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... topic: 245 Inserting a turnout/parallel tracks/what is a notch? posted: 23 Nov 2007 01:10 from: Gordon S A few very simple questions that have come to mind over the past 48 hours. Managed to insert a turnout without problem, but it always comes up with a B7 turnout. How do I select a different form of turnout to insert? I have selected different turnouts no problem, but when I try and insert it, the programme defaults back to a B7. Setting up parallel tracks, again no problem, but when selecting either the MS or TS variant, invariably it puts the new track on the wrong side. How do you determine which side you need? There appears no logic to it and I get it wrong more than 50% of the time.. Can you please explain what a notch is and what it does? I seem to have one on my plan and try as I may, I can't get rid of it and don't really understand what it does. Tried most ...
... topic: 288 Double Slips and Switch-Diamonds posted: 20 Dec 2007 02:24 from: Gordon S Hi Martin and fellow Templotters, still making good progress and finally cracked how to draw a double slip. Simple question however. When converting a turnout from say a B7 to a half diamond the various gaps and check rails all seem in place at the centre of the crossing. When I select a C10 turnout though and convert to a diamond crossing, the rails at the centre of the crossing are all together and no gaps exist. (Apologies for not knowing the technical terms for the various component parts of a crossing). Does this mean you cannot build a conventional double slip using a 1:10 crossing? Do you have to generate a completely different form of double slip? Last edited on 20 Dec 2007 02:25 by Gordon S posted: 20 Dec 2007 02:39 from: Paul Boyd Ah-ha- I had this the other day! The fix is very simple. From the menus, it is ...
... I can print out. WHen I check this in 'printer set-up' the printer is already 'correctly' set up for A4 portrait. When I go back to printing the proofsheet, Templot still thinks its wrong, even though it is right in printer set-up. Of course if I select 'Try print it anyway' the result is wrong. The printer is still uncalibrated. What do I try next. I am wasting alot of paper& ink and getting nowhere !- I am sure it must be a simple mistake? posted: 16 Jan 2008 00:00 from: Martin Wynne russ wrote: When I go back to printing the proofsheet, Templot still thinks its wrong, even though it is right in printer set-up. Of course if I select 'Try print it anyway' the result is wrong. Hi Russ, Please can you scan the proof sheet and post it as an attachment here? I'm a bit puzzled. You didn't mix up measuring the inner or outer sizes of the picture frame, by any chance ...
... forward for most users.) Maybe Microsoft should work on incorporating the changes in operation in the install routines. If there's a danger of people not knowing what they are doing, then try and prevent it. I don't know if you own a petrol car Paul, but if you do, are you still putting leaded fuel in it? I don't know what kind of vehicle Paul drives, but you should maybe note that cars requiring unleaded fuel had restricted diameter filler pipes so that only unleaded pump nozzles would fit- a simple protection in case people made a mistake while refuelling. Maybe Microsoft should take note and do something similar with Vista :-) Jim. posted: 6 Oct 2007 08:12 from: BTuckey Max wrote: >Also there are no problem keeping 'Users Account' switched off, if you have a good 3rd party security program installed. If a hacker really wants access to a computer,he/she will find a way...they seems to be always a step ahead of the software producers Well.. ...
... Dunkley I have finally got a small plan (less than 8' long) produced which will satisfy my needs for a while. I have access to a plotter at work which will print it out, but believe it or not, this is not used for CAD purposes, or at least not to the knowledge of the IT dept who house it (it seems to generally be used to mock up advertising posters and the like). Therefore I need to convert my dxf to a pdf file. Has anyone found some simple to use free software for this? Last time I searched, Google seemed to have been hijacked by people trying to sell me things other than what I wanted. After all, I am only really looking for a single use! Simon posted: 29 May 2008 05:35 from: Martin Wynne Simon Dunkley wrote: Therefore I need to convert my dxf to a pdf file. Has anyone found some simple to use free software for this? Last time I searched, Google seemed to have been hijacked by people trying ...
