... a piece, or several pieces of track in a group? Clicking on the piece of track often highlights the wrong piece when you have track bed edges in place. Hi Gordon, Thanks for reporting this. The problem is that the presence of trackbed edges (and even more so with platforms) extends the active area of a template, so in complex formations they are increasingly likely to overlap. Then when you click on them, Templot doesn't know which template you mean. I will do something about this. In the meantime the solution is to use the template name labels instead: 1. put the name labels on, if not already (END key). 2. hold down the SHIFT key, or put the CAPS LOCK on. 3. select a template by clicking on its name label, instead of on the template. 4. if the labels are also overlapping, click on the top one, and on its popup menu click name labels> bat name label to bat its label out of the way. You can then ...

... make the above and below space active for the "make the control" function, making the button three times the size. I know we can use the "m" key to activate this function but it always seems easier to concentrate just using the mouse. Hi Tom, Thanks for the idea, I will have a look at that. It might be a bit counter-intuitive to some users to have clickable blank menu items. I think they will need to have an M on them at least. In the meantime you can avoid needing to click that menu item at all. If you hold down the CTRL key while clicking the template, that does make the control immediately. That was introduced in one of the recent program updates. cheers, Martin. posted: 5 Dec 2019 23:14 from: Tom Allen With the three spaces altogether for the one function it should be easier to pickup with the mouse. I'll have to give that ctrl trick a try. I guess it'll still feel like using the m key which takes ...

... . There are plenty of closed-source paid-for components such as those from DevExpress, but we can't use those in an open-source project: http://www.devexpress.com/products/vcl/ What I think I'm saying here is that the dream of switching everything to Templot3 from Templot2 in the next few months is looking a bit unlikely now. A program which works is not the same as a program which is easily usable. Which leaves me wondering how often I should be posting updated code files in the meantime? As far as I can see, no-one has downloaded any of the files which I posted on SourceForge a few days ago. cheers, Martin. posted: 15 Nov 2019 09:59 from: Graeme Hi Martin, Slightly slow response as I have been working on the next layout. Last week I saw an old post from Paul Boyd along the lines of "Templotting can become a hobby in itself". I now know what he means! Martin Wynne wrote: I made good progress with the ...

... . Thanks. Alan posted: 29 Oct 2019 13:05 from: Martin Wynne Alan Kettlewell wrote: I can't recall how to work with partial templates so I can remove the conflicting rails where they cross the vee. I recall seeing some help on it a while ago but can't find it again now, so I'd be grateful for a pointer to any info where I can brush up again on this. Hi Alan, I recall writing something recently and making a video, but I too can't find it. In the meantime there is a 12-year-old post here which summarises the methods: topic 195- message 981 cheers, Martin. posted: 31 Oct 2019 08:47 from: Alan Kettlewell Thanks Martin- will check it out Alan Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Baffled beginners> Outside Slip Help about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for ...

... time. That's because I'm mostly working on the 3-D DXF export for chairs and 3-D printing. It's proving a slow and daunting process. So much so that this update is actually a retrograde step in that the existing 3-D option for DXF exports is temporarily disabled (no change to 2-D DXF exports). I didn't want to wait any longer to release an update, and spend time reverting the work in progress. If anyone specifically needs the previous 3-D DXF export in the meantime please continue to use 219b, and defeat the internet check by means of the method given at: topic 3337 But there are a few changes in this update: 1. It is no longer necessary to have an internet connection in order to run Templot2. It will still check for updates on start-up, but allow you to continue working if you wish, or if there is no internet, or the Templot servers are down. I made this decision after an incident last year which proved that the rationale for ...

