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... . It looks very good, but I don't have any actual measurements. There is more discussion on Brian's own email group at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescale Here's how I created the file showing an outline of the timbers and "rail" webs between them. Ideally Templot would be able to do this in a proper mathematical fashion. But at present it can't, and the internal data structure makes it a very complex task for every possible track formation with multiple partial overlaid templates and shoved timbers. So instead I did this: 1. In Templot I increased the rail-width for each template to create the links. But Brian is now saying this may be necessary only for bases which are to be curved by flexing. If the design is already curved and fixed it may not be needed. In fact it may be possible to use links which are narrower than rail for easier removal before ballasting. What width are your links? There is a lot of experimenting still to be done I think. 2. I set ...
... edited on 15 Sep 2017 20:23 by Tony McGartland posted: 16 Sep 2017 08:39 from: Martin Wynne Tony McGartland wrote: I watched one of the video tutorials and found it very interesting. I've tried following the routines in the video and managed to keep up with things. I was not able to activate the command Ctrl+ F6 Snake through Peg and was really puzzled as to what it does. Can someone explain please. Hi Tony, If CTRL+ F6 doesn't work on your system, you can instead simply press 6 on the main keyboard. The same applies to the other CTRL+ F functions. If that also doesn't work, all the mouse actions can be accessed from the action menu. There are two related functions, snake and slide. I have made you a bit of scruff video showing them in action: http://flashbackconnect.com/Default.aspx?id=6WxyhoKGPkY4JeXVAjxuTA2 The snake through peg mouse action translates the control template along its alignment, leaving its fixing peg and its alignment fixed in position on the trackpad ...
23. Forum emails
... 01:43 from: Richard Spratt This forum Yahoo email is really annoying. Many times the messages arrive out of order and the thread loses sense. posted: 22 May 2007 02:11 from: Martin Wynne Hi Richard,> This forum Yahoo email is really annoying.> Many times the messages arrive out of order> and the thread loses sense. That problem is down to Yahoo. It's been bad again recently. You can solve the problem by choosing to receive your emails direct from the Templot Club forums, instead of via the Yahoo group. You will also get them much more quickly without the usual several minutes delay via Yahoo. Try this: 1. Go to Yahoo and change your setting for the Templot group to "no email". Or send a blank message to templot-nomail@yahoogroups.com 2. Go to the Templot Club pages at http://www.templot.com/forum 3. Login if not already. 4. Click the My Account button at the top. 5. Click the Emailed Messages tab. 6 ...
24. Tandem turnouts
... the 'Lock Switch (in F5) was greyed out and therefore not selectable. Can anyone advise why this should be? Thank you posted: 9 Mar 2014 13:48 from: Martin Wynne PeterD wrote: I have tried to construct this three times and ended up finding the 'Lock Switch (in F5) was greyed out and therefore not selectable. Hi Peter, Probably because you are using a custom switch. Such a switch will always be locked in F5 because Templot has no way of knowing what other switch to use instead. However, it is much better to ignore all that out-of-date stuff and use a gaunt turnout or irregular diamond in Templot2 for the middle crossing. The crossing angle can then be adjusted with F9 instead of F5. More here: topic 2394- message 16182 I am going to delete the old tandem tutorial because it is causing too much confusion. regards, Martin. posted: 10 Mar 2014 00:26 from: PeterD Hi Martin, I am now totally baffled. I tried to follow your ...
... the next operation. I wish I had a pound for every time I've tried to explain that in emails over the years. Permanently moving it isn't an option, because it would make working with multiple partial templates a nightmare. regards, Martin. Hi Martin, As someone that is finally getting to grips with Templot, after many years of struggling, as it just "clicked", I feel that you have answered your own question. Why don't you just change the menu description to what you have actual described yourself? Instead of "Store& background", change it to "Copy to Plan". As you said, the activity of "Store" is really to create a copy, and the "Plan" is a more intuitive phrase (we are building a track plan, after all) than "Background". And it is not as though Templot users aren't adaptable to changes in the terminology used in the program, so they should easily get used to the new names in the same way that they do new/changed ...