... lines of course. A 1:18 curved switch is only suitable for short-wheelbase stock. (A normal A-switch or 9ft switch is 1:24 and straight over the planing.) regards, Martin. posted: 28 May 2011 16:02 from: Brian Nicholls Hi Martin, I thought this the best place to put this message, since the main construction consists of irregular diamonds. Have just made up a couple of double slips in the TDV, very quick and easy to make, nice and simple to adjust. See screen shot below of one of them. Only took me about 20 minutes to make each one, and most of the time was spent in adjusting the switch blades and slip roads in order to achieve the correct gapping for the blades. I have however, just on criticism, when I had to adjust the flared parts of the K crossing check rails to become machined flares in order to clear the two inner slip stock rails, I then noticed that all the wing and check rails throughout the whole ...
... topic: 2123 Creating a crossover between 2 existing parallel tracks posted: 17 Dec 2012 10:39 from: r_wilton I know how to create a crossover using the >tools>make simple crossover but i get stuck trying to create a crossover between two existing tracks spaced at say 100mm apart. I usually try to guestimate the position of the second turnout. There must be a more accurate way but being only an occasional user i've not figured it out.Can anybody give me a pointer to a relevent tutorial or suggestion. RegardsRay. posted: 17 Dec 2012 11:01 from: Martin Wynne Hi Ray, If you know the spacing exactly, say 100mm: 1. insert a turnout in one of the tracks. 2. tools> adjacent track centres... and enter 100mm for the TS spacing. 3. tools> make simple crossover. That will give you the rail geometry, but the timbering will not be very prototypical. A proper prototypical wide crossover needs a bit more work. There is a video about creating a wide crossover ...
... Regards, Dave Yates posted: 8 Jul 2010 23:02 from: Martin Wynne David Yates wrote: I have tried unsuccessfully to export the track plan in all of the above formats to Templot so that I can use it as a background to prepare templates. Can you offer any advice please as to what I may be doing wrong? Hi David, Templot has a DXF vector import into the background shapes function. However, it is a rather primitive import, intended mainly for vectorised scanned images. It will import only simple line, arc, and polyline entities, and all blocks must be exploded in your CAD's DXF save options. Go to main> background shapes menu item: 2_081736_410000000.png Select the dxf import options tab and then click the import dxf... button. In practice, most users find it preferable to import a raster image as a picture shape instead of using the DXF import. To do that, I suggest first saving in the WMF metafile vector format from your CAD. Most photo editor programs such as PaintShopPro will then ...
... Damascus moment was building my first 2mm track. It just looked right, even allowing for my uneven soldering so consigned the N gauge track to the toy box. I bought Templot early this year and have followed the tutorials, "played around" with it and feel I have grasped the basics at least. My main interest is Great Central so on to my query. To build skills I am planning to produce, with the aid of Templot, a model of Charwelton based on the 1900 survey, when it was a simple through station and small goods yard. Can anybody advise me as to the timbering used on turnouts by the GCR when the London Extension was built? Also are they likely to have used a standard V crossing angle on most turnouts or would each one have been determined by location? Lastly they used 30' rails and 9' sleepers with 11 sleepers per length; how far in from the rail ends for the first and last sleepers on each rail length? I have asked this on the GCR forum but this did not ...
... 2011 10:06 from: Gordon S Hi Martin, thanks for that. I've generated the segment lines without problem and they'll provide perfect cutting guides, but somehow or other I've managed to move the eight lines off the plan and now need to put them back on the radial centre. I've been into backgound shapes amd move all, but it is asking for a dimension. So, a couple of questions. How do I work out how far to move the lines back to the radial centre notch or is there a simple way to pick them up and move them. Is there a 'place shape on notch' command or something similar that will allow me to pick up the eight background shapes and move them back to their original position? posted: 1 Mar 2011 11:26 from: Martin Wynne Gordon S wrote: How do I work out how far to move the lines back to the radial centre notch or is there a simple way to pick them up and move them. Is there a 'place shape on notch' command or something ...
