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Contents
updated: 07 December 2019
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
Video List
Recent Updates
Templot Home
Templot For You
Templot Terms of Use
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. continue . . .
Templot In Full
1. download and installation
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
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
peg & notch
geometry
constant curves
transition curves
slewing
make new template
make branch track
alignment tools
notch on intersection
make transition
extend / shorten the control to meet
a simple track plan
basic working methods
7. background shapes
baseboard outlines
picture shapes
get a map from the web
crop/combine function
target marks
8. sketchboard
9. output
your first printed template
exporting PDF files
exporting DXF files 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
11. utensils
dummy vehicle tool
spacing-ring tool
ruler tool
metric calculator
12. program
program preferences
13. more ...
working with partial templates
99. origins and intent
Prototype
real track
A or B switch ?
customizing templates
prototype information
Model
Users Own Topics
Getting Started -- Allan Ferguson
Introduction to Templot -- Tony Wilkins
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