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... . Similarly, as I said, I am a linux boy, so if you need any help testing (or whatever) I would be glad to lend a hand where I can. Cheers, Graeme Last edited on 3 May 2020 15:36 by Graeme posted: 3 May 2020 23:52 from: Trevor Walling Hello, As a Linux user can I just say well done. I have used Templot via wine/Linux since I first found and started using Templot. The way Microsoft and Apple are going going gives me the impression if they don't own or control how software works or is used they don't want to know. One only has to look at something like Skype. It worked fine in Linux until Microsoft got hold of it. They changed it to "Skype for Linux" Since then it is more trouble than any sane person could dream up. It is almost as if they are more interested in making "Linux" look like a basket case. I notice the same thing with Windows 10. Any software that wants ...
182. Download size
... :31 from: Martin Wynne Dear all, One of life's many mysteries is why the Templot download is so much smaller than most other program downloads. It's only around 1.5MB. I've found that most other program downloads are typically 5 or 10 times larger than that. For software which seems not significantly more complex than Templot. With nearly everyone now on broadband, downloading Templot takes only a second or two, and sometimes it is so fast that you are not entirely sure that it has actually worked! The small size also gives the impression that it must be a fairly simple program -- anyone judging these matters on a megabyte-per-dollar basis must be none too impressed. So I'm pondering whether there might be a case for bulking it up with some blank space to make the download look a bit meatier and take longer. It seems a daft thing to do, and unfair to anyone still on dial-up, but I'm wondering if other software gets up to such tricks? Anyone know? At one time the smallness of a ...
... first thing tomorrow.... Regards, Stuart posted: 28 Jul 2013 00:00 from: Tony W Hi Stuart. Martin is absolutely correct. It is all to easy to select the wrong combination, the Peg for the notch can go on either of two rails, a left or right hand Turnout for the overlay and it is also possible to have the ctrl-4 peg aligned with either the main road or turnout road making a total of 8 possible all told (of which I think probably 2 will give workable results) and this I think is a source of much confusion, I still get it wrong sometimes and have to go back to the original two templates and try again. Inspite all the improvements/ additions Martin has added to Templot over the years this still seems to be the greatest stumbling block for many people, and I really don't see an easy way to resolve it as there are so many permutations of Tandem turnouts that automating the process (as has been done so spectacularly for irregular Diamonds) is not a ...
... in to achieve accurate line up. As in Figure 10 in my instruction document. You will need to ZOOM in very close to the centre line crossing point, then re-select F5 in order to accurately position the half diamond centre lines. Do not worry about one of the half diamond centre line not quite lining up with the centre line of Guide Curve, as this is not significant at this time, but do ensure the crossing point centre is correctly aligned by the other half diamond centre line. This will now give you an overlapping template to that previously set down, we must now remove the vee end of this new template. Now, un-set< geometry>< track centre-lines>. Next use< action>< mouse actions: geometry>< adjust overall turnout length (F4) >, and adjust the length of diamond until it just meets the blanked section of the previous template. Now remove all rails, crossing vee and joint marks, except for the main-road crossing rail, main-road ...
... switch blades, so I shall stick with that because as you say, that is the norm for narrow gauge. My MRC's Module Specs are minimum 24" radius, with 36" to 48" preferred whenever possible (we are following the N California On30 group guidelines. I shall resume with a straight switch option from here on with #4.5 and #5 for yards and stations, then #6 and #7 for the "main" and passing loops. Thanks for the info on curved switch options, I will give the a go too. I have another question, I have found how to print out the specs on a turnout, but they don't include any timber details. I have been using the shove timbers function to note down the info one by one which is very time consuming. Is there a way to get all the timber specs in a list? Which leads me to the Custom Switch timbering — are the distances entered for the gap from edge to edge or centre to centre of each timber, I suspect the latter ...
