... shove each timber afterwards to the exact required position. The starting point for making the settings is deciding the position of the rail joints in the wing rails, and to the end of the vee rails, relative to the centre of the "A" timber under the crossing nose. And the spacing from the joints to the adjacent timber. This information is normally available from the prototype data. The position of the blunt nose relative to the centre of the "A" timber is set in the blunt nose menu item. timber_spacings_899x436.png More info about all this: http://templot.com/companion/timber_spacings_overview.html The switch drive mark cannot be easily adjusted. It is not intended to represent the stretcher bar, it is intended to mark the template for the drive slot in the trackbed. If it is unwanted or not in the required place it can be turned off -- untick the do> switch drive mark menu item. regards, Martin. posted: 20 May 2017 00:09 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, Thank you for the ...

... posted: 9 Oct 2018 22:33 from: Martin Wynne Hi Graeme, Welcome to Templot Club. Some impressive pointwork there. We need a bit more information -- the Midland Railway didn't use REA switches (introduced 1925), so if you have MR data you should probably be creating a custom switch: 2_091700_410000000.png To customize the timbering in the rest of the turnout you can use the real> timbering> timbering data... and real> V-crossing options> customize V-crossing> menu items: timber_spacings_899x436.png For more information on the above, see: http://templot.com/companion/timber_spacings_overview.php The shove timber functions are intended to create modifications specific to a single template, rather than to replicate standard prototype designs*. For example if 2 timbers conflict in a junction, or a timber needs shortening to clear an obstruction, or lengthening to carry rodding cranks.* but in some cases they may be the only way of doing that. To save and re-use any setting in Templot you need to store a ...