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121. Foreground darkening
... in the light (!) of experience. I then added, as you do, further bells and a whistle or two to adjust the colour intensity at the same time, and to allow lightening as well as darkening. If you follow the Stoke Courtenay layout topic on RMweb you may have seen my comments about this on there. Here are a couple of before and after shots to show what's possible. John's original photo with the foreground tracks rather bleached out: 2_171525_250000000.jpg And below with some foreground darkening, which helps to focus attention on the main subject. By fiddling about with the controls I also added a patch of sunlight catching the ground disc and the locomotive front buffers. Probably a bit overdone: 2_171525_250000001.jpg Here's a program screenshot. No file dialogs, the source image is copied and pasted from any graphics editor, and then copied and pasted back when done. If you don't have a graphics editor, you could open files, copy, paste, and save via the picture shapes dialog in Templot. Being made of Meccano, it's quite ...
... Mike posted: 25 Apr 2020 19:35 from: Martin Wynne Hi Mike, Can you clarify what you want? As far as I can see, C&L do not supply an outside slip template. I'm happy to create one in Templot for you, but I need to know exactly what you want. 1. crossing angle? Common sizes for outside slips are 1:4.5 or 1:5. 2. track gauge? 16.2mm for 4-SF/ 00-SF, or 16.5mm for 00-BF. For diamonds and slips you can't use the same template for both. 3. radius in the crossing roads if not straight? 4. timbering scale? 3.5mm/ft as C&L 00 templates, or 4mm/ft as 00/EM. 5. bullhead or flat-bottom rail? Or alternatively if you attach your .box file here, I will see what fits. cheers, Martin. posted: 25 Apr 2020 20:36 from: Paul Boyd Hi Martin The "old" C&L ...
... and then fit them to the curve on assembly. For diamond-crossings and slips, the most critical thing is to get the vees exactly the right distance apart. Otherwise it will be impossible to get the other rails to align properly to gauge. The distance between the vees varies with the track gauge, so you must use a template prepared for the actual gauge you are using. It's no good building an EM diamond-crossing on a P4 template, or a 00-SF diamond-crossing on a 00-BF template. You can get away with that sort of thing for single turnouts, but it won't work for diamond-crossings and slips. Also, if printing the template from Templot, it's a good idea to do a printer calibration first. cheers, Martin. posted: 28 Jun 2020 13:54 from: Tony W I would also add that obtuse crossings is one area where gauge widening is strictly prohibited. Worth checking you have a track gauge that is exactly right. Even if there is curvature through the diamond ...
... is here Coal branch is 1/4 of the way up on left edge crossing Fulton Street. Rob posted: 11 Sep 2020 01:12 from: Martin Wynne Andrew Barrowman wrote: My guess is if anyone wants to model this it better be close to "true scale"- P4 or similar perhaps? To model it accurately from the map, yes. Otherwise not necessarily -- such delights are seen on narrow-gauge industrial lines. But it would be trickier with overscale flangeways, such as in 00-BF. cheers, Martin. posted: 11 Sep 2020 01:21 from: Martin Wynne Rob Manchester wrote: Coal branch is 1/4 of the way up on left edge crossing Fulton Street. Rob Thanks Rob. Here I think is the actual bit of it in the photo: http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19&lat=53.42588&lon=-3.00029&layers=168&b =1 Anyone? Put that link in Templot and off you go.. ...
... in reply, which style should it be? And would it be acceptable to reply: "Watch live tomorrow night and I will show you."? Thanks for any comments. Martin. posted: 29 Sep 2020 20:17 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, I prefer option 1- the silent interactive one, especially if the information is as important and well presented as the example you selected. There is a lot of important information in that one that goes beyond purely how to drive Templot. I have several A4 folders with clear pages into which you can insert printed pages( from the companion) which I find invaluable and serve a similar purpose to the extra information in this type of video. Sometimes I don't actually use Templot for a few months by which time some of the required knowledge is gone from my grey cells. The live sessions were interesting to see and a worthwhile experiment though. If your presentation skills matched your handsome good looks it may have been a closer call( sorry- my old mum always taught me to ...
