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... topic: 407 Won't accept colour printing posted: 11 Apr 2008 01:55 from: jeckardt You can definately treat this one as FYI and low priority... I noticed the "colour printing" toggle on the print menu and decided to give it a try. I set my printer to our "Tektronix Phaser 850DP" printer, then selected "colour printing". Templot reported, "Your current printer is not a colour printer, or has not been set for colour printing." Entering printer setup from there allowed me to confirm that the correct printer was indeed selected, and that it was indeed enabled for colour. Not quite sure how to remedy that... and I'm not inclined to spend much time figuring it out. B/W is quite adequate. Joe posted: 11 Apr 2008 02:28 from: Martin Wynne jeckardt wrote: I set my printer to our "Tektronix Phaser 850DP" printer, then selected "colour printing". Templot reported, "Your current printer is not a colour printer, ...
... yes I had forgotten about it too Rob posted: 10 Feb 2020 21:20 from: Martin Wynne Rob Manchester wrote: What about putting 'MS' in the little square box on the templates? It may even prevent more questions about which side is which Hi Rob, Thanks. I will think about it. It's not as simple as it looks -- it can't be part of the template itself, otherwise when the template is the other way up it will read "SW". cheers, Martin. posted: 11 Feb 2020 04:35 from: Andrew Barrowman Paul Boyd wrote: All those years (decades?) of using Templot, and I never knew that! I think that's a fairly recent feature. posted: 11 Feb 2020 08:45 from: Jim Guthrie Andrew Barrowman wrote: Paul Boyd wrote: All those years (decades?) of using Templot, and I never knew that! I think that's a fairly recent feature. I agree- in the last year or two. I think Martin added it in ...
203. Joggles
... topic: 2175 Joggles posted: 11 Mar 2013 21:47 from: julia Can anyone suggest how to make a Joggle- I am not sure if that is the right term for it, but it's the term used in the 2mm scale track book- in a piece of flat bottom rail? Thanks J posted: 11 Mar 2013 22:09 from: Martin Wynne Hi Julia, Joggles are not usually made in flat-bottom rail because the rail section is too stiff. Most flat-bottom switches use the chamfered style of planing in which the stock rail is machined: 1679_261348_250000001.jpg The above pic from the excellent collection of Michael Davies in the Image Gallery, the large hi-res version is at: gallery/1679/original/1679_261348_250000001.jpg Lots more pics at: http://85a.co.uk/forum/gallery_view.php?user=1679#gallery_top Chamfered planing looks like this (this diagram is for bullhead rail): 1932_021155_110000000.gif The problem with chamfered planing is that it is very difficult to do in model form. Almost all model rail ...
... topic: 1622 Irregular Crossing timbers 2 posted: 10 Sep 2011 22:44 from: Len Cattley I think I have made the best choice of timber places for my Irregular Crossing, I have downloaded a file so you can judge for yourself. Kind regards. Len Cattley Attachment: attach_1175_1622_S7_Tebay_& _Kirkby-Stephen_crossing.box 132 posted: 11 Sep 2011 07:28 from: Raymond Hi Len, I think you will have to go back to the drawing board for that. You have a 7.4 crossing directly conneted to a 4.65 and therefore, no smooth line through the crossing, it needs to be on a curve. Also the 7.4 crossing does not connect to the turnout to the left. Regards Raymond Get yourself turned purple and try it with the new system. posted: 11 Sep 2011 10:44 from: Martin Wynne Raymond wrote: Hi Len, I think you will have to go back to the drawing board for that. Hi Raymond, Len's file is from TDV. You have loaded it into 091c by mistake. Hi ...
... topic: 3571 would you like a first look at Templot3? posted: 10 Dec 2019 11:41 from: Martin Wynne There has been a recent flurry of activity around Templot3, the open-source version of Templot. If you would like to see what that is all about, there is a new option in Templot2 version 225d: 2_100619_180000000.png If you click it, your running version of Templot2 will minimize to the taskbar, and Templot3 will open in its place. If you are in the middle of some important work, it would be a good idea to save it first. This is not a finished version of Templot3, there is still a lot of work in progress. But it is fully functional and usable apart from the missing functions -- no sketchboard, no PDF exports, and a few others. Don't get confused -- try using a different trackpad colour scheme from the one in Templot2. Notice too that the yellow hard-hat icon is green for Templot3. Close it when you have seen enough, and restore ...
