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... so much you can do with background shapes and shoved timbers. If you can create the signals as small bitmap graphics you could possibly add them as picture shapes. But if you have a virtual printer, you can create an image or metafile which you can open in any drawing package, and then add the signalling detail there. One of the best virtual printers is part of Snagit: http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp which can save in EMF metafile format for good quality vector graphics. There is also the DXF option which would allow you to create a signalling diagram in CAD. This topic may be helpful: topic 878 regards, Martin. posted: 23 Sep 2010 17:04 from: richard_t Hello Thanks- that was the topic I was after. Sorry I should have titled the topic "Basis for a Signalling diagram from Templot". Regards. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Signalling diagram from Templot ...
142. Templot missing
... . I can't really believe I did this but I am the only one allowed to use this computer so unless there is a virus out there aimed at you I can think of no other explanation. The only thing is that I have been in and out of hospital again recently and maybe I was suffering from some kind of mental abberation. Anyway everything is gone with the exception of the actual rubbings stored in an area I back up. What I want to know is if I store your Backups, BOX-FILES, DXF-FILES and SHAPE-FILES folders in an area I back up will this allow me to reinstall Templot and then replace them to restore it to the state I had reached or are there other aspects I must provide for? Regards, Ken I just thought, maybe Templot was caught up in one of my Temp clearance sessions, unlikely I know but the actual deletion defies explanation anyway. Last edited on 5 Aug 2010 04:21 by kenbec posted: 5 Aug 2010 10:57 from: Martin Wynne Kenneth Beckett ...
143. Flatbottom Track
... helpful attention and apologies for the extra work I sometimes create. Kind regards, Ken posted: 7 Aug 2010 04:47 from: Martin Wynne Kenneth Beckett wrote: When I enter the s1.3 (now to be amended of course) as the rail head width a whole string of other answers is required which I leave unaltered with the exception of rail inclination angle which I set to zero. Is this correct? Hi Ken, Yes, you can leave them unchanged. At present those other dimensions are used only in the DXF 3D export function to simulate the rail. A further question. How do you generate a url such as the one in your response? :- message 4981 Which points to a single message in a thread. Right-button click on the link provided for the purpose, and then Copy Link Location or Copy Target Location: 2_062333_480000000.png Then paste it into your message. There is a further trick. If you edit the URL to be view_postx instead of view_post, you get a simplified page display: message 4981 regards, ...
... topic: 1145 How do you get a background posted: 12 Jun 2010 16:15 from: Nigel Osborne I can't get a map or drawing for a back ground to show, would it be difference in file types.I noticed it uses a dxf file,The files on my scanner are img either jpeg or pdf,the make of the all in one is a Cannon 620 (Pixima). posted: 12 Jun 2010 17:10 from: Martin Wynne Nigel Osborne wrote: I can't get a map or drawing for a back ground to show, would it be difference in file types. Hi Nigel, The file needs to be in BMP format (Windows Bitmap) and saved in your C:/TEMPLOT/SHAPE-FILES folder. Your scanner software should allow you to save in that format to that folder. If not, save it from the scanner as JPG format at the highest quality setting. Then open it in your photo editor program and save it again in BMP format. There is a video here showing the process ...
145. Catenary
... Manchester Hello george, Have you done the track plan yet? What scale/gauge will it be? You will need to make some compromises with putting catenary on a model unless you have a lot of space for the layout. Curves are often much tighter than the real ones and the spacing between masts will need to be closer than scale too. Rob posted: 18 Oct 2011 14:48 from: Alan McMillan Hi I've developed two ways of doing catenary. The first one was to export my Templot plan as a DXF file and add mast positions and contact wire lines thereafter in Corel Draw. It works but it's time consuming and creates enormous files which my PC (3Gb processor and 2Gb of RAM) had difficulty in handling without slowing down to a crawl. My favoured method is to wait until the track is built and then place dressmakers pins into the track at the correct positions to represent the wire support points. I then stretch white cotton thread between these pins to represent the contact wires. The positions can then be moved to fine ...
... options. Separate settings are available for the control template on the screen -- that's how I made the screenshot in my previous post. For the printed output, similar settings are at print> printed drawing options> menu options. For printing I strongly recommend changing to hatched infill instead of solid if you are using bold timber infill colours. Otherwise you will use a lot of ink and risk cockling the printed construction template. Having said all that, for more complex drawings such as awning spans you may prefer to export to DXF, and do the design work in a CAD program. You can then re-import the results into the Templot background shapes. regards, Martin. posted: 16 Apr 2010 16:25 from: Jamie92208 Thanks for that Martin. I will have a play with colours. I'm bnot doing the serious design work just basic setting out using the outlines of the buildings. As I don't seem to be able to get to grips with CAD I'm using pencil and paper for the design work and trying to remember tech drawing ...
