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... topic: 3037 Dual gauge turnouts posted: 7 Jun 2017 16:48 from: George Ray Several years ago I produced some dual gauge turnout 5" and 7 1/4" templates for our local Model Engineering Society of which I am a member. The requirement has now arisen to produce some more bespoke turnouts. I still have the original box file but the difference is such that I think I really need to start again. I started with a 7 1/4" turnout then tried to align a 5" gauge turnout on top to start to develop the necessary partial templates. However I can't find the notch and peg positions that allow the main rail to be common for both turnouts. Help please. I also need to be able for the turnout side rail to be the common rail for another turnout. The original templates were produced on v91c but I dont think this should have made a difference I just have forgotten how I did it.Any help gratefully received. posted: 7 Jun 2017 19:38 from: Martin Wynne Hi ...
... from Templot. So I replaced that with a 3D version just to see how it looked (from your previous uploaded .box file): beam_ends_skp1.jpg beam_ends_skp.jpg I then thought I would prepare a bit of video. I recorded about 3 minutes worth, but then got a shock -- over 300 MB! I'm not too sure why it's so much bigger than the Templot videos, but I think the textured surfaces are the problem. That's why the above images are in .jpg fromat instead of the usual .png for screenshots. Also Sketchup produces a blank screen in the Camtasia recorder with graphics hardware acceleration turned off (the usual setting). Recording with acceleration on produces a jerky playback which is difficult to edit, but I had no choice. So I trimmed the video down to just a few seconds worth, but it is still 10MB. Here's the video anyway for those thinking of trying Sketchup (Flash format): video: http://www.templot.com/martweb/videos/fun_stuff/beam_ends_skp.swf Sketchup looks to be a great way to visualize Templot designs ...
... topic: 2398 Printing The Background Tracks posted: 5 Feb 2014 11:05 from: Clive Essery Hello guys, this is my first post on this forum. I decided to try and produce my plan on my own without bothering you guys with stupid beginners questions but have now hit an impasse. My background is that I am retired after 40 years of software development, which of course includes some CAD work. I thought I would eventually manage to produce something. Well I have succeeded in that area but I see that I am going to get a rollicking like Andrew- having built my track plan on an existing (but modified) map without practicing all of the features first. I guess I used only the basics of Templot and because I landed up doing a lot of rework, I have probably not done it the most efficient way. I couldn't for example get the move group to work properly so landed up moving my goods yard a template at a time many times as I moved it around the design. The issue that I ...
... topic: 2399 Dual Gauge Turnouts- Basic Principles? posted: 8 Feb 2014 21:17 from: Steve Bedding Hello Martin et al, I have been using Templot for a number of years for a several 2mm projects and although fairly happy that I can muddle my way through most simple tasks/functions, I have been asked to produce a plan for a 7mm dockside layout that incorporates both standard (SG) and narrow gauge (NG) lines; this has taxed my abilities beyond what I can achieve without guidance. I have searched the forums for any pointers/tips but can't seem to find a definitive tutorial or guide to the basic steps and principles to be followed; I would prefer to understand the sequence of producing the turnout rather than ask for a single solution as this way I can further my learning/understanding. My best guess is that the steps would be something along these lines... Created base turnout (standard gauge- GoG-F) which in this case is a GWR 9ft regular crossing v5. Store ...
... and from the level of interest so far I'm not sure that it's really worth it. cheers, Martin. posted: 4 Sep 2018 14:19 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, Sorry you feel a little frustrated with the lack of interest in OpenTemplot Despite my programming experience in an earlier life there is virtually no hope of me delving into the code and making changes( for me or for others) ... there is too much else to do with modelling related subjects. It is anyway highly unlikely I could produce anything that improved on your monumental efforts with the code My thoughts over the past years has been that damn bus that charges round the country looking for innocent targets. Now we have a( non internet checking) downloadable version of Templot all we have to worry about is that the Windows platform doesn't change. We would all like you to take care near the roads though.... Others may have different views of course. Rob posted: 4 Sep 2018 20:39 from: Trevor Walling Hello Martin, I ...
