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... posted: 3 Jan 2016 12:17 from: Martin Wynne Hi Andy, I have increased the upload limit to 10MB in case you need to upload larger STL files. Attachments on this forum are stored as a BLOB in the database (Binary Large Object) which is not ideal but it seems to be working fine in practice. Fortunately the donations fund is happily covering the web costs at present. regards, Martin. posted: 3 Jan 2016 13:03 from: Martin Wynne Hi Andy, This is Templot's native DXF export (3D setting), viewed in eDrawings: (This is the 1:7.5 crossing.) 2_030750_010000000.png It doesn't seem to be possible to import a DXF into MeshLab? It's now about 15 years since I wrote the DXF export function in Templot, and things have obviously moved on. How would I go about implementing an export for 3-D printing files? There seems to be a bewildering array of file formats to choose from, and a lack of good documentation about their internal structure (unless I'm missing ...
... topic: 1661 Exporting to DXF- something is not working for me posted: 22 Oct 2011 16:20 from: leo_sandstrom Hi Hope someone can help me explain why my DXF exports look like the attached image. (rails and timbers are distorted) Seems to be some sort of rounding problem. 2094_221118_540000000.png I checked the help files and searched all over but didnt find anything. Regards /Leo posted: 22 Oct 2011 19:20 from: leo_sandstrom I might add that PDF export works fine, but I still got no idea as to why the dxf export looks like this. Regards /Leo posted: 22 Oct 2011 22:34 from: Martin Wynne Hi Leo, Which program are you using to display the DXF? I can't reproduce that effect. A good way to test exported DXF files from Templot is to re-import them into Templot as background shapes. main> background shapes> dxf import tab. As a matter of interest, which method did you use to convert the H0 templates to N gauge? Have you made ...
3. Import DXF
... topic: 502 Import DXF posted: 25 Jul 2008 13:14 from: Alan Turner Martin, I am trying to import a DXF file. My problem is that most but not the entire file comes in. This includes some of the lines representing the track. My problem is that I don't really understand what I am doing with the DXF file. I have TurboCAD but don't really know how to use it. Help appreciated. Alan posted: 26 Jul 2008 13:02 from: richard_t Alan Turner wrote: I am trying to import a DXF file. My problem is that most but not the entire file comes in. This includes some of the lines representing the track. My problem is that I don't really understand what I am doing with the DXF file. I have TurboCAD but don't really know how to use it. Help appreciated. Templot, and other software, doesn't implement "CLOSED" lines. (I know some etching companies don't like CLOSED lines either) [If you think of a square, this can be ...
... by C+ L Finescale Phew- I had visions of an" ...is closing down" type of message! Folk still create trackwork by building individual turnouts and 'stitch' them together with plain track using 'one size fits all' generic track templates. No we don't- we use Templot Seriously, this sounds an interesting idea, and I look forward to seeing more info on your website in due course. Please let us know once the information is up there. Presumably we could give you a Templot-generated file (DXF?) for a complex track formation (subject to any size constraints) and a single base comes back. Have I understood that correctly? Cheers posted: 21 Dec 2008 01:29 from: Brian Lewis Hi Paul. I believe you work at Clevedon. You could always pop in. Size constraints. No real limit, but no piece can be larger than 610 x 458mm- that 2' x 1.5'. Regards Brian Lewis posted: 21 Dec 2008 02:02 from: Martin Wynne Hi Brian, ...
... and/or diverging ends, etc. Remember our aim is to get the end of the turnouts correct and so the rest of the track, leaving fine detail of the prototypical internals to those who use templot. In that sense, the ability to exchange info between pictograms would enable the quick an easy part of xtrkcad to marry up to the righteous and precise templot. Regards, Adam posted: 26 Feb 2018 18:50 from: Martin Wynne Hi Adam, Welcome to Templot Club. Details of how to import a DXF file from XTrackCAD into Templot as a background guide are at: topic 3049 Which is probably the best way for an XTrackCAD user to get a custom turnout design. It could then be exported from Templot as a DXF file and imported back into XTrackCAD, or inserted as a bitmap image. regards, Martin. posted: 27 Feb 2018 15:07 from: Adam Richards Martin,Well, your proposal would involve at least one enhancement to XTrackCAD over its current state which is that we don't have an image capability for ...
