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... Andrew Duncan [Edit] Well this is my first experience of uploading a video on YouTube and in Templot. Another string to my bow! Having said that it's turned out a very narrow picture...? I've done a very rough conversion on this loco( no rebuilt chassis I'm afraid) by just putting washers in the space created by the wider gauge but with its outside frames the narrow chassis isn't too obvious. I haven't finished the job as it's missing it's brake gear and lost a front sanding pipe in the struggle to push the back to back out to 16.5mm so that needs restoring as well. Kind regards Andrew posted: 9 Oct 2018 20:12 from: Martin Wynne Thanks Andrew. You seem to have cracked YouTube. Looking good. cheers, Martin. posted: 10 Oct 2018 19:43 from: Martin Wynne Andrew Duncan wrote: Having said that it's turned out a very narrow picture...? Hi Andrew, It's narrow because you probably recorded it on a smartphone held upright? YouTube has then fitted it ...
... of it. I never would have released Templot in the first place had I known how much hard work would be involved just trying to explain it. regards, Martin. martin if you ever want a long treatise on why this" I never would have released Templot in the first place had I known how much hard work would be involved just trying to explain it." is such a problem for you, Ill quite happily expend a considerable time explaining why a Windows or Mac user( i.e. a GUI user) struggles so much and in fact the more expert the user is( i.e. an expert computer applications user, the more they would struggle. its quite obvious to a person like me, why you spend so much time explaining templot I say this in all humility and honesty regards dave Last edited on 29 Jan 2018 21:21 by madscientist posted: 29 Jan 2018 21:28 from: madscientist But that's nothing like a Tri-ang set track oval, and in fact trying to replicate such in Templot is quite tricky ...
... - and that is a truism- but everyone has to start somewhere and if people can't see where to start then they stop! And they are not to be blamed for that. So I think the challenge you have is not to create more or better documentation, but how to ensure people can easily access it. I would be prepared to wager the holes from a large number of washers that 90% of the moaners and groaners have never seen nor heard of the companion and, even if they get there, would struggle to find the Making a Start page which is hidden at the top level udner a "templot" heading (Challenge to everyone else- open a new Templot session pretend you know nothing and see how many clicks it takes to get to that page!) So if I could make one suggestion- I know you hate Windows conventions Martin- but why not make the F1 key link directly to here:-... well there is a thing- you can't access the page directly from a URL! (Should ...
4. Winter 1963
... say. I feel I have a good excuse for not remembering much of the 1960s. I wasn't born until Feb 1966 Last edited on 18 Apr 2009 14:30 by Paul Boyd posted: 18 Apr 2009 15:30 from: Martin Lloyd Paul Boyd wrote: its_all_downhill wrote: Paul if you remember the 60's you weren't there so 'they' say. I feel I have a good excuse for not remembering much of the 1960s. I wasn't born until Feb 1966 Oh! I was there and I remember it. I struggled to work on a motorbike with a sidecar chassis for stability. The chassis had a railway sleeper on it to give it some ballast. Unfortunately I also remember the winter of 1947, struggling to walk to school. This was the "Snowdrift at Bleath Gill" winter. That gives me an excuse for a plug:- next weekend a few of us will be exhibiting Stainmore Summit at the Epsom and Ewell MR exhibition. The layout (in EM) depicts the sidings etc just a couple of miles from Bleath Gill ...
... I think now would be a good time to stop development work and sort out the help notes and tutorials. As I said before, Templot is not intuitive to use and needs effort from the user to get the best from it. That's hard to do when users can't find up to date instructions on how to do things. I wonder what percentage of Templot users use this forum? I bet it's very low. I suspect that what might happen, especially as it's now free, is that people will download it, struggle, then complain on other forums that Templot is rubbish. I would really hate to see that, as I'm sure you would. But the main thing is, thanks for Templot! Cheers posted: 31 May 2012 23:48 from: Nigel Brown Martin I think Templot2 is all good stuff, and I can't wait to try it out in earnest. Unfortunately, life being what it is, other things have taken priority over the last year, and I just haven't been able to sit down and do a lot ...
