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... topic: 3222 Curving the landscape image to match the track edge posted: 22 Feb 2018 19:58 from: Andy Reichert I'm following up from some postings I saw on the Scalefour forum last year. I'm curious as to whether this curving an image to match a curved line feature is something already in GIMP, or unique to Templot? Andy posted: 22 Feb 2018 20:10 from: Martin Wynne Andy Reichert wrote: I'm following up from some postings I saw on the Scalefour forum last year. I'm curious as to whether this curving an image to match a curved line feature is something already in GIMP, or unique to Templot? Hi Andy, Welcome back to Templot Club. The picture shape wrapping in Templot was written by me from scratch, specifically for maps and track planning. Full details here: http://templot.com/companion/wrap_picture_shape_to_curve.php I don't know what similar deformations are available in other software, but given that you need a track template centre-line as the control, I doubt there is anything exactly similar ...
... topic: 3234 How to find post that relates to an image posted: 9 Mar 2018 09:34 from: richard_t Hi How can I find a post that relates to a couple of images? The images in question are: http://85a.co.uk/forum/view_gallery_single.php?display=ALL&page=2843&zoom_highlight=bolted http://85a.co.uk/forum/view_gallery_single.php?display=ALL&page=2842&zoom_highlight=bolted Thanks. posted: 9 Mar 2018 10:35 from: Martin Wynne richard_t wrote: How can I find a post that relates to a couple of images? The images in question are: http://85a.co.uk/forum/view_gallery_single.php?display=ALL&page=2843&zoom_highlight=bolted http://85a.co.uk/forum/view_gallery_single.php?display=ALL&page=2842&zoom_highlight=bolted Hi Richard, It's a bit of a palaver. Making it easier has been on my to-do list for years. 1. right-click on the image in the ...
... trials before exporting your wanted track plan. 2. The PDF file size will be a lot larger, and it may be slow to open in your PDF reader program. Do one page at a time per PDF file, otherwise the file size will be massive. 3. Printing the PDF may also cause problems on older systems. regards, Martin. posted: 23 Feb 2018 12:26 from: Steve Lovett Thanks for the quick response. That probably explains the problems I'm having; hanging etc. I'm running Windows 10 on a relatively new laptop although have a fairly basic HP Inkjet printer, Even when 'pdf created' appears, and I open pdf file, the file is empty; the pages are there although blank. Steve posted: 23 Feb 2018 13:46 from: Martin Wynne Hi Steve, Try chopping the picture shapes into several smaller ones. This topic may help: topic 3169- message 23249 cheers, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser ...
804. An old club layout
... was the Wadmes Lines, published in the August 1958 RM. posted: 3 Mar 2018 22:00 from: dave turner Guys, Don't bust a gut about this. I know it was in East Anglia, Kings Lynn rang a bell but I can't be certain. However if I do see the layout/article I will know it. ciao Dave posted: 4 Mar 2018 00:17 from: Nigel Brown You could try RMweb. Quite good at sorting out this sort of information. posted: 4 Mar 2018 10:43 from: John Shelley dave turner wrote: Guys, Don't bust a gut about this. I know it was in East Anglia, Kings Lynn rang a bell but I can't be certain. However if I do see the layout/article I will know it. ciao Dave Dave, I have copies of the 1960s Rly Mod, Model Rly Const and Model Rly News. If you are passing by you are welcome to have a look through them to find the relevant issue. John from 33820 St Ciers sur ...
805. Single Slip
... the opposite half-diamond template. regards, Martin. posted: 15 May 2012 07:59 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, I had a quick look at the boxfile and there seems that there may be a slight bug in the current Templot. When I tried to alter it to a 1 in 8 diamond it complained about it being irregular etc. However I overcame this by going back to a turnout and back again. I haven't altered the K crossing check rails. Attachment: attach_1445_1958_Gauge01in8DS.box 219 posted: 15 May 2012 10:09 from: Martin Wynne Borg-Rail wrote: there seems that there may be a slight bug in the current Templot. When I tried to alter it to a 1 in 8 diamond it complained about it being irregular etc. Hi Stephen, The generator for half-diamond templates has been significantly rewritten for Templot2. I had serious misgivings about using the term "irregular" but several members here persuaded me to stick with it. I felt sure that some users seeing the word "irregular" would assume that ...
