoulder, drilling the base plate to take bits of wire to represent the chair screws all a bit heath-robinson but I have yet to come up with any other solutions pending an off the shelf chair. Cheers Phil posted: 16 Oct 2007 02:52 from: Brian Lewis Oops! Apologies for the delay in replying, but I have 2400 unread emails in my pile. Take your eyes off them for a few days and.... In fact, the GWR Slab& Bracket Chair is available ex stock from C+ L in both 4mm and 7mm. Regards Brian Lewis Carrs -- C+ L Finescale. posted: 16 Oct 2007 02:56 from: Martin Wynne Brian Lewis wrote: In fact, the GWR Slab& Bracket Chair is available ex stock from C+ L in both 4mm and 7mm. er Brian, The question was about switch slide chairs! "Slab and bracket" chairs are used under ...

... the Caledonian Railway Association dropped through my letterbox. Contained in the magazine was an article on Crow Road station in west Glasgow and featuring in one of the pictures with the article was this three way turnout still in use in June 1953. tandem.JPG The picture was taken by the late J.F.McEwan and I've taken a small extract from the bottom right corner. Jim. posted: 1 Feb 2009 14:30 from: James Dickie Many thanks to Graham for posting the photos of interlaced turnouts on the Waterloo Goods branch. For the last few years I have been making slow progress on a P4 model of exactly this location, originally inspired by the photos in George O'Hara's classic Scottish Urban& Rural Branchlines. If you visited Scaleforum 2008 then you may have seen the partially finished model- there's still a good bit of senic work to finish. However, I have taken some pics of my version of the interlaced turnouts. All were designed in Templot and the entire trackplan printed onto a long roll of good qualtiy paper. This was then stuck to the basedboard and ...

... . For private industrial sidings you might set an even smaller limit. But in any event it is only a warning, having the warning showing red doesn't affect anything else you do in Templot. regards, Martin. posted: 6 Apr 2008 18:20 from: Hayfield Martin thanks again, my refference to the SMP point was to illustrate the qualities of your templates against what was available to me before, the idea of use the points on a curve is to free up space in the station on the straight so a few extra inches does not matter as the curve is extra space anyway. Thanks for the info on what works best, I will print a couple of templates so I can see them in the raw. Certainly building those two points has shown me what can be achieved and a good learning curve. (good job PCB strip is cheapish). John Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Curved turnouts about Templot ...

... . Click on the workpad title bar at the top of the screen. That will shift focus to the workpad and you can then zoom or do anything else. (Clicking the workpad area instead of the title bar sets a position on the pad for the background shapes functions.) Then to restart the previous shape mouse action, press BACKSPACE. When you complete the mouse action, the background shapes window will re-appear. If it doesn't, press CTRL+ S (Templot menu shortcut) or ALT+ F6 a few times (standard Windows shortcut to swap windows). regards, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> I wish it would...> Background shapes 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: ...

... topic: 621 Mixed gauge irregular diamonds posted: 9 Nov 2008 13:50 from: Alan McMillan Hi I thought you might like to see this. I've had Templot for a few years but only in the last couple of weeks have I managed to get it all to "click" in my head! This is part of the Swiss layout I'm working on and I have to say I'm quite chuffed that I managed to produce something like this without a great deal of difficulty. There are no timbers because this will be built with grooved rail and buried in a road surface. Attachment: attach_404_621_Mixed_Gauge_Crossin g.png 183 posted: 9 Nov 2008 16:00 from: Templot User -- --- from Alan Hall -- --- Now all you need is a programme to do the OHLE properly. See you at Modelrail Scotland again? alan@york posted: 9 Nov 2008 17:05 from: Raymond That is highly impressive. Would consider writing it up so that we can all benefit from your efforts and take some pressure of ...

... . (None of this will have any effect unless timber numbering is being generated, i.e. currently ticked on in the generator settings.) The "egg-cup" is in fact the egg-timer? (Officially it's called the "hourglass"). It shows while the screen is being refreshed with the numbering -- for a large plan like yours that might take a second or two. If you mean it remained showing with Templot not responding -- pass. Perhaps Windows needs a kick? Close a few other applications if running and re-start Templot. For those not following your impressive project on RMweb, here's a link to your latest report with pictures of your new Templot printout: Gordon's Eastwood Town project One other thing Martin, before I forget. When printing a large plan, I'll often skip rows to reach a particular section. Is it possible to add a previous row button as sometimes I miss the row I want and then find you can't go back. You have to cancel the print and start again. ...

... the Bad guys found the security hole before the Good guys -- and there still isn't yet a patch for it from MS. That's why Richard is stuck in protected mode. regards, Martin. posted: 17 Dec 2008 16:01 from: JFS The real issue with IE is not so much that it is full of holes (although it is) but rather that every hacker in the world is actively trying to pull it to pieces (and succeeding). They take no interest in other browsers because "so few" people use them- especially in the corporate world. So I use Firefox. Unfortunately, some of the weaknesses in IE also occur in other browsers since they are actually "features" not bugs, but the fact that the hackers are looking elsewhere is a big help!. For the same reason, I also always use "last years model" of operating system- so I have only just upgraded one of my machines to XP (others are still on ME: spit)on the basis that the hackers ...

... it would be useful to have a summary list for shopping and spotting errors. Things I would fine useful are: min radius, max. radius, switch type, crossing angle, length, no sleepers. Thanks Richard posted: 17 Dec 2008 02:06 from: Paul Boyd Hi Richard If you go into the Storage Box (Ctrl-B ), then from the menu box=>print info=>print all texts I think you'll get some of what you're after. Just use a layout with only a few templates to check though! Cheers posted: 17 Dec 2008 16:29 from: Richard Spratt Thanks Paul, That was 18 pages for a simple through station I knocked up in under 1 hour. I dread to think how many pages it would stretch to for Penrhos- 134 templates with only half of the fiddle yard drawn. Or Hitchin which I downloaded a while back that had 260 templates. What I was hoping for was something between Box>Print Box List and Box>Print Info>Print All Texts. ...

... : David Catton Yes, I'm familiar with the CLAG website and, as you state, it doesn't cover the Liverpool Area system If the Dow book does contain any useful information, I'd be delighted to learn more. TIA, David C posted: 28 Sep 2018 22:06 from: Richard_Jones Hi, Although I live on Merseyside, I'm afraid this isn't my area of interest, but have you tried Merseyside Railway History Group? If there is no contact that can be identified from an internet search I can try asking a few people, if that helps. best wishes Richard posted: 29 Sep 2018 14:09 from: Tony W Hi David. Andrew Dow's book states that the Mersey Railway, when electrified in 1903, had conductor rails 22 inches outside the running rail, and 4 1/2 inches higher, but does not go into any more detail. Regards Tony. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Merseyside 3rd ...