... for your quick response fellas, I'll have a peek... Mike posted: 21 Jan 2013 12:41 from: CoBo Thanks for info re Clungunford... however, probably as expected, I now have another problem. I've read on another thread about loading baseboard shapes into Templot- and I think I've managed to do this- well it's in my 'shape-files' file. However, when I try to do anything with it all I get is the screen shown below or the normal trackpad screen. 2626_210727_200000000.png My scenic baseboard is as shown and is 297cm x 216cm down the right edge. The odd shape at the right edge is a lift out section. I can get the normal trackpad screen or this one but cannot a) get my grid to show and b) get the trackpad to display the baseboard as a background so I can start to design my trackwork. I've managed to find the 'transparent' tick box- which has turned everything blue, and I think I entered the board dimensions in mm not cm ( ...