... chosen cheap and cheerful solution to having a Mac and wanting Templot. However, it has been a lot more stable. Firstly, let me say that the changes are wonderful! Secondly, the ability to click on a template and then select an action via a letter on the keyboard, e.g. G for group select, really speeds things up. I haven't tried them all, but the new things I have tried, and which do all I want are such things as: Taking a plan into Sketchup and putting a few blobs on it here and there. Exporting a file to PDF. Exporting a selection to a graphics file, e ..g. ping- you can do this based on all templates, the background area, or draw a rectangle. Great stuff... But best of all (as far as my needs were concerned) are the ability to change crossing vees and ks by steps of 0.01 using a mouse option. This means you can have two plain templates on differing curves, notch their intersection, and start to ...

... topic: 1579 Possible Bugs? posted: 29 Jul 2011 17:07 from: Alan McMillan Hi Martin I may have discovered a couple of bugs in the latest build of the TDV. Whenever I create a length of track or insert a turnout into a length of plain track, I get a bonus timber thrown in (see below). I've also noticed the last few times I've started Templot that when I use the command to hide the name labels, they do not immediately disappear. I have to do something else, like zoom in on a portion of my plan before they vanish.412_291205_470000000.png Regards Alan posted: 29 Jul 2011 18:13 from: Martin Wynne Alan McMillan wrote: I may have discovered a couple of bugs in the latest build of the TDV. Whenever I create a length of track or insert a turnout into a length of plain track, I get a bonus timber thrown in (see below). I've also noticed the last few times I've started Templot that when I use the command to hide the name labels, ...

... Also noticeable (as I helped out on the C&L stand) there was total interest in better quality trackwork what ever 4 mm gauge the modellers worked in, as opposed to other shows where top class layouts are shown where the acceptance for quality trackwork in 00 gauge is still quite low. As for the show its self, the high number of demonstration stands must be commended, something smaller/local shows seem to omit. I have no idea about those selling rolling stock kits but again there were a quite a few modellers (far more than normal) taking the plunge into trying P4, buying the odd length of track and or a turnout kit or a few track parts just to give it a go. I would guess stands selling loco or rolling stock kits would have also benefited by those who after a chat with a demonstrator went on to buy something to build posted: 26 Sep 2016 17:30 from: DerekStuart To add to Mr. Hayfield's comments, it was also noticeable how many people were talking very enthusiastically about Templot ...

... entry so I know what I'm looking for. edge seems to have a lot of problems. I don't know if you use social media, but on farcebook it has a habit of double entering text and then disappearing (ms aware of it). It doesn't do it all the time. I had a mishap with my old laptop (win 8) and replaced it with this thing. BTW if one was careless enough to not back up a Templot file (say if one was away from their backup server for a few days) and it became corrupted, are there any tricks that I can try that might recover some of the data? Sorry for the further o/t question. Derek posted: 18 Jul 2016 14:12 from: Martin Wynne DerekStuart wrote: BTW if one was careless enough to not back up a Templot file (say if one was away from their backup server for a few days) and it became corrupted, are there any tricks that I can try that might recover some of the data? Hi Derek ...

... court's ruling was that hard work, cost or technical skill of making a copy is not a qualifier for copyright protection. Originality is. This has been worked over a number of times in various courts since and the outcome has been the same. The result has been the use of contract law, (licensing agreements), to effectively create copyright were there is none, either due to copyright running out or there having never been any in the first place. This is a very dubious practice that has been defended on a few grounds such as protecting the integrity of the the work in question, and morally on the grounds they need the cash. The argument against such behaviour is that it is against the spirit of the original copyright law that was designed to protect artists and their dependents against dying in poverty whilst others made large amounts of money based on their endeavours. (It was never originally meant to protect large commercial or public companies. Due to the ability to trade copyright for money this has lead to large entities with deeper pockets becoming involved ...

