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... plungle in building my own track and just started a new exhibition layout i'm having a bit of a job setting out some point work. Mainly an outside slip with a diamond attatched to it. Could someone point me in the right direction to making this possible... Hopefully the file will be attatched to this post so you can see what i ... better off with moving K crossings due to the flatness of the diamond. You might get away with it in P4/EM/00-SF but 00-BF has too much slop IMHO. Attachment: attach_1342_1813_market_street_12 _01_29_2244_22.box 326 Last edited on 29 Jan 2012 21:45 by Stephen Freeman posted: 29 Jan 2012 22:21 from: AndyJ Hi ... Jan 2012 15:34 from: AndyJ Hi there... I'm pretty new to Templot and been playing around with it for a while but i'm still struggling with a few bits.. Having taken the plungle in building my own track and just started a new exhibition layout i'm having a bit of a job setting out some point work. Mainly ...
... printed once it is all fixed as a single roll and not multiple sheets, can anyone assist with this, I am of course prepared to pay a resonable price! Hopefully attatched is the BOX files for assesment, critisim, slagging off cos I got it totally wrong. Attachment: attach_715_996_sr __westerham_22-12-09.box 350 Last edited on 22 Dec 2009 ... can make good use of it though you need to shorten the lengths using F4 so that that the ends join and not overlap. The curve to end dock does not look too prototypical, have you thought of using a transsision here instead? The back siding look OK to me and if your plan is non to clear, does it really matter? ... the final .box file when you are ready and I will do it for you onto a single large PDF for roll-format printing. It's no great trouble, just a few clicks -- no charge! To see the typical result: topic 930- message 5397 regards, Martin. posted: 23 Dec 2009 09:41 from: Trevor Grout ...
... It's quite likely that is one source of the chattering you have observed. Regards, Andrew posted: 20 Oct 2017 12:38 from: Phil O I agree with Andrew, keep all servo cabling well away from traction cabling, if they have to get close too each other wrap them in foil as this helps to shield them from each other. Phil posted: 20 Oct 2017 12:47 from: John Shelley Phil O wrote: I agree with Andrew, keep all servo cabling well away from traction cabling, if ... psychotherapist, I think I'm probably an interesting case study for her...can't otherwise understand why she should put up with a bit of trainset on the end of our dining table week in week out? Anyway domestic arrangments apart, back to the layout. Here are few pictures of what Ive been describing above...if I can recall how to upload? 2787_191503_490000000.jpg This view shows the underside wiring including the servos for turnouts controlled by the Megapoints electronics which seem rather like magic to me....! 2787_191512_420000000.jpg Yeovil point rodding ...
... also fairly simple to drag models of the chairs into the correct positions and orientation and combine them to produce an STL file to drive a printer. What is not so easy is producing 3D models for chairs that a) actually work, and b) don't look too horrible! I think I have reached a point where I'm limited by the printing technology itself. The results are actually a lot better than I thought they might be when I started out. Anyway, I've been making some wild guesses about chair dimensions, and ... mouse clicks. I have extruded one in this shot but I find it best to position all the chairs before extruding the timbers. 2983_040211_310000003.png To avoid having to make lots of different chairs for all the possible crossing angles I make the chairs at the Vee from a few sub-components. Slightly more complicated, but not much. Other than adding webs to interconnect the timbers, that's about all there is too it. I do not "add" the chairs to the timbers to make a single solid object. There is ...
... or two on a grey winter's day. I've been in the habit of posting them occasionally on RMweb, but I don't see any reason not to post them here. Here's the best of today's crop. It was a nice sunny day, but my fingers were too cold to work the camera controls properly so I didn't stay out long. astley_mud_1280x800.jpg camera at SO 78670 67837 I swear that pylon wasn't there when I pressed the shutter. Feel free to add your own photos if you wish. Not all of life is in ... then teaching ourselves to ski at the Cairnwell; early days, this was 1962. Here's a pic of the club descending from Macdui towards the Sron Riach:528_011505_470000000.jpg Taken with a truly awful pre-war folding medium format camera my parents had discarded. Had a few adventures in the very extended winter of, I think, 1977, including an attempt to glissade off Y Garn, above Llyn Idwal, which got a bit hairy. Also climbed Beinn an Dothaidh above Bridge of Orchy in the snow, much more recently. ...
