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TEMPLOT 3D PLUG TRACK - To get up to speed with this experimental project click here.   To watch an introductory video click here.   See the User Guide at Bexhill West.

  • 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 Some of the earlier pages of this topic are now out-of-date.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.

Advance change notice: MECBOX export format removed

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Please do not send requests for help direct to me via email.

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@graeme

• If you don't know anything about exporting in MECBOX format, or you don't understand this topic, you can safely ignore it.

With effect from the next Templot2 program update I am removing the MECBOX export/import functions.

They are no longer needed because Graeme has developed a function to convert extended-precision data types to double-precision for use in OpenTemplot. This means BOX files from Templot2 will be able to be loaded in OpenTemplot as is.

If you have been using the MECBOX format to save your track templates please be sure to load each file and save it again as a BOX file before updating to the next version of Templot2. Otherwise you won't be able to load your saved data into Templot2.

With all the latest additional plug track data, maintaining the MECBOX format is a great deal of work, and since the format is no longer needed it can be abandoned.

See this previous topic: https://85a.uk/templot/club/index.php?threads/future-of-mecbox-format.350/

OpenTemplot is the open-source version of Templot, which you can find at:

https://github.com/openTemplot/openTemplot

More info about OpenTemplot: https://85a.uk/templot/club/index.php?forums/templotmec-nuts-and-bolts.5/

cheers,

Martin.
 
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