... topic: 2418 Tandem turnouts posted: 9 Mar 2014 13:05 from: PeterD I am making a 3 way switch to feed from two platform roads onto a central loco release between the platform tracks. I have tried to construct this three times and ended up finding the 'Lock Switch (in F5) was greyed out and therefore not selectable. Can anyone advise why this should be? Thank you posted: 9 Mar 2014 13:48 from: Martin Wynne PeterD wrote: I have tried to construct this three times and ended up finding the 'Lock Switch (in F5) was greyed out and therefore not selectable. Hi Peter, Probably because you are using a custom switch. Such a switch will always be locked in F5 because Templot has no way of knowing what other switch to use instead. However, it is much better to ignore all that out-of-date stuff and use a gaunt turnout or irregular diamond in Templot2 for the middle crossing. The crossing angle can then be adjusted with F9 instead of F5. More here ...

... from: Martin Wynne leswaters wrote: They have asked me for a JPEG and a PDF file. I have created the JPEG file with no problems but seem to be having issues with the PDF file. I would like the sleepers to be printed as well as the rails but the PDF file does not show them. Hi Les, Which PDF reader are you using? Do the timbers appear if you zoom in on the PDF? If not, please can you attach your PDF file here? Why do they want a JPG file? It's not practical to print that size from JPG. If they simply want an image to look at for reference, it would be far, far, better to give them a PNG. regards, Martin. posted: 18 Apr 2017 14:15 from: leswaters Martin Thank you as always for your prompt reply. I was not viewing a PDF file but simply viewing what Templot was displaying ie. only rails no sleepers. The problem is I cannot produce a PDF file for export via email. I ...

... topic: 1467 Loosing K rails posted: 26 Apr 2011 16:05 from: Raymond The attached box file shows a diamond I am working on. The item 'Un-named' has no K rails. I was using F5 to alter the angle and the rails simply vanish at about 1.8 but the other diamond went down to 1:7.5 without problem. I am confused and cannot see where I have gone wrong, probably something simple too. Regards Raymond Attachment: attach_1047_1467_Odd_result.box 169 posted: 26 Apr 2011 17:50 from: Martin Wynne Raymond wrote: I was using F5 to alter the angle and the rails simply vanish at about 1.8 but the other diamond went down to 1:7.5 without problem. Hi Raymond, Diamond-crossings with K-crossings flatter than 1:8 are required to be switch-diamonds (i.e. with movable K-crossings which don't have check rails). See: topic 731- message 4156 More info at real> K-crossing options>? K-crossings- help menu item. ...

... make a proper edited video at present. I will make another video clip shortly, showing how to fix the clearance problem. regards, Martin. posted: 29 Dec 2016 03:09 from: Martin Wynne Hi Richard, Here is the second video clip, showing how to adjust the track centres for running clearance: http://flashbackconnect.com/Default.aspx?id=aqqMgFdm4XWYk4JP4U1Mzw2 There is more about the dummy vehicle tool here: http://templot.com/companion/dummy_vehicle_tool.html regards, Martin. posted: 29 Dec 2016 05:54 from: drrsenior Martin Wynne wrote: Hi Richard, Here is the second video clip, showing how to adjust the track centres for running clearance: http://flashbackconnect.com/Default.aspx?id=aqqMgFdm4XWYk4JP4U1Mzw2 There is more about the dummy vehicle tool here: http://templot.com/companion/dummy_vehicle_tool.html regards, Martin. That's really helpful....thank you.It looks as if my track centres are marginally tight and will have to be increased on the next re draw. I was reasonably content with the flow ...

... remember the location and the save dialogue box opened at that location ..even if it was a new Templot session where nothing had been previously saved. In the TDV it always defaults to the BOX-FILES location within the Templot installation folder on my C drive. Is this a deliberate change? I've also noticed that when using the UNDO function, it always seems to take two clicks to undo anything, the first one never seems to work. A bug or is it intentional? Regards Alan posted: 30 May 2011 00:05 from: Martin Wynne I wrote: Paul Boyd wrote: Whilst talking about" nice to haves" it would be good if, when omitting check rails in the D o -> omit r ails and joint marks menu item, we could choose whether to omit K and V check rails separately. Please, Martin!!! Hi Paul, Oh Dear. The TDV contains the wrong dialog. Sorry about that. I've already implemented that option, but it's gone missing somewhere. I will sort it out. Found ...

... been having loads of problems with the 4mm version, and they wanted to get those right first. When the injection moulded versions become available you will then have a choice as my understanding is that the Exactoscale ones will be of GWR design. However, they are unlikely to be doing the L1CC variants which are somewhere near the top of my to-do-list, along with 100-plus other chairs needed for the two S7 layouts that I'm currently involved with. Regards David R posted: 20 May 2011 21:05 from: Phil O David R wrote: richard_t wrote: I was told that these would be Exactoscale's next 7mm scale chair, but they'd been having loads of problems with the 4mm version, and they wanted to get those right first. When the injection moulded versions become available you will then have a choice as my understanding is that the Exactoscale ones will be of GWR design. However, they are unlikely to be doing the L1CC variants which are somewhere near the top of my to-do-list, along with ...

... K angles the same, I think I shall have to get an accurate protractor and measure them some time, or spend a lot of time doing the maths. I am sure of one thing though, when the full diamond is constructed, all the rails of the two roads, follow the guide curves exactly all the way through and are a perfect match. BTW, many thanks Paul for the advice about the K crossing options in 0.91c. Thanks again for the messages. All the best, posted: 24 May 2011 05:02 from: Martin Wynne Brian Nicholls wrote: The Vee crossing at top end crossover is 1: 9.5 The Vee angle at lower end crossover is 1: 6.91 Clearly this falls right into the category of a mixed diamond Hi Brian, The V-crossing angles are largely irrelevant. Only if the K-crossing angles span the limit will you get a mixed diamond. They probably don't. Why not join the development group and try it again in TDV? Apart from solving the angle question you will see how ...

... be docked at home to a base which hooks you up to a large screen and, possibly, large capacity disk drives. We have had that facility for some years now with laptops and netbooks, but the advances in chip technology might let a much smaller Iphone size appliance have the processor power to run the high end applications at home so that people only need to have one computer to do all their tasks. Jim. Last edited on 27 Nov 2010 11:50 by Jim Guthrie posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:05 from: Martin Wynne rodney_hills wrote: Surely a domestic LAPTOP will do the job, the same one as many folks will have for emails, web browsing, photo collection, etc, etc. Hi Rodney, But will they? Laptops are getting smaller and lighter, with the latest solid-state netbook versions. They must surely merge eventually with the mobile ithings. Already you can do "emails, web browsing, photo collection, etc." on such things and never need a mainstream computer. I don't doubt ...

... 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 and chunter about anything ...

... topic: 1549 TDV- Gauge Menu posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:33 from: Glen Suckling In the developement doings forum Martin Wynne wrote: "However, the web forums are full of arguments about this, and whether it should be "0 Scale" in the American style or "0 Gauge" in the UK, so whatever we do in Templot is sure not to please someone." It is my experience that both "0 Scale" and "0 Gauge" are used in the United States with very different meanings. Both refer to a scale of 1/4"= 1 ft. (1 :48) running on a track gauge of 1.25". However there the similarity ends. "0 Scale" is generally taken to mean NMRA two rail fine scale (the American equivalent of GOG-FS) whereas "0 Gauge" refers to three rail coarse scale (aka Hi-Rail). Three rail track is much more common here than in the UK and many of the three rail layouts rival the ...