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... spacing-ring tool. posted: 15 Feb 2018 22:02 from: Martin Wynne Thanks Adrian. The correct path for the full spacing-ring functions is in fact utils> dummy vehicle spacing-ring menu item. I am currently working on some changes to the rotation of background shapes, which will be in update 218e shortly. regards, Martin. posted: 15 Feb 2018 23:42 from: Tony W Hi Martin. Could you also have a look at the spacing of the set as marked on the printouts. The prototype dimension is 4" ahead of the switch tips, which in 4mm scale should be 1.33 mm in front of the blade tips, as I am sure you are aware. It does not look to be as great as that to me. Regards Tony. posted: 15 Feb 2018 23:55 from: Martin Wynne Tony W wrote: Could you also have a look at the spacing of the set as marked on the printouts. The prototype dimension is 4" ahead of the switch tips, which ...
... in fact the egg-timer? (Officially it's called the "hourglass"). It shows while the screen is being refreshed with the numbering -- for a large plan like yours that might take a second or two. If you mean it remained showing with Templot not responding -- pass. Perhaps Windows needs a kick? Close a few other applications if running and re-start Templot. For those not following your impressive project on RMweb, here's a link to your latest report with pictures of your new Templot printout: Gordon's Eastwood Town project One other thing Martin, before I forget. When printing a large plan, I'll often skip rows to reach a particular section. Is it possible to add a previous row button as sometimes I miss the row I want and then find you can't go back. You have to cancel the print and start again. Is that possible or is there a way to go back that I have missed? No, you haven't missed anything. Because of the way printing works, a "previous row ...
... for the palform awnings. Jamie posted: 19 Feb 2010 23:35 from: Jamie92208 Well some real progress in the last 2 weeks. First of all a start was made on the bseboards and the first three are looking well. 33_191825_060000000.jpg The one nearest the camera is the king boards that the bridge will be attached to, the end plate for that boards is cramped to it. Now I'm putting another layer of 3mm ply where the tracks will go, then a layer of cork will be added followed by the templot printout for track construction. To get the 3mm ply cut to shape I put the oieces on the board, mark a rudimentrary grid at 200 mm intervals on the x axis then transfer the y coordinates from Templot, then cut it out with a tenon saw. It works well. teh second bit of prgress is that I've now got acces to the original drawings of Greyhound bridge which is one of the layout centrepieces. It now carries the northbound A6 and network rail wouldn't even tell me if they had any drawings of it ...
... Lewis. I'm obviously not explaining myself clearly. I'm not looking for track 'bases'- i.e. laser cut sleeper forms. Rather just the 'inside' of a set of points as it were. As in- I hope- the attached png image Ah! It worked! Donald 1525_231149_250000000.png posted: 23 Nov 2009 17:47 from: Donald MacLean First off, Brian, thanks for your interest and speedy responses. To answer your questions. Yes- the object is to have form which can be positioned over the TemPlot printout on which the requisite copper clad sleepers have been glued down, and the vee crossing tacked to its set of copper clads. The template is positioned over the vee, and the outer stock rails snugged up against it and soldered to the remaining copper clad sleepers. The form is then removed for the fixing of the closure rails. [As I said in my first post I did this in OO back in the fifties] Secondly, I agree that there is an infinite number of possible combinations of crossing and curvatures. ...
... . Even if not, this is much less expensive than buying ready-made discs. If the adhesive is too aggressive, you can kill some of the tack with a light sprinkling of talcum powder. An alternative is to buy spare metal faceplate(s) and have different grades of abrasive on each one. How easy would it be to change the faceplate on these models? And how true would it run afterwards? Thanks for the feedback. I'm minded to create a little photo feature showing track being built on Templot printouts, and it needs to be done with tools which are readily available. regards, Martin. posted: 27 Apr 2008 22:05 from: Charles Orr Martin Wynne wrote: Thanks for the feedback. I'm minded to create a little photo feature showing track being built on Templot printouts, and it needs to be done with tools which are readily available. Hi Martin I think that would be a very useful feature, particularly if you show details of the construction of the common crossing. regards Charles posted: 27 Apr ...