... topic: 3236 Templot update version 219b now available. posted: 10 Mar 2018 18:31 from: Martin Wynne Dear all, The latest Templot program update is now available. Version 219b. Your copy of Templot should update automatically if you restart it and follow the instructions. If you have the Templot Video Player open, please close it first. If you have any problems with that, see the download and notes at: http://templot.com/companion/installation.php I will start a separate topic shortly with details of the changes in this update. cheers, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Templot update version 219b now available. 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 ...
807. Fishplates
... bonds I think). The bent over ends are put through the holes and secured by hammering in a tapered channel pin. The bond being somewhat smaller than the hole this will be gripped by the insertion of this pin. There is no welding involved with this type of rail bond. I hope that this makes things a little clearer. posted: 3 Mar 2009 08:51 from: richard_t Many thanks for the offical word! I don't suppose you know the gauge of the wire? Again, thanks! posted: 10 Apr 2009 18:00 from: richard_t To answer my own question, from "British Railway Signalling Practice- Electrical No. 9 Track Circuits": 1. A cotton-covered stranded wire- say 19/0.36"- with a lug sweated on each end, the lugs being driven into holes in the rails as described in the previous section. 2. A bond of a sign conductor- possibly No. 8 gauge- secured to eht rails be means of channel pins. 3. Short flexible bonds welded ...
... Aug 2018 18:08 from: madscientist thanks posted: 14 Sep 2018 08:55 from: madscientist I managed to track down a numbered signal diagram of the station, badminton, that we based the current layout on, so I now have a lever numbering guide, I still have to work out the text for the leads as that wasn't included What was interesting is the levers are grouped in the frame by road direction rather then physical location grouping( which I thought was more common) Interesting posted: 14 Sep 2018 10:07 from: Jim Guthrie madscientist wrote: What was interesting is the levers are grouped in the frame by road direction rather then physical location grouping( which I thought was more common) I remember a friend who worked for BR in Scotland telling me that levers were normally arranged so that the order of working a set of levers for a movement was in one direction. The direction of working levers could be from the end of the frame to the centre or the centre to the end. I believe different rail companies ...
... topic: 3314 Printing problem with background shapes posted: 6 Aug 2018 12:16 from: wcampbell23 Hi everyone I am looking for help with a problem that has recently appeared with printing background shapes. I usually import a jpg file containing the baseboard outlines for a project as a background shape and print this with the track templates. Recently the background shapes have not been printing. I have not consciously changed any of the settings I normally use. Can anyone suggest what I may have inadvertently changed? Thanks. Bill Campbell. posted: 6 Aug 2018 12:44 from: Martin Wynne Hi Bill, Does it show on the screen? In order to print background picture shapes, you need to select this option on the pages dialog: 2_060731_230000000.png But it can be problematic on some printers/systems because of the very large degree of magnification required. If the image contains only the baseboard outlines, using a picture shape is a bit of an overkill. You can create rectangular outlines using the background> add a quick baseboard outline> other sizes ...
810. Hmm
... topic: 741 Hmm posted: 25 Feb 2009 10:03 from: Martin Wynne See: http://www.the-gauge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p =12225#p12225 Martin. posted: 25 Feb 2009 11:40 from: Glen Suckling Hi Martin, Now I am waiting to see some brave soul try to put that into TEMPLOT..... and I am not volunteering! Glen posted: 25 Feb 2009 22:56 from: its_all_downhill Some how I don't think I am up to that level.... yet!!!!! Pretty mind blowing.. t. posted: 28 Feb 2009 20:46 from: Paul Boyd Glen wrote: Now I am waiting to see some brave soul try to put that into TEMPLOT. Attached is your starter for ten Have fun! Attachment: attach_497_741_Multi-gauge.box 231 posted: 28 Feb 2009 22:07 from: Martin Wynne Paul Boyd wrote: Attached is your starter for ten Hi Paul, That's amazing! Are you going to build it? ...
