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... topic: 1126 Coding in progress... posted: 18 May 2010 18:50 from: Martin Wynne Most of this topic is obsolete. Irregular diamond-crossings are now fully supported in Templot2. Check rails are adjustable by mouse action in Templot2. I thought I would start a topic where I can report occasionally about what I'm currently working on in Templot. Comments and suggestions welcome, but don't leave it too long or I may have moved on to something else. I'm minded to stop using the term "irregular" diamond-crossing because it has the potential to be confused with an error condition. Instead I'm thinking of calling them "curviform" diamond-crossings. We can't simply call them "curved" because of course a regular diamond-crossing can be curved. Comments welcome: Make Ladder Crossover A ladder track is one which crosses running lines diagonally, comprised of a string of diamond-crossings and/or slips. In Templot a ladder is created by clicking the tools> make ladder crossover menu item repeatedly, once ...
... will see the print layers- in fact the only way I can see them is with a loupe or in an extreme close-up photo. At normal viewing distance they are invisible. It will be interesting to see how the samples from Shapeways compare. 2983_061519_440000000.jpg posted: 15 Aug 2017 22:38 from: Andrew Barrowman The samples arrived. Same CAD model. Sintered nylon on the left, "Frosted Ultra Detail" resin on the right. (Both sprayed with dark brown camouflage paint.) 2983_151719_200000000.jpg No contest in terms of appearance, but the resin is rather brittle. I also need to change the jaws to support the rail a bit better. More protos will be required. Next is the latest in PLA on my own printer. The detail isn't too bad but PLA prints can be a bit inconsistent. 2983_151717_540000000.jpg posted: 16 Aug 2017 21:44 from: Andrew Barrowman I conducted a highly scientific experiment with a soldering iron to find out how the various materials above react to temperature. PLA and the sintered nylon are both thermoplastic ...
... for personal use out of context. I suspected that further explanation would be required. A,B ,C ,D are the four controller buses nominally available to switch to a track section. Ind is short for Industrial and is the power station empire. If you have operated the layout you will know what I mean by that. Controller D is permanently connected to this. Ex is short for extra and is unused at present. The three switch poles on section feeds 1- 12 are individual relay contacts. The long term plan was for micro processor control of the signal box interlocking and power feeds to sections 1 to 12 will be selected using 2 bit binary control, hence only one relay contact can be made at a time with "00" being off. At present, as a temporary measure and we all know about those, only controllers A and B are available via centre off toggle switches, in effect manual Cab control. You are correct about the shorting issue, it is not uncommon for an operator to forget to restore a ...
... people's minds because it is not intuitive to the way they have always done it, i.e. pieces of Hornby second radius curves and right hand points (I know, turnouts). Even when we first had templates (Hamblings, from memory, may have been ERG) they were for a specific piece of track or pointwork. Plugging pieces of standard track together is not the way the real thing is done (even 60 panels of plain track!). The secret that unlocked Templot for me was to think not in terms of templates but in terms of the whole track layout. After all, a turnout is actually a nuisance, only there to be able to run more than one train or go somewhere else other than A to B. If newcomers to Templot think in terms of the line of route, then a) they would get the hang of transition curves a lot sooner and b) realise that you design the turnout to fit a specific need. Everything else, for me, drops into place. Of course, I need ...
... topic: 1745 Templot2- Terms of Use posted: 22 Dec 2011 12:55 from: Martin Wynne These are the amended terms of use for Templot2. TEMPLOT2 SOFTWARE -- TERMS OF USE Templot2 software is made available subject to the following terms: 1. Templot2 software is the result of thousands of hours of development work over many years. It is and remains the copyright intellectual property of Martin Wynne. Nothing in these terms of use changes that. 2. You may download and use the currently available version of Templot2 software on your own computer entirely free of charge. 3. You understand and agree that the Templot2 program will use your internet connection to confirm that you are using the latest version of Templot2 software. You understand and agree that use of out-of-date versions of Templot2 software is not permitted, and that you will obtain and use only the latest version. 4. You may not copy, publish, distribute, sell, hire out, lend, edit, modify, reverse engineer, disassemble, re- ...