... topic: 3818 Print error on blunt nose posted: 21 Nov 2020 12:36 from: Paul Boyd Hi Martin I've found a bit of a curiosity when printing templates where the blunt nose as displayed on the screen continues to a sharp point on the printouts. On the print preview attached, you can see that the centre crossing is ok, but the other two show the rails continuing to the fine point. Those two happen to be gaunt turnouts, but on the attached box file there's a normal turnout that shows the same effect. Not really a problem from a build point of view, but probably something that shouldn't happen, or I've done something strange! Cheers, Paul 105_210730_380000000.png Attachment: attach_3177_3818_group_2020_11_21 _1228_52.box 12 posted: 21 Nov 2020 13:47 from: Martin Wynne Paul Boyd wrote: Not really a problem from a build point of view, but probably something that shouldn't happen, or I've done something strange! Hi Paul, Yes, you have done something strange! You have set the rail-section to flat-bottom, ...
... I am of course already aware of those two simple, but effective methods. I use the 'set' method and it works well. However, I've not managed to get consistent results for the knuckle/ wing bend- especially for the (L )NER which has a gentle bend. I did find bending them around a Hartley's Jam jar came out right for a 1:8 bend. However, if the turnout is curved then getting this bend in accurately becomes harder. Yes it can be manually checked against a Templot printout, but I find adjustments tend to end up leaving lots of irregular bends rather than one clear and gentle curve. I have a week off next week. I shall think up some ideas and try them- I've nothing to lose but my fingers and thumbs- oh, and pride. Thanks Derek posted: 22 Oct 2020 07:53 from: Hayfield Don't forget the method of using the Vee filing jigs to form the bend,form the benb by eye slightly narrower, place the rail in the jig and tap ...
... - have you ordered the shed? regards, Martin. posted: 7 Jun 2014 15:32 from: Simon Dunkley Martin Wynne wrote: Alternatively you can do geometry> track centre-lines only and set the radius to match the turntable. In this case the printed template won't be as prominent as using a rail for the turntable ring, but it's quicker to do. Ah yes, but if one prints out a smaller size layout plan, where it is advisable to de-select the centre-lines from the printout, then the turntable disappears... There is a reason for my methodology. Simon posted: 7 Jun 2014 16:31 from: John Palmer Those are ingenious ways of dealing with turntables- thanks! Martin Wynne wrote: Many thanks for posting that John -- have you ordered the shed? regards, Martin. Not before I've negotiated the purchase of the next door garden so I can get it all in. I ought to mention that this has been done entirely from photographs, and without reference to any ...
... plan), select the printer and the 'preview' appears where it shows the outlines of the sheets of paper. This, correctly, shows a single sheet of paper and the Print Background Templates dialog shows just one page. However, when I then choose to print all pages, about 11" of the plan is printed and the plotter cuts the page and prints nothing else. I've also exported the track plan as a DXF file and imported in to AutoCad. Using the same printer, the preview in AutoCad shows a printout on a single sheet of paper but, when that is sent to the printer, exactly the same thing happens and the plotter stops and cuts the page after about 11" or so of printing. It is almost as if a page size of A4 (there or thereabouts) is embeded in the print job... Any thoughts would be appreciated... John posted: 18 Oct 2019 13:40 from: Phil O Hi John I vaguely remember this coming up before and the answer was to reduce the ...
30. Printing problem
... topic: 2476 Printing problem posted: 29 Jun 2014 16:35 from: renluethi Hi Martin, With Templot 2.09 I have printing problems. When printing in portrait mode, the left side of the printed frame is 278.5 mm long and the right side of the frame has 279 mm, and the whole printout is trapezoidal distorted accordingly. The horizontal sides of the frame have the same length. In April my old PC with Windows 2000 and Templot 91c crashed, it was a Motherboard failure. Now I have a new Motherboard and have Win 7/64 and Templot 2.09 installed. The printer is a Canon IP5200 and still the same. Under W2k the prints were very precise and stitching 3-meter long track planes together was easy, at the ends the difference was normally within the thickness of the frame line. With the prints off Win 7, I have difficulties to stitch together a single turnout, which stretches over three sheets. The difference amounts to more than the wide of the railhead already! Assembling Complex track work is very unreliable ...
