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... topic: 2498 Printing Large Templot Plans posted: 1 Aug 2014 15:45 from: Les Waters Apologies if this has already been answered previously. I am drawing a large prototypical plan using Templot. The final size could well be 12 metres X 2 metres and I would like to have it printed on one roll of paper. A local printer has said they can print the length but not the whole width. Has anyone on this forum attempted this type of thing? Regards Les posted: 1 Aug 2014 19:49 from: Ian Allen Hi Les, Yes, I've had large format prints made up. I'm not sure about the 2m width though. The widest my printer could do was 42". Ian posted: 1 Aug 2014 19:57 from: Martin Wynne Hi Les, The PDF engine in Templot can create PDF pages of any length or width within reason. However, the Adobe Reader program will not display or print PDFs longer than about 4 metres. From Templot or anywhere else. Other (free) PDF Readers ...
... to combine static text tutorials with video in a single format instead of having to do both. 2. the FBR picture quality is lossless, matches the original exactly and is comfortable to watch. This is important when making precise adjustments to rail edges, etc. 3. the file size is small and won't send the server bandwidth through the roof if several hundred users are accessing the videos. 4. the FBR recorder and editor are quirky in design but reliable and pleasant to use, unlike the Camtasia program which I used previously which was buggy and liable to crash at the least convenient moment, driving me mad. 5. I can include a player for FBR videos in the Templot installation, so that users can view the videos directly from Templot and do not have to download them via their browser. For example, if you restart Templot today you should now see Scruff Video Dafydd crossover in the help> watch a video> list. If it is not there click the help> obtain video list menu item and try again. 6. ...
... control template so you are storing two copies of it every time. Even if you have set Templot to hide the Control template after pressing the insert key the control template will still exist and using the Make the control function will create a second background copy of it. If you use the Make option, you do not need to press the insert key first. I will not repeat what Martin has already explained but I suspect most beginners approach Templot from a 'piece it together' perspective as that is what most of us have previously done with model track sections. It takes a while to realise there is a better way, been there, done that. Regards Tony W. posted: 15 Sep 2014 13:40 from: CoBo Thank you Martin- I'll give it a go and let you know how I get on.... One question please;- If memory serves me correctly, when I started using Templot I recall using long sections of normal track to lay down the initial route and then inserting a point into it, once ...
... to do nothing but take photos of a pair of points and the curves. Hi Derek. As you are modelling a real station then I would follow the prototype rules. On the prototype Ministry of Transport rules required that for passenger carrying lines, all curves with a radius of 10 chains or less must have a check rail fitted to the inside rail of the curve. In some cases curves of a greater radius than 10 chains are provided with check rails often where experience has show that rapid ware of the outer rail occurred previously. Gauge widening is as follows: Curves between 10 and 7 chains radius+ 1/4 ", Curves between 7 and 5 1/2 chains radius+ 1/2 ", Curves under 5 1/2 chains+ 3/4". The nominal flangeway clearance of 1 3/4" must be increased by the same amount as the gauge is widened to maintain the dimension of 4' 6 3/4" between the bearing surface of the check rail and the running face of the high rail ...
... looks like this: 2_311156_140000001.png You can then combine the two items into one for convenience. Drag a selection rectangle around both of them* and then edit> combine items menu item: 2_311156_140000002.png *or SHIFT-click on them one at a time. After which you can adjust them as a single item: 2_311156_140000003.png To break a combined item back into the component items, select it and then edit> split items menu item. You can combine as many items as you like, add items to combined items, combine several previously combined items, etc. You can copy them to the copyboard, from where you can save them as individual SK9 files for re-use in other designs (or post them here as attachments for others to use). Reload the file on to the copyboard and then copy and paste them onto the sketchboard. regards, Martin. posted: 1 Nov 2014 08:18 from: Phil O Thanks for that info Martin, that looks like a very useful tool. Phil posted: 1 Dec 2014 00:09 ...
