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topic: 3641GWR 45 foot
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posted: 23 Apr 2020 16:02

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rynd2it
 
Chabanais 16 - France

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Hi,
I need to create a template for a 45 foot length of GWR bull-head track with the correct sleeper spacings at each end. For some reason I don't seem to be able to achieve this - is there a way to do it?

Thanks



posted: 23 Apr 2020 16:06

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Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

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rynd2it wrote:
I need to create a template for a 45 foot length of GWR bull-head track with the correct sleeper spacings at each end. For some reason I don't seem to be able to achieve this - is there a way to do it?
Hi,

Stuart Hince has written a tutorial on setting up custom rail lengths and sleeper spacings in Templot. It's specifically for the GWR:

http://templot.com/martweb/pdf_files/gwr_track_panels.pdf

cheers,

Martin.

posted: 23 Apr 2020 16:43

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rynd2it
 
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Martin Wynne wrote:
rynd2it wrote:
I need to create a template for a 45 foot length of GWR bull-head track with the correct sleeper spacings at each end. For some reason I don't seem to be able to achieve this - is there a way to do it?
Hi,

Stuart Hince has written a tutorial on setting up custom rail lengths and sleeper spacings in Templot. It's specifically for the GWR:

http://templot.com/martweb/pdf_files/gwr_track_panels.pdf

cheers,

Martin.
Excellent, thank you Martin & Stuart  :D


posted: 24 Apr 2020 10:54

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rynd2it
 
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Martin Wynne wrote:
rynd2it wrote:
I need to create a template for a 45 foot length of GWR bull-head track with the correct sleeper spacings at each end. For some reason I don't seem to be able to achieve this - is there a way to do it?
Hi,

Stuart Hince has written a tutorial on setting up custom rail lengths and sleeper spacings in Templot. It's specifically for the GWR:

http://templot.com/martweb/pdf_files/gwr_track_panels.pdf

cheers,

Martin.
Hi Martin,
Two issues with this; first the dimensions in Stuarts file show (e.g.) 25.875 but Templot is changing this to 25.88; second to terminate the list of spacing the instructions say to enter a 0 - I do but it continues to ask for sleeper 19/20/21 etc, I can't seem to terminate the list at 18 sleepers

Cheers

David
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posted: 24 Apr 2020 13:09

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Martin Wynne
 
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rynd2it wrote:
first the dimensions in Stuarts file show (e.g.) 25.875 but Templot is changing this to 25.88
Hi David,

That's only on the screen, the actual recorded dimension will be whatever you enter. Rounding to 2 decimal places is just to make it easier to read.

If you want it to display the full dimension, tick the show full fraction tickbox at the bottom left:

2_240749_350000000.png2_240749_350000000.png

In practice of course there would be no detectable difference on the printed template between 25.875" and 25.88" - that's a difference of 5 thou in the position of the full-size prototype timber!  :)

to terminate the list of spacing the instructions say to enter a 0 - I do but it continues to ask for sleeper 19/20/21 etc, I can't seem to terminate the list at 18 sleepers
Just keep entering 0 down to the bottom of the dialog, as above.

Since Stuart wrote his tutorial I changed the program to avoid excessive computer cpu usage on this dialog. One consequence of that is that it won't now terminate in mid-dialog. It's on my to-do list to have another look at, but there's no practical difficulty as above.

cheers,

Martin.

posted: 24 Apr 2020 13:40

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rynd2it
 
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Martin Wynne wrote:
rynd2it wrote:
first the dimensions in Stuarts file show (e.g.) 25.875 but Templot is changing this to 25.88
Hi David,

That's only on the screen, the actual recorded dimension will be whatever you enter. Rounding to 2 decimal places is just to make it easier to read.

If you want it to display the full dimension, tick the show full fraction tickbox at the bottom left:

2_240749_350000000.png2_240749_350000000.png

In practice of course there would be no detectable difference on the printed template between 25.875" and 25.88" - that's a difference of 5 thou in the position of the full-size prototype timber!  :)

to terminate the list of spacing the instructions say to enter a 0 - I do but it continues to ask for sleeper 19/20/21 etc, I can't seem to terminate the list at 18 sleepers
Just keep entering 0 down to the bottom of the dialog, as above.

Since Stuart wrote his tutorial I changed the program to avoid excessive computer cpu usage on this dialog. One consequence of that is that it won't now terminate in mid-dialog. It's on my to-do list to have another look at, but there's no practical difficulty as above.

cheers,

Martin.
Thanks Martin,
All sorted and printed

David



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