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... although it may be the method used by some CAD programs. You can tell if the trackplan is one of the above, because as you increase the zoom in the PDF reader, the trackplan remains crisp on the screen and doesn't go fuzzy. It will be large and bold but with sharp edges. If it doesn't go fuzzy, see A below. If it does go fuzzy, it means the trackplan has been embedded in the PDF file as: 3. a bitmap image. This is the most usual way for JPG photos, PNG screenshots, etc., to be included in a PDF file. If it does go fuzzy, see B below. Most paid-for PDF programs can export the contents as image(s). At one time the free Nitro PDF Reader would also do it, but that seems to be no longer available. However, the Pro version of Nitro can be installed for a 14-day free trial, download from: http://install.nitropdf.com/pro11/nitroreader/nitro_pro11.exe A not fuzzy ...
... layout of Bolton Trinity Street Station from a layout plan I have for 1963 and the first thing I thought was lets try and make the 4 way crossing, well its work in progress, hopefully will finish this weekend ive also made 3D printed parts as the guide rails on each crossing the isolation for DCC is going to be fun, but am very interseted to see what I can make from the Templot Software, the template for the crossing I made on my CNC router. Regards John Attachment: attach_2889_3497_20190905_171120[1] .jpg 252 Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Bolton Station Crossing about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and first-time visitors. indexing link for search engines back to top of page Please read this important note about copyright: Unless stated otherwise, all the files submitted to this web site are copyright and the property ...
... posted: 28 Sep 2019 21:31 from: Phil O Hi Tom, If you have a look on page 5 of share and show, you will see photos and footprint drawings of GW special chairs, which may prove useful to you. Sorry I can't give you links. Cheers Phil. posted: 28 Sep 2019 21:32 from: Tom Allen thanks Phil posted: 28 Sep 2019 21:37 from: Tom Allen found this earlier Attachment: attach_2909_3511_gwr-chair-pamphlet-1751_(1) .jpg 412 Last edited on 28 Sep 2019 21:38 by Tom Allen posted: 29 Sep 2019 21:52 from: Martin Wynne Phil O wrote: Hi Tom, If you have a look on page 5 of share and show, you will see photos and footprint drawings of GW special chairs, which may prove useful to you. Sorry I can't give you links. Cheers Phil. Hi Phil, Tom, Here are the topic links: topic 182 topic 184 topic 186 topic 187 topic 188 topic 189 topic 190 ...
... topic: 3787 Background shapes not showing posted: 1 Oct 2020 12:31 from: rynd2it I have a track plan, with baseboard outlines as background shapes plus a JPG image as the background map. Without the image all my shapes are shown when loaded from the .bgs file but as soon as I load the image file it covers the baseboard outlines and I cannot see what settings in the shapes dialog to change to prevent this happening. I really need to see the baseboard outlines and the map to be able to adjust the track plan to avoid awkward track splits on the joins. What am I missing here? Attachment: attach_3156_3787_faringdon_gwr_met ric2.bgs3 21 posted: 1 Oct 2020 13:36 from: Martin Wynne Hi, Background shapes are drawn on the screen in the order listed. To see your other shapes over the map, you need to draw the map first: 2_010806_170000000.png 1. select the picture shape. 2. use the brown arrow buttons to move shapes up and down in the list. In this case you need to move the ...
45. DXF Import
... topic: 3806 DXF Import posted: 1 Nov 2020 21:11 from: Thomas Clarke A friend of mine kindly drew out to EM scale track plan of Eardisley station in Autocad. When I imported the dxf file into Templot it was the right scale but something weird happend to the file when it was imported as can be seen in the Eardisley JPG when in fact it should looked like 3.JPG. It has also placed it a long way away from the track template 1.JPG and produce some separate shapes located in the bottom right hand corner 2.JPG. Any idea what might be causing this to happen. 3704_011607_460000000.jpg 1.JPG 3704_011609_360000000.png 2.JPG 3704_011610_150000000.png 3.JPG 3704_011610_530000000.png Eardisley.JPG posted: 1 Nov 2020 21:48 from: Martin Wynne Hi Thomas, Welcome to Templot Club. Please could you post your DXF file( .dxf) as an attachment? It's difficult to see what's happening from your screenshots. The attachment button is below the post editor panel. cheers, Martin. posted: 2 Nov 2020 00:44 from: Thomas Clarke Hi Martin Templot BG. dxf ...