... have for years advised using a reduced colour depth or monochrome images for best results. This is clearly now wrong in the latest versions of the Windows GDI*, and I need to update the notes. It goes against common sense to use massively more memory for full colour unnecessarily, but clearly the GDI is now optimised for this and works much better when manipulating bitmaps in full colour, and when panning and zooming over them. 3. if Windows reports "Templot not responding", ignore it. It took a good 10 minutes on my system to straighten the image, and again to wrap it, but it eventually returned each time with the job done: 2_250611_330000000.png 2_250613_260000000.png I'm attaching below the BGS with the SK81 cropped image already straightened and in 24-bit format, ready for you to wrap onto your track plan. The wrapping offset is 996.6mm (for the Up Main). cheers, Martin. *Graphics Device Interface Attachment: attach_2712_3310_steve_cropped_24b it_straightened.bgs 168 posted: 25 Jul 2018 11:32 from: Martin Wynne And here is the corresponding ...
... . There are no files you can change or exclude which will affect this. Sorry. I changed the code for multiple monitors and it seems I need to look at it again. I will also add an emergency button to put everything in the middle of the pad. regards, Martin. posted: 1 Mar 2009 16:19 from: Pete Brownlow Thanks for the advice, Martin. I can certainly put the tops level in the settings on my desktop PC. On the laptop, I tend to have my small 10" laptop screen in front of me so I can type on it, and then if I have an external screen connected it sits behind the laptop, still in front of me. So it is logical then to have the external screen above the main one in the settings. Depending, I think, on the order I connect and configure it, the external monitor sometimes ends up as the primary and sometimes as the secondary screen. Templot works fine maximised to the external monitor, using the laptop screen for reference stuff ...
... in BRT4 (1971 edition) all such references have been changed to "trap points" and "trap roads". See p.150. The sprung trailing catch points installed on gradients are now called "runaway catch points". So both are right. But for most of the bullhead era popular with modellers they seem to have been called catch points by p.w. staff. Referring to the physical object as "trap points" seems to be a modern flat-bottom usage. regards, Martin. posted: 26 Jul 2018 10:03 from: rodney_hills Hello Martin, Yes, that's exactly what my last two sentences in my post alluded to. Now, about Scott's WEIGHTED catch.. Your refs also indicate springing was usual practice.... I am reminded of a visit that I made to London Transport's White City training centre many years ago. The guide demonstrated the operation of a rather large wall mounted circuit breaker. Another visitor then asked the guide why the breaker did not use springs to operate rather than use gravity, to which ...
... topic: 3305 Geometric radius in turnouts posted: 9 Jul 2018 10:43 from: Nigel Brown Qhich question about the information panel as seen with a straight turnout template. I understand the external geometric radius is the substitution radius of the turnout. What's the internal geometric radius? Nigel posted: 9 Jul 2018 12:36 from: Martin Wynne Nigel Brown wrote: Quick question about the information panel as seen with a straight turnout template. I understand the external geometric radius is the substitution radius of the turnout. What's the internal geometric radius? Hi Nigel, see: topic 397 The internal geometric radius is a single arc between the the main road and the V-crossing. i.e. similarly to the external geometric radius it disregards the switch deflection, planing, etc., and also any crossing entry straight for a regular V-crossing. It is the same radius as for a gaunt turnout with zero gaunt offset and a generic V-crossing: 2_090726_270000001.png It's important to note that the geometric tangency positions do not normally coincide with any ...
... Templot templates being simply construction aids, to being full descriptive drawings. Bear in mind that for wider than scale model flangeways, for good tracking through K-crossings the check rail bends need to be as sharp as possible, to maximize the checked length. This differs from the situation with the wing-rail knuckle bends in V-crossings. Fortunately, unlike the wing rails, REA check rails are always vertical, which makes it much easier to make sharp bends than in inclined rail. cheers, Martin. posted: 10 Jul 2018 08:32 from: richard_t Thanks Martin With so much else going on here, I'm refraining from looking at the Templot codebase, however tempting the prospect is. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Setting the bend radius for obtuse crossings 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 ...
