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... topic: 575 Transition markers posted: 29 Sep 2008 15:23 from: JFS Hi All, Anyone know how to turn the visibility of transition start/ end markers off both on the pad and when printing?? Herewith pic of current project which using half a illion partial templates, all on transition curves and the result looks a bit messy!! Many thanks, Howard Attachment: attach_353_575_Scr_Shot1.jpg 128 posted: 29 Sep 2008 16:22 from: Martin Wynne JFS wrote: Anyone know how to turn the visibility of transition start/ end markers off both on the pad and when printing?? Herewith pic of current project which using half a zillion partial templates, all on transition curves and the result looks a bit messy!! Hi Howard, Well, you are certainly not shy of using transitions! That's going to be an impressive piece of pointwork. First of all, the transition markers which are out in fresh air can be removed and/or tidied up using the geometry> transition curve> normalize transition function (first delete to ...
... pictures posted: 3 Jan 2011 23:34 from: Martin Wynne Mick Nicholson has kindly supplied an interesting collection of track detail pics. Many thanks Mick. Most of these can be seen at a much larger original size (and with captions) by viewing them in the Image Gallery at: http://85a.co.uk/forum/gallery_view.php?user=1571#gallery_top 1571_031813_010000000.jpg 1571_031811_130000001.jpg 1571_031811_110000000.jpg 1571_031808_110000001.jpg 1571_031808_090000000.jpg 1571_031804_110000001.jpg 1571_031804_090000000.jpg 1571_031801_130000002.jpg 1571_031801_110000001.jpg 1571_031801_110000000.jpg 1571_031751_290000002.jpg 1571_031751_280000001.jpg 1571_031751_270000000.jpg 1571_031741_180000001.jpg 1571_031741_170000000.jpg 1571_031740_040000000.jpg 1571_031740_040000001.jpg Martin. posted: 4 Jan 2011 15:08 from: JFS An excellent resource of useful stuff! Regarding the picture of the double junction being relayed, Mick sent me a copy of this previously and, despite the caption, I am not convinced that these are C10- they look much more like C8 to me. Any views? Regards, Howard. posted: 4 Jan 2011 15:47 from: Martin Wynne JFS wrote: I am not convinced that these are C10- they look much more like C8 to me. Any views? Hi Howard, 16 "T" ...
... time. I'll actually be doing the "Shift group onto notch" function on track that's already laid- I'm moving the station "throat" a foot to the right to give a longer platform, but I decided to do this five years after building the track That sub-menu you mentioned sounds just the job. Edit- I meant just the job within Templot, not on already-built track 105_071438_190000000.png Last edited on 7 Oct 2010 19:48 by Paul Boyd posted: 8 Oct 2010 13:31 from: JFS Hello All, Maybe this is not something that we do very often- but it is unbelievably powerful and very, very useful, especially in complex situations. I wonder Martin, if you are thinking about making changes here, if it would be possible to create "permanent" groups which could then be selected and manipulated as a single entity and appear as such in the storage box until an "Ungroup" button was clicked (at which time of course the "regoup button would become active). They could then ...
... is satisfying to find that the wagon goes trough your pointwork satisfactorily. As for the slip, the one I constructed, I started with the common crossings and then worked outwards, checking with a ruler that I was getting the straight through rails straight and not introducing any unintended kinks. I am not sure if there is a right way to construct slips, but I think you are more likely to get the alignment right by starting with the common crossings. Best wishes John posted: 2 Jun 2012 21:45 from: JFS Brian Tanner wrote: Help and suggestions please. Brian Brian, Not sure if this will help, but this is how I would do what I think you need. First create the turnout which will lead to the slip. Next, tools>make ladder crossover>make regular ladder crossover. Delete the second half diamond Make the first half diamond the control Move the peg to the DXP (geometry>peg position>DXP) Now slide the diamond through the peg (shift F9) until the timbers of the diamond ...
