... - all other dxf files I have from other drawings (non-Templot ones) open fine. All the layers show in the layers list- just nothing visible in the drawing area. Regards GeoffB posted: 7 Apr 2014 15:02 from: Nigel Brown At the risk of suggesting the obvious, have you checked that all the layers are turned on? Cheers Nigel posted: 7 Apr 2014 15:29 from: Godfrey Earnshaw Hi Geoff Did you do a zoom (e )xtents, your drawing is located@ 0,122 Cheers Godders posted: 7 Apr 2014 15:45 from: Godfrey Earnshaw Hi Geoff Your limits are set@ 0,0 and 12,9. Your drawing is@ 0,122 and 525,152 Zoom e or Zoom a will find it Cheers Godders posted: 7 Apr 2014 16:15 from: Martin Wynne Hi Geoff, You exported the DXF file in mm units. Most CAD programs of US origin default to inches, or some odd units such as furlongs or cubits. You need to ...

... topic: 2401 B7 scissors in 0 gauge posted: 10 Feb 2014 13:53 from: JohnAHurst I am building a finescale 0 gauge end to end layout and one way of maximising the limited space I have for fiddle yards is to build a scissors crossover with two double slips at the inward end. I have had plenty of experience at building B6 and B7 turnouts using C&L components so I won't be starting from scratch. I have in place at the moment a Marcway scissors crossover but the curves are far too sharp and I have to couple the coaches at an unrealistic distance apart to prevent buffer lock. The crossover I am planning to build would be straight with the usual distance between tracks and I have already bought C&L templates for right and left hand plain turnouts but the Templot option seems to be much better once I have mastered the technique. I have already looked at one of your tutorials about scissors, but feel that I need to study the basics first! Thanks for any help. Kind regards, John Hurst ...

... had almost a year to think about it's suitability and decided to make a few changes. I have drawn some preliminary ideas on paper with the design being not too disimilar. The new track design will be a little simpler which I have based loosely on North Leith. I know North Leith was a Caledonian station, with a little modellers licence the layout will be set a little further down the coast at Seafield. Being S-Scale things are a little tight but being an urban branchline there will be nothing larger than an 0-6 -0 running over it. As originally stated the layout is designed to sit around the walls of my modelling room and will serve as a layout/test track. The emphasis will be mainly on operation rather than scenic. If I decide at a later date to exhibit the layout then the plan would be to extend the sides sufficiently to enable some sort of backscene to be modelled. There are a few things on my workbench that I want to clear before producing the templot drawing but I'll keep you posted ...

... That probably needs another listbox to show the top-level folders. And a combobox to select the drive. Do you want to look at this? Or shall I do a bit more with it? procedure get_folders(folder_str:string; tree_node:TTreeNode); var search_record:TSearchRec; new_node:TTreeNode; begin if folder_str[Length(folder_str)]<> '\' then folder_str:=folder_str+'\ '; if FindFirst(folder_str+'* .* ', faDirectory,search_record)=0 then begin repeat if (( search_record.Attr and faDirectory)=faDirectory) and (search_record.Name[1 ]<> '.') then begin if (( search_record.Attr and faDirectory)>0) then tree_node:=file_viewer_form.folder_tree.Items .AddChild(tree_node,search_record.Name); new_node:=tree_node.Parent; get_folders(folder_str+ search_record.Name,tree_node); tree_node:=new_node; end; until FindNext(search_record)<>0; FindClose(search_record); end; end; cheers, Martin. posted: 5 Nov 2019 06: ...

... bit of track to another to continue a curve with a different radius, or is there an easier way to do this? Hi Tony. This can be done simply with the shift and join button at the top of the screen. When you move the ends of the two templates close enough they will snap together automatically. There is also a rather more elegant way of of doing this with the transition curve method. Move the peg to the end of the template you wish to fix or peg to the Trackpad. Ctrl 0 or Ctrl 1. Use the F4 key to extend the length of the control template. Then selected the Geometry drop down menu, go to the transition curve sub menu and choose one of the options such as C curve expanding transition. This will generate a transition curve with the larger radius twice the smaller one if your starting track was curved. Now repeat the process but this time choose the Zero-length instant transition at peg option. You can now adjust the boundary between the two radius by using Shift+ Ctrl ...

