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... angle and means the roads diverge very slowly. Not what you want al all in your situation. See attached box file for an example. Regards. Tony. Attachment: attach_2559_3119_worcester_street _mpd_v1.box 244 posted: 3 Nov 2017 23:37 from: Tony W Changing the crossing angle of the first turnout can make a significant difference. In this case I have changed it from 1 in 7 to 1 in 6.5 with the result that the third crossing has changed from 1 in 20 to 1 in 12, still long but a significant improvement. Tandem Turnouts are challenging as there are limited combinations that will work. The standard modellers combination is generally B-6+ B-8. I have also moved the switches of the two starting Turnouts further apart to allow for full blade opening. If you wish I can do the rest of the design for you or you can pay around with it yourself. Its up to you. Regards Tony. Attachment: attach_2560_3119_worcester_street _mpd_v2.box 231 posted: 4 Nov 2017 17:42 from: Richie Kynaston Tony W wrote: ...
62. Pug version 091c
... There are some notes about these meanings at print> page orientation/origin>? orientation- help menu item. In addition the "drawing pad" has been renamed the "workpad", to make clear that Templot is not a CAD-style drawing program. There is a new HTML-based viewer for the internal Help notes. At present the content is largely unchanged, but it will now be possible to include diagrams and screenshots in the notes in future. The printed output from the Help viewer is now much improved also. There is a new option to match the template length when using the align functions. tools> align options> menu options. This is now a more convenient alternative to the insert turnout in plain track and obtain functions when you want to insert a customized template into an existing location. New option for the F6 curving mouse action to maintain the swing angle constant by adjusting the template length accordingly (constant-radius templates only, not transition curve templates). There are some Help notes about this at action> ...
63. User Manual
... topic: 657 User Manual posted: 7 Dec 2008 17:51 from: donald peters Hallo, I have returned to Templot after a gap of around 5 years. It has changed widely, much improved. However. As a past user of Templot I was able to slot into many of the changes whilst others took some getting used to (not quite sure that I have actually) What has come glaringly obvious is the continued absence of a User Manual. The system is a tribute to the orignality and brilliance of Martin which in the scope of its facility is truly awesome. I have to add that the use of its power is let down by the absence of any progress in respect to a user friendly guide. A "Templot for Dummies" for want of a simile. Gentle Geometry and Bobble Hat type type aids are essential in their content for the beginner (and senile brains such as myself) but they are discontinuous, individualistic in presentation and hard to collate into a rational aid. Features such as the Function Key template ( ...
... justification for using one on my layout. I hope to post a preliminary plan in the next week for everyone to comment on. Best, Arthur posted: 4 Jan 2012 13:15 from: Pete Williams Arthur, To the best of my limited knowledge I can think of only Birmingham Moor Street, of course Swindon works had a few Pete Williams posted: 4 Jan 2012 13:38 from: Martin Wynne Hi Ian, If you haven't built it yet, the #4 regular turnout in the yard can be much improved by changing to #5 curviform: 2_040832_020000000.png 2_040832_030000001.png template> V-crossing options> 1:5, curviform CTRL+ F9 to roam it back into alignment with the siding. regards, Martin. posted: 4 Jan 2012 13:46 from: RedgateModels No not built yet Martin, thanks will have play posted: 4 Jan 2012 14:07 from: RedgateModels All done, I take it that switch option was better as the turnout had been given a slight curve? I only have one 1:4 now ...
... using all existing wheels, widened to 32mm only on sharp curves. Likewise 16.2mm 00-SF is becoming popular, widened to 16.5mm only on sharp curves. Unfortunately, if the check rail chairs you wish to use have 1.75mm flangeways, your options are a bit restricted. I suggest using a custom track gauge of 31.75mm, thus creating the same 30.0mm check gauge as for 0-MF, and applying a fixed 0.25mm gauge-widening throughout. You can then use 1.5mm flangeways at the V-crossing and gain the same improved running with full support through crossings as for 0-MF. You can't do that at 32mm gauge with 30.25mm check gauge because the check span might be a bit too wide for some wheels. regards, Martin. posted: 13 Jan 2012 14:52 from: LSWRArt Hi Martin That is certainly an interesting idea if I can find someone who could make me some 31.75mm gauges. This would certainly improve the running over GOG-F without having any compatibility issues. Unfortunately, in the space I have available I am ...
