... topic: 878 Printing for a layout diagram posted: 24 Jun 2009 13:59 from: Martin Wynne Andy G wrote (on RMweb): It does seem to be a bit of an issue to get a decent looking overall trackplan out of Templot, I know Martin is working on a sketching add on, but I've had quite a few issues trying to get a trackplan of Slattocks that shows up well on a screen or an A4 sheet. Full size it is absolutely brilliant. Hi Andy, You can get reasonable results by switching the rails off for printing, and setting a thick track centre-line. Say 30mm wide for 4mm scale. Then print the pad to fit a single page. The red trim margins can be suppressed by simply changing their colour to white. The track centre-line prints in the same colour as the rail edges, so you can change that to whatever you want. I have made a bit of Jing video showing these changes being made (it may take a short while to load): ...

... topic: 373 DXF and PDF export for wide-format printing posted: 16 Mar 2008 23:11 from: Martin Wynne This subject cropped up on RMweb recently. I replied at: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p =303906#p303906 I've had a couple of off-group emails on the same subject, so I thought I would copy it here. Simon wrote: How did you export the file? I have tried this without much success- a friend who is an architect tried this, and we found that exporting the dxf format took forever and a day, whereas plugging Templot into the printer directly was a lot quicker, but we couldn't get the layout plan to print lengthways, and ended up with four sheets when we wanted one. (And access to his printer may be a bit restricted at the moment.) Would appreciate knowing how you did this- it regularly pops up on the Templot forum, so it must be bugging a lot of people! Hi Simon, The DXF file is ...

... topic: 1722 Printing track plan posted: 12 Dec 2011 14:46 from: Len Cattley Is there anybody that could print my track plan? It is in O Gauge and is only 12ft long by 2ft wide I am will to pay for expenses. Regards Len Cattley posted: 12 Dec 2011 18:19 from: John McCrea Len Cattley wrote: Is there anybody that could print my track plan? It is in O Gauge and is only 12ft long by 2ft wide I am will to pay for expenses. Regards Len Cattley Hi Len If you can't find anyone else try Stylize Digital Artwork Ltd, 3 Hollands Road, Suffolk, CB9 8PU. Tel 01440 712713, email studio@stylize.co.uk. They did my 13ft x 2' 6'' plan from my PDF on 80 gm paper for £16 for the first copy and £13 for each subsequent. Delivery was quite expensive so it would be best to collect but I was very happy with their results, including the accuracy of the scaling. The only thing I would have ...

... it to do what I want makes my brain melt and give me a headache so I turn back to paper. One other program called Templot is supposed to be quite good but this is probably the worst of all of them, I just found myself looking at the same point on the screen for at least an hour trying to figure out how to use it despite constantly looking through forums, pages and instructions I still failed to figure it out. I'm sure it would be a good tool to use since you can apparently print out full layout plans and build your track work on top. But yeh, and I'm 19 so I consider myself to be the younger generation and I've been to college, got a certificate in Engineering, used sophisticated CAD/CAM programs and CNC programs and I still failed to figure out how to use it. But never mind....... posted: 17 Jan 2014 07:13 from: Matt M. Hi Martin, As a teacher of this generation I would point out that someone was ...

... i.e. how to switch it on and adjust other functions. Hi Brian, Unfortunately it is not quite as simple as that. Or at least, I can't work out how to make it that simple. With a new video recorder everyone has the same objective -- unpack and assemble it, plug it in and switch it on, try recording something. If all else fails read the manual. Whereas new users arriving at Templot do not all share the same objective. A P4 modeller might arrive wanting to create and print a set of construction templates for Great West of Scotland Railway interlaced turnouts, 1904 pattern, with 80lb/yard rail. He won't be needing an explanation of how crossing angles are measured, but he will need an explanation of how to adjust the check rails. An EM modeller might arrive wanting to recreate a track plan of Crewe station. He won't be needing an explanation of how to set different track standards, but he might need an explanation of crossing angles. An 00 modeller might arrive wanting to convert his Peco ...

