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... topic: 1932 Loading old sketchboard file into current version of Templot posted: 24 Apr 2012 20:14 from: Phil O Hi Martin Having downloaded the latest Ver of Templot and searched for my Sketchboard files using Windoz search facility, I click on the file name which opens up Templot and I open up the trackplan but when I go to Sketchboard no trackplan or other shapes previously drawn appear, any ideas please? Cheers Phil posted: 24 Apr 2012 20:44 from: Martin Wynne Phil O wrote: Having downloaded the latest Ver of Templot and searched for my Sketchboard files using Windoz search facility, I click on the file name which opens up Templot and I open up the trackplan but when I go to Sketchboard no trackplan or other shapes previously drawn appear, any ideas please? Hi Phil, I think you are mixing up background shapes (the original Templot feature) and the sketchboard (new in Templot2). Files from the sketchboard are .sk9 files. I have not yet associated them with Templot, so clicking on them won't do ...
... rule produces the classic alternating wide and narrow spacings of track in pairs, as seen for example on the cover of David Smith's GWR track book: In addition to that, track spacing has to be increased on sharp curves to allow running clearance for vehicle overhang. See the tools> dummy vehicle menu item for the tools in Templot to check and adjust clearances. regards, Martin. Martin, Many thanks- that makes a lot of sence i'll work on those principals. I'd found the 'dummy vehicle' instructions on the forum previously, so have made use of those. Are there any normal or standard figures i should be working to for curves- in terms of clearances? I seem to recall reading something previously about some form of approach to a curve as well, which i also need to go find and read up on. Thanks again for all your help Richie posted: 5 Oct 2017 16:19 from: Richie Kynaston Tony W wrote: Hi Richie Screen shot with check rail ends bent. 2151_050739_350000000.png Screen shot with check rail ends machined ...
... : David R Rob Manchester wrote: What is the chance of being able to produce a 3D printed trackbase( timbers and chairs) from Templot DXF output? As far as I can recall Templot's DXF output is in a wireframe format (awaits correction by Martin...) and does not contain any chair information whatsoever. To translate the DXF into something suitable for 3d printing you would have to convert the wireframes describing the sleepers and timbers into surface models or solid models and then add the 3D-chairs which you had previously drawn. You will also need to find a 3D-printing technology which will be able to produce the rather small details present on 4mm scale chairs. The time taken to achieve this, assuming you are proficient in 3D-cad-modelling and already have access to the relevant high-end cad packages and a suitable workstation (i.e. expensive), would not be insignificant; this six inch length of track has taken several years of my spare time to get this far: 100_010848_190000000.jpg A 1 in 6 left- ...
44. First try
... 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- there's no other way to do it- plus they're fun to build The diamond is around 1:4.6 (irregular) and I've constructed it in an usual way using turnouts for the slip road for now, but that ...
... yard turnout and appears to cut through the check rails. It would be better moved slightly to avoid this. Also be careful of your timbering generally where baseboard joins are concerned. Ideally the rails should be cut at 90 degrees and not follow the baseboard angle, if that makes sense. Did you post the background shapes for the baseboards, if so I must have missed it? Hi Tony, find attached the background shapes which show the baseboards. The forum limits to one upload at a time so I didn't add them previously. I've made some more changes (mainly to the oil terminal to make it a bit longer). Attachment: attach_2499_3046_kelly_shepperton _mod_17_07_07_0203_16.bgs 170 posted: 15 Sep 2017 12:58 from: d827kelly 2356_150801_590000000.png 2356_150802_280000000.png Find attached the changes I made before you posted Tony. It does mean the oil terminal point is now on a baseboard join, which I didn't notice until after i'd made changes. I expect the joins are unavoidable without making the points too tight to work. One idea I had was having them on balsa wood bases ...