147. Templot docs
... I cannot (yet) get to grips with it- I don't want to know about windows& doors, I just want to make a design for a baseboard. Can I suggest you have a look at Google Sketchup? This is free and more than adequate for designing baseboards. As you may have read in one of my earlier posts, I had problems getting going with it but once you get the hang of it, it's great! The current free version has a plug-in available that allows you to import DXFs (exported from Templot, of course!) so you can really go to town with 3D layout planning if you want! Cheers posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:11 from: JFS Hello Brian, I am just converting a Bachmann 4-CEP to P4 so was interested in your reference above. I am puzzled by what you are refering to when you talk about "pick-up skates". It might be important in helping me not miss something which might be important- for various reasons, it is ...
148. Printing strategies
... make a note of it. 7. save a .bgs file. 8. add back the first .bgs file if you want the unrotated shapes, and delete any now unwanted duplicate ones. For the templates: 9. group> rotate group by... menu item. Enter the same rotation angle as before. 10. SHIFT+ CTRL+ F10 mouse action to get the page outlines where you want them, as explained above. Hope this helps, as an alternative to all that, you could instead export a DXF file and do your rotating and printing in a CAD program. regards, Martin. Posted: 3 Apr 2008 22:20 PM Reply with quote Reply blank 3rd Message Richard_Benn spacer.gif Thanks. Rotating the templates and background shapes separately looks like it will work. It would be nice to be able to group select background shapes as well though :-) Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Printing strategies about ...
... an AutoCAD image onto a Templot background but with only partial success by converting a DWG into a PDF and then a BMP in an image editor but the scale gone to pott. AHGGGG posted: 28 Sep 2009 20:08 from: Martin Wynne Ajax wrote: I've been playing about trying to get an AutoCAD image onto a Templot background but with only partial success by converting a DWG into a PDF and then a BMP in an image editor but the scale gone to pott. AHGGGG Hi Mark, Save it from AutoCAD in DXF format and then import into the background shapes in Templot. See: message 3623 regards, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Newbe Q's and Panics! 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 ...
150. Slattocks Junctions
... to do the irregular crossing as Dick is going to draw it out and build it, so I'm leaving him to it. Hi Andy, Ok, but I had already done it, so I thought I may as well post the files. The irregular diamond came out (left to right below) as: V 1: 8.38 RAM K 1: 5.75 RAM K 1: 5.75 RAM V 1: 4.63 RAM slattocks_junc_mod_c.png I can't upload that as a .box file compatible with your version 091c, so I have exported a DXF file and re-imported it into the background shapes in version 091c, like this: slattocks_junc_mod_d.png The .bgs file is attached below. Do add file... in your background shapes and you should get the result as above. Then when printed, it should look like this (assuming you have background shapes switched on for printing). It is very evident that the one half-diamond is much longer than the other: slattocks_irreg_print.png regards, Martin. Attachment: attach_580_877_slattocks_junction _irreg.bgs 359 posted: 25 Jun 2009 15: ...
... posted: 10 Jun 2009 21:15 from: jeckardt Yes, I share your need for outlines for exactly the same reason. And I also have no need for canted rail, so the suggested "interim" method that Mike suggests would also work great for me. I'll give the overlaid template approach a try and see how it works for me until proper foot outlines are supported. Joe posted: 10 Jun 2009 21:39 from: MikeTrice I suppose another option (if you have it) is to export as DXF, load into a Cad package and create offset lines. posted: 10 Jun 2009 23:13 from: Martin Wynne MikeTrice wrote: Yes, your workaround would probably work although I would prefer both rail foot edges to be present. My difficulty all stems from the initial placing of the first rails on the template, after which track gauges take over. Hi Mike, Joe, There is another workaround you can use to add the inner foot lines for the main road only, in version 091c. 1. generator ...
... timber T14 leading edge: line from corner at (x1,y1) to corner at (x2,y2) wing rail joint mark: line from end at (x3,y3) to end at (x4,y4)... Once the drawing data is in memory, it can be used to create drawings of the template in several formats: on the pad window as the control template on the pad window as a background template on the storage box window on the sketchboard* sent to the printer exported in DXF format exported in PDF format* created as a .bmp image file* etc.(* not yet available) If you change the generator settings, you are controlling what data elements are created in memory. If something is not in memory it cannot be output in any format, so the result affects all of the output formats listed above. If instead you change the settings at pad> pad background options> pad background templates detail... menu item, you are changing only the way the second format in the ...
... check though! Cheers posted: 17 Dec 2008 16:29 from: Richard Spratt Thanks Paul, That was 18 pages for a simple through station I knocked up in under 1 hour. I dread to think how many pages it would stretch to for Penrhos- 134 templates with only half of the fiddle yard drawn. Or Hitchin which I downloaded a while back that had 260 templates. What I was hoping for was something between Box>Print Box List and Box>Print Info>Print All Texts. Something like the dxf export where you select which lines you want exported. Richard Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> I wish it would...> Print out a summary of templates 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 ...