... to fill that size of space. I am currently planning a small urban branchline to fit in my spare room. The inside of the Bothy now looks like Steptoe's yard. Good luck Scott. posted: 22 Mar 2008 05:24 from: Martin Wynne Raymond wrote: Having recently moved I find myself with a loft that has 32x12feet of usable space. For someone who has never been able to contemplate more than a 15 foot end to end this is mind boggling! Hi Raymond, You didn't mention that this is for 0 gauge, so it's big, but not the vast emptiness that 4mm modellers might be imagining. In particular, the 12ft width means curves under 6ft radius for a continuous run, which is getting tight in 0 gauge. I see for example that you have a B7 off the inside of the end curve, giving an inner radius of only 41" which is very tight for 0. If you have turnouts in your end curves I would suggest C-10 as the shortest practical size, and preferably using even longer ...

... " of the station area I currently have a very short 1:4 point to maximise the length of loco that can clear the switch blades and run round the train. This has resulted in an ugly curved section with a pretty tight radius between the point and the double slip as the slip is based on 1:6 diamonds. If I replace the 1:4 with a 1:6 and make the section between the point and slip straight it looks much better, but I'll only ever be able to fit an 0-4 -0 or maybe just an 0-6 -0 tank into the "headshunt". I've attached both .box files, the "plus" one is the one that will mean extending beyond the current baseboard edge So, do I knock a hole in the sidescene and have say a 12" bolt on single track "fiddle yard" and have the prettier track arrangement? I'd have to hide the exit with trees or somesuch scenic device, or maybe resite the signal box to the other side of the ...

... a couple of dummy templates of fixed radius at each end of a section and then with the "make transition" function, make a curve between them. Search as I might I can't find that function? Hi Andrew, I entered "make transition" on the Templot site search, and it produced 6 pages of results. They are here: http://templot.com/zoom/search.cgi?zoom_query=%22make+ transition%22&zoom_page=1 &zoom_per_page=10&zoom_and=1 &zoom_sort=0 &zoom_xml=0 The most significant is this one, the make transition tutorial: http://templot.com/companion/index.html?info_files_make_trans.htm Admittedly it is 10 years out of date and lots of things could now be done differently, but the basics are still the same. Also, this old video shows how to use the make transition function in the second half: parallel platform using transition curve (5 mins, 5MB) (Press the spacebar to start the playback.) Andrew, please can you post your ...

... . Templot can't produce crossings shorter than 1: 1.5 RAM( i.e. not more than 33.7 degrees). This method also works for two straight tracks intersecting, but in that case the result is a regular diamond-crossing.____ For all irregular diamonds you will probably want to do some timber shoving to tidy them up. The program needs some further work in this area. Note that the DP peg position (CTRL-3) for an irregular half-diamond is not coincident with central CTRL-0 position and serves little practical purpose. Or at least, I haven't found a use for it yet. regards, Martin. posted: 18 May 2011 22:09 from: Paul Boyd Hi Martin I have to say I like what I've seen so far- thanks for letting us have a look at this. The irregular diamond feature just works! Firstly, I tried option 3 above and it was pretty obvious if the wrong intersection point was chosen, so that was easy enough to understand. The end result was ...

... topic: 3321 0 Gauge starter layout posted: 25 Aug 2018 14:54 from: Richard_Jones As I alluded to in a post on Singleton, the impulse purchase of a Dapol O gauge terrier in KESR blue livery has led to the development of a small layout, so that I can "play trains", as that day will be some time off for Singleton. So, imagine the KESR had built the line from Northiam to Rye and included a triangular junction (as mooted for the Cranbrook extension), then my "mini-layout" enviages a platform just to the East of Northiam, where one leg of the triangle meets the KESR, which avoids two lines across the road at the station. The other leg of the triangle, which provides for through running from Tenterden to Rye, is "off stage left" and has would have similar extensive facilities (!) to the West junction. For signalling purposes, "Rother Platform (West) for Rye" is within the station confines of Northiam, so that the home ...