... topic: 3779 Admin: Live Help Screen posted: 23 Sep 2020 22:47 from: Martin Wynne The tests for the Virtual Scaleforum on Saturday reminded me that a few years ago I tried broadcasting my Templot screen as a way of providing quick Templot help and support instead of writing long replies and making screenshots and videos. It wasn't very successful then, but browser tech and broadband seems to have improved a bit since, so I have had another go. So far it seems to be working quite well, at least here. If you go to this link right now: http://templot.com/companion/live_screen.php you should be able to see Templot running. You can tell it's live because the red radius warning indicator should be flashing. If not, try pressing CTRL+ F5 to refresh the page. Allow 20 seconds or so before anything much happens. From time to time for the next few hours I will dabble with it just to see how well it works. Please report if it is working for you, the ...
67. Posted by email
... My Toshiba laptop with its Windows 7 operating system had no problems printing to my Hewlett Packard A3 Deskjet printer. Best regards Dave posted: 24 Jun 2012 14:29 from: Paul Boyd Hi Martin I guess some people can't be bothered! I slightly resent the implication that the only people who can now use Templot are "nerds who like the challenge". That's a load of crap, to put it bluntly, quite apart from the fact that the new version is far less challenging than the old because of all the improvements that have been made. It's also easy enough to download and install the current version by simply following links- from opening the Templot.com home page, it was click, scroll down whilst reading the words, click and save. How much easier can you make it? There's even a bloody great note under the download link advising that an internet connection is needed when starting Templot each time. I don't suppose for one minute that Mr Shillito is reading this, but if you are, then of course you can go back ...
... (T12-T16, X1,X2) My untrained eye says that I could move the joint between plain line and point away from the crossing nose or widen the bed under that joint and carry the sleepering on interlaced with the opposing timbers. Does that make sense? Martin, thanks for throwing a little clarity on the supply situation. I hadn't thought that the standard component measurements could be derived from the standard supplied materials dimensions. Would the mills at one time have suplied in 45' lengths and extended as production techniques improved or was 60' production something derived from some ancient standard- like standard guage being 4'8.5" due to the track of cartwheels? Cheers all Steve Attachment: attach_1401_1892_BL-12AB_turnouts_plus_exits.box 315 posted: 31 Mar 2012 20:41 from: JFS Hi Steve, I don't think that you need to change any rail lengths- my understanding is that vees were generally made a standard length for ease of replacement. So the issue is one of how to timber. There are about a million ways of timbering crossovers and all of them ...
... asked that. Alan posted: 28 Mar 2008 16:53 from: JohnM Andrew, I have used the Exactotrack chairs on ply sleepers for a number of years, using butanone as usual. Very pleased with the outcome. In my opinion they look better than 'another make,' although to be fair to the latter I am using them on a 'joint layout' which was started before the former became available. I understand the designer of Exacto was the original designer of the 'other make'; so one would expect an improvement. John M PS: I am also using steel rail, which seems to be out of favour, judging by recent comments! posted: 29 Mar 2008 11:12 from: George Harris JohnM wrote: Andrew, I have used the Exactotrack chairs on ply sleepers for a number of years, using butanone as usual. Very pleased with the outcome. In my opinion they look better than 'another make,' although to be fair to the latter I am using them on a 'joint layout' which was started before ...
... What's a few extra clicks when most of your time in Templot is spent pondering the screen, referring to books and drawings, doodling on the back of an envelope, chewing the end of your pencil, and making another coffee? regards, Martin. posted: 16 Mar 2008 23:49 from: Martin Wynne Brian Lewis wrote: All these emails criticizing his 'bloatware' front end. Tut tut. Hi Brian, I just don't get it. There are 101 places in Templot where I could usefully spend my time making improvements and adding new functionality. There is still a big gap in the documentation and tutorials. Lots more videos are still needed. Instead, you want me to spend time changing something which works perfectly, just to save 2 seconds and a few mouse clicks once an evening? Well it's not going to happen -- so tut tut to you too! regards, Martin. posted: 17 Mar 2008 01:57 from: Martin Wynne I wrote: Well it's not going to happen -- so tut tut to you ...