... that is a hit and miss have a go at? I've got to the stage of producing my trackplan but that's one area that I need to rectify. By the way, I upgraded to the latest version and found it a lot easier. So yes do it. Cheers, Mike posted: 23 Dec 2010 00:19 from: Nigel Brown Mike In principal you do just what the real track engineers do, just look at the plan and imagine how moving the odd sleeper/timber along a bit and/or giving it a twist might get things to fit; there may be rules for this, but I reckon using a bit of common sense will go a long way. If it looks OK it probably is OK. To actually do it, go to adjust -> shove timbers. In the panel which comes up, click on the pale yellow thing down on the bottom right. This will bring up a dialogue asking you which timber you want to adjust; take the number from your plan. The timber will turn to ...
... through the crossings? So far as I can see all one can do is superimpose the first crossing on the diverging closure rails- is there a trick I've missed here? Hi John. At the moment you have as you say got the crossing superimposed on the stock rail and it is perfectly possible to print the template and construct it from this, however it may not be so easy to see exactly where the tip of the crossing nose comes. Using partial templates one can remove the stock rails for the crossing areas. Give me a while and I will show you what I mean. There is a tutorial for this under the tandem turnout section of the forum. Tony. posted: 9 Dec 2011 23:08 from: Tony W Hi John. Load the Templot file attached, open the storage box and step through the templates from the highest number and work down and you will see what I mean. To achieve this in version 0.91c you need to go Do> Omit rails and joint marks Ctrl+ O and deselect the rail in ...
... 10.5mm. Do your wheels comply? Such wheels won't run reliably on your suggested track without modifying the back-to-back dimension. That is not always possible for some RTR models. If you reduce the track gauge, it would make sense also to reduce the flangeway gap, to maybe 0.7mm. If you want to use existing TT wheels at existing back-to-back it is necessary to maintain the existing TT check gauge of 11.0mm (the check gauge is the critical dimension). With a 0.7mm flangeway that gives a minimum track gauge of 11.7mm. And a check span of 10.3mm. So we end up with my suggested track standard for something finer for TT unmodified wheels would be: track gauge: 11.7mm flangeway: 0.7mm check gauge 11.0mm (same as TT) check span: 10.3mm over checks clearance 0.2mm plain track running clearance 0.2mm flangeway gap clearance 0.2mm Using a finer standard than existing TT means you will need gauge-widening on very sharp curves. I'm happy to produce templates for your tandem turnouts using those dimensions, if you ...
... is too tight. That needs to be a minimum of 60''. If it is possible to revise template 21 to 60'' and the footprint is no bigger (or even smaller ), then it will fit the location. And I will then have the pleasure of building it! Regards Richard posted: 27 Jul 2009 10:14 from: Alan McMillan Hi Richard We're getting there! Try this one. The minimum radius is just over 5 feet. The difficulty with the footprint is caused by needing to give the second set of blades room to open. The only alternative might be a genuine three way with the blades all together. Alan Attachment: attach_605_911_LMS_Tandem_for_R_La mbert_V3.box 494 Last edited on 27 Jul 2009 10:46 by Alan McMillan posted: 27 Jul 2009 10:52 from: Richard Lambert Hi Alan We are indeed. What would a genuine 3 way look like...if I haven't exhausted your goodwill yet. Yours Richard posted: 27 Jul 2009 11:04 from: Alan McMillan Hi Richard Here's a genuine three way. ...
190. Templot GUI Control
... making this available. I can see that you have done a lot of work there. It actually works very well -- much better than I expected. I tried a similar automation program on some other software and the results were very hit and miss. I know it's intended for your own use, so you have done what suits you. But for general use there does seem to be an awful lot of buttons for some of the more obscure functions which are only needed very occasionally. I do wonder if it's worth giving permanent screen space to a button for adjusting the mode 2 slew factor, say. If you haven't used it for a while it would surely take no longer to find it in the menu than among all those buttons? The great advantage of a traditional menu is that it instantly hides itself leaving the screen clear, without the user having to take any avoiding action at all. I know they are old-hat, but a simple menu system still works better than anything else for me. Comments welcome on this or ...