... if there's a simpler approach now that so many things are easier than formerly. Hi Julian, That's all still the same. I don't remember making any changes, but this topic is 13 years old, so it's possible something has changed. But those old web pages are looking very poorly -- images missing and links not working. I will try to get them up to date and in the Companion. Also I may have made a Jing video. That will take some finding, and will need converting to FBR because few browsers now support SWF Flash. I will see what I can find. cheers, Martin. posted: 6 Jul 2020 15:48 from: Martin Wynne p.s. Julian, I've just remembered that you now need to change this setting to sleepered when rolling rails to flow the timbering: 2_061045_490000000.png Otherwise the rolled-in sleepers will be missing. cheers, Martin. posted: 6 Jul 2020 16:56 from: Julian Roberts Thanks again Martin! While you're doing that I'll explain....I think I ought to ...

... topic: 485 Email blocking again posted: 12 Jul 2008 04:06 from: Martin Wynne Now demon.co.uk has joined Comcast in blocking all emails from Templot Club and also my off-group emails. I'm not prepared to jump through the hoops which these ISPs demand in order to accept our emails. Even when I do, they start blocking again after a few days, when their useless filtering software detects what it regards as spam from some other user on the same ISP mail server as us. If you are on demon.co.uk or Comcast for email, you may not realise that they are blocking your legitimate emails. Currently this applies to 5 members of Templot Club who receive direct emails. The only thing I can suggest is that you swap to receiving Templot Club messages via the Yahoo group. Even that may not work, this page from Demon is distinctly stroppy about Yahoo groups messages. Email filtering programs are now a bigger menace than the spam. The cure is worse than the disease! Martin. posted: 30 Jul 2008 22:44 ...

... designed for. Don't rely on those various techies doing conversions for you. John from 33820 St Ciers sur Gironde posted: 6 Dec 2020 19:15 from: Rob Manchester Hi Roy, I agree with John, If you are a seasoned user of alternate operating systems or other brands of desktop machines you would be able to work round issues like your current one. It sounds like you are making a lot of extra work and hassle for yourself by using a Mac. I considered ditching Windows and using Templot( and my few other Windows apps) on Linux based systems but decided to just stick with what I knew and what worked for me. Haing just turned 60 keeping things simple where possible is a great idea. I hope somebody comes to your rescue with your current problem. Rob posted: 6 Dec 2020 19:36 from: Martin Wynne roythebus wrote: Well, I've just tried to open Templot on my mac which managed to update itself yet again and guess what, Templot won't open on it. I have Crossover installed with the ...

... wrong. You still haven't said whether you are intending to buy the ready-made pointwork from Marcway, or build the kits? If the kits, by far the best solution is to discard the Marcway templates and build them on Templot templates instead. That way you can have proper curved turnouts for example. If ready-made, if you can scan one and post it here I will see if it's possible to create a reasonable match in Templot for it -- I did one for the SMP 00 plastic turnout a few days ago. But I can't possibly do the entire Marcway range, I don't have the time, sorry. cheers, Martin. posted: 5 Feb 2020 01:20 from: Andrew Barrowman Marcway list "Layout Planner Photoplans of O Gauge Range" on their website. Cost £11.95 I suppose they could be imported as background shapes in Templot and used to quickly generate "best match" turnout templates. posted: 5 Feb 2020 09:24 from: Hayfield madscientist wrote: The point is Martin, anyrsil or ...

... posted: 13 Nov 2007 22:58 from: Martin Wynne Edward wrote: I need to print out the whole trackplan on the whole scanned background map (showing building footprints etc) rather than just the control template- how can this be done? Hi Edward, Exactly as before. To print the entire track plan click the print> print entire pad menu item. However, I think you mean you want to reduce the size of the print so that it all fits on a single page, or maybe just a few pages? And perhaps to extend the print beyond the track templates to include all the background map? To change the size of the print click the print> enlarge/ reduce size> menu options. The new page size will be reflected in the dotted page outlines showing on the pad. However, it's usually much easier to set the size, and the position of the pages, by mouse action. That way you can see immediately what you are going to get when printed, and what will be included and what ...