I haven't tried this but if somebody sent me a box file that they had created with a weird gauge and/or scale setting would it open on my installation of Templot and if so what would it display in the info panel relating to scale/gauge ?
Hi Rob,
The gauge/scale settings, like most else in Templot, are
template-specific. That means you could load a BOX file containing 12 templates having 12 different gauge/scale settings, and they would load with 12 different gauge/scale settings, and the details for each would show in the info panel when selected.
The way to save anything in Templot is to
store a template containing it. I've written that a few times over the years.
Typically you would store a
library template specifically for that purpose. It would likely contain other relevant settings, such as the timbering dimensions.
To make access to any library templates in the storage box a bit faster, in the next program update
* I've implemented a
library scroller which you can have anywhere on the trackpad while working:
Any templates which have been stored as library templates will be shown in the scroller list, and clicking on one of them will copy it to the control template, and shift it to the centre of the screen.
Thanks to Igor for that idea.
*I'm beginning to despair of ever getting it released. There is still a lot of half-finished stuff in it, and I haven't looked at it for ages because at present I'm bogged down trying to get the old Templot Club content archived.
The purpose of the custom slots in the gauge list is completely different, and there only ever needed to be
one of them. Its purpose is to allow a set of custom settings to be
created, not saved.
For some reason lost in the mists of time I provided 4 such slots, and not very long ago I added a function to save their contents between
sessions on the same computer. Someone asked for that (was it you?), but I have never made any use of it or seen much need for it. Settings which don't get included in a BOX file strictly belong in the
program preferences because they are not available to anyone else who loads the file.
cheers,
Martin.