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181. Making a screen shot
... topic: 654 Making a screen shot posted: 4 Dec 2008 14:10 from: Gordon S I'm sure this has been covered before but searches on jpeg and screenshot have failed to throw out the answer. I have been asked to show my track plan by various people either on RMWeb or just emails between friends. How can I take a simple screenshot in jpeg format that can be sent by electronic mail? Clearly it can be done as I have seen screenshots appear in the railway modelling press and in this forum. Can someone please tell me how it's done? Many thanks. posted: 4 Dec 2008 15:01 from: Martin Wynne Gordon S wrote: How can I take a simple screenshot in jpeg format that can be sent by electronic mail? Hi Gordon, 1. Arrange your screen as required. 2. Press the PrintScreen key on the keyboard -- it's usually just to the right of F12. (It would be far more logical called "Copy Screen" because that's what it does, but some things are ...
... been diplayed 5,014,686 times and clicked 2,937 times. Err.... Yes.... But, has this resulted in an explosion of additional sales? I do sympathise with you Martin. Soldering and track construction are black arts for many folk. I only get 3-4 questions by email each day, because most folk tend to telephone. It just comes with the territory I guess. But as I have said many times before, the weakness of Templot is the lack of simple 'How to..' guides, published in written form. Videos and quick snapshots on screen are all very well, but they can never take the place of written text. Regards Brian Lewis Carrs- C+ L Finescale posted: 8 Nov 2008 14:49 from: Martin Wynne Brian Lewis wrote: Martin Wynne wrote: If you search "Templot" on RMweb you will find over 1000 references, which is amazing in just the 8 months that the ads have been running. So far the ads have been ...
... topic: 3353 Interconnected track- how to divide, and a better diverging arrangement posted: 13 Nov 2018 08:01 from: William Williamson Good morning chaps! I posted this question on RMWeb and Mr. Wynne suggested here might be more fertile ground for discussion. I've got a relatively simple arrangement of trackwork in my station throat, which I have divided for ease of construction into three meta arrangements of A, B and C: ATzhaRq.png I tink A and C are relatively straight forward- simple B6 crossovers though C has an extra B6 interleaved. The issue appears to be with the formation at B- as Martin has pointed, it is not possible for both turnout routes to be occupied simultaneously (in model form) without there being a conflict. Now, this isn't something that keeps me up at night: I'll be a sole operator and if not I find it hard to believe that this will be a frequent enough conflicting movement to cause problems (seeing as the bottom right road out of the junction is a carriage siding). ...
184. Lancaster Green Ayre
... converge to match the fiddle yard. 2. The crossover needs to fit on the irregular shaped board that it is mainly on. The point motors need to be mounted so that they clear the end plates of the board (22mm softwood). I am struggling to get a layout that has both point tie bars on the board. I want to try to keep to a minimum 6' radius and accept that the down main (Outer track) will have a switched frog. I have tried to use the command 'create simple crossover TS'. This creates another nice Xover with a 1:22.5 point which is far to long on the inner track. If I then shrink the point with F5 the curvature goes haywire and I can't get it to match up. Can anyone help. idealy the tie bars need to be about 50mm from the end of the board. Jamie Guest Attachment: attach_742_948_green_ayre_10_02_28 _1445_33.bgs 379 Last edited on 1 Mar 2010 08:53 by Jamie92208 posted: 2 Mar 2010 10:29 from: Jamie92208 Jamie92208 wrote: HELP ...
... put them right! The things to watch are the minimum radii, especially on the crossovers, and the spacing between the tracks on the curve. Do you know why the station had 4 platform faces? It does look an interesting plan. posted: 24 Feb 2010 17:37 from: Jim Guthrie Borg-Rail wrote: Curved turnouts= long turnouts. Curved Double Slips!!!= evener longer. Don't get me started on outside slips! Agreed. On the track plan I uploaded the other day, a simple crossover between the up and down main on a 53" radius curve requires a 1:16 crossing on the turnout on the outer line with its crossover road being just over 43" radius. I did try to get a larger inner radius by trying for even higher crossing numbers but Templot seemed to object. If you do go for the curved version of the layout you will have to be prepared for these large number crossings and your diamonds and slips will have to be the switched versions to get reliable running. Further ...