... topic: 1462 Problems importing a dxf file posted: 22 Apr 2011 15:00 from: Antrox Hi! I'm newbie with Templot and this community and I'm trying to iport a dxf file with the measures of my lyout but no shape is shown. In the shape background window are shown some shapes but not in the main window. I think I'm forgotten something but I don't know what. Thanks for your help from Spain. Regads. Antonio. posted: 22 Apr 2011 15:26 from: Martin Wynne Hi Antonio, Welcome to Templot Club. Have you perhaps mixed up mm and inch units? Try clicking the main/control> pad view fit shapes menu item, which will zoom in or out to just fit your current background shapes. Which version of Templot are you using? Please bear in mind that the DXF import in Templot is very simple and will import only basic 2D line and arc entities, and all blocks must be exploded when saving the DXF file. If you post again and attach your DXF file, we ...
... topic: 508 Importing DXF files into 3PI posted: 31 Jul 2008 09:00 from: pimin Unfortunately the Templot diagrams cannot be imported as actual track into 3PI. I can get the DXF file imported but, I get a bunch of strange vertical rails (sticking out of the template). What's up with this??? Where did I go wrong? I've attached the DXF file. Pimin Attachment: attach_323_508_3-way-8 -DXF.dxf 257 posted: 31 Jul 2008 09:01 from: pimin Here is the box file. Attachment: attach_324_508_3-way-8.box 281 posted: 31 Jul 2008 09:16 from: pimin Ooops, should have been P-87 not P087. Loaded the DXF file into 3pi 3 times. FIrst time it was 2-rail the next two times it was 3-rail... I don't get it?? Paul posted: 31 Jul 2008 09:23 from: Martin Wynne pimin wrote: Unfortunately the Templot diagrams cannot be imported as actual track into 3PI. I can ...
... topic: 2061 CAD Export Problem with Scaling posted: 24 Sep 2012 21:23 from: James I'm hoping someone can help with this- I am using Sketchup to make a CAD drawing of my baseboards, legs, wiring etc and wanted to export my Templot plans as a DXF and import them into Sketchup to 'lay' on the baseboards. However, I have made the baseboards to the correct real-life size. When I export the dxf from Templot, under scaling it only allows 100% and when I put it into Sketcup it is miles bigger than the scale size and also bigger than 1:1 scale! Is there a way to change this before exporting it? If not, even when I select all and try to scale it, Sketchup tries to treat it as a 2d shape (I exported as 3D solid) and only lets me move the width/length. So I end up with a track layout that is the correct length/width for the baseboards but the rails are still about 2' high! ...
... topic: 815 DXF and beyond posted: 30 May 2009 14:38 from: Martin Wynne Dear all, Nowadays for 3D visualisation and walk-throughs of Templot tracks in your layout design, the obvious choice is Google Sketchup. But if you are looking for a more conventional CAD for use with Templot's DXF exports, a very powerful 2D/3D CAD package which is entirely free* is: ProgeCAD 2008 SMART (Proge is in Italy) It's based on the IntelliCad engine and uses AutoCad DWG/DXF as its native file format, so loading DXF exports from Templot is simple. Bearing in mind the cost of other full-featured CAD packages, this entirely free version is excellent and much more powerful than the other free and low-cost CAD programs available. There are some nag screens about upgrading to the Professional version when you first select several functions, but they all have "don't show this again" buttons -- so you are soon rid of them. *Free for personal/ non-commercial use only. Donations invited ...
... topic: 373 DXF and PDF export for wide-format printing posted: 16 Mar 2008 23:11 from: Martin Wynne This subject cropped up on RMweb recently. I replied at: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p =303906#p303906 I've had a couple of off-group emails on the same subject, so I thought I would copy it here. Simon wrote: How did you export the file? I have tried this without much success- a friend who is an architect tried this, and we found that exporting the dxf format took forever and a day, whereas plugging Templot into the printer directly was a lot quicker, but we couldn't get the layout plan to print lengthways, and ended up with four sheets when we wanted one. (And access to his printer may be a bit restricted at the moment.) Would appreciate knowing how you did this- it regularly pops up on the Templot forum, so it must be bugging a lot of people! Hi Simon, The DXF file is ...