31. Single slips
... you very much for your assistance which as usual is beyond what one would expect from anyone. It seems you never sleep. Best regards. Trevor posted: 7 Aug 2014 12:39 from: Trevor Walling Hello, Here is my latest attempt. I have used the geometry> invert curving step on the switch I was having trouble with and I think it worked. I encountered a similar issue with the opposite one as well. I think I sorted that as well. 2110_070734_300000000.png undefined I will upload the pdf of the printout next Attachment: attach_1904_2496_upslip_crossover .box 169 posted: 7 Aug 2014 12:45 from: Trevor Walling Hello, Here is the pdf. I would appreciate if any errors or omissions could be pointed out please. The inverting and swapping hands in the process used is easy to mess up. I don't think that can be helped till one uses Templot doing the same procedures a few times. Thank You. Trevor. Attachment: attach_1905_2496_upslipcrossover.p df 220 posted: 7 Aug 2014 13:52 from: Martin Wynne That looks good Trevor ...
... to reduce that final curved section. I will attach the unmodified map that I started to work with in Paintshop Pro. Both my computers are fairly meaty- both the laptop and the desktop have 8gb of ram and pretty good graphics cards. The desktop has an SSD card and a terabyte data disc though the laptop has a smaller disc and is pretty full- that may have been my issue trying to print as I first tried it on there and only succeeded when I switched to the desktop. I did get a good printout today but at only 1/4 of the size (2 pages). I will print a bigger one some time- my next issue is how to split the baseboards into 3 separate sections for transport. Ideally the meeting edges need to be zigzag so that the track crosses the edges at right angles. I also have difficulty trying to find a way through all the turnouts on both the main lines and the goods yard. I need to read up the help files on the sketchboard tomorrow! Have fun, Clive ...
... rail joint in the turnout road for the stock rails of the adjoining switch (ibid. p.37). This is as you suggested, referring me to the image on p39, possibly having read the same. Ideally the distance from the nose to the switch should be 17'4" too, although it could be less. Something for me to check is what I've actually made this distance. Unless there is a way to measure this in Templot- and even if there is- this might be most conveniently accomplished on my next printout. My previous question whether the BC timber can be slewed was a daft one. Of course it can as long as the bolts still have enough timber around them to secure. Would the timbering through the lead have been equalised on this turnout? I'm going to guess not. My other reasoning for going this way is that the equalised timbering would make it look more like later GWR practices and I want it to look older. Onto the yard switch: This one probably needs a whole load more work. The timber ...
34. Another one lost
... have met, there is an expectation that the program will make layout design easy. And of course it can, as many on this forum have shown, but there is a requirement that the user really has to turn on their brain first. The common problem is that Templot is a powerful program that requires time to learn and even more time to master. It also is really useful to learn something about real PW and how it is built. You can't, as many seem to expect, just boot it up and printout the perfect layout two hours later so you can show it off at the Saturday meet. Then the panic sets in. "I can't get this to work, it's no good". At the moment I can't get into the Windows side of my HD as Windows 7 has developed it's famous "I can't find your profile problem". But as I am replacing the HD on this machine in the next month I'll wait. But when I can boot up Windows I will spend some time in Templot playing with different ...
... field. It is a great pity that no company has taken the bull by the horns and made a range of gauges available from one place for the popular gauges in both 4& 7 mm scales. A simple thing like a flangeway gauge for 00 gauge etc. There are many modellers who are lone wolves and are not members of societies and have great difficulty in obtaining some items. posted: 24 Sep 2014 08:50 from: RogerW The the main problem was that the original builder did not stick to the Templot printout or use any track gauges. I understand from the layout owner (someone different) that the builder just ran a wagon up and down and "gauged" from that. I can see that in several places where ballast has lifted while I was tying to level up what was there (a right mess) that check-rails have not been fitted in the right place, they were inadequate in length particularly on the 3way points as they only covered one of the two frogs and I can see that the C& ...