... majority of track builders don't Phil has plans to develop products for the future and you are right that for special chairs it will not happen in the short term, but these products are a very minority interest and not top priority I accept we were warned, therefore expected a short term supply issue, but these items will be returning. Both Phil and Mr Jukes seem committed to serve and develop this part of the hobby, far better than 18 months ago. I have no idea what forums you belong to, but a simple request for help in obtaining these items may be your best route to solve the problem you have posted: 9 Aug 2018 18:09 from: DerekStuart John, I admire your optimism. If you are right then CL should do very well in the future. Let us hope so. posted: 9 Aug 2018 18:44 from: Hayfield Derek 15 mths ago talks to take over C&L fell through and potentially we were in the situation we are now with Exactoscale looking for sales outlets, Phil stepped in ...
187. ScaleThree
... the Yahoo email I received and it has only now turned up approx 48 hours later. So I'm not sure if the email version of the forum is working correctly. Hi Andy, Email automation applies only to messages received from the Templot Club forums. If you post messages by email, it requires manual intervention by me to steer them into the correct forum/topic. Which inevitably means that occasionally there will be delays. I'm intending to automate this also, but it's not top priority at present. The solution is extremely simple -- why not register on the forum? No personal information is required. It takes only a few seconds -- http://85a.co.uk/forum/login.php?register=1 Then every email you receive has a link at the top which takes you directly to the relevant location in the forum. From where you can enter a reply instantly -- faster than Yahoo! And unlike email you can include images and file attachments and add context formatting for emphasis. Also as a registered member you can choose to ...
188. Double track ovals.
... for a few programs before like Anyrail& Xtrkcad to design a layout& it just seems to be a bit beyond me when it comes to getting perfect curves to do a double track mainline. I was wondered if there were any tutorials on the forum to show me how I do this?? Hi Simon, There are two videos showing different ways to create ovals in Templot. Go to the video page at: http://www.templot.com/martweb/video_list.htm Read the notes and then scroll down and click on the simple oval- method 1 and simple oval- method 2 links to watch the videos. Making them double track is easy. Just work your way round deleting to control/current, and clicking the tools> make double-track menu items for each template. Templot is completely different from Anyrail and XTrkCad, so if you found those difficult you might find Templot a lot easier. Please consider though that an oval isn't a very railway-like formation, it's not the best way to start a proper track plan, and ...
... multiply key). The notes then suggest using F6 to adjust the curvature to match the underlying template- but it's obvious that the control template is not aligned over the background template(s) at all and adjusting it's radius is not going to alter that. But there is no mention of needing to use F8 to rotate the template to get an alignment- which is what leads me to conclude that I must have gone astray somewhere. What am I doing wrong, or misunderstanding here? I'm sure there must be a simple explanation, but despite no end of playing around it still eludes me. I've attached the box file with the three templates as they appear after "pegging onto notch". I shall be very grateful if someone can explain what it is that I've got wrong in this process- but I will feel very guilty if someone spends their valuable time producing a nicely finished set of templates for me- I really do need to learn how to do this correctly myself. Appreciate any help with this. Kind regards, Stuart Attachment ...
190. Fresh air and photos
... Disassembly/55681 It's worrying because there are several attachments which use the tripod socket, such as belt straps which use a socket plate fixing, which even come with an allen key for tightening. Talking of such things, this bit of Chinese plastic has arrived from eBay for a fiver: 2_111336_180000001.jpg As a pistol grip it's distinctly flimsy compared to my home-made handle. On the other hand it's very lightweight and fits in my pocket when I'm out without my rucksack. Also, the handle section folds out to make a simple non-adjustable mini-tripod: 2_111336_180000000.jpg cheers, Martin. posted: 11 Oct 2018 19:29 from: Nigel Brown Rugby- can't stand the game! Forget the "character forming". In North Wales played soccer, a game for those with skill and a bit of intelligence. Moved to Stroud and the school was fanatical about rugby. It's as much the attitude as the game itself I can't stand. Nearly broke my neck when a scrum collapsed. A group of us rebelled and were allowed to do ...