... tried turning up the brightness on your monitor? The default monitor brightness setting is usually for reading text, which is about half the full brightness. regards, Martin. posted: 20 Sep 2010 09:59 from: donald peters No I haven't (to be honest I didn't know such existed, I said I was the prize rabbit} I can give it a try when it is my turn on the computer (my daughter just told me!) Regards, Donald posted: 20 Sep 2010 19:53 from: JFS Hello chaps, Not sure what the problem is here- the pictures looked fine to me (especially since they were taken in the dark!)- I could see all the detail. But I was looking at them on an old fashioned CRT monitor. I sometimes find with LCD displays that they are very sensitive to viewing angle- even a slight angle drastically increases contrast to the point of white or black out. Don't know if this might be relevant. Best Regards, Howard. posted: 20 Sep 2010 20 ...
... topic: 2002 "No Data" Templates posted: 4 Jul 2012 22:25 from: JFS Maybe not a flaw, but something which drives me absolutely crackers! I like to draw the edges of baseboards as templates displayed as centre lines only. This means they can be manipulated within groups of other templates which I find useful. The problem is, as I skip through the Storage Box, a dialogue box keeps appearing telling me that "There is no data for this template...." I can't see how this can be true since there is both a peg and a length though of course there are no rails.Worse, this particular nag does not have a please leave me alone tick box and can find no way of turning it off. I can understand that this information might be useful if the template does have a zero length, but these clearly do not! I am hoping (nay expecting!) that I am about to be told a really easy workaround!!! Best Wishes, Howard. posted: 4 ...
... all week; c) accept the fact you can't use it and use something else (or go down the pub); why can't it simply warn you that the check failed and allow you to proceed. If the check succeeds and it IS out of date then of course the user should download it. If internet access has become a prerequisite then it might as well be an application that runs in the cloud and then all the install/upgrade issues disappear. John posted: 26 Jul 2012 15:23 from: JFS Do none of you chaps have 3G phones??? It is easy to set up your mobile phone as a network on your laptop and use that to access the internet. It is not the easiest way to use the internet, but for Templot it is fine. And it works anywhere you have phone access- which in my case has included much of Southern Africa where other options can be limited! Best Wishes, H posted: 26 Jul 2012 15:30 from: Paul Boyd Do none of you chaps ...
... only way to get some folks started -- quite a few have freely admitted that they won't read manuals, web pages or watch videos. They expect to just dive into a program and stumble about until it all becomes clear. The chances of getting the best from Templot that way are almost nil, so I think a helping hand is the only way. But it's a big task to write. That's enough changes to be going on with. regards, Martin. posted: 5 Jul 2010 11:35 from: JFS... and you forgot to mention irregular diamonds.... Best Regards, Howard posted: 5 Jul 2010 12:43 from: kenbec Hello, According to my calculations, with the time differential, you must have posted the answer to my query around 02.30 (AM) what's up can't you sleep? Sorry, no. That will have to wait. OK. In addition I've been working on saving program settings between sessions. That's a can of worms if ever I've seen one. Why? Aren't ...
... a superglue job to fix them. posted: 6 Jul 2013 01:04 from: SimonH Happy to send a photo. I can see how to send it to you alone but how do I upload into this topic. Cheers Simon posted: 6 Jul 2013 08:06 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, As long as you own copyright you can load it into the gallery and link to it from there. Otherwise you can of course send it to me anyway. posted: 6 Jul 2013 08:20 from: JFS Paul Boyd wrote: I would have one reservation about all glued construction, and that's to do with rail expansion- I would endorse everything Paul says here- with one addition. If you are going to glue the rails to the baseplates and to the sleeper, your rail should be in pieces no longer than, say 300 long (obviously governed by where your prototype had joints). Any longer than this and the joints will fail over time- no matter how they are made. Exponents of the "ply and ...
... , so Templot can simply search for any intersection with any of the rails in the background template. This would make the user interface much simpler, since we can already specify a rail in the control template by putting the peg on it. Or also insist that the peg on the background template is also on the required "intersection rail" if that makes the programming easier at the expense of the user interface. Just thoughts, you know the product best. Dave R posted: 31 Jul 2013 16:23 from: JFS All this starts to sound very interesting- do I detect that this thinking "almost" opens up the possibility of inserting a crossing at the intersection of two rails? [or at least nearly that...] If this were doable, it would seem to open up a million possibilities!!! Just to be able to select [and do something with] an individual rail on a background template would be really useful! Don't worry about the manuals and videos Martin, this sounds much more interesting!! ...