... chairs to the stockrail? I notice a post advocating Loctite 435 adhesive for this but is this over the top? Rob Year ago I tested out various glues. The best was Butatone, if the joint was properly made then when trying to pull them apart the jaws of the chair would fail before the joint to the timber failed and the chair is a tight enough fit to hold the rail. This was using wooden timbers, I'd imagine that plastic timbers would make an even more immovable bond. posted: 18 Apr 2018 11:12 from: Martin Wynne Raymond wrote: Year ago I tested out various glues. The best was Butatone, if the joint was properly made then when trying to pull them apart the jaws of the chair would fail before the joint to the timber failed and the chair is a tight enough fit to hold the rail. Hi Raymond, Rob is asking about gluing the chairs to the rail, not to the timbers. This is for the slide chairs where there is only one jaw. And other places such as ...
207. Not quite Ogbourne
... . It's good enough to be able to build from knowing what I have done but it would be good to understand best practice for doing this. Thanks for reading, Richard. Attachment: attach_3023_3657_MSWJR-6.mecbox 94 posted: 5 May 2020 00:40 from: Richard Brummitt Here also the background files should you wish to load them also. Attachment: attach_3024_3657_MSWJR-4.bgs3 94 posted: 5 May 2020 10:56 from: KeithArmes Can we open a .mecbox file in Templot 2, please? Keith posted: 5 May 2020 11:01 from: DaveJ61 Hi Keith, Have you tried it? I didn't know either but I clicked the file from the post and it fired up Templot and displayed it. Dave Johns posted: 5 May 2020 11:26 from: Richard Brummitt KeithArmes wrote: Can we open a .mecbox file in Templot 2, please? Keith Keith, .mecbox was created with Templot 2. It was .box or .mecbox and I plumped for the latter. I can upload the .box file instead but not until this evening. posted ...
... topic: 586 Information Panel not showing for Current template posted: 11 Oct 2008 02:45 from: Richard Oldfield Dear Martin, Either 'I found a flaw' in the programme or myself. Session tonight ruined because I cannot see the information panel for the current template (and therefore any minimum radius warnings). Everything is set to 'Show information panel' but nothing appears. Have searched in the archive but can find no information about how to solve the problem. Deeply frustrating.... Richard posted: 11 Oct 2008 04:11 from: Martin Wynne Richard Oldfield wrote: Either 'I found a flaw' in the programme or myself. Session tonight ruined because I cannot see the information panel for the current template (and therefore any minimum radius warnings). Everything is set to 'Show information panel' but nothing appears. Have searched in the archive but can find no information about how to solve the problem. Deeply frustrating.... Hi Richard, This isn't a known problem and I can't reproduce it. What were you ...
... topic: 2241 Move ruler mouse action, and apply in plain track rail lengths posted: 28 Jun 2013 11:05 from: richard_t Just a couple of suggestions whilst I'm trying to reduce the number of sleepers for plain track in a fiddle yard: I know we have mouse actions to move one end or the other of the ruler, but I've found a couple of cases where I wanted the ruler to be a "set" length, but I wanted to move it elsewhere. Nothing that can't be done another way, I just thought it might be useful. Could we have a "apply" button in the "plain track rail lengths and sleeper spacings window" that would apply the current setting, but not close the window? I must admit I'm being lazy here and not working out the sleeper spacing (again for a fiddle yard), and just trying different settings before settling on one. It would just save a couple of clicks. If I was being really lazy, I'd ask for a plain track option, where ...
... topic: 2246 Access violation when saving background shapes posted: 2 Jul 2013 11:21 from: richard_t Hi I get an "Access violation at address 00403030 in module 'templot_2.exe'. Write of address 00000000." when saving background shapes containing a large-ish image. Templot continues and the background shape file is saved- but on reloading I need to manually reload the image. My system is Windows 7 x64 with 4Gb of RAM. The image is 384Mb in size, and a windows bitmap file. Templot itself is installed into c:\TEMPLOT_DEV, and I get the error if I try to save the background shapes file to a project folder (D :\ Model Railways\Manchester Central Lines\Drawings\Templot\background_shapes for example), or if I save it into the default location (C :\ TEMPLOT_DEV\SHAPE-FILES). The image itself comes from the above location (d :\ Model Railways....), and the C:\TEMPLOT_DEV\IMAGE-FILES folder just contains the ...
