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... topic: 3324 OpenTemplot- where next? posted: 4 Sep 2018 07:04 from: Martin Wynne It is now 3 months since I released Templot as open source. I spent a lot of time preparing the code to make it suitable for publication, and capable of being compiled in a readily available compiler. Then when there was some disagreement about the actual form of publication I spent more time splitting it into two options -- a conventional collaborative open source project (OpenTemplot), and a "home" version for users to tinker with for their own use (TemplotMEC). For a long time I had been reluctant to publish the code for Templot, fearing that it would create a flood of questions about the workings of the code, and requests for help in modifying and compiling it. Which on top of the usual help requests from users would be just too much to cope with. In the event I was completely wrong, and the actual result has been almost total silence. I know of no-one working on or ...
... the layout. 2787_051722_450000000.jpg When I was at Missenden Abbey earlier last month both Tony Gee and Mark Tatlow suggested a very similar "hidden tie bar arrangement" which as these three turnouts are near the front of the layout I thought I may try out.I'll let you know how i get on. Andrew Last edited on 5 Sep 2017 22:31 by Andrew Duncan posted: 13 Sep 2017 11:48 from: Richard_Jones Hello Andrew, Once again, very impressed by your progress (and depressed by the lack of any on my project!) I had a quick look back through your thread and don't think I have missed it, but could you provide any more details of your "sub-baseboard" (my terminology) that allows you to work on "manageable" piece of trackwork, and how that integrates/assembles into the overall layout (or point to where I missed it!) many thanks Richard Last edited on 13 Sep 2017 12:24 by Richard_Jones posted: 13 Sep 2017 19:59 from: Andrew Duncan Richard I'm sorry ...
... topic: 1477 Restoring the last closing position at start-up posted: 14 May 2011 11:56 from: JFS Hi Martin, We have discussed at length in this forum the issue of "user preferences" "Restoring shapes" and all the rest of it. I have had a thought- which I am sure is completely unhelpful at this late stage- but I will make it anyway for what it is worth.... Would it be possible, to create a "Project" file at close (or during a session)? This would create and save its own .box, .bgs, etc and (say) a .tps (templot project settings) file. This latter could include all the current variables:- colours, pad (including zoom and position), generator and print etc settings. At start-up- or by loading a "project", the settings file would be loaded, the internal variables copied over, the .box, .bgs, etc loaded, the screen re-drawn using the newly ...
... look. On the left a bolted half-chair is used to allow space for chairing the long check rail behind it (the actual reason for taking the photo). Here is a wider view. L1 bridge chairs on the left (on all 3 rails): 2_230721_050000000.jpg regards, Martin. (I will copy this into the prototype pics section). posted: 29 Jan 2016 14:33 from: Martin Wynne Hi Andy, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I have decided not to proceed with this chairing project at this stage. It is turning into a minefield -- as I always knew it would do, which is why I have shied away from it for all these years. I have already spent many hours on it, and I can see that it will need many, many more hours before it is anywhere near fit to be released. Even then, for every template correctly chaired, there will be dozens loaded from existing plans showing chairs in the wrong place or the wrong size. Just to get that far ...
... topic: 16 Change the project title posted: 19 May 2007 18:55 from: 85a_forum Are you tired of Tunnel Junction or Town Central as your project title? Here's how to change it. The project title is also the title of your storage box. So first open the storage box by clicking the control> storage box menu item. Then on the storage box menus click the edit> box title... menu item. See the screen-shot below. A dialog then appears on which you can change the title to whatever you want. Do this after reloading your box data file, not before. Then save a new file containing the new title. Martin. Attachment: attach_9_box_title.png 298 posted: 9 Apr 2008 23:54 from: jeckardt What is the equivalent for 9.1c? Thanks, Joe posted: 10 Apr 2008 04:22 from: Martin Wynne jeckardt wrote: What is the equivalent for 091c? Hi Joe, The only difference for 091c is that the control menu is renamed main. Open the storage box ...
