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Templot User Guide
Overview
Welcome to Templot
About Templot
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. basic track planning
6. next page ...
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2. getting started
making a start
on the trackpad
using the menus and dialogs
utterly baffled ?
3. the control template
peg positions
V-crossing types - regular or curviform
timber spacings - overview
knuckle bend radius
check rails and wing rails
6. track planning
basic working methods
peg & notch
transition curves
slewing
make new template
alignment tools
swell - CTRL+F10
make transition link
extend / shorten the control to meet
a simple track plan
7. background shapes and maps
maps and picture shapes
get a map from the web
improve map clarity
crop/combine function
9. output
your first printed template
output in diagram-mode
printing template pages
exporting PDF files
exporting for CAD and 3D
omit webs at brick ends
10. how to ...
create a run-round loop
create slips
create 3-way turnouts
3-way tandem turnouts
3-throw turnouts
create catch points
link between existing templates
make simple link
make transition link
wrap a picture shape to a curve
fit second turnout close behind first
create inside half-scissors