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... provide user support. But I've been asked for saved preferences so often that I give in. In the next pug I will include the option to save some of your settings. But I need to know which ones -- I can't do every single thing that might be changed in Templot (although I can add more in each subsequent pug). So if you would like to reply to this with some of the things you would want saved between sessions, we can compile a short list of say two dozen settings for inclusion. We can take it as read that you want to bypass the start-up dialogs, as far as that can be managed. regards, Martin. posted: 5 Mar 2009 15:41 from: JFS For me.... Scale and Gauge Regards, Howard posted: 5 Mar 2009 16:22 from: Bruce Wilson Martin Wynne wrote: OK, I give in. snipped.... But I've been asked for saved preferences so often that I give in. In the next pug I ...
... May 2013 23:17 from: Paul Hi Richard, I think you misunderstand me, Paul, I'm happy with Storage Box and it's name what I meant was the title I gave to my post Template Statistics may not be very clear as to the content of the posting. As for the rest, as you say I looked for what appeared to be the smallest radius templates visually and used the "i" button in the template for the data as you suggest. Hi Martin thanks for that a "smallest radius" inclusion in the box> box info posted: 8 May 2013 23:29 from: Paul Hi Martin, for some reason the reply screen froze and I could not complete my post. So once again thanks for that, a "smallest radius" inclusion in the "box> box info" menu item on the storage box would be great In the future, as for the PDF thing it would take me a lot longer just trying to get my head around working with PDFs. Thanks Paul posted: 27 May 2013 ...
... martweb/videos/flash/starter/em_starter.html Notice that no duplicates are created. What are you doing different? Note that the F10 swell mouse action in the video is now CTRL+ F10. regards, Martin. posted: 28 Oct 2014 19:41 from: Les G Martin Wynne wrote: Hi Les, Notice that no duplicates are created. What are you doing different? Hi Martin, Thanks for response; I am using a background image of an existing model fiddle yard to create a Templot version for later inclusion into a room layout to be designed and built using Templot templates. The yard is in two parts, and the idea is to make a Group of each part for later manipulation. The first board, 12 plain track roads is complete. I have been using curve and swell to match to the image. First attempts did not quite line up correctly so there has been a fair amount of editing of the Templates. I am also reacquainting myself with Notch and Peg, probably making a few more errors along the way ...
... stock rails and associated 'bolt plates'. Cheers Richard posted: 30 Jan 2011 21:15 from: Martin Wynne BeamEnds wrote: I think the check rails have been covered- it was a mistake brought on by using flat bottom rail on a bullhead drawing- I just forgot to change size. Hi Richard, I'm puzzled by this. The REA designs for bullhead V-crossings show check rails spanning 4 timbers on V-crossings shorter than 1:6 and spanning 5 timbers for 1:6 to 1:10 inclusive. There is no bullhead design where the check rail spans only 3 timbers. Templot doesn't draw any as short as that unless you specifically change the settings to make them so. It would be wise to change them, not simply because they are wrong, but because they may not be long enough to function correctly as check rails. But it's looking excellent as a first build of pointwork. Many thanks for posting the pictures. regards, Martin. posted: 30 Jan 2011 22:42 from: BeamEnds Martin Wynne ...
... topic: 2948 Placing Points closer together posted: 13 Dec 2016 17:58 from: ChrisBr Hi, I am following a prototype track plan and in the yard area, there are 2 points close together, which I am having trouble emulating in Templot. Essentially from the tip of the first V to the fishplate joining the points there are 4 timbers (inclusive) and then from the fishplate to the tip of the 2nd points' switches there are only 2 timbers (inclusive)- see image for clarification 3186_131253_560000000.jpg The (to me) only obvious options of amending the entrance and exit lengths only allow you to go down to the default values, so I'm guessing there's some other magic I am missing? Thanks in advance for your help Regards, Chris posted: 13 Dec 2016 19:34 from: Martin Wynne Hi Chris, There is a recent video on this subject. Click the help> watch a video> switch close behind V-crossing menu item, and see this topic: topic 2928 The video is also available online ( ...
