... use all the functions in Templot. I do strongly urge beginners NOT to use a background map straight off. Learn to use Templot first. Otherwise you will end up tearing your hair out and throwing the computer out of the window. Templot is great fun to learn and use. But only if you let it go with the flow on a blank sheet as you learn. Forcing it to conform to a prototype map is hard work and needs a good understanding of prototype trackwork. This is from the Templot download page: 2_050811_340000000.png I shall have to find some way to make it flash bright orange. p.s. have you seen this page: http://templot.com/companion/basic_working_methods.php cheers, Martin. posted: 11 May 2020 20:42 from: David Gwynne Hi Martin I've been looking again at a track plan. To avoid misalignments, dog-legs are there any diagnostic tools that can be run through templot or is it all by mark 1 eyeball? If so, I'd like to run them before I post again! I've ...