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... isn't "Store TO Background" much clearer than the implied "Store AND [move the current template to the] Background"? Hi Paul, No, because you can also store the template unused if you prefer. Store and background means store the template in the storage box and also put a copy of it on the workpad background. For more explanation, see: http://www.templot.com/martweb/gs_whatis.htm (Those notes are for version 074b.) regards, Martin. posted: 2 Nov 2010 21:06 from: Paul Willis Surely that is "Copy to Storage Box"? When you are using the "unused" descriptor? Your notes say "What you have stored in the box is a copy of the current template, not the current template itself which remains unchanged on the drawing pad to be further adjusted, or re-used elsewhere in you track plan". Makes sense to me... Flymo [edit to add "unused" bit. I should have quoted more completely] Last edited on 2 ...
... keys which I understand others don't plus the base is far superior than the old C&L and SMP bases posted: 26 Sep 2018 14:18 from: Martin Wynne Thanks John. Here's a list of pre-group companies which used 12" sleepers with wider joint chairs at rail joints: G&SWR GCR GER GNR *L &YR LNWR *MR *NER SE&CR*= with ordinary chairs at joints. Information from C. J. Allen, 1915. Martin. posted: 2 Oct 2018 06:59 from: madscientist I can't quite see the rationale for another OO track entrant myself. This would be doubly true if the pricing is significantly different to the other offerings. Exact track fidelity or worrying about chair key direction is not the hallmark of most OO modelers Last edited on 2 Oct 2018 07:00 by madscientist posted: 2 Oct 2018 09:00 from: Hayfield You may not see the need but its not entirely a new entrant. C&L have been producing 4 mm scale 00 gauge track ...
... numbers on the left are from the box file grid which is behind the sketchboard. If mm are down the right hand side and bottom in blue, it is possible the top and left hand edge in yellow are in inches as 18'= 216". It's very confusing, particularly as it appears the track layout starts around 40" from the left. If that were correct surely the 0" datum should be in line with the 0" on the blue grid... Strange. posted: 2 Dec 2011 06:06 from: Martin Wynne Hi Gordon, The real problem here is that I haven't yet written the help notes for the sketchboard. That's the downside of working with a development version. First of all, the blue numbers on the extreme left in your first screenshot are the underlying grid labels on the workpad, they are not part of the sketchboard window. You may find it helpful to move the sketchboard window away from them or maximize it to full screen to hide them. The yellow rulers top and left show ...
... you cannot set MS, TS and trackbed width all in one go before going back to the 'trackbed edges' drop down menu. Last edited on 25 Jan 2016 21:53 by Gordon S posted: 25 Jan 2016 22:00 from: Gordon S Sorry Andrew, I misunderstood. I created a parallel track on 35mm centres and then showed the 2nd track as a centre line only. Using the geometry and adjust adjacent track is fine as far as I can see right now. posted: 25 Jan 2016 22:06 from: Martin Wynne Gordon S wrote: Am I doing something wrong or is there a reason why you cannot set MS, TS and trackbed width all in one go before going back to the 'trackbed edges' drop down menu. Hi Gordon, This applies to dozens of places in Templot. It's a damn nuisance. Unfortunately it is hours of programming work to create full property-sheet dialogs, compared with a few minutes to create menu items. One day I will get Templot finished... Also when originally ...
... topic: 1760 Not Running Build 4703 posted: 2 Jan 2012 00:06 from: Ian Allen Martin, Still no joy on either my laptop or PC with the current TDV build. It downloads from the site ok but I'm still getting an error box stating that this is not the current version and clicking OK, just shuts Templot TDV down. The only other message I can get relates to not being able to check the current version and to check internet connection or go online, even when I am. Frustratedly Ian posted: 2 Jan 2012 04:02 from: Martin Wynne Hi Ian, Did the previous TDV builds work ok on the same computer(s )? Are you quite sure you are running 4703 and not an earlier build: 2_012259_050000000.png Are both computers using the same broadband router? Do the computers and router belong to you? The most likely explanation is a firewall setting blocking TDV from accessing the internet. If the equipment is your own property you should be able to change the settings. If employer-provided, ...
