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topic: 2657Starting a new large layout in templot
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posted: 26 Mar 2015 21:38

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Hi folks. I wonder if I could pick your experienced brains

I've my initial layout design of Claremorris station in Ireland , based on the the trackwork 1960 -2000 , this is a 5 road single track junction with about 35 points ( excluding fiddle yards etc )

I'll be doing the point work in copperclad , as I've a good bit of experience of it and I'm using OO -SF. Plan track will be Smp or C&L/exactoscale etc

The base layout was built up,in trax3 to get a feel for the space needed and the compromises etc.

Now that I basically comfortable with Templot. I intend to lay the whole of the visual trackwork up in templot.

Questions

( a) should I start by laying out all the plain track in Templot ( 6 parallel roads , a diverging twin track throat etc ) and then " insert" the crossovers and other turnouts.

Or

( b) start with the central track work and proceed to work left and right adding turnouts as I go etc.

This is about templot , not about how I lay the actual track.

My main issue is to get the main trackwork in place in Templot, to confirm my baseboard dimensions, but I want to avoid as much as possible the reiteration that occurs when you move something on a large design.

Thanks

Dave

posted: 27 Mar 2015 10:35

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Martin Wynne
 
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madscientist wrote:
I've my initial layout design of Claremorris station in Ireland


( a) should I start by laying out all the plain track in Templot ( 6 parallel roads , a diverging twin track throat etc ) and then " insert" the crossovers and other turnouts.

Or

( b) start with the central track work and proceed to work left and right adding turnouts as I go etc.
Hi Dave,

Others are doing the same, see: :)

 http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/3590-Building-points-using-C-amp-L-parts?p=63700&viewfull=1#post63700

Start with just one plain track road. This will usually be the through running line and/or the main platform track. For a double-track line choose the track having the most pointwork.

Set out this track to the required ruling curve as plain track all through.

You can then start inserting turnouts in it, splitting off sections and inserting more pointwork, adding double track alongside it, extending sidings from it, and so on.

See this video for the basics of this method:

 http://templot.com/martweb/videos/flash/starter/em_starter.html

(Sorry it is an old video -- the swell function is now on CTRL+F10.)

Notice in the video that it is seldom necessary to join two templates together -- i.e. your method (b) -- which is essentially the traditional modellers train-set approach.

Extending existing track and inserting pointwork in it produces a much more prototypical result, with flowing curves through junctions and connections.

regards,

Martin.

posted: 27 Mar 2015 10:51

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Thanks again Martin your experience shines through. ( don't get disheartened )

Thanks

posted: 27 Mar 2015 10:54

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By the way if I use the plain track approach , on the curves won't I end up with funny crossing angles. ? ( I'm not sure this matters )

posted: 27 Mar 2015 12:08

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madscientist wrote:
By the way if I use the plain track approach , on the curves won't I end up with funny crossing angles. ? ( I'm not sure this matters )
Hi Dave,

You have lost me there. :?

After inserting a turnout into plain track, you can adjust it to whatever crossing angle you want. (Usually using the F5 mouse action.) Whether it is in straight or curved track makes no difference.

In fact in Templot there is no difference -- straight track is simply curved track having a very large radius. Actually 1.0E8-5000mm radius (99995000mm = 62 miles radius). This sometimes shows up in the dialogs where I have forgotten to switch it to saying "straight" instead.

regards,

Martin.

posted: 27 Mar 2015 13:55

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I see, thanks, I shall experiment some more



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