... Last weekend i cleared my model cupboard out& found a rather large amount of modern image locos& i do still enjoy the modern network when i go to photo steam so i thought why not build a reasonable portable layout modern image. I really used to enjoy visits to Birmingham when i was young with my dad because of all the urban sprawl& so many different locos& trains to see so i was thinking maybe a modern image layout based on a prototype in Birmingham. Space wise i have about 12ft x 2ft none inclusive of fiddle yards. Can anyone help me with my quest to find something modelable& with the following things included; I really would like to have some kind of industry on the layout for freight movements possibly a small cement works or oil terminal. A small station possibly a thru station with overheads. Also maybe a multi level layout spliting the freight from the passenger& have a upper& lower level. I really am stumped although i have a good imagination i really want it to work with prototypical practice from the track ...
... Nicholls", or similar. regards, Martin. posted: 2 Jul 2011 16:48 from: Brian Nicholls Hi Martin, As you say, it has been quite some time since I last posted a graphics image destined for sketchboard, but since it all went a little quiet for a period of time, like everyone else, I have been busy catching up with track-work on my project. I goes without saying, that you are more than welcome to use the graphic images I have posted to date for inclusion in the TDV library folder of sketchboard, I would like to add further, that this can also apply as and when the pug is finally released for general use. Also permission is given for other members of Templot club and, in general, other Templot users to make full use of them and publish designs using them, again, this can also apply as and when the pug is finally released for general use. I still do intend to produce more images as and when required, and am willing, within reasonable ...
... : 13 May 2011 09:54 from: Martin Wynne Jim Guthrie wrote: If it doesn't work, I always have the option of changing to a switched diamond. My only reservation with doing that at the outset being that my layout is set in the Edwardian period and switched diamonds were not in use at that time. Hi Jim, The NER 1912 standards book includes a detailed drawing (dated 19-Dec-1911) for "Standard Switch K Crossings" in sizes 1:8.1/2 to 1:12 inclusive in 1/2 steps. There is a single centre timber 16" wide. (Book reprint available from NERA -- highly recommended.) regards, Martin. posted: 13 May 2011 14:34 from: Jim Guthrie Martin Wynne wrote: Jim Guthrie wrote: If it doesn't work, I always have the option of changing to a switched diamond. My only reservation with doing that at the outset being that my layout is set in the Edwardian period and switched diamonds were not in use at that time. ...
... detection, either bars or track circuits. Phil. posted: 17 Jul 2018 11:16 from: Judi R Some trap points did have detection in the form of a cast iron break-away block. A passing wheel flange would permanently break the track circuit even if the whole vehicle had left the track. Judi R posted: 20 Jul 2018 21:35 from: ScottW Thanks for all the reply's. Being North British and a backwater branchline I think it best to keep things simple. Having thought further about the inclusion of a second catch point, if there was a catch point situated at the station end then the runaway rolling stock would have been sent hurtling towards the end of the platform. For this reason I think it is most probable that there never was one. Scott posted: 23 Jul 2018 22:30 from: Richard_Jones I think I did my catchpoints by just taking the "switch bit" from a turnout and blanking the rest out- here's a picture of the finished product.... I trimmed them back ...
... for a 1:6 K crossing. But both the NER and LNER diagrams show the stock rail (I take it from above we call this a wing rail as well?) inclined at 1:20, seemingly without a twist in it. There's something to be said for Peco set track! posted: 9 Mar 2016 20:28 from: Martin Wynne Hi Derek, hmm. I have an REA bullhead drawing which states 'knuckle gap to be 2" for K-crossings 1:6.5 to 1:8 inclusive. All other angles, knuckle gap as for V-crossings'. Where the knuckle gap is wider than the standard flangeway (1.75"), there must of course be a radiused bend (in one or both rails), but I don't have any details of the radii. They could of course be calculated from the specified gap, but it's time for me to cook a meal -- over to you. V-crossing knuckle gaps are given in the table on this page: http:// ...