... to keep my system the same until I get Templot running again. Best regards, Dave posted: 29 Aug 2007 19:12 from: Cynric Williams Dave i have pm'd you my email address, I think this a mac debate rather than templot unless anyone else is interested?? posted: 29 Aug 2007 20:10 from: Martin Wynne Cynric Williams wrote: Dave i have pm'd you my email address, I think this a mac debate rather than templot unless anyone else is interested?? Hi Cynric, Bob Bean previously posted a detailed report about using Templot and 3rd PlanIt on an Intel Mac: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/templot/message/7167. As far as I can tell he hasn't yet registered on this forum, but you can email him via the Yahoo group membership list. Thanks for the screenshots -- multiple monitors and all! Could you do one more thing -- click help> please read this first menu item and confirm that the notes are correctly displayed in 091b? Also, if you click ...
... , so if there is a problem with any of them it may prevent Templot from starting. They will all be re-created as needed. Another funny thing is that I was not logged into Templot Club when I got to this site. I didn't log out the last time and I believe we were going to be kept logged in for 5 years???? Related problems??? If you find you are not logged in when you visit Templot Club it can only mean a) that you logged out previously, or b) you have cleared cookies from your browser, or c) you have changed your browser settings not to accept cookies, or d) you are using a different browser or a different computer, or you logged on to Windows as a different user, or maybe in this case you have swapped from Mac to Bootcamp or to Parallels when accessing the forum. (I hope I've got the terminology right, my knowledge of Macs is minimal.) I can't see how this would be related to the Templot ...
... 2012 21:18 from: Jerry Some of my templates are very long because I have used F3 extend approach road and F4 overall length. I have isolated most templates for printing by selecting groups and then 'output>print group templates only' which works fine. I believe the best technique is to select the necessary templates as group members and then omitting and printing the required sheets in the print dialogue. But is there a more efficient method? Just in case anyone else is looking for a new A3 printer. I have previously needed to calibrate my printers but recently acquired an Epson WF7515 A3 ink-jet printer. When I went through the calibration process I found that the printer calibration sheet was spot-on for sizes. Although I saved a calibration file the machine works 'straight out of the box'! Not cheap tho'. Regards Jerry posted: 20 Mar 2012 21:58 from: Martin Wynne Jerry wrote: I believe the best technique is to select the necessary templates as group members and then omitting and printing the required sheets in ...
49. A little niggle
... topic: 202 A little niggle posted: 21 Oct 2007 15:56 from: Phil O Hi Martin I have a little niggle this week on the Forum page the little 'N' which appears when there is a new message in a topic will not cancel even when using the refresh screen button which it did previously. On all the other screens it automatically disappears after I have read the topic and return to another screen. Cheers Phil posted: 21 Oct 2007 16:20 from: Alan Turner Phil O wrote: Hi Martin I have a little niggle this week on the Forum page the little 'N' which appears when there is a new message in a topic will not cancel even when using the refresh screen button which it did previously. On all the other screens it automatically disappears after I have read the topic and return to another screen. Cheers Phil Yes, that is happening to me as well. Didn't think to mention it though. Alan posted: 21 Oct 2007 19:00 from: Martin Wynne Phil O wrote: I ...
... , let alone explain it. I am prepared to swear on the Peco catalogue that you did in fact see the file associations tickbox, see: 2_102013_400000000.png Do not untick it, or lots of things won't work in Templot. There is no way that opening an SK5 file can open the Chrome browser unless you yourself have changed the program associated with it in the Windows registry. Opening an SK5 file will do one of these things: 1. the Templot video loader will run. If the relevant FBR video file has not previously been downloaded you will see a progress bar while it is downloaded. If it has been previously downloaded, the loader will go straight to: 2. the FBR video file will be opened in the Templot video player. or, 3. if the SK5 file association was not set by the installer for some reason, Windows will ask you what you want to do with the SK5 file. The answer is to open it with the templot_video_loader.exe program, which is in the C:\TEMPLOT_DEV\ folder. Everything is ...
