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topic: 3409Catch Points
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posted: 6 Apr 2019 13:11

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Alan Kettlewell
 
North Yorkshire - United Kingdom

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Still very much in the 'I don't know what I'm doing' category, I'm having a go at working things out and wondered if this is how to make a catch point.  I made two identical templates and stripped away all unrequired components from one of them - until I was left with this …

Any good?

Cheers … Alan
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posted: 6 Apr 2019 13:52

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Alan Kettlewell
 
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Have just found the tutorial video! Therefore please don't spend time answering - I'll come back if I can't figure it out.

Cheers ... Alan

posted: 6 Apr 2019 13:59

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Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

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Alan Kettlewell wrote:
Still very much in the 'I don't know what I'm doing' category, I'm having a go at working things out and wondered if this is how to make a catch point.  I made two identical templates and stripped away all unrequired components from one of them - until I was left with this …

Any good?
Hi Alan,

Templot is a tool to use any way you wish. Overlaying partial templates is one way to create a set of catch points -- and the only way if it falls within other pointwork.

But overlaying on plain track isn't a good idea, because the timbering will be plain sleepers instead of wider timbers, and they will be at the wrong spacings for the special switch chairs.

For a simple stand-alone set of catch points, all you need to do is shorten a turnout to the stock rail joints, and there is a pre-set function to do that. Most model catch points use short 9ft or "A" switches, but you can use any size you wish if you have space:

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If you use the "shift & join" functions, they will snap onto the end of the catch points in the usual way, or you can use the CTRL-9 functions.

There is a page about catch points in the Companion at:
 
 http://templot.com/companion/catch_points.php

including a video showing how to insert them.

Also about reducing it to a single-sided catch point.

edit: posts overlapped, no problem Alan. :)

cheers,

Martin.

posted: 6 Apr 2019 15:13

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Alan Kettlewell
 
North Yorkshire - United Kingdom

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Thanks Martin - all very informative.

Cheers … Alan

posted: 6 Apr 2019 21:06

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Martin Wynne
 
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Hi Alan,

I have made a new catch points video for Templot2, to replace the old out-of-date one:

 http://flashbackconnect.com/Default.aspx?id=si_mVF-fRWnCF1NnT1c0Yw2

It's in a shorter slide-based style which is much faster for me to create.

cheers,

Martin.

posted: 7 Apr 2019 09:38

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Alan Kettlewell
 
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Those slide based videos are really good and quick to do - many thanks.

Cheers … Alan



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