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... are concerned, regarding scale and size, I think I will continue to add my scale ruler and scale notes at the edge of the image, these can then be 'Cropped' out when the object is required for use on a track plan, one can use any image handling program for this, I believe even 'MS Paint' will do this, and every Windows PC has that on-board. And as you say, it's a good idea to have the original size of object in the file tittle to preserve the information. I promised to produce some further images of various objects, hopefully this time for real (not fictitious) objects, when I have consulted my books. If there is anything specific wanted, then again I state, I will need line style (outline) drawing or sketch with, preferably some dimensions written on it (so that I can scale it). I very much look forward to seeing 'Sketcboard' on my PC in the near future, I can then give it a real testing. Best regards. ...
... 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 I have not had a lot of luck finding anything on the Web. Any information would be greatly appreciated. (Here's a bit of track I've been using to test the latest chair design.)undefined Cheers!Andy Attachment: attach_2150_2734_DSCN1813.JPG 2548 posted: 9 Aug 2015 06:11 from: Martin Wynne Hi Andy, Chairs vary quite a bit across different periods and companies. There are drawings of "Standard Railway Equipment" (i.e. REA) chairs here. These would be your best bet for the majority of bullhead models: http://www.scalefour.org/downloads/gwrtracknotes/R4290A.pdf Plus several ...
... If I'm still unclear please do ask. Andrew2787_131513_550000000.jpg posted: 13 Sep 2017 22:23 from: Andrew Duncan PS I realise that looking at these pictures that you might be wondering what happens at the front of the layout? I'm intending to use a sort of Iain Rice/ Barry Norman/ Flintfields type of jigsaw scenery which will plug into the 90mm gap between the 18mm ply shelf and the underside of the baseboards themselves. Andrew posted: 13 Sep 2017 22:47 from: Richard_Jones Hi Andrew, many thanks for your informative and interesting reply- its a very nice concept, but as Singleton won't have a permanent home, I will have to fall back on single self supporting baseboards, but keeping them to a manageable size so that I can work on one (or two) at a time in the kitchen/utility room. As (lack of) progress is again about to be impacted by a 3 month trip to the Southern Hemisphere, visiting family, I wondering if I can get one or two vehicles and tools in my luggage ...
... this topic as I get more done. Martin. posted: 28 Jan 2018 02:58 from: Martin Wynne Another short video added for beginners: http://templot.com/companion/4_where_do_i_start.php I would welcome some feedback about the style and content of these videos, and the Templot Explained section generally: http://templot.com/companion/0_for_beginners.php I hope I am hitting the right level for raw beginners, it's impossible for me to know. It certainly takes a great deal of time to produce. Hopefully the information delivery rate can be increased as beginners become more familiar with the concepts. regards, Martin. posted: 28 Jan 2018 20:47 from: Phil O Martin, I think it might help, if on the first link, you put a picture of the first screen that you see on opening Templot and a note on how to change the scale and gauge to suit the first time user. Most first time users will like me think what the hell do I do with this. Is it in my scale/ ...
... fit or look right, go back to Templot for modification.... it appears from my experience and from other members' comments that we are all finding the new software reliable, so I hope that you will now freeze the development and concentrate your efforts on documentation. Ideally this would have a beginners section giving the basics of turnout construction (real and model), a glossary of terms and showing how to start in Templot and do some basic track design. This section could also have links to useful 3rd party information, like the S4 point drawings and some of the photo tutorials of people making a model point. I think all of this exists, although some of it needs updating to v2. Next I think it would be great to have an index listing all the available tutorials or videos with links to the actual information. So, if I decide I need to add a catch point to my layout so I simply look through the index and see if there is a video or tutorial available. Every indexed item should have O ...
... topic: 586 Information Panel not showing for Current template posted: 11 Oct 2008 02:45 from: Richard Oldfield Dear Martin, Either 'I found a flaw' in the programme or myself. Session tonight ruined because I cannot see the information panel for the current template (and therefore any minimum radius warnings). Everything is set to 'Show information panel' but nothing appears. Have searched in the archive but can find no information about how to solve the problem. Deeply frustrating.... Richard posted: 11 Oct 2008 04:11 from: Martin Wynne Richard Oldfield wrote: Either 'I found a flaw' in the programme or myself. Session tonight ruined because I cannot see the information panel for the current template (and therefore any minimum radius warnings). Everything is set to 'Show information panel' but nothing appears. Have searched in the archive but can find no information about how to solve the problem. Deeply frustrating.... Hi Richard, This isn't a known problem and I can't reproduce it. What were you ...
... prototype defaults changed -- sleeper length 8ft-6in, 60ft/25 sleepers plain track, timbering square-on style with ends-in-line total length of track plan templates and timbering shown in the storage box prefix tags can be added to the template name labels to aid group selection functions switch and V-crossings more clearly marked on printed templates new options for the appearance of the fixing peg page outlines on workpad -- default changed to off grid in front of background shapes -- default changed to off printed information page -- default changed to off background shapes -- blank infill now fills with colour Templot is now "dpi-aware" for much improved display on high-resolution screens and tablet computers Here's a round-up of the bits of Templot2 which are currently not working, work-in-progress, or entirely missing: updated to version 213b 1. In some places clicking the help and more information buttons and bars will do nothing or show empty pages. Writing the stuff to go in there is by far ...
