Templot Club Archive 2007-2020
|
|||
| author | remove search highlighting | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
posted: 5 Apr 2008 00:59 from: Raymond Gibson
click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Hi, As they say in Walmart "Two for the Price of One"....... 1). Inadvertently, I closed/hid the Zoom?Pan box which is normally in the top RH of my screen & could fine no way of re-opening it. Storage Box or Information Box can be opened from a drop-down menu, but I could see nothing for t'other one. Of course, when Templot was closed, then re-opened, everything was again fine - but there must be a faster way? 2). This is far more puzzling & worrying. Deeply engrossed in complicated trackwork comprising a triple turnout, a half diamond & a single slip I started to SHOVE TIMBERS into the prototype locations. The initial adjustments were around the vees, the centre of the diamond, & the tips of the switch blades; having zeroed the first timber in each case, the others were located at the official spacings. Everything was going perfectly until.....after about seven or eight timbers in every case, although the Shove Timbers box indicated the correct spacing, on the screen the sleepers were noticeably out of position - by about 50% greater. At a pinch the offending items could be "Hidden" & yet more prototypical practice followed by locating the missing ones "on site". But I much prefer being able to experiment on paper, correct mistakes, or make adjustments before risking the real thing which may (nay, knowing myself, would!) have to be ripped up. Am using the 91 Pug. Regards, Raymond. |
||
|
posted: 5 Apr 2008 02:59 from: Martin Wynne
click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Raymond Gibson wrote: 1). Inadvertently, I closed/hid the Zoom/Pan box which is normally in the top RH of my screen & could fine no way of re-opening it.Hi Raymond, pad > zoom / pan options > show zoom / panning controls or just press CTRL+F10, or even easier, just press 0 (zero) key on main keyboard: zoom_controls_menu.png  f_key_chart_091.png  2). This is far more puzzling & worrying. Deeply engrossed in complicated trackwork comprising a triple turnout, a half diamond & a single slip I started to SHOVE TIMBERS into the prototype locations. The initial adjustments were around the vees, the centre of the diamond, & the tips of the switch blades; having zeroed the first timber in each case, the others were located at the official spacings. Everything was going perfectly until.....after about seven or eight timbers in every case, although the Shove Timbers box indicated the correct spacing, on the screen the sleepers were noticeably out of position - by about 50% greater Please could you upload or send me the .box file so that I can take a look? regards, Martin. |
||
|
posted: 6 Apr 2008 02:28 from: Raymond Gibson
click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Hi Martin, Somewhat delayed owing to "That which Spoils All One's Fun".....a wife (luckily I have not yet converted to Islam or the Mormons). Thanks for the reply, & I have now written down the procedure for the Zoom/Pan Box in the Chairman's Big Red Book. >Please could you upload or send me the .box file so that I can take a look? Ah....well....yerse......now to betray yet more ignorance of both Templot & Computers. How do I do that simple task? I tried GROUPING just the relevant templates (to avoid sending you a massive file) but panicked because there was no clearly obvious outcome. Then looked at sending the entire Box File saved from my last session or, if possible, just the individual files; SEARCH produced no results (plenty of Templot Operating Files but none called Box). Even if I had reached this stage, I would probably not know how to transmit the information successfully. Am becoming paranoid with Computers - afraid to do anything in case data is irretrievably lost!! Muchas Gracias, Raymond. |
||
| Please read this important note about copyright: Unless stated otherwise, all the files submitted to this web site are copyright and the property of the respective contributor. You are welcome to use them for your own personal non-commercial purposes, and in your messages on this web site. If you want to publish any of this material elsewhere or use it commercially, you must first obtain the owner's permission to do so. |