... -drawn as a signal box diagram all in plain track templates, something like this: slip2.gif cheers, Martin. posted: 13 May 2020 13:43 from: Gordon S Thanks Martin. ET is 18' x 14', but I plan to cut off the bottom end of the plan as that is just plain track. Looking at the drawing I have in front of me the aspect ratio is probably 3:2. The dimensions were off the top of my head, so probably 600 x 400. In terms of jagged edges, I was looking at an enlarged .png print on my screen which is set at 1920 x 1080 resolution. I'm not a computer/graphics expert, so there may be a better file type to export. Here's a pic from my screen showing what I meant. 479_130823_550000000.jpg The problem I have is mentally transferring a straight line schematic as per block diagrams, into the curved layout of my own track work. Remember it is spread over three sides and some of the turnouts may be 10' away from ...
... Templot by post is now withdrawn. Online via PayPal only please. I would just add that the price of Templot has now remained unchanged for over 10 years. regards, Martin. posted: 14 Jun 2011 09:40 from: mike47j Have you checked that is OK? I suspect it's not, and that DSR will still apply. I think the most you can do is to reduced the default period of 28 days down to 7 days and only if its clearly stated on your site. Also by having such a term in your contract there is a risk that the whole contract becomes worthless. Mike Johnson posted: 14 Jun 2011 11:22 from: Martin Wynne mike47j wrote: Have you checked that is OK? I suspect it's not, and that DSR will still apply. I think the most you can do is to reduced the default period of 28 days down to 7 days and only if its clearly stated on your site. Hi Mike, DSR does not apply to items made to order, which includes a Templot lock- ...
... models should run on it. But with the benefit of hindsight it was clearly a big mistake. I believe the reference to 00 has been a primary cause of all the argument and contention over the years. I don't think I can go on over and over again explaining 00-SF forever. The final straw has come today with a post on RMweb muddying the water with suggestions of using 16.2mm crossings on a 16.5mm layout, and building variable-gauge pointwork. That strikes me as a recipe for disaster in the long term. 00-SF is not 00. It is a variant of EM. It is a standard in its own right with a track gauge is 16.2mm. Everywhere -- except where gauge-widened on sharp curves in prototypical fashion. (Some users like to use 16.5mm flexi-track for that.) As the inventor of the "00-SF" designation I can uninvent it. And I have now done so. I have changed the designation to 4-SF in Templot: This is a naming change ...
... 9'. As such I will relocate the upper station as shown as the high level track at the bottom of the layout. This will be moved 12" down to sit right on top of the lower tracks. This will compensate for the loss of 12" in the layout in a North/ South direction and thus maintain original gradients. The 6" loss over 12' I don't see as a big deal at all and it should have little impact on the overall project. Also I am compressing things slightly in terms of width of the alyout around the room, limiting my design to 24" maximum as seen in the East and West sections of the layout. This impacts on the sidings where the goods shed is shon in the North but little overall impact. The South area as mentioned will now be only 12" wide as the station will be moved down as discussed. posted: 24 Jun 2008 04:15 from: Nigel Brown Hi Paul I think you'll get problems with gradients if you do as you suggest and have the ...
... environment and infrastructure and it would have been very arduous to continually export track plans into Autocad, add buildings, find it did not fit or look right, go back to Templot for modification.... it appears from my experience and from other members' comments that we are all finding the new software reliable, so I hope that you will now freeze the development and concentrate your efforts on documentation. Ideally this would have a beginners section giving the basics of turnout construction (real and model), a glossary of terms and showing how to start in Templot and do some basic track design. This section could also have links to useful 3rd party information, like the S4 point drawings and some of the photo tutorials of people making a model point. I think all of this exists, although some of it needs updating to v2. Next I think it would be great to have an index listing all the available tutorials or videos with links to the actual information. So, if I decide I need to add a catch point to my ...
