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... 2200_091340_160000000.png and now want to convert one of them into a diamond crossing (and eventually a slip). The problem is if I use 'convert turnout to half diamond' 2200_091345_540000000.png or 'make diamond crossing' I loose the parallel tracks 2200_091346_340000000.png Am i asking too much, or, as usual am I missing something? Ray. posted: 9 Jan 2012 20:28 from: Martin Wynne Hi Ray, You have found a bug in TDV. Thanks for reporting it. Without the bug, you needed to make a ladder crossover instead of a simple crossover. The correct procedure would have been: 1. delete the unwanted lower template 2. delete the upper template back to the control template 3. click the tools> make ladder crossover> make regular ladder menu item, to create the diamond-crossing instead of the turnout. That works fine in version 091c even if the turnout is in a transition zone, as yours is. Unfortunately because of a bug it doesn't work in TDV in the case of a transition. I will get it fixed ...
142. 3 way point help
... and I'm not fully understanding the process Also is there a way of inserting/ showing the differnt types of chairs required as i would like to use the C&L chaired track but am new to to this and so dont know which chairs are required or where they sit within the point work Many Thanks Attachment: attach_2350_2946_3_way.box 251 posted: 12 Dec 2016 14:31 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, Unfortunately it won't work as drawn as the second B6 doesn't have enough clearance at the toe end, so I'd try an A6 instead. I can't advise on the central vee as I do it a "non-approved way", which I worked out for myself years ago, nowadays I know there is supposed to be an easier way to do it but it's quicker for me to carry on doing it the old way. Chairs? not yet really. I expect Martin will advise further. posted: 12 Dec 2016 15:05 from: gibbard d ok cheers for the clearance advise. will changing the second turnout to an A-6 ...
... ? I'm now under the impression that Martin will no longer receive emails and whilst I have downloaded the TDV, I'd rather continue working on 91C until TDV is ready for release. I did send a mail earlier this morning, but guess that won't be delivered, so I'm not sure what I should do. posted: 20 Jan 2012 11:21 from: Martin Wynne Hi Gordon, I received your email and I will reply shortly. Just a bit tied up at present. Try the Windows On-Screen Keyboard. Instead of pressing the keys you click them: Windows> Start> All Programs> Accessories> Accessibility> On-Screen Keyboard. regards, Martin. posted: 20 Jan 2012 11:50 from: Gordon S Thanks Martin. There's no rush. I just wasn't sure what the process was now. I'll try your keyboard suggestion. If all else fails, I'll leave it on my old XP machine. Just for future reference "Accessibity" is now "Ease of Access" on my latest Windows 7. Last edited ...
144. Saving templates
... closing Templot down, however when starting up again the group had dispersed into separate parts. Rgds, StuartM posted: 20 Jan 2012 20:43 from: Paul Boyd Unfortunately Templot doesn't remember groups when it saves the box file- it would be nice if it did, including the "remembered groups", but Martin has enough on his plate You're on the right track, sort of. Maybe a better way, once you've saved your slip as a separate box file, would be to start your new design, then instead of "add library", choose "reload...". You are then given various options- choose "add new templates to existing". Browse to your saved slip box file and reload it, whereupon the slip will appear on the background in its entirety, but in the wrong place! Whilst still in the storage box, click on "show box list" and your slip templates will be listed at the end (this is where meaningful name labels help). For each slip template in turn ...
... perfectly so the information is there, but I will throw it through the printer tomorrow Australian time and see what happens and post the result, in the meantime maybe someone can shed some light? Regards, Matt M. posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:37 from: Martin Wynne Matt M. wrote: It was saved as a one sheet 1000 mm x 9000 mm pdf. Hi Matt, Adobe Reader won't accept pages greater than about 200" or 5000mm long. The actual limit seems to vary with different versions. Instead, use Foxit Reader or Nitro Reader, both free downloads, to see larger pages. I tend to prefer the Nitro reader for viewing PDFs. http://www.nitroreader.com http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/ If you are using a local print shop, you need to ask them which software they use. If they can use only Adobe, you will need to reduce the PDF page size and print your plan in 2 or 3 pages. Also, make sure they turn any page scaling off. regards, ...