... , but Im not sure what they do. Thanks again posted: 8 Oct 2020 12:12 from: Martin Wynne ikcdab wrote: What does the menu: output- page origin- multiple output runs do? It has four options, but I'm not sure what they do. Hi Ian, A maximum print "run" in Templot is 858 pages -- 33 pages long by 26 pages wide. The actual layout area this represents depends on the paper size and the printer. At 100% output size, for A4 pages it is about 30ft x 16ft. For A3 it is about 42ft x 24ft. If you have a track plan longer or wider than this, you can use the multiple output runs functions to restart a fresh run where the last one finished, so that the pages join together correctly. You can use the ident prefix setting on the print pages dialog to identify pages from each run. Make sure you have enough ink and paper. Most users with large plans, such as a garden railway, move the page ...
... understandable. Prompting users to update to the latest version of Templot 2 and clearly stating that no support will be provided unless you do would appear to be the only way left to go under the circumstances. Strictly adhered to! There is a minor benefit of this to me personally as I shall in future be able to use Templot 2 on my non internet connected XP desktop with its large screen monitor and hopefully be able to print out using my large sheets of double A3 paper instead of having to use my laptop screen and A4 pages under Linux. That is solely down to the generic and somewhat basic printer driver available. Regards Tony. posted: 4 Oct 2018 14:42 from: Trevor Walling Hello Martin This is my idea of going round the country now: Its a beautiful part of the country to go round too Regards. posted: 4 Oct 2018 23:06 from: Andrew Duncan Hello Martin As a number of others have said I too was saddened at your take on this post. You seem to feel an awful responsibility for ...
... as square on as possible, I may be able to adjust it for a better fit. The V-crossing angles in order are 1:4.5- 1:7.5- 1:5.5 The radii are 1972mm (77.6")- 1287mm (50.7") 2_111801_390000000.png 2_111801_390000001.png cheers, Martin. Attachment: attach_2745_3326_short_tandem_for _ray_2018_09_11_2232_38.box 192 posted: 12 Sep 2018 10:37 from: r_wilton Hi Martin,Many thanks for the box file. Ive attached a scan (pdf) although its in two pages as my scanner is only A4. The turnout angles of the .box file seem a little too sharp. I'm not too worried about the accuracy of the switches etc, just the exit angle as i'm not making the turnout, just want to incorporate it in a new layout. Many thanks for your help PS i did find that for a starter the REA semi-curve B+ V-6 regular V crossing (72.9" radius) is a pretty good fit. Attachment: attach_2747_3326_Tandem.pdf 191 posted: 12 Sep 2018 10:38 from: r_wilton ...
... from: Hayfield Martin This has gone completely over my head, I have been asked to make a plan to copy a Peco small Radius Y turnout. I have just come up with a dogs breakfast, please can you point me into the right direction to make something which looks (and I guess works) far better Thanks John Attachment: attach_2396_2768_Peco_small_Y.box 250 posted: 10 Mar 2017 16:00 from: Martin Wynne Hi John, This is the closest I can get to the Peco template. File attached below (00-BF). This is created using an irregular half-diamond, and therefore comprises 2 templates: 2_101052_470000001.png Overlaid on the Peco template: 2_101052_470000000.png K-crossing angle: 1:40 V-crossing angle: 1:3 curviform regards, Martin. Attachment: attach_2397_2768_peco_short_y_equi v.box 257 posted: 10 Mar 2017 17:44 from: Hayfield Martin Thanks a million, every time I tried adjusting what I was doing it got worse John posted: 6 Apr 2017 20:55 from: dave turner At the risk of being totally ...
130. Track spacing
... Brian, Welcome to Templot Club. The track spacing is set by going to the tools> adjacent track centres... menu item. Every template can have its own spacing settings. If you want to change it you need to do that before making double-track, or making a crossover, etc. For 4mm scale, the minimum track spacing centre-to-centre is 44.67mm. That needs to be increased on sharp curves to allow clearance for overhangs on bogie vehicles. For traditional 00 gauge (00-BF in the list) the usual spacing is 50mm centres, which provides sufficient clearance on all except very sharp curves. Templot sets the spacing to the usual spacing for each gauge when you set the gauge. So if you are happy with that you don't need to change it. There is a dummy vehicle tool which you can roll along the template with the mouse to check the clearances. That's at tools> spacing-ring dummy vehicle menu item. regards, Martin. posted: 9 Dec 2016 11:52 from ...
