... 7 instead, and eased the curving radius a bit, which gets the turnout radius to a more respectable 42": 2_160434_510000001.png I also changed turnout A to a right-hand turnout, so that the turnout road forms part of the crossover, instead of the running line. This allows the running lines to form the ruling curves, with turnouts branching from them, in a more prototypical manner. Here I replaced the turnouts with plain track, to illustrate that. The grey tracks are your originals: 2_160434_510000000.png The curves include transition curves, which in some cases stray into the turnouts. That's not entirely prototypical, but in fitting a model into a small space is sometimes unavoidable. Once the template is printed, the fact that the curve through it is on a transition makes no practical difference to model construction. Would you like me to finish this and post the .box file? There isn't much point if your ideas are still in flux. For example I am mystified by your reference to a gravel shed? I have the tracks entering on the ...

... throw them away when you have learnt from them. I also think it essential to work through ALL the video tutorials in order to get exposure to the functions- all I have written above is demonstrated in the basic tutorials. The complete list of videos is:- insert a turnout in plain track 3.8MB return loop 7.1MB simple oval- method 1 1.9MB simple oval- method 2 2.4MB single slip 5.3MB working with substitution radius 7.1MB turntable- part 1 2.1MB turntable- part 2 7.7MB 3-way tandem turnouts 11.3MB fixing start of transition zone 3.8MB linking to the notch 11.1MB simple transitioned corner 1.1MB overlaid track on a scan (long) 28.5MB weaving track between obstructions 3.6MB overlaid track on a rough sketch 7.9MB recording radius within a transition 3.8MB picture shape -- display a scanned track plan as a background guide 39MB (broadband only) widely-spaced crossover 2.5MB zoom-free mode for single templates 8MB using template marker colours 3.8MB using 'make transition' into a parallel platform 5MB adjusting the size and position of printed template pages 2.8MB All of them at;- ...

... the dimensions to design this plan: topic 247 The fourth one down the basic oval plan with curved 3 way etc. I cannot seem to work out what the size of the plan is so I can set it up like the video you pointed out to me. Hi Simon, Do you mean this one scanned by Jim? mrn_scan.jpg It's designed for 0 gauge, and like many published plans when you start to design it properly you find that lots of things don't fit very well. On this one there are no real transition curves between the sharp curves and the straight section with the pointwork in the station throat. It's all a bit too abrupt to look right. So I rotated it round to the more usual arrangement, pulled it apart by a few inches, and shifted the pointwork area sideways by about an inch to allow for better transitions: mrn_plan.jpg I then tried it in EM, with this result: mrn_overlay.png mrn_overlay1.png It would be much better to replace the straight section with a gentle curve. That would have the effect of pushing the ...

... has other disadvantages so although our initial idea was to create a 9 ft wide room, we now favour option (2 ), an 8' wide alternative location. In my initial plans my working assumption was a room 9' wide. I am worried that a room only 8' wide would not allow enough space for the 90 degree curve. Given the absolute importance of such a curve being reliably negotiated by trains do you think that 8' will give enough width for reliable operation round the curve? I anticipate using transition curves to smooth passage through it. Has any one any experience of successfully working a P4 layout with such a configuration? Or being unsuccessful!? TIA. Ian P.S. Very few emails have come through to me over the last couple of days. Was it something I said or have I a problem with e.g. an over-eager spam filter? posted: 14 Jul 2008 02:30 from: Martin Wynne Ian Everett wrote: connected by a 90 degree double track curve at one end of the room. ...

... my plan re: timbering? Dave posted: 5 Mar 2008 03:30 from: BeamEnds davelong wrote: Anyone had a chance to check my plan re: timbering? Dave ok- here's my attempt- probably being Mr. Picky sometimes.... 66 ST Sidings toe to slip- gap a bit big? 68 poss strteched a bit? maybe extra timber 32 ST siding 5 entery- naughty shortening of sleepers? double track "above" 39 BOC Point- spacing gone a bit awry? curve to strait transition on inner double to right of under bridge point- spacing (and alignment) gone wrong? 7 main line short curve spacing? rh end of traverser 9 spacing? Cheers Richard posted: 5 Mar 2008 03:59 from: davelong Hi Richard Thank you for your comments, the more nit picking the better. All understood, a few silly errors left in on my part. But not sure what you mean re: the 68 poss stretch? Kind regards Dave posted: 5 Mar 2008 04:34 from: ...