... topic: 706 Partial templates posted: 20 Jan 2009 21:57 from: George Ray After using this magnificent programme to produce the templates for my model of Horsted Keynes pre1913 I have been asked to produce some templates for the Andover Model Engineering Society of which I am a member. I am trying to develope a dual gauge turnout for the 5" and 7 1/4" gauge ground level track. I have succeding in producing many of the partial templates after viewing the dual gauge example but I am having trouble in discovering how to produce the short templates at the crossings. For example how is the template labelled BG outer- c which appears to contain a wing rail produced. I have tried to find the instructions but the size of the forum is getting so large I am not sure where to look to find what I need. One slight puzzle is that there is a template in the storage box for the curved crossover that says it is for templot 078e and later but doesn't actually appear to be used is this part of the ...
... so that you can see what is happening. That is not usually the case of course. The slide through peg mouse action moves the fixing peg along its current centre-line and shifts/rotates the template on the trackpad to keep the fixing peg fixed in position on the trackpad. The template alignment shifts with the template. If the peg is on the main-road centre-line and the template is not on a transition curve or slewed, these two mouse actions are very similar in end result. Otherwise they produce different results as you can see in the video. In practice, snake tends to be used much more often than slide. Note in the video that although the red fixing peg appears to get "left behind" it is still part of the control template. Each template has its own fixing peg, which can be anywhere -- it doesn't have to be within its boundary. If my explanations above are impenetrable, sorry about that. Folks often complain that my use of English leaves them none the wiser. Perhaps ...
... that says that the potential user has read the instructions before they can go ahead... I hate Marmite- but I've never tried chewing Templot... ;-) Thanks for your efforts :-) posted: 12 Mar 2015 17:25 from: its_all_downhill Why slag off a piece of software that they didn't have to pay for but it seems to be the mode of the moment over on RMweb. posted: 12 Mar 2015 17:32 from: Phil O Sometimes I think people want to try and produce Crewe before they've mastered producing a passing loop. Thanks Martin for some software that is very useful even for my limited abilities and of course the almost unlimited online help for when I get stuck. Cheers Phil posted: 12 Mar 2015 21:01 from: Martin Wynne I have deleted some personal attacks. Templot Club doesn't go there. Let's stick to discussing the issues. I know we have been here many times before -- but what is actually wrong with Templot which can generate such a hostile reaction? I would ...
... website is specifically asking people to ignore rumours. Pete has always been straight with people and we should trust him now. Whilst I share the concerns of others about future supply, I am quite surprised to see no comments on any forums (that I've seen) wishing Pete well for the future (esp. with his back) and noting how much he has done to advance the hobby. As for cottage industry- yes there are some that have really mucked things up, most don't and I can think of excellent kit producers, etch detailing kits and so on from cottage suppliers that are all honest, hard working and so on. Although CL appears profitable, I would hazard a guess that it's not massively so and that to ensure its continued survival it may need to downsize and if that means we have to accept slower ordering due to less staff then that's better than closure, surely. posted: 10 Mar 2017 07:40 from: Godfrey Earnshaw DerekStuart wrote:..., I am quite surprised to see no comments on any ...
... topic: 2515 Wheelset sideways slop between rails posted: 20 Aug 2014 10:45 from: Brian McK Greetings all, I'm modelling New Zealand's 3' 6" gauge system circa 1920s to 1:48 scale. While I can produce my own wheels and trackwork scaled exactly true from the prototype, do recognise that a very slight increase of the 1-3 /4 inch wide turnout flangeways with a commensurate adjustment to wheelset B to B may be a more realistic goal for construction and operational reliability. However, my question is this. In trying to ascertain dimensions for assembled wheelsets, what amount of "sideways slop" is appropriate for wheelsets in my scale on 22.2mm gauge? I'm aware that a tightening of track gauge has improved matters for O scalers (O -MF etc) and that a similar practice is occuring in 4mm scale, thus removing some of the clearance allowed for "trainset" wheels to run around curvature of dinner plate radius. I could study P4 and S7 etc and perhaps formulate something from that. But maybe there ...