... > rail section data... menu item. If I use one data set and then change my mind does Templot simply update everything based on the new choices, or do I need to re-model? I'm not too clear what you mean by "data set"? Everything in Templot is set individually to match your chosen prototype. Unless changed the defaults are always for REA bullhead track dating from about 1925. Once changed the settings remain in force* for subsequent adjustments to the control template but don't change any previously stored templates. However there are several "modify on rebuild" functions to make various aspects of the stored templates match the current control template. You will find these as modify group to match menu items. *if you mint a NEW control template, some settings are restored to the REA defaults. Last, the track plan I am following has a gradually tightening curve. How can I persuade Templot to do this? Click the geometry> transition curve> C-curve shrinking transition menu item. More about that at ...
... = 16 dots high.) Currently Windows uses 4 pre-set virtual dpi settings (custom settings are also possible): 2_280950_420000000.png 100%= 96dpi the traditional default setting on Windows up to Windows XP. 125%= 120dpi, preferred by many users on Windows7. 150%= 144dpi, the default setting on the latest high-definition screens. 200%= 192dpi, the default on? The next version of Templot should work fine on the first 3 settings, although some things may be a different size from previously. Perhaps you could go to Control Panel> Display and report which setting you are using on Bootcamp/Windows7? Thanks. regards, Martin. posted: 28 Oct 2014 15:12 from: Martin Wynne Charles Orr wrote: Templot displays beautifully on this monitor- the definition is breath taking. I've not had to change any of the Windows 7 screen dpi settings for this new monitor. I'll let you know what happens with the new version of Templot. Hi Charles, Many thanks. See my reply above to ...
... I'm not ready to start anything in earnest yet, as at the moment, I still have the odd moment where I hit a wrong key combination, and everything gets away from me very rapidly. The names Phil, by the way Or Dharma. I answer to both, for rather strange reasons. Phil I may be teaching you to suck eggs, but one thing I do now when building formations or something like i slip, is to save every few additions. Sometimes its a simple save over what I have done previously, other times its version A/B /C etc. This allows you to go back several stages and re-use what you have designed to go off on a different tangent or try something else without having to start all over again. posted: 31 Oct 2014 14:18 from: dharma66 Ahh, Thanks Hayfield. I assume you mean saving the box? That's a good idea...certainly whilst I'm still figuring out what 90% of the menu options are! Martin: I have a copy of Windows ...
... and chairing permitted. For machined flares in bullhead, generally the flared length is shorter than you have there. Again the check rails could be shortened a bit. We have covered this subject before -- here are some more diagrams and discussion in this topic: topic 2555- message 17591 topic 2555- message 17616 regards, Martin. posted: 21 May 2015 21:36 from: dave turner Martin- Thank you again. I do try to search the forum before posting so as not to have anyone need to repeat previously answered questions. As with all search engines correct terminology is key. I, and I suspect others, don't have the appropriate knowledge to enter the appropriate search; hence the often repeated questions. Our problem, not yours! Dave Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Scissors crossing on transition curves about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important ...
... Nov 2014 18:17 from: Trevor Walling Hello, Is it something to retain the groundwork away from the rail and enable access to knock the chair keys in? Trevor posted: 13 Nov 2014 20:16 from: DerekStuart Hi Trevor, the ground there is very stable on 100 years (at the time of the photo) compacted cinder/ash ballast that was level with the sleepers. The stone wall that you can just see is the remains of the engine stable foreman's office (not the mess area as I previously stated) which was demolished by the Luftwaffe in 1940. So the ground is pretty stable and there's nothing to come down on the track. As for previous comments about protecting track from trolleys, this was indeed the pedestrian route for drivers signing on and off. It is POSSIBLE that trolleys would have been going down the ramp too, but I can't think why. There was no barrow crossing (it is a terminus so not needed) and there is only the engine stable, which would have had its supplies come ...
