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1121. Out of one's depth
... boggling! Hi Raymond, You didn't mention that this is for 0 gauge, so it's big, but not the vast emptiness that 4mm modellers might be imagining. In particular, the 12ft width means curves under 6ft radius for a continuous run, which is getting tight in 0 gauge. I see for example that you have a B7 off the inside of the end curve, giving an inner radius of only 41" which is very tight for 0. If you have turnouts in your end curves I would suggest C-10 as the shortest practical size, and preferably using even longer sizes. So I think you might want to hide most of the end curves, leaving a nice visible area 20ft long between them. I noticed that you are using the 0-XF standard. There is more discussion about this in this topic: topic 378 regards, Martin. posted: 22 Mar 2008 13:55 from: Raymond Thanks for the replies so far. Martin, You make some good points (as usual) and I will certainly look ...
1122. Printing strategies
... rectangles to lines button. read the notes which appear. 5. click the rotate all by... button. read the notes which appear. 6. enter the angle to rotate by, and make a note of it. 7. save a .bgs file. 8. add back the first .bgs file if you want the unrotated shapes, and delete any now unwanted duplicate ones. For the templates: 9. group> rotate group by... menu item. Enter the same rotation angle as before. 10. SHIFT+ CTRL+ F10 mouse action to get the page outlines where you want them, as explained above. Hope this helps, as an alternative to all that, you could instead export a DXF file and do your rotating and printing in a CAD program. regards, Martin. Posted: 3 Apr 2008 22:20 PM Reply with quote Reply blank 3rd Message Richard_Benn spacer.gif Thanks. Rotating the templates and background shapes separately looks like it will work. It would be nice to be able to group select background ...
1123. Program crash on reset
... Joe (the troublemaker) posted: 11 Apr 2008 01:40 from: Martin Wynne jeckardt wrote: Please report fail code 24 Hi Joe, Sorry about that. Many thanks for reporting it -- it's not often we get a fail code reported. It means I can jump into the program code and see what's happening. I will get back to you. regards, Martin. posted: 11 Apr 2008 02:58 from: Martin Wynne Hi Joe, You have discovered a serious bug which has remained undetected for 10 years. The CTRL+ Z REA resets don't work properly if the control template contains a custom switch, and don't work at all if the control template contains a custom gauge/scale setting which has not been adopted into the gauge/scale list. However, I'm a little puzzled about what you were trying to do. Resetting to an REA B6 makes no sense for a narrow-gauge turnout. That's the default startup setting for UK-pattern standard-gauge bullhead track. Thanks again for reporting the bug. ...
... to the first one. This is a common mistake. There isn't room for the second switch blade to open behind the first switch rail. The prototype switch opening is 4.1/4" to ensure an adequate flange clearance (2" min) all along behind the open blade. You have only allowed about a rail width (2.3/4 ") of space for the blade to open: howard_tandem.png It is also necessary to have room for the stretcher bar brackets. As a rough guide, you need a minimum of 10" between the running edges of the first switch at the toe of the second switch. regards, Martin. posted: 7 May 2008 03:23 from: JFS Martin, Many thanks for the reply. I like the proposed dialogue boxes- I expect that you are well prepared for the pressure you will now come under to release... Does this proposal allow you have one flare bent and the other machined on the same rail? Such things were quite common in the middle of complex formations. If you ...
1125. Using gimp on turnouts
... : 15 Jan 2008 05:13 from: Adrian I then used the shear and perspective tools in gimp as detailed by Martyn. It worked quite easily to get something that looked right. Unfortunately when loaded as a background shape in Templot it was difficult to get anything matching. I then realised that despite being careful on the use of the perspective tool I had mis-judged it slightly so I was getting gauge widening through the turnout. If I set the approach road to the right gauge then it'd be 8% to 10% out at the crossing. So now I use the measure tool in gimp to check the gauge is constant through the turnout before loading it into Templot. Looks are deceptive, in the photo it looks like the gauge is wider at the top than the bottom, but the gauge is in fact a constant width through the turnout. Attachment: attach_211_314_3way_measure.jpg 319 Last edited on 15 Jan 2008 05:15 by Adrian posted: 15 Jan 2008 05:29 from: Adrian On my previous attempt I stretched the image too ...