26. Pug version 091c
... the grid in front of shapes and I don't think I ever knew that the option existed. One small thing that's not world shattering. Is it possible to default to the file name you have loaded when saving a box file so that you can save an updated version without having to either type it in, or search for it in the File/Save dialog box? Templot flags up that the file already exists which would warn you if you don't want to over-write it. Jim. posted: 8 Feb 2008 06:33 from: Martin Wynne Jim Guthrie wrote: Is it possible to default to the file name you have loaded when saving a box file so that you can save an updated version without having to either type it in, or search for it in the File/Save dialog box? Hi Jim, Don't get me started on the evils of the Windows Document Model. Please don't overwrite existing files when saving. Templot keeps a rolling backup so there is no need to save files every few minutes. Save a file ...
27. Templot new user
... date. This however is easy to achieve in Templot. And also, according to my copy of "British Railway Track", the spacing can depend on track radius, whether water troughs are fitted, In tunnels longer than 1/4 mile or on soft formation. I dare say the last two situations are a bit academic for us modellers since I'm not sure how you model a soft formation- insulation board baseboard top?- and you'll not see the sleepers in a tunnel. Jim. posted: 9 Apr 2010 06:02 from: Stephen Freeman The problem with 0-XF is that there is very little play available, even if your track-building is to the highest standard, you will still have a problem if your radii are too small, in which case you need to widen the gauge up to 32mm depending on the curve! Standard 0-F apart from not looking that good also gives less than perfect running, especially on larger radius turnouts. All of this has of course been discussed at length before, have ...
... -crossing check rails. 1:6 slips are always a problem in this regard for 00 gauge. For more about this, see: topic 324 Note that since that was written, in TDV it is much easier to adjust the K-crossing check rails, now by mouse action. The timbers in diamond-crossings and slips are almost always equalized (skewed) as drawn. It is difficult to arrange the K-crossing chairs if timbers are square-on. regards, Martin. posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:36 from: alangdance Thanks for the reply Martin. These these were ment tobe 1:8 slips. Will redo again tonight. Any info on the the timbers. Alan posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:38 from: alangdance Sorry Martin did not read last part of reply about timbers. Alan posted: 15 Feb 2012 17:26 from: alangdance Hi Martin I have updated the slips again. Is this any better. Have I made any serious issues. I have reduced the K crossing length to 30 ...
... Martin Wynne Hi Igor, You may be interested in this topic: http://www.largescalecentral.com/forums/topic/27997/big-changes-at-staver-locomotive-for-spring-steamup which is another live steam garden railway project in P-32 gauge, on a grand scale (16000 sq ft). Like you they are building track from scratch, so you may find some useful ideas. More recent info: http://staverlocomotive.com/ cheers, Martin. posted: 29 Jun 2020 06:50 from: Igor Kurgan Martin, Thank you very much for the link. To speak frankly, that is the place where i got mine ideas from, incl Templot. Basically i am copying that, but i have to work my way around welding( i am a disaster) and the cnc/milling part, i dont have those tools. Even if i would had those tools i must learn a lot about the parts of turnouts and ect. With best regards, Igor Last edited on 29 Jun 2020 ...
... Well worth a look for anyone interested in programming, especially since it's free. I used Delphi to write software to run the core of my business and it was so much easier to use than the competition- C++ at the time- and so much faster to compile. I could do almost interactive coding by writing a few lines, then compile and debug to see if they worked. With other compilers you could have a cup of tea while waiting for the compiled output. Jim. posted: 14 May 2017 00:06 from: DerekStuart I've just had a look at sample code for it and it seems very similar in idea to MS VBA and the old Commodore basic that I used in nineteen hundred and dark. Presumably this is far, far harder to 'get into' though, is it? posted: 14 May 2017 00:24 from: Martin Wynne DerekStuart wrote: I've just had a look at sample code for it and it seems very similar in idea to MS VBA and the old Commodore basic that I used in nineteen hundred ...