... doubt). Derek posted: 8 Feb 2020 15:50 from: Martin Wynne Hi Derek, You are now green. You should now be able to see: http://85a.co.uk/forum/view_forum.php?id=26 although there hasn't been much activity recently. See also: topic 3539 The original "starting with Lazarus" topic is at: topic 3283 although I think it might need some updating. The latest set of files is at (click the Files tab): http://sourceforge.net/projects/opentemplot/ including the MECBOX option to import files from Templot2. Ask again if you can't find anything -- things had got into a bit of a muddle. There is an option to try T3 directly within the latest Templot2 program update -- T3> run Templot3 menu item. cheers, Martin. posted: 8 Feb 2020 16:04 from: DerekStuart Many thanks Martin. I really appreciate it. I really don't want to bother you with questions, but if I could ask one in order to point ...
... topic: 1174 New project blank pad? posted: 21 Jul 2010 20:57 from: Jerry I am a new member and a have only had Templot for less than 2 weeks. Already I have been able to do a (very) rough layout of my proposed P4 layout. My progress so far has been as a result of reading many of the Club topics and using Templot help. I should say that reading is one of the things I enjoy most. I was once known as one of the few people who had read the original Factories Acts from cover to cover.( sad) I am beginning to understand how the storage box works but I am a long time Windos user and cannot get my head round how to start a new project, with a new name and a blank canvas (pad). Can anyone enlighten me please. I don't want to destroy my existing work. I understand Martin's concept of working on a copy of a design in memory in a system that preserves everything on disc(k). ...
... for the whole of the UK is the old 6"/mile maps (1888-1913), for which the licence subscription is £199+ vat per year. They are useful, but not really large enough for detailed track planning. Here is Shrewsbury, drag the transparency slider to see the modern view: http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=52.7092&lon=-2.7457&layers=6 &b =2 When they have finished the 25" map project hopefully they will make that available in tiled format, in which case it could be well worth raiding the Templot donations fund for what is likely to be a hefty subscription fee. In the meantime we could have the fantastic 60"/mile maps of London 1893-1896 for £99+ vat per year, and I may go for that just to see how well it works for direct loading in Templot. Here is Willesden Junction, drag the slider to see the modern view: http://maps.nls.uk/ ...
... , graeme Last edited on 22 Nov 2019 01:23 by Graeme posted: 22 Nov 2019 01:16 from: Martin Wynne Graeme wrote: Is it any wonder these discussions stray off-topic? This one certainly has. But only 8 days to go and I can start a new one for December. If Templot was purely for my own use, as it was originally, if I mess it up with silly mistakes it wouldn't matter. But I am conscious that there are some folks relying on it for lifetime projects, or maybe just cutting up expensive sheets of plywood based on the Templot output. So I do worry about making mistakes in the code. I've realised that getting an active open-source project up and running is important not just to keep things going in the event that the bus does its worst, but here and now to prevent any attempts by me to wreck the whole thing. cheers, Martin. posted: 22 Nov 2019 01:44 from: Graeme Martin Wynne wrote: I've realised that getting an active ...
... switch. The shortest available switch is the 1:24 model-only switch as above, which would reduce the bump to almost nothing. To eliminate it entirely you would need to change to gaunt turnouts, with the gaunt offset set to zero. Unfortunately there is no way to make these changes globally, you would need to change each turnout individually -- put the peg somewhere other than CTRL-0 first. Or I can write some code to do it globally? Which is what I would do for my own projects. It might take me a day or two before I can get it released. I'm trying to fix Jim's diamond-crossing conundrum at the same time. Anything is possible in Templot, but I don't always release it because the task of creating a user interface is just too much work, and writing the instructions beyond me. cheers, Martin. posted: 15 May 2020 14:45 from: Gordon S Don't worry Martin. I'll see what I can do here first. I've just opened up the four incoming ...