1126. Old-type GWR switch pic
... stock rails. Much less pronounced than is often modelled. I will Gimp this later and see if we can get the crossing angle. 1:8 at a guess. Using these old loose-heel switches in Templot can often save you a lot of space over the REA flexible switches (A, B, C, etc.) by shortening the turnout. You don't have to model a working loose-heel if you don't want to -- just use the old geometry. Martin. posted: 2 May 2008 10:57 from: Peter Salathiel Hi Martin, Thanks for the photo of the 12ft loose-heel switch. It's always good to see what things are supposed to look like <g> I raed somewhere that the GWR often used old loose heel switches as the basis catch points when the new curved switches came into favour. Would I be correct in using the same on Bridgend (GWR) rather than the straight heel switch shown in your video? Which raises another question: how does one pivot the loose-heel ...
... topic: 432 Flat-bottom track articles posted: 10 May 2008 20:42 from: Martin Wynne Here is an excellent series of illustrated articles on the Manchester Model Railway Society website, about the history of flat-bottom track in the UK over the past 60 years: part 1 part 2 part 3 Well worth a read, but for some reason it's in tiny text, so use CTRL+ ROLL on the mouse wheel to make it legible. regards, Martin. posted: 11 May 2008 15:41 from: lippydavies Hello Martin This article was first done by Colin Craig for DEMU Update magazine Some of my pictures of the obscure North-Eastern Flatbottom fixings are included Glad it is available online Lee Davies Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Flat-bottom track articles about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and first- ...
... from: Martin Wynne Many thanks to Bill Hoshiko on the handlaidtrack group for finding these images linked here from the American Memory collection. America from the Great Depression to World War II: Color Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1939-1945 1a34749v.jpg Santa Fe R.R. going through Yucca, Arizona; a watering and refueling stop March 1943 1a34738v.jpg Santa Fe R.R. train, Melrose, New Mexico March 1943 1a34663v.jpg Tracks at C& NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. 1943 April 1a34714v.jpg The giant Santa Fe R.R. 10 million bushel grain elevator, Kansas March 1943 1a34662v.jpg Tracks at Proviso yard of C& NW RR, Chicago, Ill. April 1943 1a34785v.jpg General view of part of the South Water Street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal, Chicago, Ill. April 1943 1a34631v.jpg View of a classification yard at C& NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. Dec 1942 1a34733v.jpg Santa Fe R.R. train stopping for coal and water, Laguna, New Mexico March 1943 Brilliant -- thanks Bill. Martin. posted: 14 May 2008 04 ...
1129. Double track ovals.
... railway-like formation, it's not the best way to start a proper track plan, and it's not really what Templot is for. I made these videos only because folks frequently asked for them. The best way to begin is to lay out a small through station, possibly on a gentle curve, and then extend the tracks round the ends to whatever you want on the other side. Another station perhaps, or a fiddle yard, or an industrial complex. regards, Martin. posted: 15 May 2008 04:10 from: class76 Thank you Martin im going to give it a go once i have a copy of tempolt you,ll be getting a order off me friday. I,ve watched some of the videos& it looks alote eaiser than xtrack plus their is the forum to get the answers i need. Simon. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Double track ovals. about Templot Club Templot Companion- ...
1130. Amount of sleepers
... I don't think there is. I was going to write a program that worked it out from a DXF export, but my *real* work has got in the way somewhat. It would output a text/CSV file with the number of sleepers by width and length. Richard. Now that sounds really interesting, George. When it comes to fruition, perhaps you and Martin could be persuaded to make it available as part of the Templot package. Brian W Lewis (Lakeland) posted: 15 May 2008 15:10 from: Brian W Lewis Oops! Sorry! I mean of course Richard and Martin BWL (Lakeland) posted: 15 May 2008 22:28 from: Andy Reichert Prototype info in the US usually includes the "bill of materials" (BOM) for each turnout size. I would expect the UK historical documents do the same thing. However, for drawing purposes, when making my CAD US templates, I also made a sleeper length ruler bar at the end of the turnout, and drew lines along from it ...