... 16:37 by Dave M posted: 20 May 2014 03:10 from: John Palmer At Dave's request I've been applying a few modifications to his layout and doing various tidying up jobs with timbering etc. My principal modifications have been to the connections at the Exeter end, where I have lengthened turnout leads and tweaked crossing angles in an effort to introduce easier curvature into the layout. In particular, I have done away with the slip connection between the goods yard shunting neck and the neck giving access to what I have previously referred to as the 'horse landing'. This has now been replaced with a simple diamond and two turnouts, which opens up the curve here to a scale 6.5 chains. Unless I've missed the means for doing so there's no way of posting a boxfile with a pm, so Dave has agreed that I may post the updated version here for his benefit, and in the hope that if there are shortcomings in my work some kind person can point them out and perhaps even correct them. And, yes, the posted ...
... topic: 2582 Screen scaling in 211b program update posted: 25 Nov 2014 02:22 from: Martin Wynne The majority of Templot users can ignore this. As mentioned previously I shall soon be uploading a new program update, which for some users will have a significant change to the screen scaling method. Templot will become what Microsoft calls "dpi-aware". This means that on modern high-definition screens, Templot will now do its own screen scaling to make the text and controls large enough to be seen comfortably. In all previous versions up until now, like most other software Templot has relied on Windows to zoom everything larger on high-definition screens. This is called "dpi-virtualization". It works quite well for text and controls, but makes a pig's ear of line graphics such as Templot's trackpad drawings. Which is why I am making this change. If you have been using one of these dpi-virtualized screens (i.e. more than 96 dpi in Windows Vista, or more than 120 dpi in Windows ...
... . But it is not entirely convenient, so I have belatedly done something about it. The turnout-road centre-line will now follow the curve, and terminate at the switch heel: 2_300829_040000001.png This is still visible, just, as a hand marker when zoomed out: 2_300829_040000002.png This now makes it much easier to peg partial templates onto the turnout curve -- for example when inserting catch points into a turnout, or creating type-2 tandems where the second switch is in the turnout road of the first switch. Previously to do this it was necessary to run the peg along the rail rather than the centre-line to the required position. Now you can start from say CTRL-6 peg position and run it directly down the centre-line (CTRL-F8 mouse action). Here for example I have inserted a set of catch points into this turnout: 2_300829_040000003.png In the next program update. regards, Martin. posted: 30 Oct 2015 16:21 from: Paul Boyd Hi Martin Now that is a very useful update ...
... by changing to a B-9.5 turnout with curviform crossing: 2_170759_460000000.png Although it means that the two switch fronts in the down main must be shortened. (Assuming you did mean that turnout?) regards, Martin. posted: 17 Mar 2014 14:24 from: PeterD Thanks Martin, I have changed the turnout you suggested changes to and I have to agree it looks much better. These posts have been really useful to me as I am now more confident in tailoring turnouts to suit a location whereas I had been previously settling for tailoring a layout to suit a template. I shall look more into the Sketchboard options you suggest. Best wishes Peter Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Baffled beginners> Help with station approach about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and first-time visitors. indexing link for search engines back to top of page Please ...
... through the shed. But before I give in to that I wonder if you'd take a look at it to see if you can sort out a reasonable curve either end of the straight section (in the goods shed) (in Yellow) on the plan? I need to keep a minimum of 100mm between main up line (in Green) and the goods shed road (in Yellow) as there is a signal box to get in there between the goods shed line and the main line. Thanks again for your help previously Andrew Attachment: attach_2122_2601_Yeovil-May12TH2015-Goods-yard-problem.box 198 posted: 13 May 2015 08:42 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, Is the attached of any use? It'll need cleaning up a bit though and a bit of re-adjustment here and there. Attachment: attach_2123_2601_yeovil_revised_20 15_05_13_0840_38.box 201 posted: 14 May 2015 00:11 from: Andrew Duncan Stephen That's a great job, thank you very much. I'll post the file for you to see when I've finished it. Thanks again Andrew Parts of Templot ...