... that these Scribd documents (and YouTube videos) can be resized if you wish to better fit your own screen size. If you read this by email and click the link, I think you will see it full screen, which isn't much different from using Adobe Reader or Foxit reader normally. But here's the link if you wish to try it: CJF plan regards, Martin. posted: 20 Apr 2009 12:38 from: Paul Hamilton That's really quite effective Martin. I am hoping to have the full size plan printed at my work on the roll printer. I can't work out exactly what you did to turn a box file into this format. The latest box file for my layout is attached to this message (slip issue totally rectified- MR even with their flush coffers would not have had a slip of any kind installed on such an out of the way Peak District branch line such as mine). Let me know what I need to do. Attachment: attach_539_791_Paul's_layout_with _no_slip_3.box 242 posted: 20 Apr 2009 13:24 from: ...

... topic: 2406 Page key posted: 16 Feb 2014 16:04 from: bainin Hi, Is there (or could there) be a way to print a page "key" for a track plan... just to make it a bit easier to assemble all the pages for a plan? I can get it by grabbing a screen shot (as attached) while the key appears briefly on screen, but it takes a fair bit of crafty timing. TIA, Mike Attachment: attach_1758_2406_Templot_140216_pa ge_key.jpg 328 posted: 16 Feb 2014 16:39 from: wcampbell23 Hi Mike There is an option to print the page map in the ordinary print dialogue. Begin as though you are going to print all the background templates using a printer as normal. When you have the print dialogue window on screen, click on the "print page map" button. Regards. Bill Campbell. posted: 16 Feb 2014 19:37 from: Martin Wynne bainin wrote: Is there (or could there) be a way to print a page "key ...

... topic: 3039 Printing issue posted: 22 Jun 2017 16:18 from: John-Elliott 2360_221111_180000000.jpg Any ideas on this problem. Cannon IP8750 printer. Grid and border print ok but vertical lines on the templates look like inter twined spirals!! I have re calibrated printer and downloaded the latest driver but to no avail. I have used this printer extensively in the past for templots. Even the vertical lines on the calibration test print come out the same. Attachment: attach_2454_3039_Templot_Printout _0002.jpg 252 Last edited on 22 Jun 2017 16:21 by John-Elliott posted: 22 Jun 2017 16:35 from: Martin Wynne Hi John, That's very odd, even the plain black text is affected. I can't recall ever seeing that effect before. When did this start? What changes have you made to the computer and printer recently? Is this only in Templot? What happens when printing from other programs? What happens if you export a PDF file from Templot and print it using a PDF reader? How does it look on your screen? ...

... topic: 1406 Slips posted: 6 Mar 2011 10:39 from: sm I'm trying to draw a single slip, I have even printed off the instructions from the "how to" site and have followed the instructions to the letter, although I have no clue what tcp or mcp means (training centre point/main centre point ?) My god could you make this any harder ?, two hours later and I still have no single slip. I have the diamond crossing and I've parked the switch heel template but then trying to get the thing to peg where I want it is a complete mystery. Why can't Templot just use a simple drag and drop user interface like any other windows based program?. If any one can offer some advice in simple English I'd be grateful posted: 6 Mar 2011 11:36 from: Martin Wynne sm wrote: I have no clue what TCP or MCP means Hi Stuart, See the "gentle geometry" page in the Templot Companion at: http://www.templot.com/martweb/gs_geometry.htm ...

... have had a thought- which I am sure is completely unhelpful at this late stage- but I will make it anyway for what it is worth.... Would it be possible, to create a "Project" file at close (or during a session)? This would create and save its own .box, .bgs, etc and (say) a .tps (templot project settings) file. This latter could include all the current variables:- colours, pad (including zoom and position), generator and print etc settings. At start-up- or by loading a "project", the settings file would be loaded, the internal variables copied over, the .box, .bgs, etc loaded, the screen re-drawn using the newly-loaded settings, and hey presto- there you have it- a screen looking exactly like what you saw when you last closed it down. Even better, if you just want to print-out a Template from an existing box file, you could just load the "Project ...