... topic: 2848 shape images on sketchboard posted: 23 Feb 2016 16:10 from: Geoff Cook Hi Bit strange for me to ask a question I have a trackplan with shapes for the baseboards, when it is in the sketchboard the shapes baseboard outlines show up and are clear, if then I go to create a pdf, jpg, etc the track lines are clear but you can hardly see the board outlines. I have the shapes set to thick lines but that doesn't seem to make any difference I have attach pdf to show what I mean Geoff Cook Attachment: attach_2233_2848_bcb_boardnumbers2 016_02_23_1300_34.pdf 223 Last edited on 23 Feb 2016 16:11 by Geoff Cook posted: 23 Feb 2016 18:09 from: Martin Wynne Geoff Cook wrote: I have the shapes set to thick lines but that doesn't seem to make any difference Hi Geoff, You have probably set the line thickness for the trackpad( screen ), on the background shapes dialog. For all output formats, including the sketchboard, it is necessary to make the settings in the output menu ...
... usual way. There are 3 options for this: 1. DXF files from a CAD program can be imported into the background shapes function. If TrainPlayer can export DXF files this may be your best option: dxf_import1.png There is a page showing Templot tracks designed over a DXF import from XTrackCad at: rene_tandem Like this: rene_tandem4.gif Note that the tracks shown in grey are background shapes imported as DXF from XtrackCad, they are not Templot templates and cannot be adjusted using the usual Templot controls. 2. Image files (PNG, JPG, GIF) can be imported into the background shapes as a picture shape. This might be an image created by scanning a printed track plan or map, or an image exported from another program, or a screenshot captured while another program is running. 3. Anything displayed on the sketchboard can also be shown on the workpad and used as a background guide in the same way as the background shapes. This can include EMF metafiles which can be exported by some CAD programs and other drawing programs. The sketchboard can also ...
... Apple Mac computers and am not all conversant with PCs. I have a small laptop PC bought for this job but I find it very difficult to adjust to PC working. Any help would be greatly appreciated. A copy of the scan is appended below. Many thanks John L 3062_181112_060000000.jpg posted: 18 Jan 2016 16:47 from: Martin Wynne Hi John, Welcome to Templot Club. You don't need a BMP file (that is from older versions of Templot). Nowadays all the common image formats work -- usually JPG for a scan. But you can still use the BMP file. Don't use the sketchboard. You can add images that way, but for what you want it is better to use a picture shape. N.B. Don't start this until you have made your S4/P4 gauge setting. Click this menu item: 2_181130_080000000.png which leads to: 2_131128_200000001.png Click background shapes at the bottom. Which leads to: 2_181137_580000000.png Click the add shape button. Which leads to: 2_181141_330000000.png Click whichever answer is appropriate, probably the second blue ...
49. uploading files
... rotating arrow next to <Connecting>, but it never completes the upload. I have tried both docx (not sure if that is an acceptable format) and .pdf Hi Arthur, Where are you trying to upload? As an attachment to a message? For that PDF is acceptable but not DOCX. You can see the list of acceptable files alongside the attachment box below the cream message editor panel. If you are trying to upload to the Image Gallery using the buttons above the editor panel, only PNG, GIF, JPG image files are acceptable. regards, Martin. posted: 19 Dec 2011 18:13 from: LSWRArt Hi Martin, it was an attachment to a message. I hope that you do not mind, but in order to work through your tutorial I updated my copy (replacing pad by workpad, track by template, etc., to make it easier for me to follow the tutorial), and I wondered if this would be useful to others. I have highlighted all the changes in yellow, so that anyone ...
... to: Video list page Read the notes, then scroll down to "picture shape -- display a scanned track plan as a background guide". It's 39MB so suitable for broadband only, sorry. Other videos showing tracks being adjusted over a background guide are "overlaid track on a rough sketch" (a good beginner's guide to using the basic Templot adjustments), and "overlaid track on a scan" (a longer video showing a classic H0 layout). Edit 2012 for Templot2: Templot now supports PNG and JPG files in addition to BMP files for picture shapes, and it is no longer necessary to save them first in the shapes folder. You can save them anywhere on your computer. The above videos and notes have not yet been updated to reflect these changes. 2. Same as above, but using the PDF image from XTrkCad as the design guide. Display it using the Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader or Nitro Reader, and then do a screen capture as a Windows bitmap. On a PC that simply means pressing the ...
