... mentally translate) that "unused" actually means "remove" .What the command actually means is "remove [live template] from trackplan and put in [library]". Then it becomes obvious what is done, and that you cease to have a "live template". I'm afraid that I can't make a suggestion about "re-store and background" as despite having just played with it, all it seems to do is to generate multiple copies of the same template in the same place. Can someone give a plain English description of what the command is intended to do? And I think that "store as library template" means what I would know as "save live template and continue editing". The existing description is again counter-intuitive as it describes what happens to the "parked" template, and not the one that you are actually (still) working on. These are just a few of the thoughts on how better descriptions (without doing *anything* to change the coding or functionality of Templot) ...

... talking here from ignorance of the actual tools being used but I would try to fit a stripper of some form to prevent the punched material sticking to the punch. This can be fairly simple, like a piece of steel strip which is drilled with a clearance hole for the punch and which is held on, or a natz above, the material to be punched such that it strips the material off the punch when the punch is lifted after the punching action. Not knowing the makeup for your punch means that I can't really give suggestions for how you might achieve this. Obviously, the stripper has to be of sufficient rigidity to do the job and achieving that with your punch might be difficult. I made punches for Plastikard many years ago and with them, I made them of two pieces of steel with the Plastikard clamped between then so that the top plate of the assembly stripped the Plastikard from the punch. Without the top plate, the punching job would have been a right PITA since styrene tends to clamp itself round a punch. Jim. ...

... the individual Profile information which you may have entered. Which is a shame, but I'm wondering how much use anyone actually makes of it in practice? There is already a specific tickbox to make your email address accessible to other members and therefore allow them to send you emails*, so I will try to keep that function working (replacing the personal message functions which I removed some time ago because of different legislation), as that tickbox would seem to be the specific consent required by GDPR. *It's not clear whether giving consent to be contacted by other members applies only to those who are members at the time the consent is given, or also applies to any additional members who may join in future. And whether such consent is only meaningful if you can see a membership list of current members at the time, and whether such a membership list can only show members who have specifically consented to be on it. The GDPR is an utter minefield, let's hope some common sense prevails. cheers, Martin. posted: 11 May 2018 10 ...

... am offered a choice of 21 dpi values between 50 and 12800. In Windows Explorer, well for the version that I have in Windows 7, if you right click on a jpg* file that has been scanned and select properties and then details the dpi of the scan is shown. In the picture editing program that I use there is an option to see the information about the picture and this includes the pixel per inch (or sometimes pixel per cm) which is the dpi.* png,& tif files don't give this info, but a gif does. Cheers for now, John from 33820 St Ciers sur Gironde. posted: 9 Nov 2015 10:11 from: Alan Turner Martin Wynne wrote: Alan Turner wrote: Scale the scan until the pencil marks coincide with the grid- bingo, you have a scaled background image. Thanks Alan. But given that Templot can do all that automatically, without needing any pencil marks or grid changes or scaling adjustments afterwards, I'm assuming the reason you do it that way is that you ...

... blades and whether or not they will be too stiff. Seems I've got to go one way or the other, but which way? Are plain crossings larger than 1 in 8 going to be an issue in 00-SF? Hi Gordon, My own feelings on the subject are, that one should make the passage across the diamond as smooth as one can. Now I'm sure you know that large acute crossings mean you have a larger gap between the crossing rails contact points, therefore more wheel drop into that gap, giving the model (locos& rolling stock) a bouncy look as they travel through the diamond and the wheels drop into the gap, also, though it may not necessarily be too severe, there is more impact when the wheels make re-contact with the crossing rail as it comes out of the gap, consequently a little more ware and tare. I don't think there will be any problem with derailment, unless the bounce and impact is very severe. I can only say, that with K angle 0f 1 in ...

