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181. Templot docs
... more than dabble with it. Once I did have a project that needed Templot, I then set out to really get to grips with it. That took about a fortnight. Regards Alan McMillan Last edited on 29 Jan 2010 11:36 by Alan McMillan posted: 29 Jan 2010 11:37 from: Martin Wynne Kenneth Beckett wrote: However I can say your documentation is not great mate. Hi Ken, Yes, I'm well aware of that. It is however, the best I can manage. I have started improved systems from time to time -- the most recent is the embryo A-Z Index at: http://www.templot.com/forum_index/ But that again has not moved for months because such work is simply too time-consuming. My priority is to complete the missing parts of the program -- irregular diamonds, gaunt turnouts, split deflection switches, flat-bottom foot lines, pdf output, raster output, the sketchbook feature, saving settings... and only then to write a proper set of docs ...
182. newbie
... topic: 1064 newbie posted: 8 Mar 2010 17:18 from: tony polman Hi all. after a 30year pause, i`m now looking to get back into modelling railways. attached is my first attempt at a simple branch line terminus. any comments regarding operational problems, un-prototypical track plan, or just your thoughts on how to improve it would be most welcome. i`m hoping to keep within a 10ft by 2ft ish, area. cheers. Attachment: attach_747_1064_drophill_road.box 358 posted: 8 Mar 2010 17:52 from: Alan McMillan Hi Tony I noticed you had a few doglegs and a slightly "sectional track" approach. I've smoothed things out a bit and hopefully it'll be useful to you. Regards Alan McMillan Attachment: attach_748_1064_Drophill_Amended.b ox 328 posted: 8 Mar 2010 18:28 from: Paul Boyd Hi Tony I've looked at Alan's modified version as he's tidied up some of the obvious "quirks", but I'm having trouble visualising the plan as a finished layout! Could you perhaps explain a bit more about ...
... start serious planning of the above mentioned layout. In particular Jim Guthrie who was kind enough to send me a copy of a layout from one of his books, this has been a real help. I have to date, managed to buy, and are in my hands, the following books which were suggested by the people mentioned above, 1. An Historical Survey of Selected LMS Stations: Layouts and Illustrations Volume One 2. Birmingham New Street. Background& Beginnings by Richard Foster 3. Birmingham New Street. Expansion& Improvement by Richard Foster 4. Birmingham New Street. LMS Days by Richard Foster I have managed to locate and sent off for, but it is not yet in my hands, An Historical Survey of Selected LMS Stations: Layouts and Illustrations Volume Two I am still on the hunt for the following books, a). Britain's New Railway by O S Nock [size=Ian Allen] b). New Street Remembered by Smith, D.J. Publisher:- Barbryn, 1984 c). Birmingham Railways In Old Photographs by ...
... use of absolute positioning. Users of Firefox should zoom out one step (CTRL+ MINUS) to see it correctly. regards, Martin. posted: 16 Jun 2010 06:40 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, Web site server was perhaps down for maintenance, if so, exactly the same can be seen on http://www.borg-rail.com I assumed that I didn't have to add my name as the from panel would have sufficed. I am aware of the problems of absolute positioning but haven't had the time to improve matters, my main computer screen is set to 1152x864 32bit if that helps Stephen Last edited on 16 Jun 2010 06:42 by Stephen Freeman posted: 16 Jun 2010 16:04 from: Stephen Freeman 1 Fixed 2 Don't understand why it did that but I've altered it now. 3 Clicking on the photo always worked though! posted: 16 Jun 2010 16:23 from: Martin Wynne Borg-Rail wrote: 2 Don't understand why it did that but I've altered it now. Hi Stephen, It's because you ...
... - eg when timber shoving what would full size practice be? I don't think that Templot itself could ever answer that. If it could there would be no need for a timber shoving function. Being slightly provocative, could it be that some of the frustration expressed at Templot is really more to do with the the fact that a certain amount of prior knowledge of prototype track is necessary before it can be really effectively used? Its obviously not the case for all- Brian Lewis is one of the most persistent in calling for improved documentation, and I am sure he has no lack of knowledge. Just a thought though. Bill posted: 22 Aug 2010 16:27 from: Jonathan Wells Templot is a truly flexible application that will replicate almost any permutation of full size track practice and one really needs to understand the trackwork of the prototype one intends to model to get the best out of Templot. Railway modellers have any number of reference for locos, rolling stock, buildings etc but reference for trackwork is rather scarce by comparison. I've recently purchased ...
