After selecting model to sheet I can dimension the 2D drawings both vertically and horizontally but the cursor will not snap to hole centres so I cannot dimension the hole locations. I have the snaps set to enable centre.
Help please what am i missing?

What type of holes are they created with hole tool or are they cutouts?


You can try changing the edge selection from polyline to flat shade to have hole center snaps show up as a work around.

Regards
Jason

It's not just one drawing that doesn't work. As a test I have stared a new drawing.
I draw a square with a circle inside and extruded it.
I select model to sheet and the drawing appears with the 4 views. I select the top view and can dimension vertically and horizontally but the cursor won't snap to the centre of the circle although it will allow me to use the diameter out tool.

Cannot get center or vertex in draw views that have edge properties set as "polyline" in any version of program. Snap points center available if you change to other edge settings like "flat" or other shaded for ViaCAD, or if you have Shark "precise lines" setting give you these snap points

can add centermark dim to get vertex to snap to as well


Regards
Jason

David


You can change view back to polylines after you finish dimensioning the holes

Regard
Jason

David

Which lines are you referring to? Can you post a pic of example?

Jason

They're tangency lines. Choose "ignore" for tangency in MtS settings. Eliminating them can make drawings a bit ambiguous, though, so there are other settings like phantom and hidden that make them less prominent, but still discernable.

Not a global setting in VC, but it can be toggled in each viewport's properties.

*edit* my mistake, the viewport property setting isn't responsive, looks like they'd have to be deleted manually.

This bug has been around for a long time but, as others have pointed out, you can right click the view and change the properties to flat view then put a vertex point at the center of your hole. Then switch back to "polylines" and the vertex will still be there. Regarding "diameter out" not working, I think this happens mostly with circles that are on a rounded face which seems to confuse ViaCad but it can also happen sometimes randomly. My work-around for this problem is to used the "center point circle" tool and draw a circle from the vertex to an end point on the hole that I want the "diameter out" tool to work on then dimension that circle with the diameter out tool. You have to leave that circle there or the dimension will get deleted and the update-views mode will not update your circle if you change the associated hole size but this is the best I can come up with. Hope this gets fixed in newer versions. I am running Windows V12.

I think simplify curves helps this in the properties box. Also, use the smart dimension. Seems like 1 version of Viacad you want simplify curves checked. But another unchecked.i use it all the time.