... a full shutdown. It was happening before that. CheerGodders posted: 24 Apr 2013 18:23 from: Martin Wynne Godfrey Earnshaw wrote: I installed 206d as requested did exactly the same, that is waited at the "Go" screen and after short sleep woke it pressed "Go" and it happened again, error message attached Hi Godfrey, Thanks for that. 206d was not doing this before? In which case something must have changed on your system, because the program is the same. Have you tried Hibernate instead of Sleep? The settings are at Control Panel> Power Options> Choose what the power buttons do> Sleep button. You probably need to restart Windows after changing the setting. regards, Martin. posted: 24 Apr 2013 20:03 from: Rob Manchester Martin, Sleep works fine on my system with no effect on 2.07a. Windows 7/32bit 4GB RAM. Rob posted: 24 Apr 2013 20:34 from: Godfrey Earnshaw Martin Wynne wrote: Godfrey Earnshaw wrote: I installed 206d as requested did exactly ...

... mandraulically constructed whereas the crossover in my attempts was auto-constructed as a ladder crossover- resulting in a 1:12 slip. TIA& best rgds, Dave Pundefined Attachment: attach_1647_2221_Newcastle_NSR.box 262 posted: 9 Aug 2013 11:23 from: Martin Wynne Hi Dave, Thanks for posting your file. A few pointers: 1. The Down Loop is too close to the running lines. Where a loop or siding is adjacent to a running line, the rules require the track spacing to be increased by 4ft to 10ft way instead of 6ft way. In 2mm scale you need to increase the spacing by 8mm for 4ft scale. You can do that by mental arithmetic, or simply by entering #8 in the data-entry dialog. Here's a bit of Jing video showing that (in 4mm scale): http://screencast.com/t /u98lh6UQzbQ It may take a few seconds to download before it will play. 2. You have made much use of C-6 turnouts. That's a very unusual non-standard size. I ...

... are sent through the post, so I'm wondering if the fact that the Templot CD is recorded is the problem (whereas mass-produced CDs are pressed). I'm so fed up with this happening time and again that I am minded to discontinue supplying CDs entirely. The vast majority of users now download the program -- most folks are now on broadband and it takes only a few seconds. Even on slow dial-up it takes less than 5 minutes. Another question -- if I adopted a USB memory stick instead of a CD as the delivery method (such memory sticks are now inexpensive), would it, and the stored data, survive airmail security checks? Looking at many software suppliers it seems that download is now the only method of supply -- even where an imaginary boxed product is shown on the web site. Comments welcome -- if you have a Templot CD, how often do you use it? regards, Martin. posted: 25 Sep 2007 14:10 from: Richard Spencer Hi Martin, I have ...

... \TEMPLOT_DEV\VIDEO-FILES\ (or wherever you installed Templot). Templot video files contain interactive stop/start pauses, so that you can read the text notes. To watch them, you must use an FBR video player -- otherwise they won't pause and will be largely meaningless to watch as the text notes flash on and off. That means to watch them offline they must be played 1. in the Templot Video Player, which is installed as part of Templot, or alternatively 2. watch them online instead at FlashBackConnect. (Unfortunately that means they won't work properly on a device which doesn't have Templot installed on it AND is not connected to the internet. You must have one or the other.) I created a system using a separate downloader executable which is part of Templot, and which uses small text-based SK5 data files to download and play (or replay previously downloaded) FBR videos in the Templot Video Player. The downloader also checks the MD5 hash to ensure the FBR file is not corrupted. It worked ...

... crossing for such a crossover. Here I used generic V-crossings. That lengthens the turnouts, making an easier radius in the outer turnout. For a smaller shunting layout, or in goods yards etc. where bogie passenger vehicles won't be running, usually you want the crossover to be as short as possible, and reverse-curve effects may not matter so much. Generally it is then better not to use the REA switches, but change to older pattern loose-heel switches. For example using a 9ft straight switch instead of an "A" switch, or a 12ft straight switch instead of a "B". There is a bigger range of options in the GWR-pattern loose-heel switches. Or of course for a specific prototype you can create a custom switch of any design. If you post your .box file here it will be easier to make suggestions based on your specific case. More about types of V-crossing: http://templot.com/martweb/gs_realtrack.htm#xing_types More about the effects of using curviform ...