... for example? I can identify Bridge chairs from their narrower footprint in the turnout diagrams but cannot figure out the difference when I look at the individual Exactoscale chair images. Exactoscale say their instructions are in the PDF's of the product but the chair sets just seem to have pictures with lots of different chairs and tell you to look at the instructions to see where they go. I think an email to them may be in order. posted: 4 Aug 2010 12:41 from: Nigel Brown Hi Greg Not sure if Exactoscale produce block chairs as such; certainly the check chairs you were looking at are not the ones. You could produce a block chair by taking two bridge chairs and shaving bits off until they fit side by side. Re cost, for turnouts this can be brought down simply by buying the chairs and rail and producing the crossings, switch rails etc yourself. Also if you were to consider plastic sleepers/timbers, then Plastruct or Evergreen strip is an alternative to those produced by Exactoscale, C&L etc Presumably if you're ...
... - screens 31& 32 posted: 1 Sep 2013 19:30 from: Andrew Duncan Hello Everyone I'm new this week to Templot and have just downloaded Templot 2. I'm not naturally good computers so I've been pleased with the results so far of trying out some simple stuff in Templot. I'm roughly half way through the track plan tutorial on the "old Templot Companion site". On screens 31& 32 I've come to grinding halt however, as I can't find the Templot 2 version of Track\ Quick set menu to produce a turnout. I assume that I'm staring it in the face, but I wonder if someone could point me in the right direction? Many thanks Andrew posted: 1 Sep 2013 20:01 from: Martin Wynne Andrew Duncan wrote: On screens 31& 32 I've come to grinding halt however, as I can't find the Templot 2 version of Track Quick set menu to produce a turnout. Hi Andrew, Welcome to Templot Club. Click the NEW button at the top of the trackpad, or the template> new ...
... edited on 31 Jul 2013 19:25 by R C Lake posted: 31 Jul 2013 21:01 from: Martin Wynne Here is Paul's BGS file. Attachment: attach_1640_2277_paul_willis_wanta ge.bgs 277 posted: 31 Jul 2013 21:02 from: Martin Wynne Here is Paul's SK81 image file. Both these files should be saved in the same location -- usually your \SHAPE-FILES\ folder. Attachment: attach_1641_2277_paul_willis_wanta ge.sk81 439 posted: 31 Jul 2013 21:06 from: Alan Turner Paul, it is apparent that you have produced the plan by sticking templates together. That is not the best way, as you have discovered. You really need to identify the principal road and lay that down in plain track. What you then do is insert turnouts into that and work your way into the rest of the layout. This way everything will flow and you won't end up with discordant geometry. For instance your top cross-over doesn't actually join up as you have drawn it. Funnily enough I was demonstrating this very track plan to someone at our ...
... topic: 1451 How to Construct an Irregular Diamond Crossing posted: 11 Apr 2011 15:27 from: Brian Nicholls Hi All, I have been doing a re-write of Richard_t's excellent irregular diamond crossing help guide (without which, I may not have attempted this), in the hope of finally producing a video of it. I am still having teething problems with the video, not so much the actual screen capture and editing, but cannot seem to get the final production to go to either AVI or SWF, but that's another story and not the subject of this posting. I order to make things flow smoothly in the video, it meant I had to make sure of every move (key stroke and mouse) had to be correct and spontaneous. With this in mind, I not only went through the process many, many times, but also had to write out in long hand each and every thing that was required. In doing this, I now realise that I have produced another document that may be of use to ...
55. Video + audio
... I'm puzzled why a midi file can't be embedded in an avi media file. Perhaps it can? The resultant "music" is very poor, but the advantage would be an almost negligible increase in file size. regards, Martin. posted: 27 Nov 2007 19:23 from: Martin Wynne Paul Boyd wrote: Incidentally, I've just been tortured with the typical "railway video" background music on the RM CD. Who writes and plays this plinky-plonky stuff? Hi Paul, There's a whole industry out there producing it. It's known in the trade as "Ambient Music". For telephone switchboards, waiting rooms, computer presentations, advertising,... I can imagine producing it might be quite skilful -- it needs to be just pleasant enough to listen to if you want to, capable of being completely ignored if you don't, and able to be interrupted at a moment's notice without causing the listener any sense of loss or offence. Of course some folks might prefer silence, but in this digital age that would mean ...