... 29 Dec 2007 12:52 from: Martin Wynne Ezra Kowadlo wrote: I can't seem to get the dialog window when clicking on the 'peg/ align tools> notch under background peg' menu option. Hi Ezra, There have been some changes to that menu in recent versions. Please can you say which version of Templot you are using, and which tutorial you are following? The Templot version is shown in the help> about Templot menu item. The dialog window appears only if the template on which you clicked has previously been selected as a member of a group of templates (showing in the group colour). There is a video showing groups of templates being joined and moved at: http://www.templot.com/martweb/videos/notch_loco_depot.exe The full list of other videos and viewing instructions is at: http://www.templot.com/martweb/video_list.htm regards, Martin. posted: 29 Dec 2007 15:35 from: Ezra Kowadlo Martin Wynne wrote: Ezra Kowadlo wrote: I can't seem to get the dialog window when clicking on ...
... wrote: looking at the photo it seemd to me that for the left hand turnout in particular the section between the left-hand crossing and the centre crossing was virtually straight. Hi Adrian, Well spotted. That's quite unusual I think. I had visions of mixing and matching all sorts of part templates to get the geometry but then I found the option "length of entry straight in front of fine point" in the "real> V crossing options...". That mouse action was introduced in 091. Previously you could do it by entering the figures, but having it as a mouse action is proving incredibly useful. One of those "why didn't I think of this before" moments. Note that it works only if the V-crossing is the regular type. There is no entry straight for the generic and curviform types of V-crossing. Thanks for uploading your gimping results -- it's looking very promising. regards, Martin. posted: 17 Jan 2008 05:19 from: Martin Wynne I wrote: That ...
53. Pug version 091c
... F6 curving mouse action to maintain the swing angle constant by adjusting the template length accordingly (constant-radius templates only, not transition curve templates). There are some Help notes about this at action> F6 curving options> menu options. New mouse action: adjust crossing entry straight for a regular-type V-crossing. action> mouse actions: real> adjust V-crossing entry straight menu item. Increasing the crossing entry straight is a convenient way to shorten a turnout without changing to a smaller turnout size. Previously this required the data to be entered manually, needing a lot of trial and error to get the desired result. The new mouse action makes it much easier to see what's happening. Unfortunately there are no keyboard shortcuts available to assign to this, so it's necessary to go into the menu. The gauge and scale> menu options on the workpad have been moved to the template menu, where they more logically belong. There is still a duplicate access via the session> gauge and scale... menu item on ...
54. TDV
... , Many thanks for your quick response. No, I have only a rather ancient desktop PC. It's just strange that I have never had this phenomenon using Ubuntu with previous releases. I still have 0.91c on my hard drive and reverted just to check. F7 on the keyboard works fine! Although I prefer Ubuntu, I can boot to Windows XP and using this the F7 key works with no problem. I use Templot only occasionally and I am more than happy with the wonderful programme you have developed. As I said previously, I can easily live with the "glitch" whatever its cause, I just reported it for information. Regards, Dick posted: 7 Jan 2012 11:54 from: grahamroberts Hi Martin and Dick, I run 0.91c under Ubuntu without significant problems... I don't currently need the TDV's facilities, but I downloaded it to see if I could reproduce Dick's problem. F7 works correctly for me, either using the key or selecting the screen button with the mouse. As far as I can see from a ...
... ends curved' as Jim calls them, these show the centre section of the checkrail being parallel to the stock rails, a section either side of this flared at maybe 1:20 (sorry not clear on my print) then the ends curved on a 2ft radius. The attached extract from a midland drawing of a 1 in 9 common crossing also shows curved ends to the wing rails at 18in radius. Regards Mike Attachment: attach_2247_401_mid_1in9_common_cr ossing_extract.jpg 923 posted: 23 Mar 2016 15:21 from: John Palmer Mike, I've previously posted a photograph of the heel plate commonly found on North British turnouts here, which you may not have seen. Here's a further shot showing the flaring on one of the Rannoch turnout's wing rails: 2129_231014_580000000.jpg And here is a shot showing the common crossing:2129_231017_590000000.jpg I have a few further photographs of this turnout, but each needs a little 'massaging' to bring it within permitted size limits. Anything in particular you would like to see? posted: 23 Mar 2016 17:22 from: Jim Guthrie John Palmer wrote ...