211. Saving and retrieval
... that the one thing we are all short of is time. So often, by the time I have set everything as I want it, there is little time for real use. Surely it does not have to be like this? Templot becomes more powerful at every revision. But, I would gladly forgo any number of these for a 'Tools, Options, control panel that I could use to enter my requirements once and for all. What do others think? Regards Brian Lewis Carrs- C+ L Finescale posted: 11 Nov 2008 13:47 from: Martin Wynne Hi Brian, You asked: What do others think? Others have remained silent, so I will add a few comments of my own. One thing I find frustrating and cannot seem to solve is the problem of 'when is saving, not actually saving?' Saving a .box file saves the full specification for each of the stored track templates. It's not a "document" file in the Windows sense, it's a data file. It doesn't contain anything about your program ...
212. Track construction
... , sticking ply in water to remove the template is probable not a good idea. Is there a message thread that may have various solutions please. Cheers Simon Handby posted: 3 Jul 2013 08:28 from: John Arkell Hi Simon You may find what you need on Brassmasters website http://www.brassmasters.co.uk/track_details.htm See item P005 Regards John Arkell posted: 3 Jul 2013 08:36 from: Alan Turner You could also try these: http://www.proto87.com/accurate-track.html Alan posted: 3 Jul 2013 11:05 from: brianod Hi SimonCan not help you to source the parts but in terms of track construction, I pre-stain my ply sleepers with a spirit based stain and stick them to the template using a paper glue- Pritt Stick or similar. I use solder construction for the track and have had no problems with soaking the completed track template to remove the paper. Often the paper can be removed by simply spraying the completed template with water from the type of spray bottle that you would use to spray the ...
213. New Tiebar Design
... - i.e. by drilling the point-blades and stock rails or more conventionally- details on my website Attachment: attach_1124_1557_tiebar2.jpg 685 posted: 7 Jul 2011 08:42 from: Mike Waldron website address? posted: 7 Jul 2011 10:28 from: Jim Guthrie Borg-Rail wrote: suitable for just about any gauge/scale 5mm scale?? Jim. (S scale Society) posted: 7 Jul 2011 10:58 from: Stephen Freeman website. S Scale- certainly sir! posted: 7 Jul 2011 11:46 from: PaulTownsend How can I use these on 4mm scale mixed gauge track for 4'8" and 7'? posted: 7 Jul 2011 14:46 from: Stephen Freeman I don't understand why you think you couldn't any more than with any other system, if you have a particular problem in mind, I'm sure I can come up with something. PaulTownsend wrote: How can I use these on 4mm scale mixed gauge track for 4'8" and 7'? posted: 8 Jul 2011 07:41 from ...
... . Thanks again. Richard posted: 12 Aug 2019 21:52 from: Richard Benn Thanks. Worked first time. Richard 2973_121651_140000000.jpg posted: 12 Aug 2019 22:05 from: Martin Wynne Hi Richard, That was quick! Glad it worked. Care to tell us what printer you have there? It looks a useful piece of kit. cheers, Martin. posted: 13 Aug 2019 10:09 from: Richard Benn It's an old Canon IPF610 that I picked up on eBay. Richard posted: 13 Aug 2019 11:11 from: Martin Wynne Richard Benn wrote: It's an old Canon IPF610 that I picked up on eBay. Hi Richard, Wow, that's just the job for printing track plans. But I don't think there was any need to be using the banner option in Templot. Or PDF. Templot should be able to print directly to that without going via PDF. You need to create a suitable large custom paper size in the printer's setup. A single page to cover the length of your railway room. Then in ...
215. Ceeton 2
... it should be possible to rearrange the sidings to fit. Cheers Nigel posted: 5 Jul 2011 18:08 from: Katier Hi Nigel, I had wondered if they might be. I was thinking maybe bow the mainlines up slightly. The baseboard is 8 inches from the bottom of the board to the 2ft mark. The top platform has 3.4 inches (according to the magic ruler) of space. So 28 feet of space, while the space between the ends of the sleepers for the island is 1.3 inches or about 11 feet. Not sure what of that would be platform but does seem a bit narrow. I'm guessing I should 'steel' 1 inch out of the top giving 20ft there and give the island another inch giving it a maximum width of about 19 ft? Still probably prototypically narrow but doable? Second idea, make the top platform low relief with only half a station and say 1.5 inches maximum platform depth (so about 12-14ft) and increase the island to a maximum of about 3 inches? Last edited on 5 ...