... -standing members will sigh to see yet another post in which Martin agonises about the Templot documentation. We have been here before with numerous false starts and second thoughts, and we are no further forward. Today I have been surveying all through the Templot web site, and really it is an awful mess, having developed piecemeal over 15 years or more. There is no overall structure or plan at all, and great swathes of it are out of date. It is not surprising that beginners find it so difficult to find information. For me creating the Templot program itself is a piece of cake compared with the task of writing and maintaining the documentation for it, and I have to concede that I have failed miserably in that regard. My only consolation is that nowadays no-one is paying me for any of it. Here is a run through the present state of affairs: 1. First there is the original Templot Companion web site. Mostly written 15 years ago and barely updated since, including some lengthy static tutorials. Large parts of ...
... user interface to control it would be too complex. Folks already complain that Templot is too complicated. For my own use I do have versions of Templot where I can change such things, but I dare not release them for fear of the massive support load it would create for me. As it is I'm typing this at gone 3am. I know on several occasions, you have stated it would be far too much work and data, to say nothing of the complexity of the user interface, required to put all the information for all the different railway companies (and countries), but had to ask, just in case I had missed something. My apologise for making you type a reply at, yet again, almost 4 am in the early hours, to some degree, just like me, having to finish something before you can rest, that's why my posting did not get sent until 00:23 also. The intention is that if you create a custom template it should be for one specific size of turnout. To create a ...
... was there a page on the Companion showing chair names and positions on bullhead S&C work? BRT( blue 1956 ed.) pages 87 and 92 gives details but your colour diagrams are always so well drawn and much better to explain to people. Hi Rob, I can't remember a specific page, but I have at times coloured in Len Newman's template drawings for Exactoscale, e.g. chairing_patterns.gif topic 780- message 4620 There has also been some discussion in Andy's 3D printing topic: topic 2734- message 19837 What specific information are you looking for? There is a PDF of the Paddington drawings of the standard REA chairs at: http://www.scalefour.org/downloads/gwrtracknotes/R4290A.pdf cheers, Martin. posted: 1 Apr 2018 11:18 from: Martin Wynne p.s. Rob, Back in version 214 I did start on an experimental function to add chair outlines to the templates: 2_010608_040000000.png 2_010608_040000001.png I may pick it up again one day. It's an utter minefield because of so many prototype variations. Even on the above I can see ...
... topic: 2750 Current documentation list posted: 5 Oct 2015 11:42 from: Martin Wynne This list is now out-of-date and not all the links are working. Please ask on the Templot Club forum for more information. If you are new to Templot you may not realise that Templot has been available for over 20 years and has been subject to constant development over that time. Development which is still continuing. This means that many of the user guides, tutorials and screen videos on the Templot web site were made with and for earlier versions, and need revising and updating for the current Templot2 version. It also means that information about Templot elsewhere on the internet in web forums and blogs and in the results of Google searches may be similarly out of date Likewise the Templot web site itself has developed piecemeal over those 20 years and more. Unfortunately this means there is little overall structure or plan to the site. Some information can be difficult to find, and a lot of it is now out of date. I am ...
12. Switch Blades
... topic: 282 Switch Blades posted: 10 Dec 2007 00:46 from: grahambeare In the very recent past there has been a posting with a link to either a S4 or a CLAG site which details the planing lengths of the various switch blade types. I cannot remember enough of either the posting or of the link to find that data, might anyone else remember where the information can be found? Thank you posted: 10 Dec 2007 02:31 from: Martin Wynne grahambeare wrote: In the very recent past there has been a posting with a link to either a S4 or a CLAG site which details the planing lengths of the various switch blade types. I cannot remember enough of either the posting or of the link to find that data, might anyone else remember where the information can be found? Hi Graham, Right here in the Templot docs: http://www.templot.com/martweb/gs_realtrack.htm http://www.templot.com/martweb/gs_realtrack.htm#split_switch regards, Martin. posted: 10 Dec 2007 02:40 from: ...
... topic: 2722 Admin -- new Templot Wiki posted: 3 Jul 2015 21:28 from: Chris Copplestone Hi Martin, why not turn point 9 at topic 2720- message 18886 the new Templot Companion web site and A-Z index, into a Wiki and allow registered volunteers to add to it by copying and editing or linking all the data in points 1- 8? Then all you need to do is check/edit that the information has been entered correctly and to ensure that a standard style, set by you, is being used. Regards Chris C Thanks Chris. I have now set up a Wiki for Templot, see for details: topic 2722- message 18932 regards, Martin. posted: 4 Jul 2015 14:02 from: Martin Wynne Chris Copplestone wrote: why not turn point 9, the new Templot Companion web site and A-Z index, into a WiKi and allow registered volunteers to add to it by copying and editing or linking all the data in points 1- 8? Then all you need ...