... a here to click. That will have to be a later edit. Truly it is a mind-numbing tangle. I have been at this starting point of a users guide several times over the years, and never got any further because it goes off in too many directions at once. What I would like to know is if I am hitting the right note with the "Ladybird Book of Templot" style? Several times already I have written more explanation and then deleted it until later in the series. I don't ... Templot( as Peco users wanting better prototype fidelity) and just want to design a single plan and then move off and build it only returning to Templot when the next new layout is due. Hi Rob, All in good time. The plan for the next few videos is to work through the remainder of the beginner buttons. 1. the other mouse actions which are unaffected by the peg position -- orbit and shift. 2. explain the basics about the fixing peg, but not the notch at this stage. ...
... .... 479_140857_050000000.jpg posted: 14 May 2020 14:35 from: Martin Wynne Hi Gordon, I wanted to suggest that re-drawing it on the straight in Templot was the only way to get what you want, but I thought it would be too much work. Don't worry about the aspect ratio, it's easy to stretch it to fit a panel. This is just a quick re-size: 2_140928_510000000.png With some teaking we can remove the fuzziness. The main thing is to get the .box files done ... the mimic panel, hence my 3:2 ratio. As the overall length is 5.3m, it should fit on a 600 x 400 sheet if your 1:10 scaling is correct. I've just printed off a PDF and that looks fine. I have a few questions re platforms and would appreciate some guidance. How do you infill the platform shape as a colour and I'm a bit confused with island or dual faced platforms. If I understand correctly, you open a piece of track and then choose main side or turnout ...
... returned to it. It seemed that if the output was to be of any use in 3D printing, the chair outlines would need to have the proper corner radii. It's a lot of extra calculation with 4 chairs on most crossing timbers, but it hasn't impacted too much on the screen response for full track plans. Obviously you would switch the chairs on only for the final printed templates, they are not needed while track planning. It's fiendishly complex. For example the REA bridge chairs (L1) have a larger corner ... the chair base and rail seat. I have removed the silly angled socket in the rail seat which I had previously. On the prototype it is a spherical fillet radius, but that would involve a silly amount of code. On the outer jaw I used a few simple facets instead, although I'm not convinced it looks right. It is easier to see without the rail in place: 2_241247_000000000.png This view also shows the tapered ends of the key, to ease rail threading and reduce stress on the chair. Time for a ...
... forums. Only a tiny handful of sketchboard SK9 files have been attached here for comment. Was I wasting my time? And if so, where to next? There are several extra functions I would like to add for my own use, but is Templot already too complicated for most users? Should I be looking at a "Lite" version where users can select pictures of A5s, B6s, etc and simply click them together? Should I provide a way to work with non-adjustable Peco templates? To import plans ... no one has anything to say about them. So I will confess that I'm a bit disappointed and wondering if I have taken a wrong turning. The sketchboard function took months of work and a considerable expense for the licence for the graphics engine. But only a few sketchboard screenshots have been posted here or on any other forums. Only a tiny handful of sketchboard SK9 files have been attached here for comment. Was I wasting my time? And if so, where to next? There are several extra functions I would like ...
... the forum so I am not asking for assistance on this aspect- yet!) and then overlay templot EM track work to suit the general "feel" of the plan or is there a better way? I do have C. Freezer's original track plan image too however it had to be compressed by 6" in one direction and 12" in another direction so it would not be simply a case of laying over the top anyway. Thanks in advance, Paul. posted: 18 Jun 2008 22:29 from: ... in your space, and in EM too, is going to be an interesting challenge. The radii could get decidedly tight for EM. I will have a quick trial with it and see what might fit. Now that you have posted the plan I expect a few other Temploteers will have a go too! regards, Martin. posted: 24 Jun 2008 23:30 from: Martin Wynne I wrote: I will have a quick trial with it and see what might fit. Now that you have posted the plan I ...