191. Double Junction
... : Jim Guthrie Kenneth Beckett wrote: My question is could someone out there point me in the direction of anything which covers the construction of Double Junctions? I have searched Templot but have not found anything describing the construction of a Double Junction. I intend to make these "freestyle" ,ie without rubbings, as I have never been happy with what I was forced to accept using Peco. Kenneth, One way to make a double junction is to create a turnout template to your requirements then use this template to form a simple crossover (in "Tools" menu). The turnout template created with this operation can now be converted into a diamond. Copy the original turnout and join it to the through road of the diamond- creating the turnout on the other main line.. Add a straight section of track to the diverging road of the diamond. Make double track (Tools menu again) on this straight section to create the other diverging road and extend this piece of track to cross over the main road. Then select the second turnout ...
... topic: 1130 Double track curves- widening the 6' posted: 24 May 2010 19:19 from: Richard Spratt Two questions: 1) How do I calculate how much the 6' way needs to be increased for curves? Please don't mention versines, but I presume that there is a simple relationship between radius widening. 2) How do I apply it in Templot to a transition curve? I presumed that I use Slew? Which I've tried, but although it moved the tracks further apart at the transition, brought the tracks closer together at the end of the curve?? So I've managed it by splitting the track into 3 sections: one as per the entry to the curve, 3mm further apart and a transition between the two. posted: 24 May 2010 19:32 from: Martin Wynne Richard Spratt wrote: 1) How do I calculate how much the 6' way needs to be increased for curves? Please don't mention versines, but I presume that there is a simple relationship between radius widening. Hi Richard ...
... write of the generator for Templot3 (the open-source version of Templot), but if so they are keeping very quiet about it. Please try the method described in the above links. Ask again if it's not clear and I will try to make a bit of video (if I haven't already done so, sorry I can't remember). edit: see the first half of this video: http://flashbackconnect.com/Movie.aspx?id=HsnZXmGuv1HmpYOmoQoaSQ2 disregard the second half (make transition link) and use make simple link instead. Or if you post your box file here, I will do it for you. cheers, Martin. posted: 4 Aug 2020 23:47 from: Eve Wallis Martin Wynne wrote: Eve Wallis wrote: I can get all sorts of turnout templates as a Templot novice, but not an equal (or unequal) Y point Hi Eve, The underlying problem, at least in the UK, is that a symmetrical Y-turnout is quite rare on the prototype. The traditional way in Templot was ...
... they also match the templates for a turnout jig that is available from the Association shop. Some time ago you advised me that we need to specify Generic crossing in order that the Templot generated templates will match the sleeper counts of the C&L templates. This works very well and I have prepared the plan for my own layout using this and have now built some of the trackwork. I am running a short seminar on Templot at an Association Expo later this month and I would like to be able to show members a simple way of setting Templot to always use Generic crossings. I can't see a way of doing this and it is very easy to forget when you generate a new turnout. Is there a way of doing it? Geoff posted: 1 Jun 2008 23:55 from: Martin Wynne GeoffJones wrote: I am running a short seminar on Templot at an Association Expo later this month and I would like to be able to show members a simple way of setting Templot to always use Generic crossings. I can't see a way of ...
... OS, additional software, etc., and lots of other Mac-speak which goes over my head. I know, because you've told me, that Templot runs fine on the latest Intel-based Macs. But as to which Mac versions and model numbers that refers to, what extra is needed or comes ready installed, how much it costs, and where you put the oil in, I haven't the faintest idea. So if one of you who is a Mac-using Temploteer would be willing to write a simple beginner's guide to getting Templot working on a Mac, to which I can refer folks, I would be very grateful. i.e. assuming you have just taken your first Mac out of its box and switched it on, the simplest most straightforward route for a beginner Mac user to get into Templot. With links to sources and suppliers of whatever is needed. Not the full go-faster power-user solution. I know this has been covered before in different topics, but I've found it difficult to distil that down ...
