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... topic: 3130 Templot update version 216a now available. posted: 20 Nov 2017 20:16 from: Martin Wynne Dear all, The latest Templot update is now available. Version 216a. Your copy of Templot should update automatically if you restart it and follow the instructions. If you have any problems with that, follow the download links on the web site. For details of the changes in this update please refer to my recent posts. I will summarise the changes here shortly. N.B. If you see an error message like this while installing the update, please turn off your anti-virus program while installing Templot: w10_av.png regards, Martin. posted: 20 Nov 2017 21:04 from: stuart1600 Thanks, Martin. Downloaded without a hitch once I overruled AVG! (using Windows 7) Looking forward to trying out the various new functions. Regards, Stuart posted: 20 Nov 2017 21:26 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, 216a installed fine. No install issues( with Windows Defender) PDF output looks fine, cheers ...
142. New user
... topic: 1341 New user posted: 18 Jan 2011 22:06 from: Templot User I am spending much to much time getting started. Menus just do not comply with normal Windows practice. I will note them as I go but you are making me work very hard just to get started. I purchased the program and downloaded the available version 0.74.be. Then downloaded and installed 0.91.co. The Help menu says I still have the old version. what changed? All the menus still behave as before and my growing list of complaints were not fixed. Here are some complaints: 1. Calibrating the printer: The menu for entering data in the field does not allow me to back up. If there is an error, I have to start over. No indication that I have to hit Enter to go to the next field. The entire calibration procedure is cumbersome. All of this should be done from one menu and not jumping through so many. I have spent 20 minutes getting this to work before finding out that someone has somehow altered ...
143. WYSIWYG posting
... topic: 51 WYSIWYG posting posted: 13 Jun 2007 17:25 from: Paul Boyd Is it just me, or are other people finding that their carefully laid out posts get mangled by the time they appear on the forum? The post I just sent in reply to Brian's, for instance, did not look like that when it left my computer! posted: 13 Jun 2007 17:54 from: Martin Wynne Paul Boyd wrote: === Is it just me, or are other people finding that their carefully laid out posts get mangled by the time they appear on the forum? The post I just sent in reply to Brian's, for instance, did not look like that when it left my computer! === Hi Paul, I've been experimenting today with the reply format. What specific changes upset you? The problem is to find a nested quoting format which looks good and clear on the forum, and at the same time is properly delimited when received as plain text emails. At the moment it's proving elusive. ...
... topic: 124 00-SF history and information posted: 10 Aug 2007 05:25 from: Martin Wynne Dear all, There has been a rather acrimonious discussion about 00-SF on the RMweb forum today in which my name has been mentioned. I thought I would write a few notes about the background to 00-SF. Please feel free to copy this to RMweb or the 00-SF group if you wish. I myself have manufactured hundreds of 00-SF turnouts and sold them to very satisfied customers. They weren't actually called "00-SF" at the time, I just called them "00 extra fine". Some were on plain copper-clad timbering. Some were on my milled copper-laminate timbers with raised chairing effect. They all worked just fine as advertised. What follows is my best recollection of events more than 30 years ago. After all this time I confess my memory is much less than perfect, so if anyone reading this knows different, please do say. I could probably find out ...
... topic: 1433 An approach to building complex formations posted: 26 Mar 2011 17:36 from: JFS Dear All, I am just in the process of starting some track for my new layout and thought people might be interested in the way I have tackled it, involving as it does some complex bits and pieces. I have also posted a thread in the Nottingham Area Group forum in the S4 forum- so that tells you that the gauge is P4! My track building approach is "unconventional" but has been developed to maximise the benefits of "modern technology" such as functional plastic chairs, Templot templates etc. I have also tried plenty of other ways of doing the job and all have upsides and downsides so I would say that I have adopted my approach in the knowledge of, rather than out of ignorance of Other Ways! But please don't anyone suggest using tubular rivets- I have knocked up several thousand of them and can see no need ever to use another one- ever! I built a Test Track to "prove ...