146. Zoom control
... 1. drag panning -- click the mouse wheel down and drag the workpad around. You can do this at the same time as rolling the wheel to zoom. (You can also use the left button for drag panning, which is a bit more intuitive than the middle button/mouse wheel, but in that case you must take care not to click on a background template. Using the middle button/mouse wheel you can click anywhere on the workpad for drag panning.) 2. zoom rectangle -- if instead of dragging a rectangle with this tool you simply click, the workpad will be centred on the mouse and zoomed full in. Then you can roll back out on the mouse wheel. 3. CTRL+ F12 lets you select the workpad centre with the mouse. Then zoom in as required. 4. NUMPAD-0 zooms in on the current position of the fixing peg on the control template. This is a toggle -- NUMPAD-0 again reverts to where you were before if you haven't made any other changes ...
147. Knapford Junction
... , this function uses a lower level of calculation precision than other Templot functions. Occasionally you may notice small discrepancies in the rail alignments when viewed zoomed-in to high magnification on the screen. This will be of no consequence in practical track planning. There are two possible transition curves in any given case, one of each hand. In many cases it is not obvious which hand is required. If the first one tried is not correct, the dialog which appears allows a template of the opposite hand to be easily created instead. For this function to work the following conditions must be fulfilled: 1. One of the original templates can be straight, but not both. 2. No part of the imaginary full circle or straight line which would be created by extending the track centre-line of one original template may intersect (cross) any part of the imaginary full circle or straight line which would be created by extending the track centre-line of the other original template. 3. If the two imaginary circles are completely separate, the ...
... next time I went to look at it OK, preserving the custom gauge/scale settings across sessions is a lot easier than setting up save and load functions to choose a saved file. I'm hoping to get a new version done by the end of this month, so I will look at adding this, even if I don't ever use it myself. Martin. posted: 15 Aug 2017 17:03 from: Martin Wynne That's done. I have removed the custom gauge/scale settings from the saved program preferences. Instead, the custom gauge/scale settings from the previous session will be reloaded every time, regardless of your preferences settings. There are only 4 slots for the custom settings, so it is likely that when creating a new custom gauge/scale it will be necessary to delete or overwrite a previous custom setting. That's not a problem because the previous setting will be in any templates which used it, and it can be adopted back into the custom settings from the control template at any time if necessary. In the next ...
149. My Magnum Opus
... . do tools> make branch track. 6. do make transition from there to the existing goods road. This is what it would then look like, after a bit of trial and error: 2_041734_340000000.png regards, Martin. Martin, Thanks for the suggested amendment to correct the impossible radius (even Mr Hornby couldn't have imagined that!!). I also note your comment about REA Switches and I'll reconsider these. Howard has also questioned the viability of the double slip and I'll also re-consider building a scissors there instead. I'll post an updated plan when I've made all of the amendments that have been suggested. Regards, posted: 5 Jun 2011 13:30 from: Alan Turner Examining your plan suggests that you are sticking templates together rather than developing the geometry and then inserting the crossing work. I think you will get a better result if you do the latter. I have had a go, using the signal diagram as a guide. 42_050828_360000000.png Alan Last edited on 6 Jun 2011 09:40 by Alan Turner posted: 5 ...
... the generator for Templot3 (the open-source version of Templot), but if so they are keeping very quiet about it. Please try the method described in the above links. Ask again if it's not clear and I will try to make a bit of video (if I haven't already done so, sorry I can't remember). edit: see the first half of this video: http://flashbackconnect.com/Movie.aspx?id=HsnZXmGuv1HmpYOmoQoaSQ2 disregard the second half (make transition link) and use make simple link instead. Or if you post your box file here, I will do it for you. cheers, Martin. posted: 4 Aug 2020 23:47 from: Eve Wallis Martin Wynne wrote: Eve Wallis wrote: I can get all sorts of turnout templates as a Templot novice, but not an equal (or unequal) Y point Hi Eve, The underlying problem, at least in the UK, is that a symmetrical Y-turnout is quite rare on the prototype. The traditional way in Templot was to leave ...