... them both so I'm waiting for some warm sunny weather to have a go with them! The Kodak costs about £1.50 per frame before developing (8 frames per roll!), so that'll really make me think before pressing the shutter! We get too used to being able to snap away with digital so it's nice to go back to basics once in a while. My go-to camera for carrying with me is a Canon SX720HS, I also use another couple of Canon compacts and a Canon EOS60D DSLR for special projects, for which I have a couple of nice lenses. Oh yes, and a Canon T70 35mm film camera which I take with me to annoy trainspotters with their heavy bags and bandoliers of lenses! My first "proper" camera was a Canon (really?) FTb QL, but I know I had a camera when I was about 8 or 9, which may even have been the Kodak, and I wish I still had the photos I took then. The photo at the bottom is technically awful, but ...
... There should be a corner radius around the top of the jaw, but I think I'm going to draw a line at this. I've used as much of the REA drawing as seems reasonable. I'm hoping that the 3D printer will smooth out some of the sharp angles: 2_061707_200000000.png Now for the inner jaws, L1 chairs, slide chairs, slab& brackets... Don't hold your breath. cheers, Martin. posted: 19 Nov 2018 20:29 from: Martin Wynne After a break I'm now working on this project again. Dave asked about the chairing parameters. Here is a list of the settings for the S1 ordinary chairs. All the settings are in full-size prototype inches (as most else in Templot): seat_thick:single; // full-size inches chair seating thickness 1.75" chair_plinth_thick:single; // chair plinth is a nominal area inside the // outline perimeter (rectangle on corner rad centres) chair_edge_thick:single; outer_jaw_face:single; // outer jaw from gauge-face (3.15/ ...
... wasn't room for both anyway. We could perhaps add some code to restore it on the pad on closing the switch settings if it was showing there when swapped. On the other hand, at present if it's showing on the switch settings when closed, it is currently still there if opened again, which is probably useful. Users can easily restore it to the pad themselves if that is what's wanted. p.s. it takes longer to write all this explanation than to make the actual code changes. Do other open-source projects find the same problem? It is the same and more so when writing the Help docs. If I had realised how much work that involved, I doubt I would ever have released Templot in the first place. cheers, Martin. posted: 9 Dec 2019 11:20 from: Graeme Martin Wynne wrote: Having got the focus problem fixed, everything is working fine as before. So any changes now are additional functionality, not problem-fixes. Then I am inclined to leave it there. Missing functionality seems ...
... shall undoubtedly give Templot2 a going over, which may or may not generate questions depending on how I get on. I have had a chance to play around just a bit with the sketchpad. This was one of things I was looking forwards to and I think it's got great potential for adding to the raw trackwork to producing attractive plans. I may well end up with some questions there. Platform edges I've noted in passing, and will try to give them a go. I was working on a plan for a future project which was looking quite good; unfortunately 6 months ago I started building a new computer (W7, Intel core-i5, loads of memory etc) to replace my nice but failing XP machine, but with the log jam of things to do that has only just been completed (I'm using it now). I now find that somewhere along the line that project has got lost, so I'll redo it and try out some of the new things at the same time. Things like diamonds in any form I don't ...
... his suggestion that the OS maps are more likely to be accurate than the aerial photos. Derek posted: 28 Aug 2020 19:36 from: Martin Wynne DerekStuart wrote: I have engineering drawings of some buildings- copied from original records, which I'm inclined to accept as accurate, but these do not tally up with the aerial view from either Google or Bing. The OS map again shows something different. Hi Derek, If you are using the historic maps from the NLS, bear in mind that they have different map projections available. The original "County" series OS maps pre-1936 used a separate projection datum for each county, with the result that sheets from neighbouring counties do not line up at the sheet edges. The scans have been resampled and geo-referenced by the NLS so that they do align seamlessly (mostly) to create a single "slippy" map and can be cross-faded to modern maps and aerial images. The original unmodified scanned sheets are available in the Find by place function on the NLS web site ...