... Martin Wynne Jim Guthrie wrote: You want to see the mess I was getting when I tried to correct it. Don't know whether it was at your server end or my Firefox client. Hi Jim, Nor me. It's difficult to know how it happened. When things like that happen, it's an idea to copy the whole thing, click Back in your browser, and then paste it into the Quick Reply box instead (at the bottom left of the page). regards, Martin. posted: 13 Jan 2010 06:55 from: kenbec Jim Guthrie wrote: Ken, Peco still supply the Code 80 rail as a separate item- Code IL4- so you should be able to get lengths of rail from suppliers who stock Peco- or possibly Peco themselves. You can get 2mm wide sleepering strip from the 2mm Association- but you have to be a member- or from SMP, part way down on this web page SMP Web Site: http://www.smpscaleway.com PCB turnout construction is probably the easiest way to start and the ...
... be a pain, literally! When you've decided, try it out on your test track. One option is to divide the baseboards up into manageable units which can be moved, e,g, turning on side to get at the underside of the baseboard. Not easy with your plan, although possible, and it would require a high degree of accuracy in aligning the units, particularly in 2fs. This would also make it easier to lay track and do the scenic bits. Nigel posted: 28 Jan 2013 19:06 from: dharma66 Stuart: I had seen L&YRS, but hadn't really figured out what it was about. I find the website is a bit strange, and don't really get what it's about from it. I have their publication "Middleton Branch", though, which is excellent! Nigel, yeah. I was hoping to use low speed switch motors, controlled from DCC, but there are a lot of points in close proximity. I may need some subterranean point rodding I had also wondered about hinging the ...
... come across the term curviform, think their first reaction would be: what on earth is that? Cheers Nigel posted: 18 May 2010 21:22 from: Paul Whitaker John Lewis wrote: I quite like "irregular", but if you think that term is undesirable, how about "uneven"? "uneven" sounds like it will make the rolling stock fall off the track (so possibly an apt description for some of my attempts...) How about "asymmetric"? posted: 19 May 2010 06:28 from: kenbec I'm minded to stop using the term "irregular" diamond-crossing because it has the potential to be confused with an error condition. Instead I'm thinking of calling them "curviform" diamond-crossings. We can't simply call them "curved" because of course a regular diamond-crossing can be curved. Martin, In no way should the word "irregular" bring to mind that an error condition exists. In its simplest sense it means not regular which I understand to be the correct ...
... .... http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p /toggle-switches/7347233/ Attachment: attach_3053_3667_Current_Plan_- _Mimic_Panel_- _3.box 83 Last edited on 14 May 2020 21:50 by Gordon S posted: 14 May 2020 22:12 from: Martin Wynne Hi Gordon, Thanks for the file. This is what it might look like with thick centre-lines instead of diagram mode: 2_141711_190000000.png Those lines are about 9mm wide. cheers, Martin. posted: 15 May 2020 06:23 from: Martin Wynne p.s. Gordon, You are using a strange turnout size -- D-4. You would have more design flexibility using shorter turnouts, A-4 or a 9ft-4. Martin. posted: 15 May 2020 07:53 from: Gordon S I just inserted a turnout and then used F5 to change it to 1:4 and regular crossing. If it's five minute job to change, It probably started off as a D12. I'll look at it later.. ...
... from: Martin Wynne Hi Dave, Paul, Please can you try something for me? In Windows10/Edge, swap to IE11 as above. Then try using the image buttons in the editor. Do they work? I'm puzzled because on this forum they are working fine for me. But on other forums using the same software they don't work in IE11. I must have changed something, but I can't remember what. My brain is getting too old for this stuff. regards, Martin. posted: 4 Aug 2015 06:49 from: davelong Martin yes both buttons work in IE here, Images attached using both buttons. 629_040145_580000000.jpg 629_181055_150000000.png Dave Last edited on 4 Aug 2015 06:52 by davelong posted: 4 Aug 2015 06:50 from: davelong Although the in editor resize function didn't work on the first image. Dave posted: 4 Aug 2015 11:26 from: Martin Wynne Many thanks Dave. That means I need to do some digging to find what I changed on Templot Club to make it work. There are other ...
