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Contents
updated: 07 January 2023
Welcome
Templot Home
for first-time visitors
Templot For You
for intending users
Templot Explained
for beginners
Templot In Full
Prototype
Model
Users Own Topics
Full Contents List
Welcome
Online Video List
Recent Updates
Templot Home
Templot For You
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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 3D printing
extracting an FDM timbering brick
exporting for CAD
10. how to ...
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
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