... - another activity great for developing practical, problem solving skills but needing too much time and patience for most of today's youngsters. Tom posted: 27 Nov 2010 21:44 from: David Yates Hi Martin, As a near 64 year old, I have no intention whatsoever of joining the iPod or whatever brigade. My Desktop PC is ideal for all I need to run including Templot. You're doing a grand job. Don't get disillusioned. I'm firmly of the opinion that if it works don't mend it. By all means improve it, but the need for change for the sake of it isn't necessary. Dave posted: 28 Nov 2010 07:47 from: Raymond It seems then that I am not alone. I have a mobile but never use the text thingy (keyboard is utterly useless)or the GPS because I can read a map. About the only other 'mobile' kit I am likely to buy will be an e-reader for holidays/travel. Everything else is done on my tower, which did not come from PC ...
... :42 from: Raymond Thanks again Bill, that is useful food for thought and I will investigate your suggestions. I probably have room to make it a continuous curve but it has to sit between my workbench and the library bookshelves on one side and the end of the bench and the window sill on the other. Regards Raymond posted: 30 Dec 2010 20:24 from: JFS Hello Raymond, It being betweenchristmasandnewyear time, I had a little play with the concept we were talking about. I think it has massively improved the min radius issues but might be completely wrong for your needs- feel free to turf it in the bin in that case! I altered the single slip to be "outside" which would make an interesting little construction job though it is all a bit of a tight fit! If you like it, I hope you will enjoy all the partial templates Best Wishes, Howard. Attachment: attach_961_1322_shunting_plank_eas ed.box 346 posted: 31 Dec 2010 16:25 from: Raymond Nice idea Howard and the outside slip looks 'interesting however ...
... that in 3 wagons the back to back varied from 7.21mm to 7.47mm and on the Austerity the range was from 7.2mm to 7.35mm. As all the wheels seem to be to NMRA S-4.2 standards why is the back to back not? It should be 7.65mm. So I made an accurate gauge and on the Mill a small puller and reset a wagon's wheels to the NMRA standard without problem. I will now try the loco. If this all suceeds I can design the layout and the flangeways can be 0.71mm a great improvement in appearance, and the new Farish wheels have a small enough flange to run on Code 40 rail. Anyboby else found similar problems/solutions? Couplings are going to be Spratt and Winkle they seem to work and again on the latest stock seem quick to fit. posted: 13 Jan 2011 12:31 from: Martin Wynne Hi, Have a look at David Renshaw's "Waton" in N gauge, which recently won the RMweb 2010 Challenge competition and also the trackwork prize. It takes some believing that this is ...
189. Soldering Steel Rail
... May 2012 13:46 from: Jerry I have tried not to butt in on this thread, but it's now talking about an area of my professional life. None or very few of the metal pre-treatments in use in the automotive, industrial or aerospace markets are simple formulations. Although phosphoric acid is one component there are others, some even containing salts of other metals such as zinc. These are all pre-treatments, which are intended to be painted over. There prime purposes are to prevent flash rusting and improve adhesion. There are books and papers on the subject, a google search will bring up the references. Jerry posted: 14 May 2012 08:37 from: Woodsworks Hi All Carr's Yellow Label is phosphoric acid- this was told to me by the proprietor at the time, Brian Lewis. I don't know what Green label contains. Regards Paul Woods Whangarei NZ posted: 14 May 2012 14:11 from: Jerry Woodsworks wrote: Hi All Carr's Yellow Label is phosphoric acid- this was told to me by the ...