... testing. The curved river bridge had to lead into the fiddle yard and that meant that I couldn't have it viewed from the river side which would have looked nice visually. There have been several changes to the geometry but the overall layout with the branch to Lancaster Castle and the shed have been kept. The station is almost exactly the correct size with a main building over 5' long. The hatched area is the shed but I haven't had time to put it in its correct alignment. Last edited on 3 Oct 2009 06:46 by Jamie92208 posted: 3 Oct 2009 12:42 from: Nigel Brown Jamie Unless I've missed something, I can only see a bgs file attached, not a box. cheers Nigel Last edited on 3 Oct 2009 12:43 by Nigel Brown posted: 3 Oct 2009 20:35 from: Jamie92208 Thanks for that Nigel. My mistake as I am new to this. The box file should be attached to this message. Jamie Attachment: attach_661_948_green_ayre_09_10_02 _1729_03.box 473 posted: 4 Oct 2009 08:10 from ...
37. A new trolley
... disappear rapidly. I keep telling myself that with time as I gradually use the stockpile of materials acquired over time, that things will improve, but the reality is that, even with all the new cupboard storage I have, things only seem to get worse. I also have a theory that random mini black holes exist that swallow items either never to be seen again or are magically regurgitated when one has given up looking for the item and then bought another one. Regards Tony. Last edited on 17 Oct 2018 17:06 by Tony W posted: 17 Oct 2018 18:08 from: Andrew Duncan Tony W wrote: Chaos theory certainly seems prevalent round here. Any new horizontal surface (of which there are many) seems to disappear rapidly. I keep telling myself that with time as I gradually use the stockpile of materials acquired over time, that things will improve, but the reality is that, even with all the new cupboard storage I have, things only seem to get worse. I also have a theory that random mini black ...
... topic: 667 An important announcement by C+ L Finescale posted: 21 Dec 2008 00:06 from: Brian Lewis An important announcement by C+ L Finescale Whilst watching Norman Solomon building turnouts on the latest Activity Media DVD- constructing templates, sticking down timbers, etc.- I was struck by the thought that I was doing this 40 years ago. Locomotives and rolling stock are so much more accurate that they were even ten years ago? So why haven't available track components reflected this improvement? Folk still create trackwork by building individual turnouts and 'stitch' them together with plain track using 'one size fits all' generic track templates. Surely we can do better than this? Well we have and as from the new year, a new era in track construction begins. Boat and aircraft kit manufacturers use lasers to cut components with amazing accuracy- as do model railway kit manufacturers in the US. It doesn't seem to happen here. But we are going to change all that. So for the past month I have been taking prototype track ...
... This will give you the correct measurements to accurately align each end of the print to the correct position on the board. If it has wandered at all, it will be obvious at that time and you can tweak the print using a scalpel blade to pull it back into alignment. Sounds a lot more complicated than it is, but I have learned the hard way and laid track to a set of joined up prints and then found it didn't align with existing tracks some way away. posted: 11 Nov 2015 12:06 from: Martin Wynne Gordon S wrote: What I now do is use the digital ruler in Templot and take measurements to the track centre line where it crosses a baseboard join. Hi Gordon, Thanks. There is a much faster way to do that. Use the CTRL+ F8 mouse action to run the peg along the track centre-line. You will see that the peg co-ordinates are shown in the mouse action panel. Here I'm moving the peg until it aligns with the baseboard join at 1000mm, ...
40. Thunderbird - OT
... That way no-one need see it who doesn't want to. Feel free to chat and chunter about anything you like on there.> despite... no internet connection for 4 hours today Me likewise. Nildram had a bad day today. I've been on slow dial-up all day until 10pm. But fair do's, they inundated me with email updates. Note that there's another interruption overnight: "Our engineers will be carrying out emergency maintenance on one of our ERXs (known as ar20) on 14/06/2007 between 05:00 and 07:00 hrs. Customers may experience a loss of service during these times." regards, Martin. posted: 14 Jun 2007 13:57 from: Tim David Martin Wynne wrote: >You're welcome Brian. That's one of the big advantages of the new forums. Off-topic stuff is >shunted off into its own siding called "None of the above". That way no-one need see it ?> who doesn't want to. Feel free to chat ...
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