... see Noch (I think) does one in H0 scale which pivots at one end, It would be simple to build, as in practice similar to a segment of a turntable (pivoting at the end rather than the middle). My question is was there a prototype in the UK of this type of arrangement, in the back of my mind the Isle of Wight comes to mind posted: 21 Jun 2018 09:06 from: John Palmer Bembridge had a sector plate, I think. posted: 21 Jun 2018 10:28 from: Martin Wynne Hi John, A turntable is more likely than a sector plate at a small station. If the loco is balanced on a turntable it can be turned by hand. Bembridge is the usual example, here's a picture: http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b /bembridge/index18.shtml The pit was boarded over, so easy to model. Ramsgate also had a turntable, here's a picture: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7184/6823103592_4842d17a45_z.jpg Rothbury had a turntable at the end of ...
... being so, for those who want something finer I'm minded to revert Templot to the original setting: 0-SF 31.2mm track gauge, 1.2mm* flangeway so that the check gauge is again the correct 30.0mm dimension. The track gauge is always a minimum dimension, so the Guild version at 31.25mm with 30.0mm check gauge is compatible, and simply represents a fractional gauge widening for curves. *will be in the next program update 221a shortly. Thanks for the nudge. cheers, Martin. posted: 1 Jun 2018 23:10 from: David Gregory Hi Martin Thanks for the welcome, quick reply and all that great information- explains everything. Apologies if I've resurrected something that was better left to moulder... If I've already built my plan to the existing Templot O-SF standard, would I have a problem when the program is next updated (and the standard is reverted to 1.2mm flangeway)? Second question if I may: I've just created a Templot custom gauge 0-SF(R ), using the revised standards (31.25 ...
818. Moving pages
... topic: 3276 Moving pages posted: 31 May 2018 10:49 from: roythebus Hi all, I've nearly finalised my track lan, print off some templates, but the page joins are midway through a 3 way turnout and a crossover. Is there any way I can shift either the templates on the pages so they're less likely to coincide with the page edges or move the pages? posted: 31 May 2018 11:07 from: Martin Wynne Hi Roy, You can do either. To move the page outlines to match the templates better, use this mouse action: 2_020706_170000000.png move page origin (SHIFT+ CTRL+ F10). You will see the outlines of the printed pages and be able to move them to best fit your templates. Make sure you have set your printer to the paper size first. n.b. if you have been exporting PDF files, make sure the page outlines have been reset for the printer: 2_020727_520000000.png If you prefer to move the templates on the grid instead, use the shift group mouse action. The ...
819. Knuckle Bend Radius
... topic: 3275 Knuckle Bend Radius posted: 31 May 2018 09:36 from: richard_t Sometimes the set custom knuckle bend radius isn't shown correctly in the information panel. 499_310435_200000000.png posted: 31 May 2018 10:56 from: Martin Wynne richard_t wrote: Sometimes the set custom knuckle bend radius isn't shown correctly in the information panel. Hi Richard, The dimension set in the dialog is in prototype inches. The dimensions shown in the data panel are in model mm at the current scale. 192 inches= 16ft. 16ft at 7mm/ft= 112mm. cheers, Martin. posted: 31 May 2018 11:18 from: richard_t Ah obvious when you think about it. Thanks. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> I found a flaw> Knuckle Bend Radius 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 ...
... topic: 3274 Click to add to group posted: 25 May 2018 20:23 from: johnbirch72 How do you use the 'click to add to group' function? John posted: 25 May 2018 22:10 from: Martin Wynne johnbirch72 wrote: How do you use the 'click to add to group' function? Hello John, If it is only one template the easiest way is to click on the template, and then press G on the keyboard or click group select (toggle) on its menu. Repeat the process to remove it from the group. But if you have several templates to add or remove, you can use the group> create smaller group> click templates to/from group menu item: 2_251649_140000000.png Before doing that you need to have the template name labels on, otherwise it won't work. Press the END key for that. Which means you are reporting a flaw, so thanks for that. Starting that group function needs to put the name labels on if necessary. I will get that added to the next ...
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