... topic: 1809 Exactoscale order processing posted: 27 Jan 2012 11:14 from: LSWRArt Has anyone ordered recently from Exactoscale? I sent an order at the beginning of the week and they might be processing it, but I have not had any acknowledgement either to the email, or to a follow up phone call. In both I asked them to contact me to confirm receipt, but no response. It is a bit worrying as the order had all my card details on it. Is this how Exacto normally deal with orders? I know there were problems last year due to illness, but I thought they were now back to normal. Thanks Arthur posted: 27 Jan 2012 11:26 from: John Shelley LSWRArt wrote: Has anyone ordered recently from Exactoscale? I sent an order at the beginning of the week and they might be processing it, but I have not had any acknowledgement either to the email, or to a follow up phone call. In both I asked them to contact me to confirm receipt, but no response ...
... topic: 2213 German 750mm gauge turnout in H0e posted: 12 May 2013 19:14 from: Franz Hello: I previously used TEMPLOT to create a couple of templates and then tape them down to built the track. However, time has passed and I have forgotten all then I learned of TEMPLOT. I have 2 drawings. One is a template of a standard turnout. This is a continental 750mm gauge track with a 1:7 Frog. The other drawing is a single line drawing of the station which appears to be to in the proper perspective horizontal and vertical when I drop onto Google Earth. I believe I need to approach this systematically. 1) Create a new Custom Gauge, 2) Create a standard template for turnout and track geometry and timbering, 2) Record this new template as a library, 3) Import the station track plan background into a new box, 4) Create full track template, print and build. In order to become more proficient with TEMPLOT, I need to learn the nomenclature, because it ...
148. Web design blues
... topic: 115 Web design blues posted: 23 Jul 2007 04:40 from: Martin Wynne Dear all, I've been aware for some time that the Templot web site contains a lot of information, but is somewhat lacking in -- well, style, flair, design, you know the sort of thing -- something that says it was created by someone with a bit more visual sense than this oily-fingered engineer. So I've 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 Yellow headings on white? Small text in pale grey? Are my eyes so much worse than the average, or are these sites all created by 25-year-olds with perfect vision and top-of-the-range monitors? And wherever I look is the same small pale grey text. What's going on? Where is the sense in publishing a web site which I can barely read? I'd welcome some ideas for how ...
... 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 ...
150. Servos for Turnouts
... topic: 978 Servos for Turnouts posted: 22 Nov 2009 15:17 from: Stephen Freeman I am now convinced of the advantages of using servos to operate turnouts (and signals for that matter) and have attached one to an 00 turnout, this is fastened by means of a nut and bolt to a piece of pcb, which in turn is soldered to the underneath of a pcb timber, which in turn is soldered to the rail via brass rivets. I have removed the first timber for clarity. Picture attached. 142_221037_590000000.jpg There are also a couple of short Youtube videos on my website if anybody would like to take a look. It's my first foray into the world of Youtube videos etc and I'm still coming to terms with the various programs I have on my PC (Windows Movie Maker is easy but quality in my opinion leaves something to be desired, so I haven't used it). Gone a bit OT there. posted: 24 Nov 2009 23:23 from: Martin Lloyd There is a system on the market. It's ...
151. Go slow on a Mac
... topic: 2129 Go slow on a Mac posted: 28 Dec 2012 16:40 from: Simon Dunkley Have had occasional problems with Templot running on a Mac via Crossover, in that some activities cause Templot to proceed very, very slowly, and occasionally just sit there and hang. Anyway, all I am trying to do at the moment is specify a new custom rail length and sleeper spacing, and if I can get to the spacing from the first sleeper to the second sleeper, I am doing well. The data entry window is active, and indeed is sitting in front of everything else and completely immoveable. Earlier I managed this, but when trying to alter the sleeper width to something non-standard, the session just hung on me, and I had to force quit it. OK, it may be that there is something specific to my installation, but it may indicate something more generic- I recall Martin mentioning something about maths calculations. posted: 28 Dec 2012 17:58 from: Martin Wynne Hi Simon, There ...