... for a model. Instead Templot has drawn a 1:10 switch-diamond with movable K-crossings. Such crossings do not have check rails. If you insist on having a fixed K-crossing, you can get Templot to draw it, including the check rails, by setting the real> K-crossing options> fixed K-crossings (fixed-diamond) menu option. More information about switch-diamonds: message 14263 message 1587 regards, Martin. posted: 18 Feb 2014 11:15 from: JFS Hello Martin, It looks like you could usefully put a little warning into Templot about this- Len is only the 312th person to raise this- I think I was 257th! It is one of those things which is obvious when you know about it but not if you don't! Cheers, Howard. posted: 18 Feb 2014 11:36 from: Martin Wynne JFS wrote: It looks like you could usefully put a little warning into Templot about this- Len is only the 312th person to raise this- I ...
... Double Slip (You can see the original scan in full detail by viewing this image in the Image Gallery and clicking the "original size" link.) regards, Martin. Attachment: attach_2996_913_Rosedale_DS.JPG 164 posted: 2 Mar 2020 09:26 from: Keith Newton My thoughts are now that there was only 1 adjusting crank and the two stretcherbars were connected together before the crank- maybe at the side or under the middle of the DS? see attached Attachment: attach_3000_913_Doubleslip3.JPG 261 posted: 2 Mar 2020 15:24 from: JFS Keith, not sure if you previously had a look through this thread:- http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/127305-midland-railway-crank-connection-to-stretcher-bars/page/3/ There are some good photos, but none of them show the important bit in detail. Some of the protagonists in that thread are people who do know about these things. Best Wishes, Howard posted: 2 Mar 2020 15:32 from: JFS... ...
... modellers with some clever web programming from Derrick Stapleford: http://paperbrick.co.uk posted: 25 Aug 2011 19:27 from: Alan Turner This is similar: http://www.bricksntiles.com/ Alan posted: 22 Sep 2011 23:53 from: Derrick Stapleford Hi all Those of you who had problems with files from paperbrick.co.uk, please have another go, I have modified the site to produce smaller files and I hope this will help- let me know Regards, Derrick posted: 23 Sep 2011 08:04 from: JFS Alan Turner wrote: This is similar: http://www.bricksntiles.com/ Er, isn't it actually COMPLETELY different? It looks like a site of texture maps for 3D rendering- very useful if your models are computer simulations- or have I missed something? Howard posted: 13 Dec 2011 12:01 from: ESJAYTEE Derrick, you may have sorted a small problem or created a few more.... I like the flexibility your site offers and would be interested in hearing more about what and how you've achieved ...
... the main road has had its length adjusted, even by the tiniest amount- after that it can extended as much as I like. I think this might cause confusion with people wondering why the exit road apparently can't be extended when the mouse action implies it should. This also applies if I set the exit length to adjustable from the menu, then use Ctrl-F12 to change the length. By the way, I like the new Program Panel! Sorry!! posted: 28 Apr 2014 21:56 from: JFS Wow! This is an amazingly useful addition- it makes lining up complex formations massively easier. What Paul says above is true- though how much of an issue it would be in practice I am not too sure, as it would seem very unlikely that you would be extending the Branch track before having extended the length. Many thanks for this one Martin- it is very welcome! Best wishes, Howard. Last edited on 28 Apr 2014 22:00 by JFS posted: 28 Apr 2014 23:18 from ...
... 15:19 from: Martin Wynne Paul Boyd wrote: Incidentally, this recent security problem is just another in a very long line, but for some reason this one has made the news- slow news day. Hi Paul, I think the reason this time is that the Bad guys found the security hole before the Good guys -- and there still isn't yet a patch for it from MS. That's why Richard is stuck in protected mode. regards, Martin. posted: 17 Dec 2008 16:01 from: JFS The real issue with IE is not so much that it is full of holes (although it is) but rather that every hacker in the world is actively trying to pull it to pieces (and succeeding). They take no interest in other browsers because "so few" people use them- especially in the corporate world. So I use Firefox. Unfortunately, some of the weaknesses in IE also occur in other browsers since they are actually "features" not bugs, but the fact that the hackers are looking ...