... setting, if that's what one wanted. I rather like the out in the country approach. In fact there were plenty of junctions sited where the only reason for a station was that lines met there, rather than local demand. Such stations often had limited or even no local goods facilities, but probably had several sidings for routing traffic, plus reasonable loco servicing facilities. One thing which struck me about the plan was that space for storing stock is limited; with the sort of junction I've outlined it might be possible to improve that. What I suggest might be worth considering is replacing the goods yard by a smaller one up in the north east corner. You'd then have space for a slightly larger loco facilities plus at least a couple of sidings for holding traffic in transit where the goods yard was. You might find it a good idea to have an additional trailing crossover between the inner and middle loops at the east end of the junction to make manouvering a bit easier. At the same time I'd see if the terminal road and run around ...
... you can then click on stats for nerds. You can then see among the data the number of dropped frames incrementing as each one is dropped. On my system I'm seeing 10 or 11 frames dropped in total while playing your video. Every time a frame is dropped (skipped) there is a slight hesitation in a video. If several are dropped together it becomes more noticeable. I see that your original was 640 x 360 video size, so I'm going to edit your post to display at that size. This should improve performance by not requiring any resampling. Martin. posted: 10 Jun 2015 15:57 from: Martin Wynne Well strangely, at 640 x 360 performance was worse, so I have changed it back to 720 x 405. Martin. posted: 10 Jun 2015 16:04 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, Yes I am seeing about 15 dropped frames. The Frame rate spec for the camera is 30, so that can't be it. I ''m having a tinker in Youtube, will report back shortly. No improvement ...
... most other software Templot has relied on Windows to zoom everything larger on high-definition screens. This is called "dpi-virtualization". It works quite well for text and controls, but makes a pig's ear of line graphics such as Templot's trackpad drawings. Which is why I am making this change. If you have been using one of these dpi-virtualized screens (i.e. more than 96 dpi in Windows Vista, or more than 120 dpi in Windows 7, 8, 8.1) you should see a marked improvement in the next Templot program update. And also a somewhat faster screen response. But if you don't like it, I have included an option to return to dpi-virtualization if you wish. To do that: 1. click this new menu item on the program panel: 2_242038_380000000.png 2. which will display this: 2_242038_380000001.png 3. choosing the yes option will close Templot and display this: 2_242038_380000002.png In the next program update soon. regards, Martin. posted: 30 Dec 2014 15:56 from: Martin Wynne ...
... There are some notes about these meanings at print> page orientation/origin>? orientation- help menu item. In addition the "drawing pad" has been renamed the "workpad", to make clear that Templot is not a CAD-style drawing program. There is a new HTML-based viewer for the internal Help notes. At present the content is largely unchanged, but it will now be possible to include diagrams and screenshots in the notes in future. The printed output from the Help viewer is now much improved also. There is a new option to match the template length when using the align functions. tools> align options> menu options. This is now a more convenient alternative to the insert turnout in plain track and obtain functions when you want to insert a customized template into an existing location. New option for the F6 curving mouse action to maintain the swing angle constant by adjusting the template length accordingly (constant-radius templates only, not transition curve templates). There are some Help notes about this at action> ...
... switch. After loading the attached .box file it will be in the bottom slot of the switch list, from where you can select it into your turnouts. Or alternatively use this turnout as-is. You can adjust the size to whatever you want using F5 or F9. At 1:4 it has a radius of 11" as above. At 1:3 the radius is 6". You can see the actual switch dimensions by clicking the show switch info button on the above dialog. It could probably be improved -- I did it very quickly off the top of my head, without proper prototype reference. cheers, Martin. Attachment: attach_2899_3498_short_industrial _switch.box 79 posted: 19 Sep 2019 14:58 from: RedgateModels lol, I'm at work. Many thanks again Domestic authorities have threatened a day out at the seaside on Saturday, that will halt any modelling plans! posted: 19 Sep 2019 21:23 from: RedgateModels Well that was eventful, child breaks laptop so now I'm on my ancient Dell Inspiron 7000, under XP ...