1131. Box File Dates
... . Cheers Phil I think you'll find that year,month,day is the International standard (due in part to avoid confusion between American and English formats!). Nigel posted: 18 May 2008 01:34 from: Paul Boyd Year-Month-Day means that the files are kept in chronological order in the default Windows "Sort by filename" system. posted: 19 May 2008 07:40 from: Peter Salathiel Add my vote for year/month/day please. Regards Peter posted: 19 May 2008 10:23 from: Martin Wynne Peter Salathiel wrote: Add my vote for year/month/day please. Hi Peter, You don't need to vote. That's how it is now and always has been. Plus hour/minute/second. This means that when sorted alphabetically, the files for each project are also in date order. 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> Box ...
1132. Mac computer guidelines
... enough to find it! Thanks for the answer. Simon posted: 18 Jun 2008 13:31 from: Paul Hamilton Hello all, new to all of this but thought I would share my experience: I only obtained Templot last week and I have a 2 year old iMac that I purchased new so it isn't running Leopard I am sure! It is an Intel Dual Core machine and I purchased Parallels which I have used successfully for another Windows application for the last two years. Must check but it will be some version 10 point something OS. I downloaded the Templot file in my Mac environment using my internet browser Safari. I saved it into my Parallels Shared folder that I can access from within Windows XP environment once Parallels is launched. I then went to Parallels, went to the shared folder and found the downloaded file- yipee! Double clicked file icon and the file launched with all the usual install type of things that we would be all used to. Then I double clicked the Templot hard hat icon (all this is still in ...
... Wynne wrote: As far as I know, oven tempering of nickel-silver rail is unknown here in the UK. Countless UK layouts have been built with untempered NS rail, without the sky falling in. Or any problems at all that I know of. So I still don't know whether to take this seriously. Comments anyone? I suppose you could write a "Templot Cookery Book". First source your rail. Do not mount in chairs or on sleepers. Preheat the oven to 250 C/Gas no.6 for 10 minutes Place the rail on a baking plate and cook for 30 minutes. Turn off the heat and allow to cool for a further 30 minutes. Enjoy...! Actually I would have thought that about 5 minutes in a pre-warmed over would have been more than long enough. John posted: 17 Jun 2008 21:25 from: rodney_hills Hello, Ed McC just confirmed that it's 250 degrees F. i.e. 121 deg C. Not that hot. Original discussion seemed to be about small-section ...
1134. Admin: Forum upgrade
... :06 from: Martin Wynne Dear all, Shortly I'm intending to upgrade the software which runs the Templot Club forums. There won't be much difference to see, most of the changes are behind the scenes. The main reason is to upgrade the registration process to make it more difficult for spammer robots to register as members. Recently I have been spending a lot of time deleting spammer registrations. So you may find Templot Club off the air occasionally. Apologies for any inconvenience, hopefully it won't be for more than 5 or 10 minutes at a time. Hopefully it will all go according to plan( you've heard that before! ), but if not there will be a message explaining any problems on the old Templot Yahoo group at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/templot (You can read messages there without joining Yahoo or signing in.) You may also see some strange effects or colours on the forum pages while I make adjustments. I will sound the "all clear" when I think it's finished, so there is no ...
1135. First Track Plan Attempt
... alter 122 to a 1:6.5 crossing without creating problems so much the better. cheers Nigel posted: 28 Jun 2008 03:51 from: Phil O Hi Mark You can also alter the radius by changing to GW old type curved switches which give a larger radius for a shorter turnout. Also it will be more prototypical as you are modeling an ex GW branch line. Up to 1 in 5 1/4 nose use 9 ft switches 1 in 5 1/2 to 1 in 6 1/4 nose use 10 ft switches 1 in 6 1/2 to 1 in 8 nose use 12 ft switches For more details I refer you to GWR switch and crossing practice by David Smith published by the Great Western Study Group. http://gwsg.ukmodelshops.co.uk/ Cheers Phil posted: 28 Jun 2008 16:30 from: Mark B. Thanks for the input chaps. I was thinking about increasing them to 1:6 so will have a fiddle this evening if I get time. Regards, Mark posted: 28 Jun 2008 17: ...
