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topic: 795Arrows and brackets ... what is their proper name?
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posted: 24 Apr 2009 07:15

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pimin
 
Shelton (near The Sound) - Washington USA

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click member name to view archived imagesview images in gallery view images as slides 		My pad is full of triangles (arrow heads?) pointing at brackets "]".
  1. what are they called in Templot?
  2. can I toggle their appearance (on or off?)
  3. can I get rid of them (at least not display them, I can't see a lot of the track work through them on some of the complicated parts)
Thanks,

Paul
posted: 24 Apr 2009 07:42

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Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

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click member name to view archived imagesview images in gallery view images as slides 		pimin wrote:
My pad is full of triangles (arrow heads?) pointing at brackets "]".
  1. what are they called in Templot?
  2. can I toggle their appearance (on or off?)
  3. can I get rid of them (at least not display them, I can't see a lot of the track work through them on some of the complicated parts)
Hi Paul,

Obviously you didn't design this yourself! :)

1. They are transition curve markers. There is a transition zone between the two marks along which the radius changes smoothly:

trans_marks.giftrans_marks.gif

Full details at: http://www.templot.com/martweb/gs_geometry.htm#transition

2. You can toggle them on and off by going to pad > pad background options > pad background templates detail... menu item, and unticking the box for marks.

(Or if you are still using version 074b, go to control > background list menu item, and untick the box for marks.)

3. You can get rid of them by not generating them. Untick the generator > generator settings > radial end marks menu item, and then click the generator > rebuild all background menu item.

It's not recommended that you do that while you are still designing your track plan, you need those marks to know what you are doing. You also need them when constructing track on the templates if you use radius aids to set the fixed radii. But they are not wanted when printing a fair copy of the full track plan, so you can remove them before doing that.

regards,

Martin.
posted: 24 Apr 2009 08:41

from:

pimin
 
Shelton (near The Sound) - Washington USA

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click member name to view archived imagesview images in gallery view images as slides 		Martin Wynne wrote:
pimin wrote:
My pad is full of triangles (arrow heads?) pointing at brackets "]".
  1. what are they called in Templot?
  2. can I toggle their appearance (on or off?)
  3. can I get rid of them (at least not display them, I can't see a lot of the track work through them on some of the complicated parts)
Hi Paul,

Obviously you didn't design this yourself! :)

1. They are transition curve markers. There is a transition zone between the two marks along which the radius changes smoothly:

2. You can toggle them on and off by going to pad > pad background options > pad background templates detail... menu item, and unticking the box for marks.

(Or if you are still using version 074b, go to control > background list menu item, and untick the box for marks.)

3. You can get rid of them by not generating them. Untick the generator > generator settings > radial end marks menu item, and then click the generator > rebuild all background menu item.

It's not recommended that you do that while you are still designing your track plan, you need those marks to know what you are doing. You also need them when constructing track on the templates if you use radius aids to set the fixed radii. But they are not wanted when printing a fair copy of the full track plan, so you can remove them before doing that.

regards,

Martin.
Martin,

Actually I did design it myself.  I understand where the marks come from, I just didn't think to use "transition" in my searches ... dumb me!  :(  And of course they are controlled by "marks" :?

Using 91c, having a great time with Templot ... but, every now and then I end up trying to walk through the bumper at the end of a stub.   Thanks for turning me around :thumb:  I'll be back on the main shortly.

Toggling seems like the right way to go.

Thanks,
Paul


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