... as diamonds at the moment. I have a couple of queries, if anyone can take a look? a) Before I go any further can anyone see any problems initially? b) The three roads at the top of top level plan are Yard headshunt, Yard Arr/Dep, and Up Goods. I have been trying to come up with a way of providing a connection from the Yard arr/dep and Up Goods, to the Goods Yard (centre) that will work and be reasonably prototypical, but im struggling? Any ideas?. This is only going to be 4 or 6 wheeled steam tanks/diesel and 4 wheel stock, so the sharpness of the current curve should be ok. c) The pointwork for the goods marshalling sidings (centre right) seems quite spread out, can anyone suggest any way of tightening it up? all comments/thoughts welcomed. Rich Attachment: attach_2344_2872_Arksey_(Scenic) .box 298 posted: 3 Dec 2016 21:29 from: RK Annotated Sketchboard Attachment: attach_2346_2872_arksey_(scenic ...
... topic: 1269 Struggling with a tandem posted: 10 Oct 2010 15:58 from: philchudley I know others cannot see my machine but I hope I can be pointed in the right direction. I have downloaded the video on the creattion of a tandem but am struggling to achieve exactly the same behaviour as the video when it comes to the F5 resizing of the crossing angle. I have followed the video, set the angle crossing options to any angle Set the peg on FP Press F5 Right click and select Lock switch But, in the video the sizing appears to "swing" and resize just the crossing angle (as expected), but when I try, the switch length still resizes slowly affecting the crossing angle, as if the right-click setting Lock Switch is being ignored. I know it must be me doing something silly or forgetting to do something, but I have tried several times without success. Any help would be most appreciated Cheers Phil posted: 9 Nov 2010 14:07 from: Martin Wynne philchudley wrote: in ...
... topic: 3667 Exporting a track plan to create a mimic panel posted: 13 May 2020 09:59 from: Gordon S Hi Martin/Fellow Templotters I've decided to build a mimic panel for Eastwood Town as I'm struggling to mentally convert the schematic diagram within my ECoS controller to the totally curved shape of my own layout. I now have the required amount of LED's and controllers from DCC Concepts, so thought I'd make a start on creating the track plan. My first thought was to use Sketchboard, but once I started to enlarge the panel, the track edges became jagged. The final mimic panel is going to be something like 800mm long by 400mm deep. I can't say the exact size as it's going to be governed by the need to place LED's within the track lines. The bezels of the LED's are 7mm diameter. In total there will be at least 72 LED's on the panel showing the turnout detection of 36 turnouts. What is the best way of accomplishing this? Ideally I would like to add six platform faces and text ...
... topic: 2253 Brighton: struggling with a tandem turnout posted: 7 Jul 2013 19:34 from: TonyHagon I would be grateful for some help please.... I have been tearing what's left of my hair out with what should be a very simple set of templates... Six roads of the engine shed are fanned out from two sets of three way points and it's taken me days to work out the geometry. I have mastered one three way point (and discovered along the way that the OS map and what's on the ground aren't necessarily congruous! The OS plan shows the road passing the wheel lift straight, but photos show this to be S curved as I have laid them out here- I'm happy with the resulting templates) but the second one is eluding me. The problem is that the two turnouts seem to be S shaped as shown on this image...1876_071428_480000000.png Unfortunately, the water point icon hides the crossing point but the real problem seems to me the length of the lead in both turnouts. If you ...
... topic: 2839 sleeper interlacing- Midland Railway stretcher bars posted: 4 Feb 2016 09:01 from: Tim Lee Hi, I am slowly trying to get to grips with the basics. One thing I am struggling a bit with is how to interlace the sleepers after inserting a turn out (see file attachment). Is there a tutorial for this? Regards Tim Attachment: attach_2228_2839_trackpad_screensh ot_2016_02_04_0852_27.png 446 posted: 4 Feb 2016 12:50 from: Martin Wynne Tim Lee wrote: One thing I am struggling a bit with is how to interlace the sleepers after inserting a turnout. Hi Tim, There are several ways of proceeding. Generally you need to shove some of the timbers, and/or roll in a shorter length of rail. For best results that usually means rolling in a full rail and then rolling a bit of it back out. I notice that you are using 45ft rails with 12" joint sleepers. So I'm guessing you are modelling pre-grouping practice? In which case you may prefer to swap the timbering style to ...
