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Setting up a point on a different layer to mark the center point of a circle
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Hello
I need to find a way how to insert a point or a * on the center point of a hole and put it on a different layer. The reason for this is - I am a CAD tech for a welding shop and we cut parts out of steel and we use the dxf file format for our plasma table to cut parts. For example : if i have a 1 inch thick plate and want to put a 3/4'' hole in the plate the hole will be distorted because the hole is smaller than the material thickness. For these situation we can use the plasma table to burn a point or a dot on the center point of the hole. But to do this the point or dot must be on a different layer in the dxf. I hope this makes sense.
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Hi
What you can do is similar to the this thread:
- Create a new layer for the plasma.
- Manually move the holes to the new layer.
- Select lines
- Anotate tab; Layer
- Select the new layer.
If required modify the DWG export template to use the new layers for your purposes.
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Do you think it's wise to use your serial number or contract number as your user ID? Hope I'm wrong about that, but that's what it looks like.