... topic: 2745 Made some progress- still need help posted: posted: 24 Sep 2015 17:09 from: rynd2it Hi, I have almost finished adding track and turnouts to my planned layout of Faringdon but I'm not sure if I have done it right and I still have a couple of areas where I need some help please. I have attached my box file and I'll send the bgs and sk81 files along right after this. Please can someone take a look at my work and assist with the following: a) Have I used the correct templates and is more work required to make them all join up correctly? b) I cannot see how to add a three-way to TL042 and I'm not sure TL046 is correct. c) I cannot see how to create the two catch points I need Any other input is much appreciated, I plan on using C&L Flexitrack and their matching turnout kits so any advice on this would also be appreciated Many thanks David Attachment: attach_2162_2745_Faringdon.box 276 Last edited on 24 Sep 2015 17: ...
... topic: 2669 Brunel blues, 7mm broad gauge problems posted: 5 Apr 2015 09:59 from: keithj15 Fellow club members have started an O gauge Broad Gauge project, and asked me to draw up their track plan. Having gathered together all the track stats from the Broad Gauge Society, and created a custom gauge, all looked good until I tried to create a regular crossover. I then found the turnouts overlap and the all important V's don't generate on the template. I have tried all the variations of the turnout geometry, but have concluded that there must be some simple parameter that I have missed — possibly in the custom template dialogues, and this screws up the correct creation of the regular crossing — and maybe other configurations of turnout and crossing templates yet to be encountered. Can anyone help point out what I am missing? I have attached a box file showing the problem. regards Keith Johnson Attachment: attach_2102_2669_7mm_Broad_Gauge.b ox 234 posted: 5 Apr 2015 10:14 from: Alan Turner Widen the track centres using Geometry/Adjacent Track ...
... topic: 3746 Motorizing those pesky points. posted: 20 Aug 2020 04:45 from: Andrew Barrowman I don't know about you but I'm genetically programmed to spend as little as possible on anything, model railways included, and particularly anything to do with setting the direction of points (turnouts if you prefer). My target is to keep it down to less than $3.00 (call it 2.00 GBP) for each point. That pretty much rules out just about every commercially available option. Sure, servos are cheap, but you can spend lots of money on fancy electronic servo controllers that don't even work all that well and end up spending far more than that. Absent a freely available supply of ex Post Office relays (as previously used by Martin) an alternative is the cheap and cheerful SG90 radio-control servo. Considering how good they are they are incredibly inexpensive. (But they do have a couple of issues which this does address.) If you are happy to accept that all your point servos rotate their horns through something like ...
... topic: 2373 Crash after Hibernate posted: 8 Jan 2014 20:08 from: JFS Martin, I know you have other priorities, but when you have a mo... I was hoping to do some work with Templot at my club evening where there is no internet, so I hibernated Templot at home. When I woke my machine up, Templot appeared to be working, but any attempt at input resulted in this error:- undefined 1129_081505_350000000.jpg This includes attempting to close the window, so the only way out was Task Manager to kill the app. My machine runs Win 7 64b on Intel processors. Sorry to bring a problem... Best wishes, Howard posted: 8 Jan 2014 20:35 from: John Lewis When I woke my machine up, Templot appeared to be working, but any attempt at input resulted in this error:- Howard, What does the error say, please? I can't read it! Best wishes John posted: 8 Jan 2014 20:57 from: JFS John Lewis wrote: ...