... idea. How fuzzy it is depends on the original scale and the scanned resolution. Hello In http://www.localhistory.co.uk/la/cats/cat69.htm there is an item in the Cornwall section: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bodmin Road to Bodmin Railway GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CORNWALL RAILWAY. BODMIN BRANCH 2 CHAIN SURVEY 1904. M 274 to M 280. Containing sheets Nos. 1-2 inclusive and with 2 sheets not numbered. 4 hand-coloured lithograph printed sheets, each sheet mounted on linen with a single vertical fold, overall size approx. 25" x 40", recently bound in half cloth paper boards, paper label on top board. Size of the volume approx. 25" x 23". There are two plans of the railway line, each showing 1 mile of track, on each Sheet. Scale 2 chains to 1". Compass rose and scale bar on each sheet. Verso ...
... the sketchboard items, but probably acceptable on full-size construction templates. The track template remains at 600 DPI precision. This is the same again, but with the bitmap rendering changed to display-quality instead of design-quality. This is quite a bit slower, for not much improvement in appearance: 2_080722_340000003.png This is with the page-width reduced to 3900 dots: 2_080722_340000002.png All the above outputs have the track templates at 600 DPI, created from the output menu on the trackpad and intended for track construction. The inclusion of sketchboard items is optional. When the intention is to produce a layout diagram for use in a magazine article or similar, it is better to create it directly from the sketchboard using the file menu options on the sketchboard: 2_081532_290000000.png This can be in diagram mode or detail mode as above. Detail mode is not suitable for track construction -- the templates are unlikely to print to correct gauge or with sufficient resolution: 2_081532_290000001.png Hopefully all this isn't getting too complicated? All the options are useful and serve a purpose, ...
13. Web design blues
... been looking around web design companies for ideas, but clearly I'm missing something. For example here is the site of a web site firm based near here: Hughes Media All that glistens is not gold. I'd welcome some ideas for how to get the Templot web site looking a bit more stylish without ending up with something as daft as this. Do you have a favourite web site which looks good and is actually readable? All I would change on your site is the indexing (or internal site search engine) and the inclusion of a web site map. Ashley posted: 23 Jul 2007 17:34 from: Phil O Hi Martin I have just had a look at that web site and I would say it is user unfriendly. I look at planet rock.com from time to time and they use white letters on darker colours and I can read that alright even with my failing eyesight. I hope this is of some use to you. Cheers Phil PS. has the river level dropped yet as my brother is in Kidder and his workshop was ...
... is the gap so a width of about 0.5mm for the bar would be about right? I'll attach the CAD when I'm done so people can see what they think. posted: 1 Oct 2012 14:17 from: Martin Wynne Hi David, It seems we posted the same thing at the same time. Many thanks for posting the very clear CAD drawings. James, note that the FB-109 section in David's drawing was replaced with the BS-110A section in 1959 for subsequent renewals. The main difference was the inclusion of the 1:20 cant angle on the side of the head. This makes the side of the head vertical when the rail is canted, which helps to reduce wear and maintain gauge accuracy. I'm not aware of a bullhead section with such a head. Anyone? There was a further change to BS-113A section with a thicker web in 1968. regards, Martin. posted: 12 Oct 2012 15:17 from: James I have had these CAD drawings (mentioned above) converted to etched brass parts ...
... are normally used with raster graphics rather than vector graphics. A slow slide is much easier, effectively just a variation of the F7 code. Another option would be to reduce the control template length to say 1mm to reveal the background template, and then slowly extend it back to the original length over the background template, i.e. a variation of the F4 code. But isn't it all a bit gimmicky? regards, Martin. Hi Martin. As far as my vote goes, I would leave things as they are for inclusion in the next update. The novelty of fancy graphics tends to ware off fairly quickly. Tony. posted: 4 Aug 2012 17:33 from: Martin Wynne Tony W wrote: Paul Boyd wrote: I wonder if this is caused by confusion between Copy to control, delete to control and wipe to control? The three are subtly different, and it did take me a little while to get my head around which does what. Hi Paul. Indeed, like you it took me a while to appreciate the differences ...
16. 0-XF or 0-SF?