... topic: 484 Windows update and ZoneAlarm posted: 11 Jul 2008 21:59 from: Martin Wynne A note from my ISP dated 10-July-2008: For those of you using ZoneAlarm who installed the Windows updates today, you probably already know that your internet connection has died. It appears that update KB951748 made changes to the networking files that ZA doesn't see/recognize. This update applies to Windows XP users and users who have ZoneAlarm installed. Vista is NOT affected by this problem. More information can be found at the following link: http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/pressReleases/2008/LossOfInternetAccessIssue.html That link has a workaround and an upgraded download for the ZoneAlarm firewall program. How those who have lost their internet connection are expected to read this note or obtain the download isn't explained. If you know someone who has suddenly lost their connection, you might mention this. Martin. posted: 11 Jul 2008 22:17 from: Paul Boyd Ah- a contractor mentioned this morning that he'd suddenly lost his internet ...
1137. Using two monitors
... (e.g. Outlook Express) I can't with others- such as Internet. I'd really like to be able to move this across so I can have Templot open on the primary screen and the Templot web tutorials on the secondary screen. Also, when using Templot I can't move it from the primary screen but can move any "popup boxes" (such as those that appear when clicking on the HELP icon in Templot). Any ideas please? Many thanks Best Regards, Brian. posted: 26 Jan 2008 00:10 from: Martin Wynne Brian Tulley wrote: However, whilst I can open some applications and then drag them across to the secondary monitor (e.g. Outlook Express) I can't with others- such as Internet. Hi Brian, Hold down the SHIFT key while you click Maximize, to extend programs across both monitors. You will find many programs work better if you have the primary monitor on the left. For Templot on multiple monitors you need to upgrade to version 091b. Here's the download: http://www.templot.com ...
1138. Printing Proof Sheet
... though. I've changed track now (pun intended) and I've decided the paper I was trying, premium fax paper, probably isn't the most stable of papers, and i'm going to cut down a roll of lining paper and give that a go. This also has the advantage of being a lot wider as well. Thanks again Richard. posted: 14 Jan 2008 20:19 from: richard_t Blimey- I'm one happy bunny- usually doing banner sheets in my printer drives me up the wall. But i've just printed 10 meters of the stuff and all fine and lovely. (around 4 lots of 2 and a bit meters). Sawed through some lining paper, and all was well. The one thing I was worried about was it getting skewed as it was printing, but lady luck must have been on my side today! If i was to do it again, I'd print each "row" as one print job, and cut and refeed the printer between each. Nearly a thing of beauty, although I don't think the ...
1139. Opening up attachments
... use of them. If this is the case, it to me seems unusual in being a member of the Forum but unable to open up attachments. I'm not sure what you mean there? This Templot Club forum is open for anyone to read and anyone can join. It's not necessary to have the Templot program. But because it is mainly intended for users of Templot, obviously a lot of the content will be meaningless to members and visitors who are not Templot users. regards, Martin. posted: 2 Aug 2008 10:33 from: Sol Thanks Martin for the response& your first reply is what I thought it would be. Agreed that content is mainly for Users of Templot, I find that while I personally do not need it now as I have completed 95% of my pointwork, I am still interested enough to read& see what others are doing in this field but is seems that I& any other Club members who do not purchase Templot, will miss out on information. Just my thoughts. regards Ron posted: ...
1140. Notification messages
... : Templot CD gone missing AGAIN Richard Spencer has posted a reply to topic "Templot CD gone missing AGAIN". There might be other replies however you will not receive separate notifications for them. topic 176- message 850 posted: 27 Sep 2007 03:25 from: its_all_downhill Hi Donald It means you have selected to have reply sent to you via email, at the bottom of this box, when there is a new post to that topic thread. Unless I am completely wrong. Regards Tom posted: 27 Sep 2007 10:32 from: Martin Wynne donald peters wrote: What exactly is this saying? From: <forum@templot.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 12:17 PM Subject: re: Templot CD gone missing AGAIN Richard Spencer has posted a reply to topic "Templot CD gone missing AGAIN". There might be other replies however you will not receive separate notifications for them. topic 176- message 850 Hi Donald, As a member of Templot Club forums, you can elect to "watch" any ...
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