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... very pleased with my progress and a slow methodical approach seems to be working for me. Your explanations are very helpful and if I don't get it first time, a re-run/re-read usually makes it clear. Having said that I am not too far down the line (sorry!) yet and I may be asking a few questions before too long! Keep up the good work- Thank you! Ralph Last edited on 15 Jul 2013 11:50 by Fishplate42 posted: 15 Jul 2013 14: ... could. Martin. posted: 15 Jul 2013 11:48 from: Fishplate42 Hi Martin, I can understand the guy's frustration. If it don't 'click' it can be a nightmare trying to understand what you are doing wrong. I paid for a licence a few years ago and after a computer upgrade have downloaded the free version. I have not used it much but am just getting to grips with it- so far so good. With other programs I have got stuck with, it always helps me if I can ...
... don't click the Sketchboard button you will never see it. It's still work in progress, but here are a couple of preview screenshots: 2_042200_050000000.gif 2_300514_470000000.png regards, Martin. posted: 30 Aug 2010 13:50 from: JFS Hi Martin, I think you are too hard on yourself- if you were to look down on the roof of a real goods shed/ loco shed/ whatever, it would look pretty boring also- these things only look "interesting" if seen as a 3D image I suspect The only improvement ... created a combined item comprising your water tank and my scruffy goods shed as raster bitmaps, and I added on a cattle dock which was created as a vector graphic in sketchboard itself: It is strange you mentioned Vector Graphics, I was thinking along those lines a few days ago. Having used XtrkCAD (sorry for the profanity) a couple of years ago, and having made up 'Structure' parameter files in plain text format (for the numbers that is) I wondered if this could be applied to 'Sketchboard', as ...
... 10 Sep 2019 09:39 from: RedgateModels I'm planning a small layout with dual gauge standard and narrow gauge trackwork, this will involve some turnouts, with the narrow gauge track joining and leaving the standard gauge section, but also a custom built standard gauge turnout too. Will be using code 80 rail throughout (I have a lot of Peco "crazy track" to rob) Should I make the jump to OO-SF for the standard gauge trackwork? any pitfalls especially with the inclusion of narrow gauge flangeways etc or ... wheels you plan to use for the stock. Much modern NG stock (eg Bachmann) has relatively fine flanges that will run through pointwork to P4 standards (I have tried!). If you already have stock then maybe best to do your own testing as few people actually do this sort of thing and all probably have a different variety of stock. posted: 10 Sep 2019 12:54 from: RedgateModels Good point, at lease one NG loco will be using a Farish "08" chassis, so pretty old ...
... , and then cut out your own discs. It's easy to peel them off, and if only a little worn you can often re-use them. Even if not, this is much less expensive than buying ready-made discs. If the adhesive is too aggressive, you can kill some of the tack with a light sprinkling of talcum powder. An alternative is to buy spare metal faceplate(s) and have different grades of abrasive on each one. How easy would it be to change the faceplate on these ... tasks are to blunt off the nose as shown, to a scale width of 3/4" (bullhead) or 5/8" (flat-bottom), and to re-instate the rail-head corner radius on the filed areas. A few strokes with a fine file and a final polish with abrasive paper will do that. It's also a good idea to take a few thou off the top of the vee nose so that it dips down slightly below the wing rails. This allows for the coning ...
... Pen Mill in 1922 and although 21x10 feet is a pretty generous space by my standards its still pretty cramped for the site. Iain Rice (the designer) and I almost came to blows over the minutiae of what would and wouldn't fit in, what would look too crowded or be too tight a radius, in short there are blood and tears in this plan and I'm loath to change it by more than a few mill if I don't have to. You talk of using a couple of dummy templates of fixed radius at ... 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? Later you refer to the Slew& Nudge function, and having read the bit on the link you sent about "swelling" I wondered if I could use that to good effect instead of Slew& Nudge to push the "up main line" out where it crosses the river on two separate over bridges(the line used to single) and the lines get significantly ...