... idea about going OUTSIDE, perhaps you could do what I've attempted to describe above but inside-out. Don't take TWO tracks outside over a DJ, just take single leads of the clockwise (orange) main, squeeze across the 'short siding' corners without any increase in overall width, and provide 17 new clockwise loops on new baseboards outside. Should avoid length limiting issues, compared to going 'inside'. All 17 existing loops become anti-clockwise. As before, reversibility of 10 of these loops could be achieved via simple crossovers, making orange and yellow loops reversible. Sorry, I can't produce Templot plans to show these ideas. Regards, Rodney Hills posted: 16 Nov 2007 22:44 from: Martin Wynne Hi Richard, The problem with the double junctions (or single-lead junctions if preferred), whether inside or outside is that they are going to be a major operating headache for conflicting moves into and out of the fiddle yards. That's ok if they are in a visible scenic section, so folks can see trains held ...
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... how to letter the private owner wagons( white text). Letraset rub down lettering on decal film is looking reasonable at present as trying to rub them down on wagon strapping isn't easy. I have a few nice Hornby/Bachmann locos to convert to EM and add sound decoders- 42XX, 56XX, 58XX and panniers- which should cover the loco stud. What about a dome shaped top for the trolley? Every thing would just slide off.... Rob Hello Rob A curved top to my trolley, a simple and obvious solution really. Why did I not think of that, obviously I don't think outside the box enough! So South Wales, a real location or a might have been and what era? I suppose the 56xx were relatively modern locos build after the 1st world war were they? I've not really paid them much attention as they never seemed to venture outside the valleys and certainly not down the Weymouth line. I can't think what the 58xx were at all I'm ashamed to say. The 42xx are lovely engines I ...
... works and learn about coding. I therefore released a separate source version called TemplotMEC as a zip attachment here on the Templot Club forum, and provided some instructions on how to get started with it on a free compiler, see: topic 3283 The actual interest turned out to be near-zero. After 12 months not a single contribution had been made to the SourceForge project, and very few references to TemplotMEC here, with no actual new code posted. I therefore deleted the collaborative stuff on SourceForge and left it as a simple zip download of TemplotMEC for anyone who wants it. I have also decided not to spend any more time on it, and to concentrate on further developments of Templot2 only. having two separate versions that are not part of the main product roadmap gives little incentive to participate. This link may provide further info on the open source philosophy- especially the section Understanding Community Expectations Templot2 is not a product and it doesn't have a roadmap -- I ceased trading 8 years ago. It is now simply a hobby project of mine ...
... topic: 239 Basic commands- terminus design posted: 16 Nov 2007 13:23 from: Gordon S Hi Martin, at long last I am making the transition from WinRail and started to take my first steps last night, just by your recommendation of using the F7 key... Some very simple questions that will allow me to move further. Apologies for the simplicity for those more experienced. 1. Simple plain track. At present I am generating a template and then converting to plain track. Is this correct? If so is there a quicker way? I'm sure I'm going a long way round using Template, quick set, selecting a B7, Template, convert to plain track, F7 to add and then F3 to lengthen. 2. Parallel tracks. I have generated a length of plain track, guessed the curve and length and added (20) a length of plain track. This is not truly parallel to (23). How would I achieve this? 3. You very kindly generated a 1:7 slip ...
... ? My windows pc is slowly but surely dying a bad death& the time has now come to get serious about templot& track planning. I don't really want to buy another windows based computer because they are too slow& i prefer the macbook if truth be told. I don't know much about computer's really so i wouldnt know if i could transfer the program over etc. My question is can it be done simply without huge work. Simon. posted: 22 Aug 2010 18:06 from: NeilD Simon, The simple answer to your question is "No". To run Templot on your MacBook would require a "Windows Virtual Machine" i.e. the Windows Operating System. Your MacBook runs OS X- the Mac Operating System, compatibility will depend on which version of OS X you have on the MacBook. You'd need a Windows install in a virtual machine environment, see: http://www.apple.com/macosx/compatibility/ "It runs Windows, too. Have a Windows application you need to use once in a while? ...