... set the CENTLINE layer as track objects. Alternatively select the 3D option, but ideally you need to make some changes in the generator and rebuild first. For example, the outline extension marks on the timbers are not needed in 3D. regards, Martin. posted: 31 Jul 2008 09:39 from: pimin Martin, Thanks, I'll give all that a try. Yes I am seeing something very different when I import into 3PI. I see what you show AND a bunch of extraneous track segments. I'll post a jpg of it if it doesn't go away in the next round of playing with it. Pimin posted: 31 Jul 2008 09:47 from: Martin Wynne Hi Pimin, I made a quick bit of Jing video in 3D from your .box file. Sorry no time to fix the lighting. No sign of extraneous track segments here: http://screencast.com/t /WsMeAxcJ2V regards, Martin. posted: 31 Jul 2008 10:06 from: Martin Wynne Hi Pimin, Here's your track plan exported to DXF as ...
... 35 from: Martin Wynne Michael wrote: Please would you explain how I can download a picture from Canon Zoombrowser EX into a Background Shape file in Templot. I have been trying to do this, by referring to the Templot Help Information on Background Shapes, but Templot does not seem to be able to find the file. The camera image was originally downloaded into Zoombrowser EX, and then modified in GIMP 2, and saved. Hi Michael, Templot uses only Windows bitmap image files( .bmp file format), not jpg. Open your image in Gimp or any graphics editor program. Save it in .bmp file format in your C:\TEMPLOT\SHAPE-FILES\ folder. You can then load it into a background picture shape in Templot. There is a Templot video showing how to set up an image in a picture shape: picture shape -- display a track plan image as a background guide 39MB (broadband only) regards, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting ...
... measurement of the real thing shows 16ins. If I could figure out how to attach the photos with the ruler in place, I would..... Cheers, David C posted: 5 Mar 2009 20:24 from: David Catton Here's the photo I first when I opened this topic sent but with measurements added to show the 8ft 6ins sleeper. I guess I'll have to send the photos of the show in place on the extant Class 502 one at a time. DC Attachment: attach_508_699_Conductor_rails(2) .jpg 446 posted: 27 Sep 2018 19:37 from: David Catton I wonder if anyone can help with this query? As already stated when I started this thread, I'm modelling the Liverpool area electrification system in P4 and would like to include accurate bases to the 3rd rail conductor supports. I've attached a photo showing the base that was fastened to the sleeper to locate the 3rd rail chairs. Can anyone provide me with the dimensions of the base plate so I can draw up etching master to reproduce these in model form ...
... posted: 13 Mar 2010 15:55 from: Dellboy Arthur Budd wrote: After my success producing a usable track plan yesterday I've hit another wall trying to produce the baseboard outline as a background shape. Arthur Hello Arthur You may want to have a try at what I did. I drew an outline scale drawing for my overall layout in M/S Excel, screen printed it into Windows Paint (edit/paste), carefully cropped it, saved it as a 24-bit Bitmap image (or could save as jpg etc.) and loaded it into Templot as a background picture shape, the x dimension being the actual length available for the layout. This produced a very accurate outline to work from. As the track design progressed I was able to develop/modify the Excel drawing to show shapes for the baseboards, positions for joints and framing, positions for cutouts for WITs, TOUs etc. It is a simple matter to regenerate the Excell drawing into templot as you make your adjustments to track and/or baseboards, to see ...
... one is a Cannon 620 (Pixima). posted: 12 Jun 2010 17:10 from: Martin Wynne Nigel Osborne wrote: I can't get a map or drawing for a back ground to show, would it be difference in file types. Hi Nigel, The file needs to be in BMP format (Windows Bitmap) and saved in your C:/TEMPLOT/SHAPE-FILES folder. Your scanner software should allow you to save in that format to that folder. If not, save it from the scanner as JPG format at the highest quality setting. Then open it in your photo editor program and save it again in BMP format. There is a video here showing the process: http://85a.co.uk/flash/backgnd_scan/ regards, Martin. posted: 13 Jun 2010 14:54 from: Nigel Osborne Tried that still doesn't work still stays in img& bmp it worked on an other program called Trainplayer that was on Windows XP not this Windows 7. posted: 13 Jun 2010 15:00 from: Martin Wynne ...
