Ive got a little 4 ounce ball peen I use for lay out work makes a nice light prick punch mark. But it still hurts when you get a finger. Very few know how to use a height gage, dividers or trammels any more
Learning from a couple old tradesman. They would do a bolt hole circle with dividers and a scale and drill press. punch center lay out circle and a starting spot then set dividers to evenly space the number of holes.
I have several auto center punches and a set of transfer punches made up for the one starrett. those see a lot of use.