... topic: 1663 A Conrail #8 Turnout for bolted rail based on July 1979 drawings posted: 22 Oct 2011 18:55 from: leo_sandstrom Hi After having a look at the available templates for download I thought Id give it a go to produce a turnout based on a specific american prototype. Please see the attached PDF for the prototype info. I started off with a generic american template that I found on this forum and tried to modify it. I start off by having the generic template active and pick slot 8 for the remake. I answer yes, adopt the switch from the control template for slot 8. Then I press custom again and enter new or modified data. I name the new turnout: Conrail #8 16'-6" switch for bolted 119lb rail (1979 drawings) Next question is the type of switch, thats easy, its a straight switch. Next is the lead length to heel. This is explained as: "This is the distance from the tip of the blade (switch rail) to the ...
... in 3.71 RAM curviform V-crossing( 1 in 3.78 CLM) I'm not quite sure as to what is causing this problem, but suggest the following: 1. The workpad orientation angle (sawtooth effect) of the 1: 2.76 vee as opposed to that of the 1: 3.71. 2. The resolution of my screen at close zoom in. 3. The fact that the vee angle is lower than the Templot recommended minimum of 1: 4 however, in this case I would have thought that both Vee's would give the same problem, not just the one. Details of my system are as follows: O.S. Windows XP home edition SP 3, 32 bit. Processor: AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 217 GHz. Ram memory: 3 GB Display adapters: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Screen Resolution: 1920 by 1080 pixels on HP 2310i monitor. Printer used: Epson Stylus Photo 1290 (A3) Version of Templot: v0.91c Has anyone an idea of what is going wrong, or what the cause might be? All the best, ...
... just find where that darn turnout timber stuff is again.... posted: 25 Feb 2011 14:19 from: Martin Wynne BruceNordstrand wrote: I just changed a bunch of turnouts to the correct switch length and it threw a whole bunch of stuff out, especially where a number of turnouts are bunched together. Hi Bruce, ??? I can't find anywhere on your plan where that's the case. After converting as explained above, a little adjustment on F3 and F4 restores your plan almost unchanged. If you give me an hour or two I will do it for you. regards, Martin. posted: 25 Feb 2011 14:28 from: BruceNordstrand Martin Wynne wrote: BruceNordstrand wrote: I just changed a bunch of turnouts to the correct switch length and it threw a whole bunch of stuff out, especially where a number of turnouts are bunched together. Hi Bruce, ??? I can't find anywhere on your plan where that's the case. After converting as explained above, a little adjustment on F3 and F4 restores your ...
... stock on a previous layout you might want to run a few experiments, particularly with curved track. posted: 18 Feb 2020 08:51 from: ikcdab Andrew Barrowman wrote: 1 in 50 might be OK but that could depend on a lot of factors. If you have not used 1 in 50 gradients with your stock on a previous layout you might want to run a few experiments, particularly with curved track. yes thanks. having looked at it, i dont need that much clearance, the 1 in 50s would give 200mm roughly. i can reduce that and have gentler gradients. posted: 18 Feb 2020 16:08 from: Phil O I have taken the liberty of altering your terminus as per my earlier proposal and tidied up your platform roads. I think you can also perform a similar exercise in the fiddleyard as each road appears to be on the same radii. A further couple of proposals would be to add a crossover to the headshunt road and the adjacent platform road, unless you propose to shunt the yard with the train ...
... not quoted it yet... Testing image insertion: 1. upload: This time I quoted it first then started typing. I'm trying to see if I can replicate the... [highlight= rgb(244, 248, 255); font-family: Arial [highlight= rgb(244, 248, 255);...malarkey And will this sentence this be OK? posted: 27 Apr 2012 20:17 from: Paul Boyd And will this sentence this be OK? I think this will give loads of visible code... posted: 27 Apr 2012 20:26 from: Martin Wynne Hi Paul, Can you explain in more detail how you got the code to appear? I can't make it happen. Yes, the upload Image button doesn't work properly in Chrome. It's fine the second time as an existing image. I need to look into that. The image.gif button works fine, and the image appears. The most irritating thing is the way a single blank line between paras collapses. It's necessary ...