... Designjet beam printers and the technology has come along some ways since then. As for running costs.. a roll of paper is about £100 and a set of 8 inks can be around 50-100quid then theres the print heads and the waste tank too ;) so all in all not cheap. I have yet to use it for Templot as I don't have anything that size I need to print... yet! Regards Tom posted: 4 Jun 2011 16:42 from: Richard Spratt I create an DXF, then in AutoCAD I convert it to a DNG which is a little smaller and take it into work where we have a Canon 650. Max paper size is 24" x 96" I think, although it does take a roll, it cannot do more than about 8' long. The 650 is nearly 5 years old and showing its age. But it hasn't been used a lot; it can sit for several weeks between plots. When it gets replaced in a couple of months time we're going to get ...
... what Im doing wrong? I have searched for information around entering custom data for a turnout but not found it, and Im still sortof stuck If there are instructions available and I missed them please point me in the right direction. Hi Leo, Can you hang on for a day or two? I'd like to help you with this custom project, but I'm up to my neck at present. Not least with getting the next TDV update done, which will include a provisional method for flat-bottom foot lines and the DXF bug fix you need. This may help, there is some video: message 1779 Also this topic: topic 392 regards, Martin. posted: 26 Oct 2011 00:45 from: Brian Nicholls leo_sandstrom wrote: Anyone know what Im doing wrong? I have searched for information around entering custom data for a turnout but not found it, and Im still sortof stuck If there are instructions available and I missed them please point me in the right direction. Hi Leo, I have recently been trying to write a guide ...
... posted: 3 Jan 2016 15:02 from: Simon Hartshorne Hello, I apologise if this is explored elsewhere- I did a search but couldn't find anything. I know that Templot is 'not' layout design software (although that is precisely what I have used it for- and I could not have done without it, it is excellent) but is there a way to draw (and then modifiy) point rodding/ cranks, etc? I have experimented with trying to draw it in Visio and import it, ditto DXF/DWG formats unsuccessfully. It doesn't need to be highly detailed and I can always resort to a pencil and draw it on a print out if it's not possible, just thought I'd check first.... Thanks in advance posted: 3 Jan 2016 15:11 from: Raymond Have you tried using a single rail? posted: 3 Jan 2016 15:34 from: Martin Wynne Simon Hartshorne wrote: but is there a way to draw (and then modifiy) point rodding/ cranks, etc? Hi ...
... ? 1. print it on more than one sheet? or 2. print it on a larger or smaller sheet? 1. To print the sketchboard design on multiple sheets like the track templates, use the normal template printing or PDF export functions in the output menu: 2_240057_360000000.png On the preview, tick the print sketchboard items option. You can swap between detail mode and diagram mode as required. You can control the number of pages needed by scaling the output at output> enlarge/reduce size for print, PDF, DXF> menu options. undefined There are some options for this function: 2_240110_570000000.png But don't change the defaults without being sure what you are doing. For more information about it, see: message 14838 and near the bottom of: message 14644 2. printing directly from the sketchboard file menu scales the sketchboard page to fit the printer page. The way to get it on a larger sheet is to use say an A3 printer and set A3 as the paper size in the printer setup. There is currently no way to print ...
158. GW special chairs
... crossing. Cheers Phil Attached file: 1in3point5_common_xing.dxf. (click link above with right mouse button, then select Save Target As... or Save Link As...) posted: 5 Oct 2007 01:21 from: Phil O 2C chair 2c_1in3point5_xing.jpg posted: 5 Oct 2007 01:24 from: Phil O Slab& bracket slab_bracket_1in3point5_xing.jpg posted: 5 Oct 2007 01:26 from: Phil O 4C chair 4c_1in3point5_xing.jpg posted: 21 Oct 2007 20:46 from: Bruce Wilson Phil's 1 in 3/12 Common Crossing dxf converted to PNG Bruce Wilson Barrie, Ontario 1in3point5_common_xing.png Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Share and show> GW special chairs 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 ...
... click this button and drag a rectangle round the slip): 2_110745_050000000.png 2. copy one of them to the control template. 3. click the geometry> no track centre-lines menu item. This removes the track centre-lines from the control template. 4. click the geometry> modify group to match menu item. A good way to see how it looks is to print it at a reduced size, say 33% or 50%. Click the output> enlarge/reduce size for print, PDF, DXF menu options. Or export a PDF file and view it in your PDF reader at any size. regards, Martin. Last edited on 11 Aug 2014 13:15 by Martin Wynne Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Removing track centre lines (from double slip) about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and ...
... PDF pages of any length or width within reason. However, the Adobe Reader program will not display or print PDFs longer than about 4 metres. From Templot or anywhere else. Other (free) PDF Readers do not suffer from this restriction and are strongly recommended in preference to the Adobe Reader. Try the Nitro Reader: http://www.nitropdf.com/pdf-reader Or my favourite PDF reader: http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer Likewise there is no size restriction on exported DXF files from Templot for CAD. But I think you will struggle to find CAD/PDF printing wider than 42". Even if you do, would you be able physically to handle such a large sheet of paper? Two narrower rolls side by side would be more manageable. regards, Martin. posted: 2 Aug 2014 00:22 from: Matt M. Hi Les, I was one of the previous discussions on this subject. I have done a 32' x 5' plan. The commercial printer didn't ...
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