151. Cutting Rail
... cut the rail absolutely square and the gap can well be too wide. Surely, with careful planning- and what better help than Templot, cutting in-situ is unnecessary. I guess I have constructed as many turnouts and trackwork arrays as most folk and I never cut in-situ. Regards Brian Lewis Carrs -- C+ L Finescale. http://www.finescale.org.uk posted: 20 Feb 2008 17:57 from: Brian Lewis Apologies Richard, I wanted to check the spelling of a word and pressed 'Send' instead, thus ignoring the second part of your question. Pre-rolling of the rail will work with steel rail, but is less successful on nickel silver rail- especially 'HiNi' which is harder and springier than steel and normal nickel silver. Now air gaps to not appear on prototype railways- not intentionally anyway... and you can purchase insulating fish-plates and when glued with an adhesive like Loctite 435, will hold rails in line. Don't forget also, that generally, the two sleepers surrounding any joint ...
... Any explanation would be appreciated. Regards Tony Money posted: 6 Jan 2018 17:59 from: Martin Wynne Hi Tony, My guess is the outer ring is a retaining wall around the turntable, continuing the line of platform wall alongside the northern track: 2_061251_380000000.png The photo shows that area of the yard raised at platform height: lavenham(jmc9.1959)old6.jpg linked from: http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/l /lavenham/lavenham(jmc9.1959)old6.jpg The other circle seems to be an ordinary wagon turntable, used instead of a turnout. The end of that siding looks to be an end-dock. Would make an attractive model. regards, Martin. posted: posted: posted: 7 Jan 2018 08:07 from: rodney_hills Hello, http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/l /lavenham/ Includes aerial view of yard Regards, Rodney Hills 7 Jan 2018 08:07 from: rodney_hills Hello again, Thread on modelling Lavenham... http://www.lner.info/forums/viewtopic.php?f =3 &t ...
... in other software. The internal bitmaps which are created can require hundreds of MB of available memory. If Windows has to swap things to and fro to make room, each template page can take 10 minutes to print. The first thing to do is to reduce the scanned DPI level. 600 dpi is tops, 300dpi or 200dpi will be fine for most scans. Some scanners can use much higher DPI settings if left to themselves and so create very large files. If you can work with a monochrome grey-scale scan instead of colour, that will reduce the size of the internal bitmap by a factor of 9. Also make sure your printer is set for normal text-quality printing, not high-DPI photo printing. If it calls itself a photo printer it might do that by default. Then if it won't print, try splitting the image into several smaller images. That is one of the great advantages of the tiled maps from the NLS. The crop/combine function makes it easy to split an image into smaller sections. ...
154. Printing Error
... topic: 1333 Printing Error posted: 10 Jan 2011 16:26 from: BeamEnds Hi all, when printing out the points on the 7. Headshunt (just these points), on landscape A4 paper (three sheets instead of five in portrait) from Small Soddingham (file is in the 'Share And Show' thread) the long timbers that extend under the adjacent road are truncated on at the edge of the paper. It could be just my set-up, and it's not the end of the world, but I thought it might be worth mentioning. Cheers Richard posted: 10 Jan 2011 16:44 from: Martin Wynne BeamEnds wrote: when printing out the points on the 7. Headshunt (just these points), on landscape A4 paper (three sheets instead of five in portrait) from Small Soddingham (file is in the 'Share And Show' thread) the long timbers that extend under the adjacent road are truncated on at the edge of the paper. Hi Richard, In calculating which pages to print, Templot takes ...
155. New user
... with the menus and got the hang of navigating Templot which is where I was stymied. Now on to learning the actual content. In all the pictures and books I bought on building a turnout no one mentioned filing on both side of the point rail. The Fast Track Filing tool does not allow it as shown in their video. It is true I have not done any spiking but I bought some tools to try. Since I am going to be building an outdoor O scale railroad, I will be using plastic ties instead of wood. Plastic will be difficult to spike. I may try gluing first to hold things in position then drilling some holes for spikes. posted: 20 Jan 2011 19:39 from: Alan Turner Nicholas Geti wrote: In all the pictures and books I bought on building a turnout no one mentioned filing on both side of the point rail. The Fast Track Filing tool does not allow it as shown in their video. That's because the way that Fast Tracks constructs the crossing nose is not the way it is ...