... " idea? Scaleforum is only two weeks away. The train journey home was uneventful and I managed to avoid the disruption in the Birmingham area last night. So all in all a very pleasant day out and many thanks to all involved in staging such a fine show at Urmston. And with special thanks for the ride on a vintage bus! That's three times this year at different exhibitions, and seems to be becoming a standard feature at the better shows. Martin. posted: 14 Sep 2014 22:11 from: JFS Martin Wynne wrote: So perhaps I should repeat this "Templot on tour" idea? Scaleforum is only two weeks away. Go for it Martin- looking forward to seeing you there! I will ask Terry if he can find a table and chair for you- preferably somewhere near mine! Very best wishes, Howard. Last edited on 14 Sep 2014 22:11 by JFS posted: 15 Sep 2014 10:15 from: lippydavies Martin Did you get a chance to see much of the show? You should ...
77. Minories
... to do the turnouts to fit either a 3' or 2.5' radius curve which will form a L shape into a fiddle yard Attachment: attach_2001_2584_00_gauge_Minories .box 293 posted: 30 Nov 2014 09:45 from: Simon Dunkley I know that you wish to avoid complex pointwork, but just for grins, have a look at this: http://www.scalefour.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f =4 &t =1772&p =14884&hilit=interlocking#p14780 posted: 30 Nov 2014 11:01 from: JFS Simon Dunkley wrote: I know that you wish to avoid complex pointwork, but just for grins, have a look at this: http://www.scalefour.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f =4 &t =1772&p =14884&hilit=interlocking#p14780 Thanks for the plug Simon! And, just by way of encouragement, here is the box file for it Best wishes, Howard Attachment: attach_2002_2584_minories_current _Timbering_v2.box 336 posted: 30 Nov 2014 12:55 from: Charles Orr Hi Can anyone tell me ...
... become potentially Facing for Passenger Carrying movements- and therefore all the points get to be fitted and interlocked with FPL arrangements. In addition- the development of larger and faster freight trains from the 1960s tended to mean that any Facing Points in non-Passenger lines increasingly became fitted with FPLs or self-Locking equipment. The freight-lines at Arpley Junction (Warrington) have a set of Switched Diamonds with mechanical FPLs that are nicely visible from a road over-bridge. posted: 28 Feb 2015 11:47 from: JFS D Foster, Many thanks for a comprehensive account- well done! Just to add that the requirement for 440 yards in rear of a trap on a passenger line might be modified "within station limits" ie where the signal protecting the open trap had a further stop signal in rear of it with a clear 440 yards overlap for acceptance purposes. Personally, I have always felt that this is a good example of the "rules" getting the balance of risks completely wrong- and the Cowden accident proves the point. ...
79. Penrhos Critique
... I'd forgotten that page. If plans for the garage come to fruition that part of the layout is going to need a little adjustment to fit in. There's also this page about Penrhos itself. http://www.Penrhos.me.uk/PenrhosLocation.htm Richard Last edited on 2 Jan 2009 21:41 by Richard Spratt posted: 6 Nov 2008 17:51 from: newport_rod Good luck with this project Richard. Penrhos is a wonderful location- but you'll need a lot of stock! Rod posted: 6 Nov 2008 21:24 from: JFS http://hometown.aol.co.uk/randfspratt/PenrhosLayout.htm This link in blind. Regards, Howard posted: 26 Nov 2008 14:34 from: Tim David JFS wrote: This link in blind. AOL have shut down their hosting, do you have a new site yet? I'd like to show my father (Jonathan David, who thinks he knows you!) Tim posted: 5 Jan 2009 00:59 from: Richard Spratt Tim David wrote: JFS wrote: This link in blind. AOL have shut down their ...
... Trevor Walling Hello here is the wrapped plan. Attachment: attach_2092_2653_planMarch16_2015 .bgs 359 posted: 17 Mar 2015 01:36 from: Martin Wynne Hi Trevor, That's looking good! You need to upload also the .sk81 image file from C:\TEMPLOT_DEV\SHAPE-FILES\ folder (if it is not too large -- upload size limit 6.5 MB) (The BGS file contains the size and position info, but not the actual image.) regards, Martin. posted: 17 Mar 2015 08:57 from: JFS Hello Trevor, Just a question:- are you sure that 50mm track centre spacing is adequate on curves of only 24" radius? I don't know much about about 00-SF but when I built something to that standard for a friend a few years ago, I was shocked at how much end slop there was when the stock went round curves (talking front bogied steam locos). We got away with it- but only just and I was sweating about having to washer-out all the side play for ...
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