11. tandem aids
... There is no chance of having a one-click tandem like the new make slip functions, there are just too many variables and possible conflicts in a tandem turnout. Anyway, here is a bit of video showing some new functions in 217a coming in the next few days. You can try following it before then, but for the new functions you will have to use manual work-arounds in 216b. It would probably be better to wait. The reason for posting the video in advance is to avoid folks wasting time struggling with a tandem in the meantime. Here's the video. It's scruffy, I have added some notes, but done no editing of mouse fumbles, gaps and judders: http://flashbackconnect.com/Default.aspx?id=iYbIr74flWmgsI_8hlsXQQ2 I will get 217a released as soon as possible. Now available. cheers, Martin. posted: 11 Dec 2017 19:15 from: Alan Kettlewell Hi Martin, Well that looks good, and the on screen explanations are a real help. Not counting the new features there were a few ...
... topic: 3365 Problem interpreting mixed gauge track plan posted: 11 Dec 2018 11:00 from: Andrew Smith Dear all I feel a bit of fraud posting here as I have struggled but failed to come to terms with templot for years. I require help in understanding some prototype track issues but the final plan may well end up being drawn with a bendy stick and fixed curves. The Model- Having used traditional methods to create a 2mm model of the mixed gauge (broad and standard) Vale of Neath Railway station at Neath I now want to capitalise on the 1:500 town plan to recreate Aberdare station at near scale scale size. N.B Luckily the track was cross-sleepered so less of a problem than baulk road and none of the standard gauge track changes sides through any of the turnouts. That takes a bit of pressure off... The problem- The layout is governed by four, 3 way turnouts. Of the 4 three are mixed gauge. The town plan includes all rail lines in both gauges (more on ...
... from: John Clutterbuck Hi Martin, Thanks for your reply. Yes I can appreciate that licensed components do mean that Templot2 can't be opensourced in its current form. I was speculating if the lack of any collaboration is because it is not the main project, however it could equally be that there aren't enough people with the time, skills or inclination to participate. Templot is a wonderful piece of software, unequalled in its functionality and I would hate to see it disappear, however I know I am not alone in finding a struggle to use at times. When I do finally retire in a year or so I would be interested in contributing to development especially with regard to usability, but only if it were the main project- as you may recall I did build a UI wrapper for Templot a while back. I have over 40 years experience in delivering highly usable commercial software solutions some of which have been in use by 1000s for their daily work for over 20years. John posted: 12 Sep 2019 11:06 from: Martin Wynne John Clutterbuck ...
... topic: 2497 blunt nose marker posted: 31 Jul 2014 11:17 from: Phil O Hi Martin. Would it be possible to add a line on the template to assist in locating the position of the blunt nose, preferably a different colour, as I am struggling with the assembly of some flat bottom railed turnouts. A first for me, up til now I have only built bullhead turnouts. Thanks Phil posted: 31 Jul 2014 12:00 from: Martin Wynne Phil O wrote: Would it be possible to add a line on the template to assist in locating the position of the blunt nose, preferably a different colour, as I am struggling with the assembly of some flat bottom railed turnouts. A first for me, up til now I have only built bullhead turnouts. Hi Phil, Templot already marks the blunt nose on the vee, and the Fine Point (FP) gauge intersection: 2_160721_340000000.png What additional line did you have in mind? For flat-bottom vees the blunt nose is 5/8" wide and ...
15. Installing v091c
... topic: 1279 Installing v091c posted: 31 Oct 2010 22:41 from: KeithTyrrell24 Struggling to upgrade my v0.74b. Have followed the link and ended up with the blue screen- "Templot Delivery Pug Version 0.91c". Gone through the Agreement and Destination Folder pages seemingly OK and been told "The Templot files have been succesfully extracted. I've then, as requested, restarted the computer only to find no version 0.91c in the designated location- v0.74b is still there. Been through the cycle many times tonight and I'm sure I'm missing the obvious. I'm running Windows XP Keith posted: 31 Oct 2010 23:16 from: Martin Wynne KeithTyrrell24 wrote: Struggling to upgrade my v0.74b. Have followed the link and ended up with the blue screen- "Templot Delivery Pug Version 0.91c". Gone through the Agreement and Destination Folder pages seemingly OK and been told "The Templot files have been succesfully extracted. I've then, as requested, restarted the computer only to find no version 0.91c in the designated location- v0.74b is still there. Been through ...