... crossing angle only, without affecting the switch size. (This can be done at present by right-clicking while in F5 and locking the switch.) The new F9 function is needed mainly for half-diamond templates. 2. the move pad origin mouse action is in effect made redundant by the drag panning function and no longer strictly needs a mouse action. It will remain in the menu but loses its shortcut. 3. pad centred on peg loses its shortcut. If you need keyboard access, use examine peg instead (toggle on NUMPAD-0, then zoom out). regards, Martin. posted: 19 May 2010 07:18 from: kenbec Martin, Just a thought:- Unfortunately you can't have one without the other. Depends on whether it is thought necessary to assign keyboard shortcuts, couldn't menu items alone be sufficient? Regards, ken posted: 19 May 2010 13:50 from: richard_t I know I'm jumping the gun, but what's a "gaunt offset"? TIA posted: 19 May 2010 15: ...
... a scenic background, which is currently very tight. You could also, by replacing the engine release road by a crossover, shove in a short siding, e.g. for an end loading dock; it could also serve as a head shunt for the goods yard. Also, in the north west area of the layout there's a sort of short bay road, which strikes me as a bit odd, partly as it might have to be on a gradient. I'd be tempted to run it off the adjacent double track road instead, as say a short bay for parcels traffic. A few other ideas. If things are tight you could remove the southmost hidden loop, which might help; it also gets rid of hidden turnouts (which I hate). You could change the look of things and maybe get a bit more flexibility with the curves if you singled the double track. By the way, none of these ideas stops the setting being urban if that's what you want. Hope some of this helps! cheers Nigel posted: 25 Jun ...
... provide clearance for vehicle overhangs. For this purpose the adjacent track centres settings can be adjusted by mouse action, using the dummy vehicle tool to check the clearance. Here is a video showing that being done. Sorry it is in fuzzy MP4 format, remaking it in FBR format is on my to-do list: http://flashbackconnect.com/Movie.aspx?id=r6BdZWxz5kk5ye1ek-P -Ag2 You can see that I determined that a track spacing of 46.3mm centres would be suitable for this EM track at this radius, instead of the usual 6ft way (44.67mm centres). I could then have gone on to do tools> make double-track TS if I wished. For more about using the dummy vehicle tool, see: http://templot.com/companion/index.html?dummy_vehicle_tool.htm I'm sorry the screenshots on that page are a little out-of-date, I find it impossible to keep the help notes up to date as I develop the program. Obstructions between the tracks such as signal posts can be represented using the background ...
29. Minimum Radius
... want to try and maintain a 6foot minimum radius you have to go up to a B6, almost just to play safe Richard posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:18 from: Martin Wynne RichardTP wrote: So presumably if you want to try and maintain a 6foot minimum radius you have to go up to a B6, almost just to play safe Hi Richard, Welcome to Templot Club. It's not necessary to go all the way to B-6 to get above 6ft radius. Changing to a 9ft-type straight switch instead of the A switch, and a generic type V-crossing instead of regular, gets you to 73.9" radius at 1:5.5 RAM crossing angle. This turnout isn't significantly longer than the A-5: 2_310702_310000000.png These are for 0-MF gauge (31.5mm track gauge). In truth, A-5 is an unsatisfactory size, it is too far below the natural angle for an A switch (A -7 ), resulting in a short sharp length of turnout radius. You can see that changing ...
... it is found on your system. This extension enables websites you visit with Firefox to silently install software on your computer, thus injecting the most serious flaw of Internet Explorer into Firefox. Microsoft installs this extension in such a way that it cannot be removed directly by the user -- it is listed in the Extensions list but Uninstall is disabled. This is not a bug -- this is the intended functionality of the Firefox extension, probably to enable Microsoft to install software on your machine when you visit their websites with Firefox instead of IE. This extension introduces a serious security vulnerability to Firefox. It should be removed immediately, using the instructions below. Please take this very seriously. This kind of vulnerability is the main reason you started using Firefox instead of IE in the first place. How to disable the Firefox .NET Framework Assistant installed by Microsoft: Since Microsoft has taken steps to actively prevent removal of the .NET Framework Assistant extension by the user you need to edit the registry and manually delete the installed files. You can get instructions explaining how ...