... those. Also, "copy" does not specify a direction -- we already have "copy to the control" for transfers in the reverse direction. We could end up with too many copies to make sense. On the other hand, I have never liked "store& background" -- it is too much of a mouthful, it's too long to fit easily on menus and buttons, the meaning is far from clear to beginners, and it is too easily confused with the background shapes functions. But the term "background template" is now scattered throughout the program, videos and help notes. Changing it to something else would be weeks of editing work. Also, although I doubt many have noticed, there is a subtle difference between "track plan" as two words, meaning the collection of background templates; and "trackplan" as one word, meaning the trackplan item on the sketchboard as a single object. If we start using the term "track plan" instead of "background templates" more generally, there seems ...
... track plan using the remaining buttons. This will include the basic make tools, so will also need an explanation of stored templates and the control template. That is a concept which is so blindingly simple, and yet seems to be so alien to many. Every single word will have to be carefully judged. The basic methods of making: Double track oval with passing loop and siding (like a Triang train set with a couple of track extension packs) I'm not going anywhere near that, at least not in the short term. Such geometrical work is out of place in Templot, and not straightforward. Beginners don't want to be working straight off with swing angles and the rest if they have got any sense. That sort of thing is all so much easier in say AnyRail or XtrackCad that beginners are better staying there if that is what they want. Terminus station design- Minories type with double track/engine release/parcels bay. Flowing single track terminus- aligning templates over a pre-drawn Template to ensure it flows nicely. Yes ...
... risk. There is another oddity. The check rail just after the single slip from the loop and yard appears to finish just after the tip of the blade of the catch point, but perhaps that is an optical illusion? 2_051516_300000000.png (Photo is copyright Lens of Sutton and comes from Branch Lines of the Southern Railway volume 2). Regards, Arthur Attachment: attach_1646_2278_Lyme_regis_catch _points.jpg 1187 posted: 6 Aug 2013 16:31 from: Judi R I can only comment on my experience from the LMR, but we generally used the term Traps to refer to a device intended to trap a wrong movement such as exiting a siding or loop against the signal. A Catch point was a single-blade device to catch wrong-road movements and runaways in the days before the continuous brake. Whether the trap points had double or single blades depended on circumstances. For the above example of Lyme Regis, the exit from the bay platform on the extreme right is angled towards the main line and so a double bladed trap is used to guide errant stock further away ...
14. Joggles
... topic: 2175 Joggles posted: 11 Mar 2013 21:47 from: julia Can anyone suggest how to make a Joggle- I am not sure if that is the right term for it, but it's the term used in the 2mm scale track book- in a piece of flat bottom rail? Thanks J posted: 11 Mar 2013 22:09 from: Martin Wynne Hi Julia, Joggles are not usually made in flat-bottom rail because the rail section is too stiff. Most flat-bottom switches use the chamfered style of planing in which the stock rail is machined: 1679_261348_250000001.jpg The above pic from the excellent collection of Michael Davies in the Image Gallery, the large hi-res version is at: gallery/1679/original/1679_261348_250000001.jpg Lots more pics at: http://85a.co.uk/forum/gallery_view.php?user=1679#gallery_top Chamfered planing looks like this (this diagram is for bullhead rail): 1932_021155_110000000.gif The problem with chamfered planing is that it is very difficult to do in model form. Almost all model rail ...
15. Autumnal gloom
... topic: 201 Autumnal gloom posted: 17 Oct 2007 19:35 from: Martin Wynne topic started 2007 On P4_talk today Tim Shackleton (editor of Model Railway Journal) is being very gloomy: Personally I don't feel we can attract new blood in sufficient numbers to sustain the long-term survival of this hobby, and I think it would be a waste of time and energy to do so. I think (and this has been my platform all along) those already active within the hobby need to come together in a positive spirit to manage the last few meaningful years of finescale modelling in such as way that we can enjoy it in reasonable comfort and obtain the fulfilment we seek. In ten or fifteen years, max, the lights will go out on railway modelling whatever we do. I started developing Templot 28 years ago in 1979. It was first released 8 years ago in 1999. There is still a long way to go until it is finished (or at least within sight of the finishing post). Progress is now much ...