... turnout to build and have some thin cork, just for experiment sake I might give it a try Hi, this is blue foam embossed with a brass rectangle section then painted with acrylic paint. The foam came from 4D Models and was available in many thicknesses from 1mm, 2mm etc. 4D are closed at the moment so I'm not sure what is available, but it is lovely material to work with. Cuts with a sharp knife and sticks with PVA. Hope this helps. Regards, Graham posted: 4 May 2020 11:46 from: Tony W I would be a little cautious of using a water based filler for inlaid track. Many years ago I naively used polyfiller to represent a flat concrete area of inlaid track and scribed flangeways with a shaped tool before it fully hardened. The next day I tried to run a loco only for the overload on the controller to trip. On investigation I discovered the resistance between the rails was less than 1 ohm! The moisture in the plaster was shorting out the rails! It was several weeks ...
... a plan the other day thanks to a posting by someone else and find I need almost 240 metres of rail for the current plan. Now I shall have to investigate further and make sure I can actually afford to buy the materials to build it all! I, like others before me, think that the expertise available on this Forum is more than adequate for learners and far better than any other software I use. I hope you find the extra time to yourself enjoyable and productive. Regards Raymond posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:59 from: Paul I don't think you should do it for nothing! All you need is a reel idiot guide for people like me who know nothing about rail or model rail building and a good description of the terminology and abbreviations. What is a TS and which side is the turn out side if that is what it means. Most times I seem to find a good definition to a term is better than a ream of explanation. In spite of the fact that I have now shown my ignorance, I ...
... then later use shift/F10 and click on the green bar to restore timbers, it doesn't and the option to restore timbers is greyed out. Is there some new way to do this or is it a bug? posted: 6 Oct 2013 10:46 from: Martin Wynne Hi Stephen, I can't reproduce this. It is all working ok for me. Where did you select "no timbering"? Which version of Templot? Can you post the .box file? regards, Martin. posted: 6 Oct 2013 11:08 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, Latest version. Real>>>>No timbering Template Number 20 DL0021 is the one. I did have a way round it as I had already saved it with timbering. Martin Wynne wrote: Hi Stephen, I can't reproduce this. It is all working ok for me. Where did you select "no timbering"? Which version of Templot? Can you post the .box file? regards, Martin. Attachment: attach_1661_2329_goggwrsingleslip1 in7_2013_10_06_1101_05.box 296 posted: 6 Oct 2013 11: ...
... from: Martin Wynne Hi Igor, You can find some "standard" sizes of turnouts and curves by clicking the NEW button. See this video for more details: http://templot.com/companion/your_first_printed_template.php Alternatively you can create your own set of "standard" templates for re-use. Store them as library templates -- program> store as library template. Save the BOX file, and add it to your track plan whenever you need to use them. cheers, Martin. posted: 15 Aug 2020 11:34 from: Igor Kurgan Best Martin,That was the function that give me the idea but was not entirely what i meant. A sort of drop down menu or extra toolbar directly for use. In my case i would create(all in f1 btw): Strait pieces of 125cm and 62,5cm Curves in a radii of 300cm with a lenght of 117,8 and 58,9 /39,2 315cm 123,7 etc 400cm etc Switches/3way/diamonds/ect I prefabricate as much ...
... : 6 Apr 2012 00:41 from: Tony W Hi David. Not an easy one to solve as you are trying to combine a constant radius curve one side of the diamond with a transition curve on the other, however I think this may work, but the timbering will need tidying up and the top right turnout may have to be moved slightly to allow the timbering to line up better. I will have another look at it tomorrow. Tony. Attachment: attach_1418_1901_staircliffe_junct ion_2012_04_06_0034_37.box 375 posted: 6 Apr 2012 02:11 from: Martin Wynne Hi Tony, Dave, Using a transition seems a bit of an overkill. If the turnouts are snaked a mm or two, fixed curves will fit. If the turnout toe positions are critical, the leads can be adjusted by changing the crossing entry straights (SHIFT+ F11). File attached, but it still needs the partial templates, timbering and check rails done. regards, Martin. Attachment: attach_1419_1901_staircliffe_junct ion_diamond.box 350 posted: 6 Apr 2012 14:44 from: Tony W Hi David ...
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