... topic: 1685 Strange output of dxf file posted: 13 Nov 2011 21:37 from: radiopaque Hi Martin, With the previous dev version, I got this result from someone who tried to print a dxf version that I had exported from Templot. I this a known problem? Cheers, Mark Attachment: attach_1240_1685_Railplan_MarkJS1 .pdf 209 posted: 13 Nov 2011 22:17 from: Martin Wynne radiopaque wrote: With the previous dev version, I got this result from someone who tried to print a dxf version that I had exported from Templot. I this a known problem? Hi Mark, If you are in a country which uses a comma as a decimal separator (decimal point), please delete all DXF files created with any version of Templot prior to TDV build# 4435. There was a bug in the DXF generator -- the Windows Regional Setting for the decimal separator character was used in the DXF file. In TDV# 4435 and later, a dot (full stop, period) is used in all cases regardless of the Windows ...
12. DXF Import
... topic: 3806 DXF Import posted: 1 Nov 2020 21:11 from: Thomas Clarke A friend of mine kindly drew out to EM scale track plan of Eardisley station in Autocad. When I imported the dxf file into Templot it was the right scale but something weird happend to the file when it was imported as can be seen in the Eardisley JPG when in fact it should looked like 3.JPG. It has also placed it a long way away from the track template 1.JPG and produce some separate shapes located in the bottom right hand corner 2.JPG. Any idea what might be causing this to happen. 3704_011607_460000000.jpg 1.JPG 3704_011609_360000000.png 2.JPG 3704_011610_150000000.png 3.JPG 3704_011610_530000000.png Eardisley.JPG posted: 1 Nov 2020 21:48 from: Martin Wynne Hi Thomas, Welcome to Templot Club. Please could you post your DXF file( .dxf) as an attachment? It's difficult to see what's happening from your screenshots. The attachment button is below the post editor panel. cheers, Martin. posted: 2 Nov 2020 00:44 from: Thomas Clarke Hi Martin Templot BG. dxf ...
13. platforms
... Anyway, it was a semi-random thought that's crosse my mind in the past! posted: 29 May 2011 00:58 from: Brian Nicholls Hi Martin, So far, I've had a very good evening Temploting using the TDV. I decided to have ago at Platforms, and WoW, what a brilliant addition this is to Templot. I spent several hours going round my New Street templates constructed to date (some 300+), and added the platforms where applicable. I did this exercise initially to check the DXF export function, with the idea, which I think I've mentioned before, to be able to load the DXF files into Autocad and then redraw the station platforms and buildings around the rails of the templates, that way I get exactly an accurate drawing of the layout and can add items as required. The DXF export, worked perfectly for an "Non-platform" version of the rail layout to date, when I did the same for the platform version (platform edges added) again the DXF was good, with ...
... topic: 3449 Templot DXF Output posted: 6 Jul 2019 01:28 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, I am having a little trouble importing DXF files created by Templot. The files are generated and I can view my track( or whatever) using an online DXF viewer but a software package I downloaded called Inkscape just ignores the contents when trying to import them. It mentions in the Inkscape help notes that DXF files should be AutoCAD Version 13 or later- do files exported from Templot conform to this? I have been using InkScape as was thinking of buying a Silhouette cutter machine for the production of architectural details and was just curious about the DXF import. Thanks Rob posted: 6 Jul 2019 01:53 from: PHP I'm not sure of the dxf version Templot is but I've not had any problems opening and manipulating dxf files in QCAD or CorelDRAW. QCAD can be used for free and is also excellent making files to cut on a silhouette cutter. Last edited on 6 Jul 2019 01:54 by PHP posted: 6 Jul ...
... topic: 1162 Importing files to Templot posted: 8 Jul 2010 22:07 from: David Yates I have a a track plan which I designed prior to purchasing Templot, using DesignCAD 3000 software. This software has the capability of exporting files in the following formats: 1) AutoCAD DWG 2) DXF 3) IGES 4) RIB 5) VRML 6) WPG 7) WMF I have tried unsuccessfully to export the track plan in all of the above formats to Templot so that I can use it as a background to prepare templates. Can you offer any advice please as to what I may be doing wrong? Regards, Dave Yates posted: 8 Jul 2010 23:02 from: Martin Wynne David Yates wrote: I have tried unsuccessfully to export the track plan in all of the above formats to Templot so that I can use it as a background to prepare templates. Can you offer any advice please as to what I may be doing wrong? Hi David, Templot has a DXF vector import into the background shapes function. However ...