... clearance. Or a simpler idea might be to leave the hidden double track main as is, and only split the hidden single line to go under the main station- or a better idea might be to leave the single line untouched and make the double main to do the burrowing act to storage. It would be a right wedding cake of a layout with all the levels- but truly in the spirit of CJF. Jim. posted: 9 Jul 2008 13:12 from: Paul Hamilton Jim, Exactly what I have previously had in mind with a ladder of pointwork providing for about four to six 6'- 8' storage lines. I was thinking that they would be fiddle yard like in so much as they would be buffered and definitely off scene and not through running tracks. I am toying with the idea of a traverser under there too. The only reason I didn't mention it is to see which way around the layout will be fitting in the room! At the moment the original planning has the door opening into the room via ...
... tags, trying to cover all likely requirements, so many thanks for this topic. cheers, Martin. posted: 22 May 2020 09:50 from: Paul Boyd Whoops- we're crossing- your updates didn't show until I reloaded the screen. I'm glad it wasn't something I'd misunderstood! Cheers, Paul posted: 22 May 2020 10:10 from: Martin Wynne Yes we're crossing. Sorry I didn't get my posts edited in time. I realised the bug while eating breakfast. This dialog now appears for both methods (previously only when using the main menu): 2_220502_280000000.png BTW, I have done a lot more work on make diamond-crossing at intersection, so that it is more accurate and preserves the original alignment and boundaries from the background template. That has made it quite a bit slower, but it means you can now create a diamond-crossing across a background template which is part of a trackplan and not need to do any further work on that template (apart from the usual timber-shoving stuff). cheers, Martin ...
... 16:39 from: polybear Hi Martin, The pc with TEMPLOT (and PDF995) on is running on Vista; the dpi is set to 600. I've checked and I was using Portrait; I've just tried 30" by 72" also, with the same problem. Whilst the Print Preview function in Templot doesn't show a problem, it's after conversion to PDF via PDF995 that the fun starts- even before I try to use the roller printer (just opening the PDF file shows that trackwork is missing). I previously used size A2 and Landscape- this got most of the track plan but missed a few sleepers between each of the four sheets (meaning the turnout didn't print correctly as it was on a join). The roll of paper is definitely 36" wide, by the way. p.s Do sheet alignment marks get printed automatically, or do I need to select them please? Many thanks Brian posted: 30 Oct 2008 16:54 from: Martin Wynne Hi Brian, Which version of Templot are you using? If not ...
... topic: 2213 German 750mm gauge turnout in H0e posted: 12 May 2013 19:14 from: Franz Hello: I previously used TEMPLOT to create a couple of templates and then tape them down to built the track. However, time has passed and I have forgotten all then I learned of TEMPLOT. I have 2 drawings. One is a template of a standard turnout. This is a continental 750mm gauge track with a 1:7 Frog. The other drawing is a single line drawing of the station which appears to be to in the proper perspective horizontal and vertical when I drop onto Google Earth. I believe I need to approach this systematically. 1) Create a new Custom Gauge, 2) Create a standard template for turnout and track geometry and timbering, 2) Record this new template as a library, 3) Import the station track plan background into a new box, 4) Create full track template, print and build. In order to become more proficient with TEMPLOT, I need to learn the nomenclature, because it ...
... methods. For me this comprises numerous benefits. As Templot recreates model track using prototype data, the resulting trackwork will have a more realistic appearance than can otherwise be achieved. A basic understanding of how prototype track is specified helps. Its flexibility allows practically any prototypical formation to be designed and subsequently constructed accurately in any scale/ gauge combination. It is primarily an aid to scratch building track and this it does without equal in my view. As opposed to using preprinted templates or drawing your design by hand, as was done previously, Templot allows design alternatives to be explored relatively easily in the certain knowledge that what you design on screen will fit into exactly that amount of space if built. I agree largely with Nigel's comments. You aren't going to get much on one page, so there is not much point in sending loads of material, much of which will be unused, but we do need to give them some choice. Too many 'look how clever we are' pictures probably won't achieve much and could be counter productive. Nigel's layout is ...
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