... Freeman I use CA (Gorilla Super Glue) to fix Modelu finials and lamps to brass and the GWR 2 bolt slide chairs to plastic and plywood, seems to work OK, different resin I know. The only problem using it on chairs is holding everything in place while it sets, not insurmountable, I think. The Shapeways delivery is at the local UPS depot and due for delivery today. posted: 11 May 2018 08:53 from: Hayfield Please forgive me for being a bit thick, but I am just struggling a bit with the maths Appx what would a 50 chair sprue chair cost in£ 's and would it be cheaper (as in Off the Rails) if 4 or 5 sprues were printed at the same time, and if so how much I have no problems with Davids mark up in the same way as C&L or Exactoscale making profit on the items they have produced for them Likewise if it means and additional source of components more than happy for Andy to recoup some of his design costs As for metal ...
... create screenshots at the wrong size, and spend a lot of wasted time aligning tracks over them. I will add a test image which can be displayed to check the zoom setting. None of the above applies to the tiled maps, which are not screenshots and do not use any browser. regards, Martin. posted: 11 Sep 2017 08:30 from: richard_t Thanks for the update, although I'm in no great hurry, Winter is coming, so I'll have more time in front of the computer, rather than struggling on in the garden... (Bamboo all up the recycling center- all 10 bulk bags of it....I say all, I suspect that's really not the case) Martin Wynne wrote: Martin Wynne wrote: richard_t wrote: Is it possible to load this map (and around it) into Templot using the new functions? http://maps.nls.uk/view/128378924#zoom=6 &lat=7479&lon=6650&layers=BT Hi Richard, [snip] Hi Richard, ...
... setup. I have just checked my C:TEMPLOT_DEV folder and it does not have sk5_loader.exe in it. How can I load this file onto my system? I am using windows 7 pro. Regards, Graham Hi Graham, Sorry, that should have been: C:\TEMPLOT_DEV\templot_video_loader.exe But it should be working on Windows 7, assuming you have installed the 216a update? regards, Martin. posted: 26 Nov 2017 20:31 from: Martin Wynne Hi Dave, Did you get it to work? I'm struggling to get definitive information about exactly what happens on a Mac. There doesn't seem to be a consensus among users. I don't want to have to buy one just to find out. Are you using Winebottler? CrossOver? Some other Wine installer? Windows in a virtual machine? Dual-boot into Windows? Dual-boot into Linux+ Wine? Have you tried a different browser? Firefox seems to be by far the most user-friendly with regard to downloaded files. Anyway, for anyone who has SK5 files ...
... plans are. I have noticed a couple of things.- When creating plans in the past I have used images from the planning portal and the track centres appear to be a standard 11'2". Shirebrook West junction, just beyond the bridge also has the same centre to centre distance according to http://shirebrookdieseldepot.co.uk/renewals.html If I measure from the plan though it appears to be more like 12'8".- The curvature along the main up and down is not constant which is not really a surprise but I am struggling to match it in Templot as I cannot see any consistency along the curve, it appears continuously to vary. How faithfully should I try and copy the plan? Should I try and match the curve or just approximate, maybe even use a constant radius throughout?What track centres should I use? Any advice much appreciated. Adriano posted: 23 Jan 2013 20:28 from: PRChappell Adriano You ask how accurate these plans are? The scale of the CCE plan you have is 480:1; the Ordnance Survey ...
... is 5ft 6ins= 66ins. Dimension from front joint to centre of S1 timber is (1ft+ 2ft 4ins.+ 2ft 4ins.)= 5ft 8ins.= 68ins. Now dimension for spacing forward from TOE to first timber S1 is (68ins. – 66ins.)= 2ins. (not 4ins.). Please restore my sanity, not having a good day. All the best, Brian Nicholls. 1853_181614_150000000.png 1853_181615_050000000.png posted: 18 Nov 2011 21:39 from: Martin Wynne Hi Brian, Sorry you are struggling, although I'm having some difficulty following what you are saying. If the dimensions do not come out as intended, the most likely reason is that you have some timber shoving applied. Go to the shove timbers dialog and click the restore all button. If that doesn't fix it, please tabulate here, or attach a drawing, showing what you want the spacing dimensions to be (not what you actually achieved -- I'm finding it difficult to disentangle the two in your message), and I will try it myself ...
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