... you mean by "clash". What error messages were displayed? what is a default printer or a pdf generator? Your default printer is the one which Windows uses if you don't specify any particular printer. Many users have more than one printer on their system. If you have only one printer, it is automatically the default printer. "Default" anything means the choice which is used in the absence of any instructions to the contrary. A PDF generator is a computer program which pretends to be a printer. But instead of printing the page on paper it creates it as a PDF file and saves it on your computer. You can then print it for real at a later date by using a program called a PDF reader. The two common ones are Adobe Reader and Foxit Reader. You can set a PDF generator to be your default printer if you wish, instead of your real printer. This is handy if you have run out of ink and want to print everything later. The tutorial video after I have carried out the " ...
157. 3 Way Tandem
... working on that to isolate the crossing without losing the check rails or wing rail ends: 2_080910_140000000.png To do that at present means the extra faff of splitting the check rails and vee nose onto separate partial templates. Will be in the next program update shortly. regards, Martin. posted: 8 Dec 2017 14:24 from: Alan Kettlewell Thanks again Martin. One further question: How do you 'make the template current' if it won't be selected by clicking on it with the mouse? ie when the surrounding templates select instead. posted: 8 Dec 2017 14:28 from: Martin Wynne Alan Kettlewell wrote: Thanks again Martin. One further question: How do you 'make the template current' if it won't be selected by clicking on it with the mouse? ie when the surrounding templates select instead. Hi Alan, Hold down the SHIFT key or put the CAPS LOCK on. Then click on its name label. If two name labels are completely overlapping, click on the first one and bat its label out of the way. p.s ...
... the control( or programmable by user) (b) potential for a context sensitive right click menu, with common functions that apply to the template so selected( for example if there is a turnout, that various adjustment options for turnouts would appear i the right click menu) (c) User programmable buttons for common functions on the UI, for example I use adjust turnout road exit a lot, and control-f12 means removing my hand from the mouse, which makes everything slower, hence I usually access the menu instead, but its a two tier menu which is also slow. Would be better to allow the user to reprogramme a certain number of the current shortcut buttons to suit their specific needs, or add new buttons, as on big screens theres plenty of space (d) group select should be possible with just the mouse, its quite tedious on a large box file ,clicking and hitting G, what about the common Windows UI of holding down the CTRL key and then clicking each template as needed, Group is then selected ...
... Indeed it is. And if it isn't -- I don't know the answer. I test Templot on several different systems here, including Wine on Ubuntu. If it works on all of them, that's as much as I know -- I haven't the faintest idea why it wouldn't work somewhere else. It does raise the question of why these 3rd party anti-virus programs prevent Templot loading when Microsoft's own perfectly adequate and free anti-virus software doesn't. The answer is that they are a complete rip-off. Instead of scanning the file for actual malicious code (which would be worth paying for), they simply announce it as a threat for no other reason than not recognising it -- simply because none of their other users have downloaded it. Well of course they haven't, if I released it only half an hour ago! It's getting to be a deterrent to releasing updates, if we have to go through all this every time. regards, Martin. posted: 21 Nov 2017 11:39 from: Paul Boyd Martin ...
... topic: 1344 Learning mouse action. How to get started. posted: 21 Jan 2011 03:29 from: Nicholas Geti I found the tutorial that teaches mouse actions. It must be for the older version of Templot. How to initialize the workpad (old name was drawing pad)? F12 did nothing. The alternative command, track>B -6 turnout reset, does not exist on the toolbar. What do I do instead? posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:25 from: Martin Wynne Nicholas Geti wrote: I found the tutorial that teaches mouse actions. It must be for the older version of Templot. How to initialize the workpad (old name was drawing pad)? F12 did nothing. The alternative command, track>B -6 turnout reset, does not exist on the toolbar. What do I do instead? Hi Nicholas, template> REA B-6 LH turnout reset menu item in 091c. This is the reason I suggested in my order confirmation letter that you stay with version 074b while you are ...
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