... one of the short sidings (TR008) to the sector plate to allow for a run round off stage. I think the other short siding (PL010) will disappear into an arch under the viaduct. Not sure if I can get this to join the sector plate as well. I am considering whether there is any rationale for an unloading platform extending alongside this siding and under the arch. Clearly an industry in such a confined area would have to be inventive to unload wagons into the manufacturing buildings! The bgs file posted previously shows some of my thoughts on buildings. Comments most welcome. Simon posted: 10 Feb 2015 23:58 from: Tony W Hi Simon. After several abortive attempts I have found a solution that I think will work. The Diamond is so acute and space so tight that an outside slip is practically impossible to arrange with the tracks spaced as they are. I have gone for an seperate crossover combined with a Tandem which I think looks the part. If you are happy with this I can tidy things up for ...
... . First you build up a set of parts, either from scratch or from templates. These parts then appear as a selectable list on a pane. The user can then drag and drop such parts where the default action would be to attach itself to the designated" snap" point( as opposed to peg idea), as you drag the new part over the existing trackwork the snap points auto highlight.( various menus control snap action) This allows you to rapidly and simply add non complex track and points that you previously define, easily For subsequent actions on the part you call up context sensitive right click menus /pop ups or access context sensitive menus/dialogs that relate to the selected parts( or extended selection) you have highlighted This is the basis of most CAD these days. For templot the idea would be that the user creates" parts" as a library and then in the CAD itself selects and manipulates the parts. Templates etc don't get used directly The other issues that struck me were Far too much garish colour, as ...
... duplicates, hard to remember if you have clicked" send" posted: 31 Mar 2015 18:45 from: Martin Wynne madscientist wrote: my confusion is how I recall the library templates to use them again, I use the' copy to control template", but for example I assume that if my current control template is a plain track, then the library template overwrites it, but it doesn't seem to work that way Hi Dave, It should work that way. Copying anything into the control template replaces what was previously there. If it doesn't, it is a bug. Can you provide a recipe to reproduce it? You can see if you have clicked the Send button because the roundel will be rotating in the browser tab, waiting for the updated topic page. I added a script which removes the Send button when it is clicked, so it's difficult to understand how some users often make multiple posts. Do you have scripting disabled? Or maybe you are using the Quick Reply box? regards, Martin. posted: 31 Mar ...
... this topic is a good read: topic 2394- message 16119 If you use a gaunt turnout for the middle V-crossing, this post may be helpful: topic 1487 But it's more likely that an irregular half-diamond will fit better, in which case use the F10 and F9 mouse actions to adjust it. Remember that the middle V-crossing needs to be a curviform pattern. regards, Martin. posted: 25 Oct 2015 00:14 from: Jubilee42 Hi Martin Please don't dispair! As I have written previously, I find it hard to fathom how you have managed to create and support Templot on your own for decades. It is an astonishingly clever program, and you are clearly a man of quite extraordinary talents. You are doing the work of a whole bunch of programmers and being an incredible almost synchronous helpdesk all on your own! So please, please don't dispair! I shall read all the links, and see how I get on. However, with each hurdle I read a bit more and get a better " ...
... topic: 3038 Bosmellin- 4SF (OO-SF) posted: 20 Jun 2017 13:37 from: RichardS Previously I have posted some half-hearted attempts at track designs- Hellesdon and Oby. The latter is my small adventure into P4 and will progress. Meanwhile however, lurking in the background, has been my long term plan to make a model based on Boscarne Junction. I have always liked rural branch lines and the history and operation of the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway combining SR and (G )WR services is appealing. When I discovered 4-SF/OO-SF I was immediately taken by the concept. Although Oby will be P4 Bosmellin will not. P4 requires more time and has a higher cost (wheels, chassis, etc etc) than 4mm other scales and I can afford to allocate neither at this time to a layout of this size. Bosmellin is intended to be a portable layout. However, the space I have available 3.47m x 2.54m is only just large enough for the outside dimensions of the track ...
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