... 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 ...
132. Straight Switches
... mine trackwork dealing with loose heel switches containing the following commentary: "136 A loose heel switch can open inadvertently when a vehicle passes over in the facing direction of travel. This is caused by the guiding wheel on the leading axle passing over the hinged joint and giving it a 'kick', which opens the switch slightly, allowing the guiding wheel on the following axle to 'split the points'. To counteract this effect, switch blades should be longer than the longest wheelbase of any vehicle using the track." Despite the focus on keeping switches longer than the longest wheelbase in both these publications, it seems to me that a substantially similar problem must arise when the distance between the trailing wheelset of one vehicle and the leading wheelset of the next is marginally greater than the length of the tongue rail as they make a facing movement through the switch. Any tendency for a tongue to be displaced by the trailing wheelset in such a case is likely to occur just as the leading wheel of the following vehicle reaches that tongue. In these circumstances it would ...
... by Hayfield posted: 3 Dec 2015 19:35 from: Martin Wynne Hi John, Here you go. File attached below. 2_031433_580000000.png regards, Martin. Attachment: attach_2181_2799_em_ds7_for_john_2 015_12_03_1929_26.box 222 posted: 3 Dec 2015 19:41 from: Hayfield Martin Than you very much, I did not expect it finished saved me hours. John posted: 3 Dec 2015 20:14 from: Martin Wynne Hi John, You're welcome. I left it where you had it, but here it is again, better positioned for printing on A4 paper. regards, Martin. Attachment: attach_2182_2799_em_ds7_for_john_2 015_12_03_2010_07.box 220 posted: 9 Dec 2015 22:33 from: Hayfield undefined Martin Thank you for your efforts, the slip is well under way, to ease the pressure on the switch blades I have hinged them using C&L /Exactoscale metal fishplates soldered to one rail only 982_091729_310000000.jpg posted: 11 Dec 2015 08:20 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, What Martin didn't mention was how he did it. If you move the peg to the switch front and then swap ...
... in Hi Derek, I wouldn't recommend doing that. Apart from wasting ink and paper, you will lose a lot of image quality, and the scale may change slightly. And don't ever do it if the printer is a laser printer, otherwise distortion is inevitable. What you can do is "print" it to a virtual printer, such as the one included with Snagit. This lets you save the "printed" image as an image file. Unfortunately Snagit doesn't go up to A3, so you would have two A4 files: http://techsmith.com/snagit.html An A3 virtual printer would be very handy. Anyone know of one? Whilst on the subject about importing graphics into Templot, something I did notice- Paint can often distort images when you rotate them, but Templot doesn't. The rotation (twist) function in Templot is very primitive, and works nicely only for small angles. It was mainly intended to correct small angular errors made when placing pages on the scanner. I didn't set out to write a full graphics editor ...
... the locos and trains, the buildings and occasionally the people. When you get to see track, the interesting bits of the formation are usually off to either side of the picture. Or someone has parked a loco on what you really want to see. Or very commonly with early permanent way, the track work is buried to the head of the rail with the exception of the area around slide chairs. (Research into the early V crossings used is a very slow job because of this). Or tantalizingly out of focus or range in the distance, even when you are lucky enough to find the original glass plate for ultimate clarity of the original image. Most of the really early stuff is pictured in drawings. Which is useful. But you have to treat the information from the artistic drawings very carefully. There are a number of items that I would love to see in a photo record, even one that is staged. I also happy to be told I'm wrong if someone can give actual facts regarding what is happening here. It ...