... topic: 1806 Unwanted template in DXF output File. posted: 25 Jan 2012 14:41 from: Brian Nicholls Hi Martin, I have a query about DXF ouput. Yesterday I wanted to output a DXF image of a diamond crossing, so selected the diamond and made the two halves a grouped item. I then did the output, making sure I had selected group templates only. When I viewed the resulting output file, I found I had also another switch template, which had been out of view on the workpad at the time of the output, as well as the required diamond. Now the switch template had not been included in the group with the diamond, so why did it get included in the output file? Today I tried the same experiment, with the same items and got the same result, an unwanted template that had not been grouped. See images below: The first image shows the Templot workpad at time of outputting file. The second image shows the resulting DXF file when viewd with a suitable program. Can ...
... topic: 639 Import DXF Into Templot? posted: 24 Nov 2008 08:10 from: Bruce Wilson Is it possible to import a dxf file into Templot? I have finally drawn up the geometry of a WDLR turnout and want to bring it into Templot to generate O14 templates. Or will I have to save it as an image and use it as a background image and work over that? TIA Bruce Wilson Barrie, Ontario posted: 24 Nov 2008 13:14 from: Martin Wynne Bruce Wilson wrote: Is it possible to import a dxf file into Templot? I have finally drawn up the geometry of a WDLR turnout and want to bring it into Templot to generate O14 templates. Or will I have to save it as an image and use it as a background image and work over that? Hi Bruce, There is no way to import a DXF file as native Templot track templates. The most you can do is to import a simple DXF file into the background shapes, and use it as a background guide in the same ...
... topic: 327 Interfacing Templot with CAD posted: 2 Feb 2008 03:30 from: Colin Divall I'm trying to export my track plan as a DXF file to a CAD program for the usual reasons. Not having done this before, and having no previous experience at all with CAD, I'm playing with the free demo download of Cadrail9- not least since it seems to be the only one around that will import DXF, at least in the demo version. Problem is that, even having religiously followed all the hints etc in the Templot help boxes and anywhere else I can find, when I import the DXF files to Cadrail I normally only get the (2D) rail layer data, even though the other layers I've selected in Templot (timber outlines, 3D rails and timbers) register in the Cadrail menus. Moreover the rails are rendered in Cadrail as a single broad strip rather than two, well, rails! But at least I do manage to get a 'walk round' 3D rendition of this. (On one occasion I did ...
... topic: 2438 Can't see dxf file in AutoCad posted: 4 Apr 2014 16:48 from: GeoffB Hi, I've exported a .dxf file to open in AutoCad so that I can draw up a design for machining a jig but when I open it in A/Cad nothing shows. Anyone have any idea why? Regards, GeoffB posted: 4 Apr 2014 17:41 from: richard_t Have you zoomed out far enough? For example ZOOM EXTENTS or Z E. posted: 4 Apr 2014 17:50 from: GeoffB Yep- zoomed both ways but nothing showing- I even tried exporting with the rail in yellow so that I could see it against the black background but nothing there. The file is opening in A/Cad as when I zoom in/out and then go to close the file I'm asked if I want to save the file. posted: 4 Apr 2014 18:23 from: Martin Wynne GeoffB wrote: I've exported a .dxf file to open in AutoCad so that I can draw up a design for machining ...
20. DXF Export
... topic: 2919 DXF Export posted: 31 Aug 2016 11:14 from: Stephen Freeman Hi Martin, In days of yore one had to be sure to tick the scaling box, this seems to have disappeared and now I think exporting is a full size only option, or am I missing something? (probably) Stephen posted: 31 Aug 2016 11:32 from: Martin Wynne Borg-Rail wrote: In days of yore one had to be sure to tick the scaling box, this seems to have disappeared and now I think exporting is a full size only option, or am I missing something? (probably) Hi Stephen, I haven't changed anything, and as far as I can see it is still working. If you tick the scaled box, it shows the current output scaling setting (i.e. as set on the output menu): 2_310629_030000000.png regards, Martin. posted: 31 Aug 2016 11:39 from: Martin Wynne p.s. looking at that dialog now, I can't understand why I wrote "turnout or ...
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