Dimensioning to the middle of a hole...

[kjacob]

Hi Folks,

Newbie here.

I couldn't figure out an elegant way to dimension to the middle of a hole in a plate and ended up having to "fake out" SU with two dummy lines, as shown.

Can anyone show me a better way to do this?

Thanks very much for any help.

Ken

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[tomsdesk]

If you hover a moment on the edge of a circle then move to the center it will usually snap to the center inference point....usually.

[ridix]

You can try to build the “Guide Point” first where hole center needs to be located. Than you can dimension it and construct the hole from it as well.

[Jean Lemire]

Hi Ken, hi folks.

See this SU file for ideas.

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Dimensionning without points to attach.skp

[kjacob]

Hello Jean,

PERFECT!

Thank you very much.

(And to the others.)

Ken

[Gaieus]

Tom's method worked perfctly and for the first try, too!

[Hazza]

Then there is the CentrePoint plugin from Smustard that will create a guide point for you.

Select the circle, Plugins -> Set center point, then dimension to the guide point.