... ? posted: 27 Nov 2010 10:16 from: Martin Wynne 15 years ago many homes had an IBM-pattern Business Computer, desperately pretending to be a domestic appliance but in truth serving little recreational purpose and requiring a tame teenage geek to do anything remotely technical, such as connecting to the internet or printing a photograph. But it was an ideal gadget on which to plan a model railway, and I developed Templot for it. Go into PC World today and where are the desktop computers? All but gone. Instead there is a dazzling display of sleek must-have mobile devices, itouch raspberry padpod netphones with enough computing power in the palm of your hand to run a nuclear power station. It's almost impossible to come out without one. Perfect if you want to tweeter to your friends from the back of the bus, or get the closing prices on the London Metal Exchange while sitting on the train home. But run Templot? Several people have told me that Templot is now the only thing they use their desktop computer for. ...
... : 14 Sep 2019 18:57 from: Martin Wynne Tom Allen wrote: So defining a width and length is a must with this printer. Hi Tom, I've been trying to tell you that all afternoon! One other thing has arose from this print, which is a "control template". There are shaded lines being printed from the edges of each sleeper to the 0 point. Yes, that's a known bug in 2.23.c. See: topic 3500 You can avoid it by printing the template as a background template instead, or you can fix it by using the 2.23.x scruff release which I posted here: topic 3499- message 27699 However, that also has a bug -- the switch-drive marks (tie-bar slots) are missing on background templates. I will get it fixed and release a new program update soon. cheers, Martin. posted: 14 Sep 2019 19:03 from: Tom Allen thanks Martin, i usually only print background templates so i've not seen this before. Major thanks for the prompt help ...
33. Paste?
... : Raymond It ain't broke so don't fix it. Regards Raymond posted: 4 May 2010 18:09 from: Paul Boyd Hi Martin I take it this user didn't say what he expected Ctrl-X etc to do either? Taking copy/cut/paste in the Windows-compliant context, I can't imagine what it should do. What is being copied or cut to be pasted elsewhere? I'm not sure I follow your suggestion of what these functions could do in Templot, and I think that would lead to complaints instead that they don't do what they were expected to do. (Without, of course, explaining what was expected.) I'm with Raymond- leave it alone! I'd much rather have irregular diamonds Especially, please don't change existing keyboard shortcuts again!! I'm afraid this doesn't help you to formulate a response though Cheers posted: 4 May 2010 19:27 from: Peter Ayre Martin, When I'm in Microsoft mode "Control C" and "Control V" are used quite a bit for copy and paste. When ...
34. Large layout
... on the new Companion site at: http://templot.com/companion/ It will probably take me 2 or 3 days to prepare a full topic. If you need to get a file sooner: 1. check with the print shop what their maximum printable area is. It's ninepence to a gooseberry they won't have the faintest idea. If they are using Adobe software it's very likely the maximum page length is 200 inches (16ft-8in). If so you may need to get say two 9ft prints done, instead of a single 18ft print. Tell them to try Foxit software instead. 2. set the desired grid spacings on the workpad. 3. move the page origin to the bottom left corner of the desired print area. 4. group-select only the templates which are in the desired area using the group-selection fence. 5. set the group templates option on the PDF dialog. This will very significantly reduce the file size. 6. set the desired PDF page size (see 1. above) on ...
... 2018 10:11 by Phil O posted: 15 Jan 2018 18:30 from: Andrew Barrowman Thanks for that Phil. A minor defugalty has arisen: 2983_151303_500000000.jpg This is part of a 7.5 4-SF single slip. As you can see the first P chair is clonking into the L1 chair. How might this be handled on the real thing? I could; 1) Ignore it and hope nobody notices (it would print as shown.) 2) Shorten the P chair 3) Bolt on a half chair instead of the L1 4) Other ideas?? BTW, only the inner faces of the rails are shown on the template. All the chair components are referenced to that edge of the rail. Don't be alarmed by the apparent lack of space in the jaws to accommodate the rail. When the rail is positioned in the model it automatically merges together with the chair models. In fact the position of the chairs is not very critical. The most important thing is to ensure that the rail model follows the rail in the ...
