# Align is useful...when you know how to use it!

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [February 22, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/align-is-useful-when-you-know-how-to-use-it/30489 "2024-02-22T21:12:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![jcclow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/jcclow/32/23888_2.png) [@jcclow](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jcclow)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/align-is-useful-when-you-know-how-to-use-it/30489/1 "2024-02-22T21:12:44Z")

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I can’t believe I’m posting this because I despise the `Align` tool…as @Peter_Gy and other Shapr3D staff members are aware 😉

I think I finally figured out the secret to the `Align` tool…use it with a `Construction Plane`! Check out this video I just made. It has worked perfectly every time I align to a `Construction Plane`. I think this might have to do with the fact that a `Construction Plane` doesn’t have end or midpoints, so the `Align` is “agnostic” to a snapping location preference, but I’m not a Shapr3D programmer, so I’m hypothesizing at best.

Regardless…this made me happy.

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