... the track standards as used by Peco and Tillig and Shinohara but I really fancied doing something in Code 55 which would look a lot more `real` in my opinion. When my friend said he couldn`t draw the point with the stated parameters I was intrigued and puzzled. I have a three way point from Ferro Suisse but don`t have to hand the radii in the roads. Perhaps I could come back to this when I next have a big sort out and find the relevant documents please? In the meantime thank you very much indeed for your thought and skill in assisting me to understand the subtleties of this formation. Bernard posted: 14 Jul 2019 12:36 from: Martin Wynne Hi Bernard, You can certainly build something in code 55 to Peco, Tillig or Shinohara standards which matches the prototype closely, and looks far better than commercial pointwork. But using those standards it can't be an exact scale model. I'm happy to produce the template for you, if you or someone else will tell me what those standards are ...

... have timbers on the curve- why is this? I tried the timbering options without success. Also, how do you get two return curves to meet from opposite directions. Hi Terry, A lot of questions there -- most of which could be answered by reading the notes and my replies here. Firstly, return curves. That's a bug which I introduced inadvertently in the latest program update, as I mentioned in my previous reply. Sorry about that. It will be fixed in the next update, but in the meantime you can get the sleepers back by making it the control template and then clicking the real> timbering> rolled-in timbering> rolled-in length sleepered menu item. (The reason for rolling the rails in a return curve is to interlace the timbering at the V-crossing exit, so avoiding the need to do a lot of timber shoving. The same trick can be used on a branch track, but in that case you must do it yourself, Templot doesn't do it for you. Rolling rails is ...

... It is not used very often. cheers, Martin. posted: 16 Jul 2019 11:24 from: JFS Well hang me- works just as you say... It had to be something like that... Trouble is, when you accidentally do something you never knew about, undoing it again is a challenge! I tend to use Wipe a fair bit when I am in "doodle" mode like this as it means there is always an undo route- no matter what might go wrong in the meantime. And the 50% of subsequently unused templates are easily purged. But I agree that Make might have been a better example to quote! Just also to mention that I used the "Make slip" function on one of the diamonds- my goodness, that saves some work- well done for that! Many thanks and best wishes, posted: 16 Jul 2019 11:37 from: Martin Wynne JFS wrote: Trouble is, when you accidentally do something you never knew about, undoing it again is a challenge ...

... 2019 17:52 from: Alan Kettlewell Works well on my Samsung tablet, quick to do, easy to follow and I like that you can control the speed. Cheers... Alan posted: 5 Apr 2019 18:00 from: John Shelley That format's a good idea Martin. Works well and easy to follow. John from St Ciers posted: 5 Apr 2019 20:49 from: Martin Wynne Thanks for the positive comments. I will get on with the next part in a similar style. In the meantime I have updated part 1 with some additional highlighting. I can't make up my mind whether it is worth doing or not: http://flashbackconnect.com/Default.aspx?id=eBhzi_rOhOiVu934ox6mDQ2 cheers, Martin. posted: 5 Apr 2019 22:08 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, I don't think the spotlight effect is required. If you couldn't see the yellow pointer in the first version there isn't much hope you will be capable of actually making the track Rob posted: 6 Apr 2019 08:44 from: Godfrey ...

... : Martin Wynne Hi Richard, Thanks for the file. It created the same errors here. I found two very large corrupted rectangles in there. After removing them, the file seems to load ok -- attached below. All of which is a bit puzzling, because that was clearly nothing to do with image bitmaps (the trigger for that error message) -- the change has reduced the file size by only 3KB. I need to spend some more time to figure out what may have happened, but in the meantime hopefully this file below will be ok. Do your background shapes contain any very large rectangles? If so they are probably not showing on the trackpad. Perhaps you could post your BGS file here so that I can compare it with the problem SK9 file. Thanks. cheers, Martin. Attachment: attach_2802_3383_richard_modified .sk9 165 posted: posted: 10 Feb 2019 17:11 from: Richard Spratt Thanks Martin, that's better. The background shapes does contain a large scanned transparent map and the garage rectangle. Attachment: attach_2803_3383_penrhos_em_19_01 _27_2222_42.bgs ...