14. New user
... and the template immediately got squashed together at the bottom of the screen. How do I unquote it? The Undo command failed to restore the picture. I ended up restarted the program. 4. When I start the program, why do I have to click "Ready, Steady, CLICK.."? I already started the program so don't need to click again. On top of that I have to click Continue on the next menu to bypass some setups for fonts. Next I have to click on "Program Information". Why is all this necessary? This information should be put in a Preferences menu under Edit. Finally the next menu asks for more information and then I have to choose the Gauge all over again. The program should remember where I left off. This is just a start. Nicholas G. posted: 19 Jan 2011 08:44 from: Martin Wynne Templot User wrote: I purchased the program and downloaded the available version 0.74.b. Then downloaded and installed 0.91.c. The Help menu says I still have the ...
... various sizes between 1:6.25 and 1:8.75. I can produce the V-crossing I want and I can create the correct sizes of sleepers and shove them into position, but I am not sure what to do about the switch. I know NER switches were non-standard and I presume I therefore need to construct a custom switch. There are tables in the NER Permanent Way Standards that give me the length of switch for each angle of single junction, but I am unsure about whether I need any other information and about how to construct the custom switch. Any help you could offer would be much appreciated. Best wishes for 2008, Bob Ellis P.S. Is there anything else that I need to do to create prototypical NER single junctions other than set the V-crossing angle, construct a custom switch and adjust the sleepering? For instance, do I need to alter the check rails? posted: 10 Jan 2008 17:44 from: Bob Ellis Hi Martin, Perhaps you missed my last message- I can imagine how ...
... causing any bad language on gapping. As a matter of interest Phil, in your experience, what is the maximum timber width that has been used, bearing in mind that my layout is based on pre-grouping era (1921 LNWR& MR practices)? Also still on this subject, what would be the practical maximum length of timbers? I'm sure I have seen reference somewhere, to timbers being 28 foot length, but would hate to be the guy that handles them. Anyhow, many thanks again Phil for the information. All the best, Brian Nicholls. posted: 30 Aug 2011 20:38 from: Phil O Brian Nicholls wrote: As a matter of interest Phil, in your experience, what is the maximum timber width that has been used, bearing in mind that my layout is based on pre-grouping era (1921 LNWR& MR practices)? Also still on this subject, what would be the practical maximum length of timbers? Hi Brian I am a GW man myself, but a lot of track work is ...
... and subsequent repairs). I am seriously considering this as a project modelled in P4 fine scale prototypical. I have already contacted Jim Smith-Wright whom you may know from P4newstreet.com. Jim has modelled a very fine example of this station in it's current modern state (electrification and all), and as I said to him, I really admire his attention to detail on the model. Jim stated that he new little of the older station (prior to the 1964 re-construction) but has kindly offered some drawings and information on certain parts of the station that have remained, relatively speaking, as was. However, my main stumbling block is I have no track or building layout plans for the period mentioned above. I would therefore, be most grateful if anyone can help with, or perhaps point me in the direction of, such information. I'm sure there must be something hidden away in some archive someplace or other. Best regards to all. Brian Nicholls. posted: 8 Apr 2010 16:07 from: Martin Wynne Hi Brian ...
... topic: 3469 Information display posted: 31 Jul 2019 16:13 from: KeithArmes I would find it very useful if the appropriate information box details could be shown while a template is being shift/moused over with the name labels showing. It would be a quick way of checking what I'd used in another part of the plan, without having to bring it to the control and then saving it again. Sorry if something like this already exists and I've failed to find it! Keith Armes posted: 31 Jul 2019 19:32 from: Martin Wynne KeithArmes wrote: I would find it very useful if the appropriate information box details could be shown while a template is being shift/moused over with the name labels showing. It would be a quick way of checking what I'd used in another part of the plan, without having to bring it to the control and then saving it again. Sorry if something like this already exists and I've failed to find it! Hi Keith, There are two ways to see the template information without transferring ...
... translated. They were the most useful and readable versions). The thing to remember constantly when teaching or writing a manual is, the other person probably has no idea what to do at all. (This is not a deliberate failing generally. People are just different from each other. Patience is the rule here). Regardless how you go about it there are always two caveats with any teaching/learning method. 1). The material must be structured. It must never assume that the student "knows" certain information. It must be streamlined. If there are 30 ways of getting the same result, you only explain the one method. The only method. (Lying to your student is an import ant part of teaching. Eventually you tell them the truth but until they are ready the KISS principle applies). Keep the number of new concepts to the absolute minimum. It must build in a logical order, adding new skills or information in easily worked segments. For maximum effectiveness there should also be a corresponding exercise set to ...
... is on Russ Elliott's page here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/russelliott/3rd-4th.html Martin. posted: 29 Nov 2015 12:15 from: 4railsman Martin Wynne wrote: p.s. Everything you could need to know about 4th-rail track is on Russ Elliott's page here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/russelliott/3rd-4th.html Martin. Many thanks 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 ...
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