... settings in Templot use the same dimensions for both in keeping with traditional model railway practice for space saving. Knowledgeable users re-set them differently as required. The switch-on defaults vary with the different gauge settings. The "finescale" gauges such as EM, 0-MF, etc., default to the prototype minimum 11ft-2in centres. For 4mm scale that is 44.67mm centres. For 7mm scale that is 78.17mm centres. The older gauges default to the established or recommended spacings. For example for 00-BF that is 50mm centres, for GOG-F it is the Guild-recommended 80mm centres. But for sharply curved track the spacing needs to be increased to provide clearance for vehicle overhangs. For this purpose the adjacent track centres settings can be adjusted by mouse action, using the dummy vehicle tool to check the clearance. Here is a video showing that being done. Sorry it is in fuzzy MP4 format, remaking it in FBR format is on my to-do list: http://flashbackconnect.com/Movie.aspx? ...
... radius with various frog angles. This time, I plan to use Templot to design the trackwork but I am at a loss to know which Switch Type& Crossing Angle to use when setting up at the beginning, as this layout is based on LPTB (ie pre London Underground). Looking at "Prototype pre-nationalisation bulkhead track turnout data" by Brian Oldford and Keith Norgrove (see http://www.clag.org.uk/protodata-bullhead.html) shows that the LPTB used a range of switch types and Crossing Angles ranging from A4 thru A8, B6 thru B11, C7 thru C14, D8 thru D12, E10 thru E16. How on earth does one work out which one would have been used for a particular switch/crossing? At the present, I am experimenting, using my existing 24", 30", 36", 48", 60" radius templates to plan the switches I am likely to need and based on that, this looks like what I need to build: 1 x Curved Wye 60" radius RH (mainline ...
... go. Last edited on 19 Dec 2016 21:24 by Jubilee42 posted: 20 Dec 2016 08:53 from: Martin Wynne Thanks all for kind words. richard_t wrote: It's the ability to hide one image and show another I'd like Hi Richard, OK, that's done: 2_200344_150000000.png Unticking those boxes hides the selected shape. Alternatively you can double-click a shape on the list to toggle show/hide on the trackpad. Also shortcuts CTRL+ T and CTRL+ O to toggle each (while the dialog has focus). Hidden shapes are greyed on the list, with a! prefix if hidden on the trackpad and/or prefix if hidden on the output. "Output" includes the sketchboard. I may change the prefixes if I can come up with something better( may not work on Linux/Wine). The settings are included in the BGS file and restored when reloaded. BGS files from previous versions should show all shapes initially (fingers crossed on that for some older BGS files). In the next program update ...
... in one of the recent updates Microsoft have changed the way the mouse wheel works. Generally this is a Good Thing, except when it isn't. There is a lot of discussion about this on the Windows forums, but as usual it seems to be impossible to find definitive information from Microsoft. The change applies to all software, not only Templot. I haven't made any changes in Templot itself. What now happens is that wheel events go to whichever window the mouse happens to be over, regardless of whether that window has focus or whether some other window is showing modal. Except in the case of child windows, where the wheel events now go always to the parent window, and there doesn't seem to be any way for a child window to receive wheel events. What does this mean in Templot? Generally it means that you can zoom the trackpad on the mouse wheel in situations where previously you could not. For example after using the make transition function you will see this dialog: 2_181744_220000000.png Previously, because this dialog shows modal*, it ...
... before. Unfortunately there isn't an option to set a different output scaling factor for X and Y directions. regards, Martin. posted: 22 Apr 2017 10:42 from: leswaters Martin I completely forgot about the grid lines and I have taken onboard your suggestion. Just come in from the shed where the 3.1 metre long drawing is now laying on the baseboards. I have laid a pre-built B8 turnout on the drawing and everything is spot on. Very pleased with this outcome. I was getting tired of taping A4 sheets together!!! I have some more questions relating to the next stage of my project but as it is nothing to do with this thread I will start another. Thanks for all your help. Regards Les posted: 22 Apr 2017 13:26 from: stuart1600 leswaters wrote: Stuart I received my drawing from Heatons today. They have done a brilliant job and I am very pleased with print. I will definitely use them again. There are possible issues with calibration and they took the time and trouble to ...
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