... It's been a couple of days since I've been able to think about what you wrote. I believe that what you've said above illustrates some of the difficulty that simple souls like me have in learning Templot. What you say is "misleading" doesn't seem to be an actual problem to me. I can sum it up in three words: "does it matter?". To 95% of users, does it matter that what is stored is raw data, and not a complete template, as an image like a jpg would be? I suspect, and contest, that it does not. What matters is that they know what they have saved (or copied, or deleted) and they know that they can get it back again. Whether that "image" is stored as one set of data, or two, or a series of slices of blue cheese does not actually matter to them one jot. So I would say that the phrase "copy to..." is still the most accurate one TO THE USER available ...
... into sections before vectorizing each section to separate DXF files. Alternatively there are probably some settings in your vectorizing software to control the complexity of the DXF file and the number of entities created. Most users find it better to use a scanned image directly as a picture shape rather than vectorizing it to a DXF. There is a video showing how to import a scanned image as a picture shape: http://www.templot.com/martweb/videos/map_picture_shape.exe Note that this will be all-change in the next Pug -- JPG, PNG and GIF images will be supported in addition to BMP. You can try the changes now if you would like to join the TDV development group. regards, Martin. posted: 17 Jul 2011 17:25 from: Bob Juleff Hi Martin, Thanks for your reply. I am afraid I am no further forward despite following your video step by step with my Templot. The problem seems to be in saving and recovering the image. I am ok with the import of my .bmp file into the C: ...
... the right direction i'd be most grateful. Regards Ray. Just found 'Background and Scans' should be OK now. Last edited on 9 Dec 2011 10:36 by r_wilton posted: 9 Dec 2011 11:00 from: Martin Wynne r_wilton wrote: Just found 'Background and Scans' should be OK now. Hi Ray, There's a full video explanation here: http://www.templot.com/martweb/videos/map_picture_shape.exe Note that there are some changes in TDV and Templot2 -- you can now use PNG, GIF, JPG image files in addition to BMP, and they no longer need to be saved in the \SHAPE-FILES\ folder. regards, Martin. posted: 11 Dec 2011 19:15 from: r_wilton Many thanks Martin. Found the 'Companion' videos and Tony's 'Beginners Guide', should keep me going for sometime. posted: 13 Dec 2011 12:24 from: Paul Hi Ray, was messing around with that just recently, for practice I used a 1:2500 scan, then re-did the the ...
... so the inner jaws should give a gauge of 16.2mm. er no, Stephen. I'm not prepared to have such misinformation spread via Templot Club and I have deleted it. Martin. posted: 21 Dec 2011 15:16 from: Stephen Freeman 142_211030_500000000.png 142_211037_310000000.png Err, Sorry, what I should have said is that the distance between the inner edge of the outer groove and the inner edge of the opposite inner groove on my EM gauges (C &L) is 16.2mm (fact), so why not? See attached jpg for clarification Martin Wynne wrote: Borg-Rail wrote: If you are thinking of going EM, just buy some EM Gauges. You can actually use them to build 00-SF as well if you wish (00-SF after all, is EM- 2mm) so the inner jaws should give a gauge of 16.2mm. er no, Stephen. I'm not prepared to have such misinformation spread via Templot Club and I have deleted it. Martin. Attachment: attach_1281_1740_emgauge.jpg 515 Last edited on 21 Dec 2011 15: ...
... also the .sk81 image file from C:TEMPLOT_DEVSHAPE-FILES folder (if it is not too large -- upload size limit 6.5 MB) (The BGS file contains the size and position info, but not the actual image.) regards, Martin. Last edited on 17 Mar 2015 16:12 by Trevor Walling posted: 17 Mar 2015 15:44 from: Martin Wynne Hi Trevor, Depending on the present format, it may be possible to reduce the file size by using fewer colours, or by saving in JPG format for upload. (A copy, don't do that with the file you are actually using.) If you send the original to me at martin@templot.com I will upload it to the server outside of the Templot Club database, so everyone can get it. regards, Martin. posted: 17 Mar 2015 15:53 from: Trevor Walling Hello Howard, Just a question:- are you sure that 50mm track centre spacing is adequate on curves of only 24" radius? I am hoping so.The double track ...
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