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Contents

updated: 25 July 2023

• Welcome
• Templot Homefor first-time visitors
• Templot For Youfor intending users
• Templot Explainedfor beginners
• Templot In Full
• Prototype
• Model
• Users Own Topics

Full Contents List

• Welcome
  • Online Video List
  • Recent Updates
• Templot Home
• Templot For You
  • Templot2 Terms of Use
• Templot Explained
  • 0. guide for beginners
  • 1. what is it?
  • 2. yes, I build track
  • 3. what am I looking at?
  • 4. where do I start?
  • 5. basic track planning
• Templot In Full
  • 1. download and installation
    • manual update
  • 2. getting started
    • making a start
    • gauge and scale
      • custom gauges
      • narrow-gauge tracks
    • utterly baffled ?
    • on the trackpad
      • using the menus and dialogs
      • using mouse actions
  • 3. the control template
    • plain track templates
      • rail lengths and sleeper spacings
    • turnout templates
      • inserting a turnout in plain track
      • switch
      • V-crossing
        • knuckle bend radius
      • turnout timbering
        • timber spacings - overview
          • switch section
          • closure section
          • wing rail front section
          • vee rail section
    • half-diamond templates
      • K-crossing
      • K-crossing timbering
    • check rails and wing rails
    • construction symbols
  • 4. background templates
    • storing and saving
    • pop-up menu
    • grouping
  • 5. the storage box
    • background templates
    • unused templates
    • library templates
    • box data files
  • 6. track planning
    • mouse actions
      • approach length - F3
      • overall length - F4
      • size - F5
      • curving - F6
      • shift and snap - F7
      • rotate - F8
      • swell - CTRL+F10
      • turnout-road exit - CTRL+F12
    • peg & notch
    • geometry
      • double-track spacing
      • constant curves
      • transition curves
      • slewing
    • make new template
      • make branch track
    • alignment tools
      • find intersection
      • make transition
      • extend / shorten the control to meet
    • a simple track plan
    • basic working methods
  • 7. background shapes
    • baseboard outlines
    • maps and picture shapes
      • get a map from the web
      • improve map clarity
      • crop/combine function
    • target marks
  • 8. sketchboard
  • 9. output
    • your first printed template
    • output in detail-mode
    • output in diagram-mode
    • printing template pages
    • exporting PDF files
    • exporting for CAD and 3D
      • extracting an FDM timbering brick
  • 10. how to ...
    • create a run-round loop
    • create slips
    • create 3-way turnouts
      • 3-way tandem turnouts
      • 3-throw turnouts
    • create catch points
    • fit a turnout to existing curves
    • link between existing templates
      • make simple link
      • make transition link
    • wrap a picture shape to a curve
    • fit second turnout close behind first
    • create inside half-scissors
  • 11. utilities and utensils
    • dummy vehicle tool
    • spacing-ring tool
    • ruler tool
    • metric calculator
    • Image foreground darkener
  • 12. program
    • program preferences
  • 13. more ...
    • working with partial templates
  • 99. origins and intent
• Prototype
  • real track
    • types of switches and crossings
  • customizing templates
  • prototype information
  • A or B switch ?
  • working with slips
• Model
• Users Own Topics
  • Getting Started -- Allan Ferguson
  • Introduction to Templot -- Tony Wilkins
• Websites and Links
• Live Demo Screen
  • Live Demo Archive
    • Demo 001
• © Martin Wynne 2023
  • Templot2 Terms of Use