... item could be used with little additional work. In the case of etched components a low resolution copy( to prevent piracy) of the artwork could be used. Bill Campbell. posted: 27 Mar 2008 22:02 from: Richard Webster Brian, Many thanks for your response and I wouldn't wish to put you to all that work. Perhaps if all the point rodding components could be mounted on a backing, add the relevant C&L codes for identification, then photograph them all [ie 1 photograph only] for inclusion on your website. I, for one, would certainly appreciate it. Regards, Richard. Brian Lewis wrote: Richard Webster wrote: Brian, On a similar theme to Rodney's; I saw some of your point cranks etc on the stand at the recent York Show and they looked marvellous. However, I was rather bamboozled by the number of different parts and how they interelate. I wonder if it would be possible for you to incorporate drawings or photographs of all the parts on the C&L website. I ...
... ), "non-symmetrical" or even "not-symmetrical" take me to the right context straight away. For myself I would use "asymmetrical". Coming to the two parts of an asymmetrical diamond crossing I would go for "diverging half-diamond" for the end with the larger crossing angle and "converging half-diamond" for the end with the smaller crossing angle- each assumes that the viewer is standing in the middle of the diamond looking out at a V-crossing. I feel that inclusion of the word "half" in the description" ... half-diamond" is important as it emphasises that this bit of track geometry is just part of an assembly, not the whole of that assembly. Having suggested words for the V-crossings I have realised that finding labels the K-crossings is going to be much more difficult unless we choose to treat separately those cases where both track centrelines are curved but their radii are struck from centres located on opposite sides of the long axis of the diamond ...
... much hair left, but have even less after this mornings fun and games. Glad to know it wasn't me.... Many thanks also for your kind offer, but no need to worry at this stage. I'll keep ploughing through the plan until it is finalised and as I said, if all else fails, I can probably construct the crossing by just printing the overlapping plain tracks and make the rest up using jigs etc. I'll take a look at the forum post and will certainly look forward to the possible inclusion of irregular diamonds in future releases. posted: 19 Oct 2009 22:21 from: RJLeslie911 Hi Martin, Can I ask if you have a time frame for the release of the next version of template? If it is in the not too distant future, I would be happy to wait to create irregular diamonds myself rather than imposing on your time. thanks Richard posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:25 from: richard_t Once you've created one irregular diamond with partial templates they are quite easy to do. I don't ...
... two origins; so long as people know what the two different sets of axes are for that ought to be sufficient, and in fact having two origins may help to illuminate the difference. cheers Nigel posted: 6 Mar 2009 19:07 from: Ashley Excellent stuff Martin. I look forward to this update. posted: 6 Mar 2009 19:57 from: Paul Boyd Hi Martin That Sketchbook really does look like a complete departure from what Templot does, but very nice all the same. I won't complain about its inclusion! I'm not sure that anyone asking for Sketchbook can complain about anyone else wanting things like irregular diamonds or saving preferences though Certainly the PDF output sounds good. Not being experienced in these things, are print shops set up to take these large format PDFs? I'd always assumed they wanted DXFs. Will the PDFs have the ability to select or deselect certain elements in the same way as the current DXF output? A new PUG is always something to look forward to. You do realise that you're getting inexorably closer to the ...
... . Diagrams of the Great Western& Southern Railways by G.A. Pryer, Volume Two. S.R. lines in East Dorset" page 50 gives: Swanage (1899)- shows "MFB 5" (Mechanical Fouling Bar) in main line adjacent to turntable, away from pointwork. Swanage (1936)- shows post 30-06-1934 alterations which allowed trains to arrive at both platforms. TCs "A" over double slip, "B" over No.2 Platform entry points, "C" thence to outer crossover inclusive, "D" over main line straight road of outer crossover. Of the other diagrams in the same book, e.g. Verwood (1932) had one TC at the GF-worked south end. Two MFBs (14& 15) at Hamworthy Jct (1898), in advance of the "to Broadstone" junction points. Layout changed 1947, with TCs As all these MFBs have lever numbers and are depicted away from pointwork, they are perhaps a 'different animal'? Maybe MFBs located in pointwork are not ...
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