... 13:09 from: Nigel Brown The simplistic way of looking at this is this. Suppose that the gauge is sufficiently tight on the wheels that the wheels cannot move sideways on the track. Suppose that your 0-6 -0 has equally spaced drivers, say L+ L. On a curve of radius R then the central axle will need to move sideways relative to the other wheels by an amount S given by: S= R -SQRT(R *R -L *L) From the figures you give that's about 3mm. However..., the above is too simplistic. For a start, there is a certain amount of slop between track and wheels ie the amount a wheelset can move sideways on the track. This can easily be worked out from your standards. It may well be more than 3mm; if so, in theory, you don't need slop in the chassis. On the other hand, on a curve the wheels aren't parallel to the track, which effectively reduces the amount of slop you have ...
... for that link, Martin~ it is most interesting and essential reading for anyone intending to model the London Underground and its predecessors. My only concern for the information being maintained on a "personal homepage" is that it could easily disappear if Russ Elliott changed his ISP and could then be lost for all time. Is there a way that this information could be safeguarded by being made available on the Templot or Templot Club websites~ assuming of course that Russ Elliott is in agreement? Whilst there is a table on page 46 giving a list of crossing angles, it refers to the various "Switch Types" listing A through E but not providing illustrated details of what any of these switch types look like. So I am now struggling to locate any information details particularly relating to the Metropolitan Railway as well as later London Transport/London Underground specifications for turnouts and crossings~ for example:- I don't know the preferred crossing angles; or the preferred switch blade lengths or even how the turnout was "timbered" – so any contributions on this subject ...
... of plain track, overlapping on the middle rail, like this: 2_072013_160000000.png I split out the check and wing rails on a separate partial template, and extended it to the end of those rails. Some further work could be done to put the curves in the stock rails by splitting out further partial templates. Ask again if you need more details of the above. regards, Martin. posted: 8 Jan 2016 10:32 from: johndon Thanks Rob- now I know what it is called Thanks Martin, I will give it a go, once I figure out how to do an irregular half diamond (I know how to do a regular one...) John posted: 8 Jan 2016 11:19 from: Martin Wynne johndon wrote: I will give it a go, once I figure out how to do an irregular half diamond (I know how to do a regular one...) Hi John, Start with a regular half-diamond. Then adjust the V-crossing angle using F9 mouse action, and ...
199. Video format
... ? Having looked at the details of several video program that are available, it appears that there is a number of options of output screen sizes generated by these programs, as listed below. Widescreen 16:9 640 x 360 800 x 450 1024 x 576 1280 x 720 Standard 4:3 640 x 480 800 x 600 1240 x 768 Newer Screen Areas 102 x 30 1588 x 766 1920 x 1050 1920 x 1080 My own feeling on the subject is to make things as large as possible for clarity, but this does give the problem of file sizes being larger and taking up a lot of space, Perhaps I can now finally put this topic to bed. All the best, Brian Nicholls. posted: 19 Mar 2011 13:52 from: Martin Wynne Brian Nicholls wrote: My own feeling on the subject is to make things as large as possible for clarity, but this does give the problem of file sizes being larger and taking up a lot of space Hi Brian, This is a common misunderstanding. Provided you use a suitable video ...
... : Nigel Brown John If I understand your question, an A5 turnout is an A5 turnout, no matter what the shape of the turnout. What I think you're getting at, is that if you have a Y A5 turnout, is the (minimum) radius you end up with in either road of the turnout significantly more than the radius of the curved road of a straight A5 turnout. The answer is yes, so if you want a fairly compact Y turnout, and you reckon that the curve in straight A5 turnout gives the sort of minimum radius you're looking for, it's possible to decrease crossing angle of the Y turnout until the radius is in that sort of region. What I suggest you do is note the minimum radius quoted for a straight A5 turnout, convert it to a Y turnout, then decrease the crossing angle until the radius is in the same region, making any adjustments necessary to the curvature of the (main road of) the Y turnout at the same time. That'll give you an idea of the crossing angle required ...
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