... together with the description of how to use them is very interesting however I have a few questions and wasn't all together sure about asking them for fear of looking a bit daft but what the heck !! Here we go.... You say its not rocket science but its not particularly clear to me probably due to my knowledge of the subject being quite low. To-date I've built, perhaps that should that be attempted to build, one SMP turnout- not a very good result, future construction can only improve... hopefully 1. The brass clamp is in position 'B', so I assume that there are other positions for the type of turnout under construction, A& C? Although I'm not quite sure of the differences between say an A7 turnout and a B7, to date I haven't learnt what the A,B and C refer to.. perhaps somebody can point me towards an explanation. Please confirm if there is an A and C position. 2. For the Vees you have a bridge piece to ...
191. "Plan Y"
... phone call last night, I've had a busy afternoon, altering some of the new terminus station pointwork !! Attachment: attach_1010_1429_PLAN_Y_11_03_24_1 247_54.box 488 posted: 29 Mar 2011 00:46 from: Ian Allen Well, after a few hours of timber shoving, I now have this for the station approaches to the New Bexhill.... Attachment: attach_1025_1429_New_Bexhill_Junct ion_11_03_25_1941_12.box 513 posted: 29 Mar 2011 07:50 from: Raymond An impressive piece of work so far. With that complexity of trackwork, I'd have used 31.5mm gauge to improve running quality. It should prove to be a ery interesting build though. Regards Raymond posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:55 from: Ian Allen I'd love to do it as 31.5mm, but as it is for a friend I have to maintain 32mm gauge standards, especially as the railway has a lot of "visiting" stock running throughout the year. posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:10 from: Ian Allen Raymond, Forgot to ask...do you like the layout for our New Bexhill station? Regards Ian ...
... . Having taken the assembly out of the jig, you can turn it upside down and re-solder the joints to the N/S strips- thus dealing with any dry joints which are difficult to avoid when trying to solder several rails in close proximity 3. with the assembly upside down, you can place it on a flat surface and check that the rail surfaces are ABSOLUTELY level 4. because we are cutting/ bending the rails directly onto the paper of the Template with no intervening timbers, the accuracy is much improved. 1129_261114_560000000.jpg In this image, you can see that after soldering it all up, I have then gone on to bend the wing rails, and in the case of the right-hand one, to cut it for the electrical gap- the wing rail thus removed having been previously assembled to its vee. You can also see that the other K crossing still requires two check rails adding. 1129_261114_570000001.jpg One aspect which has been mentioned previously in this forum is that the bends in the K stock/ wing rails and in ...
193. Background shapes
... topic: 755 Background shapes posted: 7 Mar 2009 11:18 from: Alan Turner Thinking about user preferences leads me to ask if a quirk of Templot could be looked at and improved please? When I import a background picture, a map say, I don't always bother with calculating the scale. I adjust the picture by using the scale and shift options. However if the picture gets too big, that requires me to zoom, I have to close the Background shape box, zoom, open the background box and start again. Any chance it could allow zooming without the need to close the background box? I will probably be told now that I have missed something and I can do this all along! Alan posted: 7 Mar 2009 12:36 from: Martin Wynne Alan Turner wrote: Any chance it could allow zooming without the need to close the background box? Hi Alan, You can't zoom on the workpad without shifting focus to it, which inevitably means it will come to the front. You could re-size ...
... template settings in the usual way: The 1st base turnout is a B-8 LH on 3000mm radius. The 2nd turnout is an A-7 RH, blanked up to the switch toe. Both turnouts have square-on timbering with in-line ends. Some timbering has been omitted (shove timbers) to keep things less cluttered. The track centre-lines are not needed and have been turned off (in the generator) for the same reason. These templates are showing in marker colours with the intent to improve clarity, although I'm not sure this worked out too well. There is a lot to say about tandem turnouts, and I can't put it all in one email. Tandems can be single or double-sided, and the second switch can be in either the main road or the turnout road of the first switch. Each of these need a slightly different approach. This example is a double-sided tandem with the second switch in the main road of the first. As always in Templot there are several different ways ...