... the filed areas. A few strokes with a fine file and a final polish with abrasive paper will do that. It's also a good idea to take a few thou off the top of the vee nose so that it dips down slightly below the wing rails. This allows for the coning angle on the wheels as they run off the wing rail onto the nose, producing smoother running. Here are some further diagrams, showing how most of the work can be done after assembly of the vee. This requires only 3 cuts instead of 4 in total previously, and cleans up any slight mismatch at the tip and any stray solder. It's difficult to hold an assembled vee this way for filing, but fairly easily arranged on a disc sander. As before the rail is shown in horizontal cross-section, yellow is the rail head and orange is the web of the rail: vee_assy.png A is the point rail, simply bent at the end at the crossing angle. B is the splice rail, as A but cut back as shown. C ...
... just as mystifying of course -- maybe it's related to the screen dpi setting? It could be due to it being a 45" tv I have the pc connected to. Regards. Trevor. posted: 23 Aug 2014 14:39 from: Trevor Walling Hello Martin, After further use I have found an issue with the Flashback Player. If I go from View, Movie Size, Fit To Window then the Full Screen option within the player window I get a fully functioning video.However if I go to the Maximise button instead it opens at full screen but freezes and will not function. I assume it causes a conflict with the Linux desktop operation which has various options itself from any window or its multiple desktops. As I can use Flash Player without problems not using the Maximise button it is easy enough to avoid this issue. Assuming it works fine for everyone else I guess this is just a glitch on some Linux/Wine Hardware combinations. Does the slip tutorial have a sound content as I have not heard any? Regards. Trevor. ...
38. Window moving
... . not over a template, the pointer will change to a four way arrow and the screen will follow the mouse movement. Tony. No, the whole window is moving across the screen, It seems to be eratic and hard to reproduce. J posted: 5 Mar 2012 20:08 from: stuart1600 I have encountered something which may be similar to what Julia has described. If I select, for example, F4 to change the length of the control template and then move the mouse, sometimes I get drag panning instead, complete with the "compass point" cursor. I have assumed that this is due to some slight delay between hitting F4 key and Templot actually implementing the function, so that the mouse is automatically putting drag panning into effect. It is random, and I have noticed the same phenomenon occurring with other single key functions such as F6. I did wonder if it was just me- my left and right hands getting out of synch and perhaps I had begun to move the mouse a split second before hitting the function ...
... Lenz RTR templates (unmodified) and where they do not fit to my layout-ideas... well... I thought about bending or modifying them to get the drawings for the hand-laid pointwork. What Du you think about the custom-switch data I tried to use- did I made the correct asumptions? By the way- while entering the data I was using the dot (" .") as decimal seperator- does possibly the error arose because templot was expecting "aaa,bb" instead the entered "aaa.bb"? Thanks for your help! Kind regards, Stefan posted: 27 Feb 2019 22:39 from: Stefan Sczekalla Martin Wynne wrote: Hi Stefan, If you are concerned only with a drop-in replacement, you can get a very close match using a standard 9ft straight switch: 2_271516_390000000.png I flipped the turnout to left-hand for easier design. I negated the image and reduced it to low contrast for easier working over it. I scaled it to the specified length 455.39mm (specifying ...
... it causes the function to turn off. However if you use the scrolling arrows it doesn't so you can move the plan and then continue with the lengthening or curving. Alan posted: 28 Feb 2009 14:59 from: Martin Wynne Alan Turner wrote: When you are manipulating the track in some way, such as F4 lengthening or F6 curving, if you pan with the mouse it causes the function to turn off. Hi Alan, Not if you drag pan using the middle mouse button (or wheel-button) instead of the left mouse button. See the drag panning notes at: topic 330 regards, Martin. posted: 28 Feb 2009 15:13 from: Paul Boyd Hi Alan No- in one important instance. When you are manipulating the track in some way, such as F4 lengthening or F6 curving, if you pan with the mouse it causes the function to turn off. However if you use the scrolling arrows it doesn't so you can move the plan and then continue with the lengthening or curving. I must admit ...
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