156. Index
... topic: 1055 Index posted: 25 Feb 2010 05:32 from: kenbec Martin, Further to your message about the Index some time ago to which there was a somewhat underwhelming response I have a couple of suggestions. 1. Why don't you highlight the existence of the Index with links at least as conspicuous as those for the searches? 2. When you provide the answer to a question with which you are completely satisfied, the answer that is or even if you see one you like in the daily message files from another member. Index it immediately. The Index will start to be more useful and will be updated progressively. Eventually more and more answers to questions will be something like "Refer to Index item xxxxx" and then only because the person asking is not sure of what the right question is This must save you time in the long run. Regards, ken Last edited on 25 Feb 2010 05:35 by kenbec posted: 25 Feb 2010 06:53 from: Martin Wynne Kenneth Beckett wrote: Martin, Further to ...
157. more Xplains
... topic: 3461 more Xplains posted: 21 Jul 2019 13:45 from: Martin Wynne I mentioned a while ago that Tim and Alexander at EC-Software have come up with a new tool for creating program help. They have now upgraded it, which means it now looks even better as an alternative to the fuzzy MP4 screen video. My last example wasn't entirely relevant, so here is an "Xplain" more recognisably Templot: http://85a.uk/hand_xplain/ I have 3 questions: 1. would you be happy to see the existing video format replaced with this format? 2. should the accompanying text explanation be in the Xplain itself, or on the page below it? 3. should a page consist of several short Xplains like this, or a much longer one more like a video? p.s. you will notice a change to the quick-access buttons for the next program update. I've been finding myself hesitating over the existing abbreviated ones to click the right one. More grey cells gone. cheers, Martin ...
... topic: 3091 ADMIN BUG WARNING: adjacent track centres- FIXED posted: 2 Oct 2017 23:00 from: Martin Wynne Dear all, There is a major fatal bug in 215c. DO NOT use the "pre-set" option when setting the adjacent track centres. Templot will crash and you will lose work. I will get this fixed and post an update overnight. Thanks to Rodger Chaplin for reporting it. I'm very sorry this has happened. regards, Martin. posted: 3 Oct 2017 00:14 from: Ian Allen Martin, Thanks for the warning. I must say it's the first instance I can recollect in 19 years where Templot would crash like this. We are all grateful for the work you do with Templot. Regards Ian posted: 3 Oct 2017 02:43 from: Martin Wynne Thanks Ian. Now fixed in 215d, I hope. Or at least, I have fixed the floating-point maths exception. But it should have been trapped without causing Templot to crash, and I need to look ...
159. OS track maps online
... topic: 142 OS track maps online posted: 25 Aug 2007 10:53 from: Martin Wynne Track maps online for use in Templot background scans. Dear all, Here is a very useful web site if you are modelling present-day tracks. This is an online government resource of OS maps. At first it doesn't look very promising, but if you keep zooming in eventually it breaks into vector mapping down to the level of individual rails. This OS vector mapping is very expensive to buy, but this is a free resource of small extracts for planning purposes. Unfortunately it has a rather prominent watermark on every image. click: OS Planning Maps Using the tools on the left, click or draw a rectangle to zoom in, or drag the map to pan. Right-clicking to save the image doesn't work, but in Firefox you can use the Tools> Page Info> Media function to do Save As... on the map image. Note that there is a time limit for doing this after displaying the page - ...
... topic: 2552 Just starting- working out geometry of turnouts posted: 15 Oct 2014 19:04 from: DerekStuart Hello everyone. I have read much of this forum now and learned an awful lot, but with a huge amount more to learn about this complex tool. I have experimented and designed several "looks about right" goes at a junction, but I feel I am now ready to look at doing it 'properly', but I need help. If I may explain what I am doing: I have been away from modeling for [cough] years and have never modeled beyond finescale oo. However, having seen what can be achieved with Templot, I am going to go for P4. I have quite an ambitious layout in mind (35ft- and no, you can't talk me out of it!). I am going to build a number of smaller modules to gain experience and re-gain practice etc. What I am trying to do is to plot the trackwork now so that I can best decide how to ...
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