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posted: 31 Jan 2012 18:21 from: Nigel Brown click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Attempting to create custom settings for straight track panels, I think I've found a flaw. If I set the distance from the rail end to the first sleeper to 0, then the sleepers all disappear. If I set the distance to something pretty small like 0.5", but not 0, then it's OK. Nigel |
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posted: 31 Jan 2012 18:51 from: Martin Wynne
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Nigel Brown wrote: Attempting to create custom settings for straight track panels, I think I've found a flaw. If I set the distance from the rail end to the first sleeper to 0, then the sleepers all disappear.Hi Nigel, Entering a 0 terminates the list of spacings, so that is working correctly. What are you trying to do? For CWR, enter the rail length equal to the timber spacing, set the first timber at half that spacing, the second timber at 0, and turn the rail joints off. If you want a timber to be under the rail joint, make it the last one in the panel, not the first. regards, Martin. |
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posted: 31 Jan 2012 19:11 from: Nigel Brown click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Hi Martin Didn't remember that 0 worked in that way! What am I trying to do? Well, it struck me that Templot could be used for designing things other than track. In this instance, I have a need to build some GWR paling fencing (the type with vertical uprights); in 4mm one can just use Ratio, but in 3mm this isn't an option, and using the 4mm stuff looks wrong. If you think about it, such fences in outline look just like track, with sleepers representing the vertical bits and rail the horizontal battens. So, my intention is to produce a template of such fencing which can act as a guide to building some. As well as plain fencing, it should be possible to produce templates for such things as gates, which would enable one to produce a complete bespoke plan to fit a given site. I actually only need a fairly short section, which includes two types of gate. I haven't yet found definitive measurements for everything, but using the 4mm Ratio stuff and Great Western Way as a guide, the vertical bits seem to be about 3" wide, with 3" separation. The battens seem to be about 4" wide and placed about 6" from top and bottom of the paling. Then there are square section vertical posts every 16 uprights to support the fencing. And so on. My initial thoughts were to have the battens starting level with the edge of the first upright. Hence the 0 length. Cheers Nigel |
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posted: 31 Jan 2012 20:00 from: Martin Wynne
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Nigel Brown wrote:My initial thoughts were to have the battens starting level with the edge of the first upright. Hence the 0 length.Hi Nigel, Enter the first spacing as 0.01" I doubt that even GWR fencing was made to 10 thou tolerance.  regards, Martin. |
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posted: 31 Jan 2012 20:44 from: Nigel Brown click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Hi Martin Yes, think that's what I'll do Cheers Nigel |
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