... climes of Eastleigh. I worked for 21 years for the Air Traffic Control Company (NATS) who moved us all down to the south coast 7 years ago and retired nearly 2 years ago. Have fun, Clive Attachment: attach_1744_2398_shepperton_14_01 _16_1333_18.bgs 274 posted: 5 Feb 2014 18:17 from: Martin Wynne Hi Clive, Thanks for uploading your files. Are you aware that Templot can wrap your scanned image to a curve? Instead of putting a sharp bend in your image: 2_051254_050000000.png you could have wrapped it onto a pleasing transition curve in that area. More info at: http://templot.com/companion/index.html?wrap_picture_shape_to_curve.htm Your original image is a very large 8883 x 2567 pixels, so I'm not too surprised that you had problems printing 23 pages in one go. The memory requirements would be massive, and I suspect your computer was spending most of the 10 hours shuffling data to and fro between memory and the disk drive to try to find room for it all. When printing very large background scans at full size, it is ...

... topic: 27 Track designing posted: 31 May 2007 17:18 from: SimonH Hi A little help please. I have in essence an 11mt length of single track that I am going to incorporate into my layout. It wanders down one side of the layout and through 180 degrees and back up the other side. There are many twists and turns to fit the scenery that is already there and its this that is causing some consternation. I have tried using the slewing and transition curve options but with little result. I am basically trying to manipulate small sections of track around obstacles and then moving on to the next little section of track. I have got some of the way by creating many individual templates for all the curves and so on, but I am missing some thing basic re doing it all in one template. Can some one please advise what it is. Cheers Simon Handby posted: 31 May 2007 21:03 from: Martin Wynne Hi Simon,> There are many twists and turns to fit the scenery> that is ...

... the main road, i.e. at the TOLP peg position. If you want the peg in some other position, you can run it along the turnout road centre-line (or along the rails) using the CTRL+ F8 mouse action. The parallel type of V-crossing is something of an oddity and not often used. If I was starting Templot again I would probably not include it. But I can't now remove it without breaking existing .box files. It is useful if you want a return curve within a transition zone: 2_010718_160000000.png (The prototype doesn't* put pointwork on a transition curve -- because of the impossibility of running a cant gradient through a moving switch -- but it's a handy device when fitting model track in a tight space.) Adjusting the turnout road length with CTRL+ F12 is intended to deal with short** gaps and overlaps after other templates have been aligned, and for use with partial templates. It's not intended to create a significant section of track -- for that you would use the tools ...

... double slip, point rodding is required to run to all the points. In one group, containing five rods, It would be good to be able to increase the track spacing to accommodate this width along this length. Hi Tim, The geometry> adjacent track centres... setting can be changed for each individual template. But you need to change it while it is the control (current) template and before creating double track or a crossover from it. Obviously you can't change the spacing between the tracks without some transitional arrangements. For this purpose you can use the slewing function on the adjoining template(s). You need to set the slew amount to match the difference in the track spacings. Here is a screenshot showing that, with the slewing zone (in the purple template) severely shortened to make the effect clear: slewed_approach.png This is EM gauge (4mm/ft), with the tracks on the left at standard 6ft way giving 44.67mm track centre spacings. On the right the spacing is increased to 10ft way, i.e ...

... topic: 3238 Elevation posted: 10 Mar 2018 22:40 from: dave turner Hi Martin, Before you scream, or throw your hands up in horror, about the subject please bear with me. One of the interesting things about XTraCad is that it appeared to allow for different levels in a model railway, particularly including vertical transitions. -Note that I'm not talking about the extreme gradients that Hornby Dublo, amongst others offered. My basic question is:- If Templot is used to create plans for a multi-level network how much 'fettling' would be required? For example I've observed that many large models use spirals to transition from one level to another. At sensible gradients could native Templot allow for a change in gradient? My suspicion is not, but how far out would one practically be? (Piece of string)? regards Dave posted: 11 Mar 2018 13:12 from: Martin Wynne Hi Dave, Templot is neither 2D nor 3D. It is referenced to the rail top, so that the printed output can ...