... the actual rail is on top of the ties. Thank you Max posted: 27 Nov 2013 05:50 from: Martin Wynne Hi Max, The easy one first: How do I get the foot of the rail to show? I can't see the edges of the rails once the actual rail is on top of the ties. Click the real> rails> head and foot (flat-bottom rails) menu item: 2_090523_110000000.png You won't see any changes on the trackpad, except that the info panel will show FB instead of BH -- FB is flat-bottom rails, BH is bullhead rails: 2_130700_220000000.png Click the real> rails> rail section data... menu item to set the width of the rail foot to match the rail which you are using. The data is in prototype inches, so you will need to measure your rail and do the scale conversion. (Templot can convert it for you if you use the input conversion factors, but I've received complaints that I include too much information in my replies.) ...

... least one layer, but some have minimal effect on the usefulness of the base map, e.g. Administrative Areas. The grey monochrome can be made darker in Paint Shop Pro. On Magic Map you can enter any exact scale and have the OS map enlarged to suit. The smallest useful scale to enter is 1:2500 which enlarges the OS 1:10,000 map 4 times and corresponds to the well-known old 25" maps. But at this scale the Planning Portal mapping is much more detailed and useful instead. Magic Map zooming (draw a rectangle) and panning (drag the map) are similar to the planning site. The map size depends on your screen size. (You must allow pop-ups from this site to get the maps.) Here's some bumf from the Magic Map web site: "Map Scales available in MAGIC MAGIC contains five scales of Ordnance Survey base mapping- 1:10,000 scale, 1:25,000, 1:50,000, 1:250,000 and ...

... whether that was OK. Regards, Graham Attachment: attach_1732_2393_Elan_Final.box 347 posted: 29 Jan 2014 12:54 from: Martin Wynne Hi Graham, Your diamond is about 1:5, which is generally too short for a conventional inside slip. The switch blades will be too short to flex, and would need to be built as loose heels. And the slip road radius is only 27" which is a bit too small for P4 unless purely an industrial line: 2_290750_120000000.png That's why I suggested building it as an outside slip instead. To do that you need to move the loop track a little wider to make room for the slip switch. regards, Martin. posted: 29 Jan 2014 13:44 from: Paul Boyd Hi Graham I've previously Templotted this in P4, and like many of Mr Rice's plans, they can be challenging to make work! Most of them can be done though. I've attached a box file where you can see I'm still working on that slip. As Martin says, it has to be an outside slip- ...

... straightforward, but my understanding and implementation is where the shortfall is Attachment: attach_1748_2399_GoGF_O165-DualGaugeTurnout002.box 279 Last edited on 9 Feb 2014 18:28 by Steve Bedding posted: 9 Feb 2014 18:38 from: Martin Wynne Steve Bedding wrote: Although starting with a 9ft GW switch, the 'Switch Setting' increases to GW 10ft and then between V5.85 and V5.89 jumps rapidly to GW 12ft. This causes the turnout crossing rail to jump either side of the partial template for the wing rail already created. Hi Steve, Use F9 instead of F5 to adjust the V-crossing angle without changing the switch size. Alternatively, while using F5 you can right-click and select the lock switch (in F5) menu option. regards, Martin. posted: 9 Feb 2014 20:56 from: Steve Bedding Thank you Martin- it seems so straightforward and easy when you point out the obvious (reminder to self- keep looking at the Function Key Chart!) I had consciously deselected the 'Lock Switch' option having misunderstood what effect it would have ...

... ..undefined... Which is fine, I was aiming to just fool around and see what happens with various options. Now, though, I seem to have got myself into a state I can't revert from... What I want to do is start a whole new 'project' from scratch. I've saved my current box file, in case I should ever want to come back to it, then I've done (in the storage box) 'File -> New Project-> Clear all templates'. However, instead of the default nice curved turnout, with everything like notches and pegs setup in a sensible way, what I get now as the first template, is a piece of curved plain track, with the notch way off on the workspace somewhere, and the notch doesn't move with the track, it's fixed in place. I can't at the moment figure out to reset everything to the usual start-up state? Any pointers hugely appreciated. posted: 30 Oct 2014 22:10 from: Martin Wynne dharma66 wrote: I ...