Which center is which?

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 From:  mickelsen
4107.1 
I have a drawing of an object with a circular hole in it. I want to position some things around the center of the hole, but when I try to use the center indicator (the little x that comes up labelled "center") there are two of them, very close together. Is there a way to find out what each center indicator applies to? I'm including the drawing. It might be easier to understand what I'm saying by looking at the drawing.
Thanks,
Mark

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 From:  Michael Gibson
4107.2 In reply to 4107.1 
Hi Mark, so one center comes from the circle part here:



And the other one comes from the center of the 4 outer line segments here:



And having 2 slightly separated points for those means that the circle is not actually fully centered inside that rectangle, it seems like it is something like 0.02 inches above or below it.

Probably the easiest way to be sure you're getting just the circle center would be to select the main solid like this:



And then use Edit > Hide to hide it, leaving just your original circle curve being visible like this:



With the main solid hidden, it won't be targeted for snapping so you'll only have one snap point for the circle to target this way.

- Michael

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 From:  BurrMan
4107.3 In reply to 4107.2 
Also, the center of the front and back holes of the solid are slightly off a bit too... so there are 3 center points showing for that.
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