... topic: 3465 C&L new crowdfunding EM& P4 gauge track base announcement posted: 30 Jul 2019 12:23 from: Hayfield Hot on the heals of their new 00 gauge flexitrack C&L have announced a crowdfunding project for new track bases in both EM and P4 gauges. C&L had the artwork for the 00 gauge track altered to both EM and P4 gauge standards 60' panels Mainline which has keys facing in the same direction Branchline which has keys which alternate The sleepers are 1.5 mm thick, chair and rail height 3 mm Details of the crowdfunding is available from C&L, Phil is setting up an account which will hold the crowdfunding monies in a separate account and funds will only be accessed by C&L when sufficient revenues have been obtained to proceed with the project http://www.clfinescale.co.uk/online-store/FLEXITRACK-EM-18-2 -MM-HI-Hn-Nickle-Silver-Rail-BOX-25-Meters-p128178269 982_300719_470000000.jpg C&L have had both EM and ...
17. File names etc
... mouse action. I found that extremely useful, and if Bill Gates doesn't like it, too bad. Templot doesn't follow the Windows Document Model and in Templot there is no concept of an "open" file or document. Whether it should or shouldn't is a separate argument, but it isn't going to change now after all these years, it would simply be too much work. For more about this, see section 2 at: http://templot.com/companion/gs_baffled.html You can see the name of the current project, and the .box file to or from which the most recent template data was loaded, added or saved, on the storage box dialog: 2_150418_510000000.png That dialog is available by pressing CTRL+ B at any time. The same applies to .bgs files on the background shapes dialog (CTRL+ S). You can browse all your .box files and see screenshots of each one using the file viewer: 2_022237_200000000.png regards, Martin. posted: 15 Aug 2017 09:54 from: rynd2it Martin Wynne wrote: rynd2it wrote: ...
18. Templot docs
... text. If someone then goes ahead and buys Templot, it is not reasonable to complain afterwards that there is no printed documentation. If that is an important consideration, you shouldn't buy Templot. regards, Martin. posted: 28 Jan 2010 18:42 from: Paul Boyd Hi Raymond I'm not going to get drawn into the User Guide argument! When I opened your box file, my first reaction was "Wow!". The layout certainly looks "right". I notice it has "GWR" in the project title, but only 36" flares... Have fun! What I really liked though was the simple idea of using a rail to mark out buildings etc. I'll be using that idea myself- it's brilliant! And all without the aid of a User Guide. Whoops- drat As an aside, I was looking through back issues of Scalefour News, and sometime around 2004 (I think) there was an advert for Templot. "New- now supports irregular diamonds" or words to that effect. Personally ...
... recent files> menu items or the recent files button on the program panel dialog: 2_121028_240000000.png You don't have to load a file, just click off the list to cancel it. 2. The path to the last box file added to, or saved from, the storage box is shown at the top of the storage box. If it is too long to fit, simply drag the right border of the storage box wider to see all of it: 2_120937_490000000.png It doesn't appear on the printed templates. The box title (project title) does, and the date and time the page was printed. But that doesn't completely satisfy your request, so I will add the last added/saved file path to the template prints in the next program update. Thanks for the suggestion. The last added/saved BGS file is shown in the same place on the background shapes dialog, and from the recent files... button on that dialog. Saved and loaded SK9 sketchboard files are not shown anywhere, so I will look at adding that info ...
... Nov 2011 19:42 from: Les G I think that Martin is being wise to consider his health. It would not be good for him or for Templot users if he were to be forced to give it up completely. I, for one, have been well impressed by Martin's patience in answering so many queries, some of which could have been avoided if the user had only carried out a basic search of the Templot Companion before crying for help. Given the new focus, and the ongoing support for the TDV project, I wonder if some of the experienced users who have already shown tech. doc. writing skills, could reduce the burden by preparing some of the draft material for the user guides? As editor in chief, Martin would obviously need to determine some priorities. What do other Templotters think? LesG posted: 27 Nov 2011 20:25 from: Pete Williams Martin, Although I've not made a lot of use of Templot I have watched developments and queries over the months I have had the program, and I think ...
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