TechDraw Showing Multiple Holes?

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mconrad64
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TechDraw Showing Multiple Holes?

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I am trying to make a 2D drawing in TechDraw to annotate a 3D model created with Part Design. In the views, it seems to be making a smattering of holes at each location instead of a single point. I have 3 tapped holes and 3 countersunk holes that seem to be doing this.
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The FC file is too big to attach in this forum, so I've temporarily put it here. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AbaPL2 ... sp=sharing

Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong or a workaround so I can get this out the door? Thanks for any help!

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OS: Windows 10 Version 2009
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.29177 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-20
Hash: 68e337670e227889217652ddac593c93b5e8dc94
Python 3.8.10, Qt 5.15.2, Coin 4.0.1, Vtk 8.2.0, OCC 7.6.2
Locale: English/United States (en_US)
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Re: TechDraw Showing Multiple Holes?

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Right-click somewhere on the page and choose "Toggle frames". Additional points will disappear. They are added just to help with dimensioning.
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Re: TechDraw Showing Multiple Holes?

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Thank you so much! Sorry for the dumb question.
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Re: TechDraw Showing Multiple Holes?

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Try to edit preferences for Vertex Scale
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Re: TechDraw Showing Multiple Holes?

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mconrad64 wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 12:40 pm Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong or a workaround so I can get this out the door? Thanks for any help!
I always use a unique colour for the vertices (TD preferences, Color tab) so they stand out from the rest of the drawing.
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Re: TechDraw Showing Multiple Holes?

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choose the view you want to have "front view" with the placement buttons and choose the "several view projection" button
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Re: TechDraw Showing Multiple Holes?

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TechDraw_ToggleFrame :
* adds vertex to enable you catching the end of lines
* enables to move the views.
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Re: TechDraw Showing Multiple Holes?

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wandererfan wrote: Tue Aug 02, 2022 1:23 pm I always use a unique colour for the vertices (TD preferences, Color tab) so they stand out from the rest of the drawing.
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Great idea
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