... with the issues of oversized flanges, tiny clearances, sometimes due to materials that are thicker than scale and seriously under sized radius curves. The other thing he hammered home was the need to understand what you are modelling. His first kit of a Z12 class was delivered but we could not get enough subscribers for the second kit to make it viable. I had started to do the research for 7 locomotives plus Clyde Locomotive Depot in Sydney c1910 as a layout that three of us were going to build. 36 feet of Templot printout in two sheets. Unfortunately the third member was diagnosed with a brain tumour and passed away after 18 months. My friend had some contra medication issues that began to affect his memory plus a scare with cancer. This meant he shut down his engineering consultation business and, due to the lack of interest, the kit design business. With my being a carer for the second time of an elderly ill parent the modelling has stopped for the several years but the research continues. Currently I field question from and for the Australian ...
... the sequence, than the background templates that have the sleepers visible. I have done the Scissors crossover for you and if you compare the both versions, you will see what I have done. The Tandem is however a bit more of a challenge as the required rails are hidden altogether. I will have a go at it for you so that can see what it should look like, but there is nothing to stop you now from discovering the joys of printing your track plan. Use the output menu for the most accurate printouts and calibrate your printer with the calibrate option at the bottom then use the Print background templates option. Print-now! uses the printer uncalibrated and most printers have some error factor which can add up over a distance. Regards Tony. Attachment: attach_1994_2555_MR_terminus_curve d_points_v8a.box 225 posted: 6 Nov 2014 00:24 from: Tony W Martin Wynne wrote: Tony W wrote: I would expect it to be similar for Bull head track, but do not have the figures. Hi Tony, The knuckle gaps for bullhead (in ...
... . Since then, a couple of people in the Exeter club have mentioned about 0-MF, but nobody seems to use it, everyone using Peco track! When it was mentioned I did wonder about trying it, but then I have already ordered the crossings and blades from C&L. I believe the crossings are soft soldered so I could adjust the flangeways. Can anyone advise a source of 0-MF track gauges? Would I need to change gauge in Templot, or could I use the 0-F printouts with 0-MF trackgauges? My previous 0-gauge experience was some 60 years ago with Hornby tinplate. A lot has changed since then! Andrew. Martin Wynne wrote: Hi Andrew, I see that you have adopted the GOG-F standard. Are you aware than many (most?) handbuilders of 0 gauge track now prefer the 0-MF standard? This gives much better running with modern Slater's-pattern wheels. There has been much discussion about this on other forums such as RMweb. I believe ...
... 1 Feb 2015 09:45 from: Robert M Dixon Hi Martin, Thanks for the update. As John writes, the process is very straightforward and quick. As I have three double junctions to produce the information from yourself will speed up the process considerably. Next job is to learn about easements of which there is a good video. Thanks again Mike D. posted: 2 Feb 2015 16:52 from: Robert M Dixon Hi Martin, Thanks for update on Scruff Video on Double Junction. I have completed a printout and it fits perfectly on my new layout. I have watched the extra tutorial and will likely use that later. At the moment I have based the radii on the initial turnout I use for building the double junction. I've also looked at the slip video. I find that the information panels included are very helpful. I, perhaps like many others, are not familiar with all aspects of point and crossing terminology and whilst one can obtain the information from a variety of sources it is really helpful to have the details ...
... showing what you are seeing. Thanks. cheers, Martin. posted: 17 Sep 2019 21:56 from: ikcdab Hi Martin, many thanks. When i run with saved preferences, i get as per attached.Running without saved preferences was OK with the shortcut bar. I then reesaved my preferences and hey presto, all is now OK. Thank you Has it really been 10 years!! I am a lurker, i have read all avidly and learnt a lot. I am currently building a layout on a large templot printout- i just havent felt the need to post any questions until now! Many thanks for all that you have done with templot, it is great! 1588_171654_010000000.jpg Martin Wynne wrote: ikcdab wrote: Hi all, a simple question....i have lost the very handy shortcut bar that appears under the menu at the top of the screen....how do i get it back??Thanks Hi, Welcome to Templot Club. It's been over 10 years since you joined, and good to hear from you for the ...
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