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  • The Plug Track functions are experimental and still being developed. Some of the earlier pages of this topic are now out-of-date.

    For an updated overview of this project see this topic.   For some practical modelling aspects of using Plug Track see Building 3D Track.

    The assumption is that you have your own machines on which to experiment, or helpful friends with machines. Please do not send Templot files to commercial laser cutting or 3D printing firms while this project is still experimental, because the results are unpredictable and possibly wasteful.

    Some pages of this and other topics include contributions from members who are creating and posting their own CAD designs for 3D printing and laser-cutting. Do not confuse them with Templot's own exported CAD files. All files derived from Templot are © Martin Wynne.
  • The Plug Track functions are experimental and still being developed.

    For an updated overview of this project see this topic.   For some practical modelling aspects of using Plug Track see Building 3D Track.

    The assumption is that you have your own machines on which to experiment, or helpful friends with machines. Please do not send Templot files to commercial laser cutting or 3D printing firms while this project is still experimental, because the results are unpredictable and possibly wasteful.

    Some pages of this and other topics include contributions from members who are creating and posting their own CAD designs for 3D printing and laser-cutting. Do not confuse them with Templot's own exported CAD files. All files derived from Templot are © Martin Wynne.

Plug Track

  1. Richardb

    Experimental 4mm COT track

    I'll preface this and echo Martins sentiments, This is an experiment on a experiment. Don't try this at home unless you're happy with well err experimenting. Please don't base your entire layout on what I'm saying here or strain the Templot development team to pipeline optimum results. This is a...
  2. Martin Wynne

    Plug Shift

    . Plug track represents a significant shift in established track-building concepts and methods, most of which haven't changed since Joe Brook Smith invented rivetted plywood construction in the early 1960s. In advance of Scaleforum, it might be helpful to have a topic about the ways plug track...
  3. Martin Wynne

    The 47S Project?

    @Steve_Cornford @Hayfield @James Walters @Paul Boyd It dawned on me recently that plug track is attracting a new group of users to Templot -- modellers with a 3D printer who would like to try printing track but are put off by the need to learn to use Templot first. This turns on its head my...
  4. S

    Plug dimensions

    Morning all, Apologies if I am being dim, but I can’t find the nominal dimensions of the plug & socket for plain track chairs. I’ve just modelled a GW 1895 chair, and need to model the plug, so need length, width, and relation to gauge face. Is there a published standard? Tia Simon
  5. M

    Beginner Questions Regarding Plug Track in N Gauge

    Hi, I hope it's ok to post this here, I did think about adding it to the other N gauge plug track thread but didn't want to derail it. I’m interested in using Templot plug track for my next layout due to the ability to make sweeping curves and transitions with points. The layout will be in my...
  6. Martin Wynne

    Plug Track - progress at last

    . I'm well chuffed. :) After messing about with ideas for 3D-printed track from Templot off and on for about 4 years now, today is a red-letter day for me. For the first time, I now have something actually usable on a model railway! Templot can now export files to create chairs and timbering...
  7. Martin Wynne

    Rail section settings (bullhead)

    . A simplified bullhead rail section is used programmatically in Plug Track. This is how it is dimensioned: The data is stored internally in equivalent full-size prototype inches. When shown in the custom dimensioning dialog above it is converted to model mm at the current model scale set on...
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  9. Martin Wynne

    3D track - fun with CNC

    . • Please be aware that Plug Track is still extremely experimental and in continuing development. There are various options you can now tinker about with, but very little which is as yet actually usable on your layout. @AndyB A laser cutter is large, expensive, and not very home-friendly...
  10. Martin Wynne

    Experimental 3D plug track - up to version 244c

    . edit April 2024: This is a very long topic of 2,500 posts, documenting progress of the Templot plug track project from its beginnings in 2021 up to March 2024 - i.e up to program version 244c. • The early posts in this topic do not represent the current state of the project, but do explain...
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