... radius, instead of the usual 6ft way (44.67mm centres). I could then have gone on to do tools> make double-track TS if I wished. In the next program update, before which I will make a proper bit of video in a proper clear format, and explain all the settings. regards, Martin. posted: 19 Oct 2015 22:51 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, I don't personally see a problem with the quality of the 'fuzzy' video. Surely the videos are meant to give a quick demo to users so they can go off and experiment once they see the basics? Bells and whistles may add sales appeal to software but you aren't trying to sell anything here. What is more impressive than fancy videos is the way you manage to program all the extra features into Templot. Rgds Rob posted: 19 Oct 2015 23:14 from: Martin Wynne Rob Manchester wrote: I don't personally see a problem with the quality of the 'fuzzy' video. Surely the videos are meant to give a quick ...

... much more convenient to use a partial irregular half-diamond or a gaunt turnout template, neither of which have a switch. All of which illustrates how out-of-date the tandem video is. I have more than once been on the point of deleting it, but hesitated because I simply don't have anything ready with which to replace it. See: topic 2418- message 16361 I really sorry about this situation, and to be honest I'm approaching despair in ever getting the Templot docs sufficiently finished before most users just give up. If you search for tandem turnouts on this forum you will find dozens of results, some of them out-of-date. But this topic is a good read: topic 2394- message 16119 If you use a gaunt turnout for the middle V-crossing, this post may be helpful: topic 1487 But it's more likely that an irregular half-diamond will fit better, in which case use the F10 and F9 mouse actions to adjust it. Remember that the middle V-crossing needs to be ...

... to fit in 8'x2' nominally. Might try to increase them though. Any recommendations on minimum radus for fine scale '00'? Cheers, Mark Hi Mark You might get problems with the 4 wheel stock if it's long wheelbase. As Phil recommended, I should try to increase the radius; this should look better as well. 118, 122 and 147 all have 1:5 crossings; I think you can probably increase them to 1:6 without altering the essentials of the design or creating space problems, which would give significantly better radii. If you can alter 122 to a 1:6.5 crossing without creating problems so much the better. cheers Nigel posted: 28 Jun 2008 03:51 from: Phil O Hi Mark You can also alter the radius by changing to GW old type curved switches which give a larger radius for a shorter turnout. Also it will be more prototypical as you are modeling an ex GW branch line. Up to 1 in 5 1/4 nose use 9 ft switches 1 in 5 1/2 to ...

... it was met with a smile and raised eyebrows. This I took as a good sign. So I spent a happy few hours this weekend and last, quietly glueing together some pieces of wood with this" new fangled polyurethane glue" which sets so quickly, and within fairly short order I had the bare bones of a trolley on which to put all my gubbins. "Would you paint it white to match the tool chest" she asked. Yes I said, and four coats later( two of them rolled which gives a very classsy finish) it's done and Babette said how lovely it looked. Marital harmony maintained and I'm happy as Larry with my new found friend on wheels. I just need to screw an eight socket extension to the back, plug everything in and I'll be ready for anything. Here's a photo 2787_161734_230000000.jpg Kind regards Andrew posted: 17 Oct 2018 07:18 from: DaveJ61 An entertaining and wonderful story Andrew, thank you. The trolley is a great idea and looks fantastic in white- hats off to you other ...

... you, you must have all the gauges) and all the locos run over it fine. Robert Preston posted: 1 Jul 2012 20:27 from: Martin Wynne Hi Mike, Welcome to Templot Club. Most 00-SF modellers would design the whole layout in 00-SF. There is no actual need to use 16.5mm flexi-track if you don't want to. Plain track can be constructed for 00-SF in the same way as pointwork, and the 3-point 00-SF track gauge tools will give you gauge-widening where needed on sharp curves. Alternatively you can lay 16.5mm flexi-track to the same centre-lines, regarding it as pre-gauge-widened if you wish. If you want some of the templates to be exactly 16.5mm, it's easy. Design the layout in 00-SF first. Then select the relevant templates as a group, and click the gauge> other gauges... menu item. On the list dialog select 00-BF and then click the convert group button at ...