... is nearly as important as the features themselves. Hi Rob, Many thanks for your comments. I agree. The difficulty is that it takes such great swathes of my time to create the docs and videos. Far, far more time than actually creating the program in the first place. And I don't enjoy doing it. If I had known how much work is involved in writing the Help stuff for a program I very much doubt that I would have ever released Templot in the first place. I can make a function improvement which takes maybe 30 minutes in the code, but which then requires the updating of a dozen web pages and the remaking of umpteen screenshots and videos. I just don't know the answer to this, except to say that I'm doing my best and will hopefully get there in the end. Assuming a new user makes sure that Templot is indeed a suitable program for his needs I can understand that some can be confused by the interface and sheer number of in-built functions. The concept of foreground and stored templates is ...
... : 19 Feb 2014 00:16 from: Steve Bedding Hi Martin, Thanks for your eagle-eyes......there's no such thing as a problem- just another challenge to overcome... I can see exactly what you mean; this could/will have disastrous implications so I'd better have a rethink! I have had a couple of very quick and dirty experiments with changing the switch from a GW 9' to a normal A type and varying the V angle from 5 through to 7 and whilst some improvements are seen the problem still persists! This is supposed to be a dockside environment and so would expect small stock- the min rad accepted for this is 4' hence the v5 turnouts, increasing the v too much would move away from prototypical for this scenario- plus use too much of the space available... I'll try a 'proper' build of an A5 turnout to see exactly what improvement is made, but I have a suspicion that 0-16.5 over GoG-F (32mm) may be too close ...
... used for EM turnouts simply by removing the outer pips on the timbers slips and diamonds can be used but do need a slight compression between the Vees, must be room for a sales expansion at no cost !! C&L do need to make up for the problems with the mail order system over the past few months, the saving of the physical space needed to house the Exactoscale products will make C&L's stock keeping far easier as at a guess it reduces the product range by 3/5ths, should help improve the service level On its own it will be very difficult to run a business which is solely dependant on track parts sales, something going back over the years which the last 3 owners have found, Freeing up the display stand space of quite a lot of duplications will allow space for new products (both track and non track). As for C&L track parts not selling, for the past few years I have helped both Peter and Phil at shows local to me, despite my personal preference to Exactoscale products ...
... narrow gauge. After a holiday in North Wales this summer, I came back with the idea of building a small layout. Thanks to a bit of help from Martin I built a seven foot template all be it to 16.5mm gauge of a point which resembles one I photoed on the new section on the Welsh Highland Railway. Problem now is in the build, mk1 point used C& L 7mm sleepers Peco code 82 with Pandrol fixings and C& L slide chairs, I am reasonably happy with the result but want to improve on it. On reflection I should have used Bullhead rail. On a couple of other forums I have requested suggestions as to how to improve it, so far had no replies. I would be interested in knowing what materiels you are going to use please in building the L& B point. John Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Share and show> Results of my first attempt about Templot Club Templot Companion- ...
... I'm the only one who can inform, publish, broadcast, the information. It's been clear for a long time that I'm just no good at doing that. Martin. posted: 3 Oct 2018 21:47 from: Phil O Martin, I think your being too hard on yourself, creating Templot is your hobby and we thank you for it and I would like to think all other users do too. You have created a very complex piece of software, which you have continued to refine, but as you have improved it and added further functions, some of us have missed a few tricks along the way. If providing the online user instructions are proving somewhat difficult, could you not go on the road and do some demonstrations around the country at a some of the larger exhibitions and possibly a few seminars at Missenden Abbey where we can get it straight from the horses mouth. If these could be filmed, edited and places on Youtube it might overcome most if not all of the problems. There are lot of modelling how too's on ...
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