195. Quick-mode
... .box file from TDV and then loading it back into 091c, you will find that you have gained an extra unused template in the storage box. This doesn't work the other way, TDV knows there isn't a control template tacked on to earlier files, in which case it reverts to the previous arrangement.) This change was needed only for Quick mode, but since there is no way to know which mode a .box file will be reloaded in, it had to be implemented for all. On balance I think it's an improvement. regards, Martin. posted: 22 May 2011 08:45 from: Martin Wynne Paul Boyd wrote: Right-clicking on any background template then selecting Make to control gave this warning: 105_211557_430000000.png...which explains why there was no visible template. Choosing cancel make control promptly deletes the background template to the control, and so does extend template to... I've got my new user head on and I'm confunded again The copy and make option seems to work but still gives the warning. Hi Paul, That ...
... eg. a turnout in the middle of a plan with one road misaligned what is the best way to correct it? Where to start? How does one systematically hook up the corrected alignment without disturbing the rest of the plan? Hi Peter, I'm glad you found the plan suitable. There isn't really a "one answer fits all" to correcting misalignments, it depends on the situation. Ideally if you work methodically you don't create misalignments in the first place! Often where there is contraflexure (negative curving) a big improvement can be made by changing to a curviform type of V-crossing. Then you might use the "make transition" function to replace the misaligned templates. I've made a quick video showing that: new video: http://www.templot.com/martweb/videos/mis_match.exe Sorry there are no video notes or captions, adding them is too time-consuming, I will do that later. Press the spacebar to start. In other cases you might change the V-crossing angle (F5) to get a better ...
... I bought in February came preloaded with Visa and with Office 2007. I have had none of the problems mentioned by previous contributors to this thread. Perhaps I have been lucky, they have been unlucky or it might be that they have had no direct personal experience of Vista and are reporting hearsay. To my inexpert eye, it seems a stable platform and I have found no bugs, gremlins or other malevolent beasties lurking in the programme. I can also report that, in my humble opinion, Office 2007 is a vast improvement on previous versions. It is set out in a somewhat different way from Office 2003, but I find the new incarnation more user-friendly and intuitive than previous incarnations. However, Office 2007 is not directly compatible with earlier versions. There is no problem in transferring files from earlier versions to Office 2007, but in order to transfer files the other way you need to save them in 'Compatibility Mode'. This is easy to do, but I forgot a couple of times when the computer was new and had to ...
198. 64 bit machines
... topic: 107 64 bit machines posted: 3 Jul 2007 18:18 from: Bernard C Hi Everyone Has anyone experienced problems with their 64 bit PC/notebook regarding compatibility with their existing hardware or software? Are you running the 64 bit edition of XP Pro or Vista or the standard editions? Any marked improvements in performance or the opposite? Thanks Regards Bernard Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Off track> 64 bit machines 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, all the files submitted to this web site are copyright and the property of the respective contributor. You are welcome to use them for your own personal non-commercial purposes, and in your messages on this web site. If you want ...
... not logged into Templot Club when I got to this site. I didn't log out the last time and I believe we were going to be kept logged in for 5 years???? Related problems??? posted: 19 Aug 2007 22:38 from: Alan Turner Could I suggest a visit to: http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm It's free on the web and you don't have to buy it (you will be invited!). I have found that it really improved the running of my computer. Go for the Tune-up and Clean-up first (unless you can leave it running over night). I can't say it will cure your Templot problems but it will sort out your registry. Alan posted: 20 Aug 2007 07:44 from: Dave Phillips Martin Wynne wrote: 091a was a trial version which installs by default in its own folder C:TEMPLOT_PUG_09 When 091b fails is there any information in the error message? Does it offer to send a report to MS ...
... by the LH turnout. Attachment: attach_205_3way3.png 1526 posted: 12 Jan 2008 06:54 from: Adrian Finally without the timbering, so a reasonable match but a few inconsistancies. So feedback time. It was surprisingly quick to achieve a reasonable match, better than I originally though I would due to the position of the photographer. Your examples have more of a birds eye view and I did think I'd struggle with the shot being low level. Still I think I've managed to match reasonably, although I dare say Martyn could improve on it. Am I happy with the result? Actually no, I think I've stretched the length too much, printing off the template it doesn't seem to have quite the same sharp angles as the photo. The templete just doesn't look right to me at the moment. I think I'll come back to it another night and shorten the image a bit and try to match it again. Overall I think the process works very well and I will definitely be using it again. The main problem I had was that once ...
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