... (?) that seems to have vanished from the market place. Probably manufactured the 'hard' way using a band-saw or such. Any comments on feasibility? And if positive, any pointers to suitable (inexpensive) one-off manufacturers? Yours Donald F. MacLean posted: 23 Nov 2009 16:08 from: Brian Lewis Not 'complex track formations' Donald. (I just do not have time to do these now, though when C+ L is sold in February, who knows?). Just simple bases for a wide range of turnouts. Straight B6s and curved B8s are available in OO, EM, P4 and 7mm. Regards Brian Lewis. Donald MacLean wrote: I have seen posts on the forum regarding availability of laser cut sleeper configurations for complex track sections. (C& L) My (convoluted) question is this. As 'printed' templates can be developed showing only inner stockrail faces and crossing vees, is it possible to derive CAD-type (DXF?) machine readable outputs of specific point formations ...
... topic: 3502 Reinstate shortcut menu bar posted: 17 Sep 2019 20:32 from: ikcdab 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 posted: 17 Sep 2019 21:32 from: Martin Wynne 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 first time. I think that may be a record. I don't think it's possible to lose the toolbars entirely, but if you have done they should reappear if you restart Templot normally without using your saved program preferences. I'm guessing that you have lost only the bottom row by inadvertently clicking the 1 row button. Having them all on one long ...
... side, I can only get 5 standard slide chairs in before they "run out". Is that OK for the switch blade to be flexible enough? If not, how do I do it? Thanks! 1588_081058_140000000.jpg posted: 8 Aug 2020 19:12 from: wcampbell23 Hi- you don't state which scale, gauge, rail type and make of chairs you are working with- that would be a help with advice. Not every manufacturer's slide chairs are the same size- some have a deeper slide area. The simple work-around is to use two slide chairs where a deeper slide area is needed. Trim the chair against the rail as far out from the rail as possible but just before the moulded bolt heads. Cut the rail end from another slide chair and butt join the remaining slide section on to the first chair. Been there- done that! Don't throw away the spare "rail ends" from the second slide chair- keep these to cosmetically represent the chairs at the common crossing. P.S. Just had a thought ...
... complex situations. I wonder Martin, if you are thinking about making changes here, if it would be possible to create "permanent" groups which could then be selected and manipulated as a single entity and appear as such in the storage box until an "Ungroup" button was clicked (at which time of course the "regoup button would become active). They could then have a common set of peg positions which would then mean that when you had created some partial template masterpiece, it could be moved around like a simple template. I am hoping that such a thing would be only a *simple development* of the 'Remember Group As' action- the biggest issue with that being that it is not saved between sessions.(new set of Box File structures needed???) Alright, I know that we are supposed to do all the juggling around BEFORE we fiddle with partial templates, but I find that (especially when in a tight corner) it is only when you do the detailing that you realise that you have created ...
... get to the screw, of course. It would be pretty easy; far easier than changing the paper. Regards Geoff posted: 27 Apr 2008 23:33 from: leflep I use a Proxxon cut-off saw for cutting accurate 45 degree cuts- especially useful for making a 90 degree crossing: http://www.tool-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Table_Top_Tools.html I haven't tried it for making vees- I use the Portsdown filing jigs for that. Peter posted: 28 Apr 2008 01:45 from: davelong Would a simple bench grinder be good enough for pointwork do you think, such as this? http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cbg6rz-6in-bench-grinder Dave posted: 28 Apr 2008 15:07 from: GeoffJones davelong wrote: Would a simple bench grinder be good enough for pointwork do you think, such as this? Hi Dave It is not a good idea to grind soft metals on normal grinding wheels which are intended for steel. The softer metals can melt and build up in the ...
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