... topic: 1054 Getting Started withTemplot posted: 23 Feb 2010 12:18 from: Nigel Brown Ken I spent 30 years as a software developer/manager in a university computer service, before going off some 12 years ago to do "other things", as I always intended I should. Throughout that period producing documentation for the inexpert users of the software was a central part of the activity, in particular "getting started" documentation to get users actually using the software for something useful, as well as documentation for support of more demanding projects. I think this worked, in the sense that we had a large number of users applying the software, with every indication of success, and with a moderate level of queries easily handled by our advisory service. So in terms of providing documentation I think that by and large I know what I'm talking about. If I was in Martin's position, I would do exactly what he is doing today, which is providing a vast, varied, flexible and structured pool of documentation through the Templot Companion ...
... topic: 1046 Help wanted- Corfe Castle posted: 13 Feb 2010 17:34 from: Templot User -- --- from Neil Berrington -- --- I am struggling with Templot a tad. (I'm a biomechanical kind of fellow, so CAD design escapes my limited intellect) The time investment in learning the program is significant. Is there anyone who is able to produce a Templot file for me? (Lazy bugger that I am.) The tricky area is really the flow of the goods yard- almost tandem turnouts. I attach the station in question- Corfe Castle, Dorset. 46_131232_230000000.png (Click the link in the Image Gallery to see it full-size.) Neil Berrington Canada posted: 13 Feb 2010 18:06 from: Paul Boyd Hi Neil Before anyone can offer help, there's two vital bits of info needed. Firstly, the easy one, which scale/gauge are you modelling in? The second- there's no scale on the map you posted. Do you have any known dimension to ...
58. Control Panel
... topic: 1045 Control Panel posted: 12 Feb 2010 19:11 from: Dellboy Hi there There are quite a few suggestions around on how to make a track circuit diagram for a track control panel or how to produce one for a lever frame panel. Below for interest is my attempt using M/S Excel which I have not seen used before. The result is a professional looking diagram. It can be adjusted to any size for printing and mounted under a perspex sheet for protection. Regards Derek 1821_121405_190000000.jpg posted: 12 Feb 2010 19:44 from: John Lewis Derek wrote: There are quite a few suggestions around on how to make a track circuit diagram for a track control panel or how to produce one for a lever frame panel. Below for interest is my attempt using M/S Excel which I have not seen used before. The result is a professional looking diagram. It can be adjusted to any size for printing and mounted under a perspex sheet for protection Derek Yes, that looks very good. How did you do ...
59. Single Slip
... topic: 731 Single Slip posted: 12 Feb 2009 11:36 from: Scott Willis Dear all I have just been trying to construct a Single Slip which I have attached a copy of. The Slip has been drawn in S-Scale and due too the fairly tight radius it is on I have had to make it quite large (1 :13.5). When constructing a large Diamond Crossing/Slip, anything above 1:10 and Templot doesn't produce the required K-Crossings. Can anyone tell me how to produce these? Regards Scott Attachment: attach_487_731_SW_SingleSlip.box 356 posted: 12 Feb 2009 12:03 from: Martin Wynne Scott Willis wrote: When constructing a large Diamond Crossing/Slip, anything above 1:10 and Templot doesn't produce the required K-Crossings. Can anyone tell me how to produce these? Hi Scott, I strongly recommend that you don't try to use fixed K-crossings at 1:13.5 angle, especially on such a tight curve. Derailments are inevitable. Fixed K-crossings are limited to 1 ...
... topic: 95 Straight crossings on GWR posted: 23 Jun 2007 04:46 from: Templot User I am planning a new layout in P4 and am trying to do so using Templot. My period is GWR in 1910 and I am using curved loose-heel switches and straight crossings. I can see that Templot produces straight crossings when the main closure rails are straight, but can find no way to keep the crossings straight when the closure rails curve. The GWR supplied standard crossings as a unit and as far as I can see only produced curved crossings as 'specials'. posted: 23 Jun 2007 05:43 from: Martin Wynne Templot User wrote: I am planning a new layout in P4 and am trying to do so using Templot. My period is GWR in 1910 and I am using curved loose-heel switches and straight crossings. If you are modelling GWR track David Smith's book is essential reading: GWR_Track_200px.jpg Available from Great Western Study Group. I can see that Templot produces straight crossings when the main closure rails are straight, ...
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