... write detailed Help notes. A version of Templot for those who know what they are doing and don't need such assistance. Who don't mind the odd bug if there is a way round it. If it all gets in a muddle they could swap back to the OpenTemplot version (assuming the files are still compatible). But getting from here to there is not so simple. There is no "open source now" button which I can click. I have to decide which of several possible licences to adopt. The licence terms would require that anyone else developing new code would be required to open-source it on the same terms. But that would not apply to me as the original copyright holder -- so it needs to be carefully written. I then have to make sure all the files have the correct copyright notices and links to the licence. I have to remove the functions which can't be open-sourced, without breaking anything else. I have to make sure that the published code will compile without errors on a currently available compiler ...
... topic: 1701 ADMIN: Templot changes posted: 27 Nov 2011 18:41 from: Martin Wynne Dear all, The price of a Templot licence has remained unchanged for over 10 years. That means it is now much cheaper in real terms than it was, despite the many new features introduced over that time. I've allowed this situation to develop because I'm very aware of the deficiencies in Templot as a proper software product -- especially with regard to the confusing mess the user documentation is in. New users have been starting with the 10-year-old version 074b, despite the availability of much improved later versions, simply because 074b is the only version with a reasonably full set of user docs. But I've reached the end of my tether in trying to explain this over and over again in emails to users, despite the fact that it is fully explained in my order confirmation letter. If we carry on as we are I shall be ill. There is simply no way in the short term that I can find the time to ...
... topic: 2575 Admin: addition to Terms of Use posted: 17 Nov 2014 22:11 from: Martin Wynne I have updated the Terms of Use for Templot2 to include: 12. You understand and agree that Templot2 software will install on your computer BB FlashBack Micro Player software from Blueberry Software Ltd. This term should have been included in the installer for the current version of Templot2 (211a) -- sorry it was omitted. This is the video player for the FBR files. If you do not agree to have the player installed on your computer, please uninstall Templot2. The full Terms of Use for Templot2 can be seen at: http://templot.com/companion/index.html?terms_of_use.htm regards, Martin. Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Admin: addition to Terms of Use about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members ...
... topic: 2397 Straws in the wind posted: 3 Feb 2014 22:52 from: Martin Wynne A while ago I was wondering if there is a long-term future for programs such as Templot, now that the days of the home desktop computer seem to be drawing to a close. As a straw in the wind, this has just been posted on RMweb: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/81879-cl-diamond-crossing-ratio/#entry1331371 Is it possible to do proper computing on a tablet computer, and where would I start in coding it? Or is the future for Templot on a hobby electronics system such as the Raspberry Pi? Martin. Last edited on 3 Feb 2014 22:53 by Martin Wynne posted: 3 Feb 2014 23:04 from: Trevor Walling Hello Martin, I would suggest tablets are too small for using something such as Templot.Besides the screen size, there is also the issue of a physical keyboard being absent.My grandchildren have them but their use is very ...
... topic: 1545 Admin: Templot Licence Terms posted: 19 Jun 2011 22:53 from: Martin Wynne The next Pug version of Templot will include several new export and display options for Templot track plans -- PDF files, image files, metafiles, sketchboard drawings, and a new simplified output option called diagram mode. Accordingly it makes sense to rethink the licence terms for the use of Templot. Providing it relates to your own personal hobby use of Templot and it is not done by way of trade or otherwise for financial gain, all restrictions on the publication, distribution, sharing and copying of Templot-derived material are withdrawn with immediate effect. That means Templot vector files (PDF, DXF, EMF) may be uploaded to your web site, attached to messages on web forums, given to friends on CD or USB stick, sent by email, etc. Templot raster images (PNG, etc.) may be freely published on web sites, in magazine articles, exhibition guides, etc. However, I would be grateful if ...
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