196. Zoom on print map
... . posted: 22 Jan 2020 16:10 from: Gordon S Thanks as always, Martin. I'm always wary of asking a question, as many times they are simply my lack of full understanding of Templot rather than a must have. These really aren't life or death issues and in most instances, are the years catching up with me and eyesight that is not 100% these days.... Hopefully as users, we all flag up thoughts that might become part of future releases, but only if they are simple to do. I rarely if ever print out the page map and just select the pages to print from the map via the print dialogue. At least it saves one extra page.... Last edited on 22 Jan 2020 16:12 by Gordon S posted: 23 Jan 2020 07:45 from: Martin Wynne Gordon S wrote: I'm always wary of asking a question, as many times they are simply my lack of full understanding of Templot rather than a must have. These really aren't life or death ...
... , but the final design was one I rather like). A reasonable suggestion, though it did deflate mojo a little (though it was just a small factor in reality). Originally I came up with a small terminal for a 2 car unit or a pull-push 2 carriage+ engine and some goods sidings. It just didn't gel in my head though. Natalie (my friend whom I go to shows with and plan these things with) suggested looking at the Harton Electric system. Wanting to keep things as simple as possible and within the 6ftx1ft6" space (+ 2-3ft storage), the High Staithes part was selected as being simple and workable. Stock will mainly be 4 wheel hopper wagons and 0-4 -0 electric locos. Possibly 0-6 -0DH and Bo-Bo electric locos could turn up. Attachment: attach_2657_3242_Harton_High_Stait hes_- _P4.box 199 posted: 21 Mar 2018 12:29 from: Martin Wynne Hi Kelly, You have a bit of leftover tandem: 2_210728_560000000.png Martin. posted: 21 Mar ...
... and make the frogs from aluminium if you don't need rail pickup( or acrylic if you do). Rob posted: 26 Jun 2020 16:51 from: Igor Kurgan Gentleman, Thank you very much for your answers. In short about where i am and what i have up til now: Yes all locomotives will be live steam and battery operating. I am still in the process of making tracks and have 2 "unfinished" locos. The Green arrow and a t3 loc. But no rolling stock yet. For simple track work ca 75 meters strait and some curves. Thanks again Martin to show me that test for the curves, saved me a big disaster and redoing a lot of work. I have made jigs to make a lot of very good sleepers/ties very fast and accurate, probably 8500/9000 pieces in 6 or 7 hours of time Jigs for some curves (300 cm 320 cm and 200 cm radii) and strait ones, i am able to make, if i want: 25 to 30 meters a day ...
... are many- like myself- who for years and years have just been deleting these damn things because we don't know how not to create them. Hi Howard, Could it be that you haven't grasped the notion that any function with the word "make" in its name stores the control template for you? So if you do it too, you will get two templates stored. For example, if you have a turnout in the control template and you want to make a crossover, you just click the tools> make simple crossover menu item. You don't store it first. Look for the word make in the menus. In practice when creating a simple track plan, you rarely need to store anything because Templot does it all for you. That's even more true now that a background template's menu includes the make the control menu item, which stores the existing control template first, before doing "delete to the control" -- notice the word "make" there too. In Quick Mode that is the only available option, the others ...
... Ontario posted: 24 Nov 2008 13:14 from: Martin Wynne Bruce Wilson wrote: Is it possible to import a dxf file into Templot? I have finally drawn up the geometry of a WDLR turnout and want to bring it into Templot to generate O14 templates. Or will I have to save it as an image and use it as a background image and work over that? Hi Bruce, There is no way to import a DXF file as native Templot track templates. The most you can do is to import a simple DXF file into the background shapes, and use it as a background guide in the same way as a picture shape image. Unlike an image, this allows zooming without pixellating, and is much faster to refresh the screen than a large image. That's fine for track plans, such as an export from XTrkCad, but if you are designing individual turnouts, why not create the WDLR turnout directly in Templot in the first place? "Simple" means a DXF file containing only lines, arcs, and points -- ...
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