... of bridge and standard chairs vary depending on which crossing angle you are using. Special chairs normally use the X, Y, A, B, C and sometimes D& E, and not always in pairs. Bridge chairs are used when 2 standard chairs are too big for the gap. The plans which come with the Exactoscale Turnout kits sometimes vary from the C&L Exactoscale crossing instructions, so sometimes its a bit trial and error. Both closure and exit sides are affected. posted: 12 Nov 2015 14: ... different method and each of us will find one that works best for us. For example, I have now tried building it in sections (switch, closure, crossing- all rails separate as per the prototype, where appropriate) and now built out of as few rails as possible with cuts going in later on. Each has its merits. I think everyone CAN make track, but it is who WANTS to. Everyone would like the bits to fall into place, but not everyone wants to make all the effort. ...
... a reasonable grip on Templot, but that reply makes me see I'm now where close!!! I'll go through a redesign of the layout into 0-MF and deal with the close curves and repost it, if that's ok. Let's hope I don't have too many queries along the way!! Thanks again Rich posted: 1 May 2016 12:48 from: RK Martin, Thanks for your advice. I've started to redraw the trackplan in 0-MF taking into account the bigger clearance for curves. A couple ... actual building, would anyone be prepared to look over the Templot file for me and check for any major mistakes I may have missed? Its things like: will signals fit between adjacent tracks, and whether coaches may catch on curves etc.. There are a few places where I have used diamond crossovers to represent double or single slips (or simply crossed straight tracks to represent crossings) because I'm not sure how to achieve slips, as yet. Any help and constructive comments would be welcomed. Rich Edit: Added Templot ...
... diamond-crossings are now fully supported in Templot2. Check rails are adjustable by mouse action in Templot2. I thought I would start a topic where I can report occasionally about what I'm currently working on in Templot. Comments and suggestions welcome, but don't leave it too long or I may have moved on to something else. 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 ... the preview, setup and calibration options. I have also started an interactive beginner's guide within the program itself, i.e. "click this and see what happens". I have concluded that this is the only way to get some folks started -- quite a few have freely admitted that they won't read manuals, web pages or watch videos. They expect to just dive into a program and stumble about until it all becomes clear. The chances of getting the best from Templot that way are almost nil, so I think ...
... Tom posted: 12 Mar 2015 21:34 from: D Foster One big deficiency in the hobby (and in the country) is that the so called "silent majority" of people who are happy and/or like things fail to say so. Far too many people are ready to moan and find fault while far too few people take the small amount of time to say something good. I suppose though that it is a "moan" to say that not enough people speak up in defence of anything that they ... is good/useful in contradiction of the moaners. It is actually brilliant fun in the big stores to insist on seeing a manager when there is a good member of staff to be commended- it really confuses/stuns the managers- but, once they have recovered, they are usually pleased. :-) Maybe there should be a "Campaign for Real Praise"? posted: 12 Mar 2015 22:42 from: Rob Manchester Martin Wynne wrote I would love to find out and maybe do something about it, ...
... " design for new handbuilt curved pointwork. Before you began handbuilding you sent me some scans of your existing 00 pointwork, which I matched for you in Templot. The straight turnouts were a good match to A-7, and the diamonds matched 1:7 too. The curved turnout was near a C-10, but not such a good match: gordon_scans.png gordon_scans_a7.png I tried using these for the CJF terminus plan, and managed to fit it within your 5400mm space, without losing any platform length. The goods yard ... made points using pcb strip and code 75 bullhead rail with 1mm flangeways. I had around 50 points from a previous layout but have now learned how to build my own customised pointwork. I'm very pleased with this development as I had never built a point until a few months ago as I thought I would never have the skills to do so. Following encouragement from other members of RMWeb, I attempted my first a couple of months ago and was amazed when I was able to produce a finished article that worked! Since then ...
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