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

My assumption was that it just moved to the nearest point on the plane. Definitely not sure if that’s correct or not, though.

What happens when your source body is higher up or down lower? It won’t align correctly using the construction plane. Try it.

Dammit @TigerMike don’t burst my bubble :laughing: I’m trying to make Align useful, because it falls short of the align command in every other piece of design software I’ve used…no offense Shapr3D team. …but I will test it when I get to work tomorrow, as I don’t have Shapr3D installed on the new P…

It doesn’t matter where you click. I just clicked there because there was no way to accidentally click on anything else.

No reason to test tomorrow. Here it is. The 2nd video shows a way to align (no const plane) using a sketch plane on the body where you want to align. Note: the height of my source body is 4mm high. I offset a line 4mm down from the top of the destination body. And lastly, sorry… [bur…

Hey Mike…now that I’m at work…you are correct. What is really frustrating about the second video is that the line is now there forever because if you delete it, the second object moves back to its original location, no matter if you align face to face or edge to edge. This also only works if the ob…

First, you can remove the sketch line after doing the align. Both bodies stay connected. Second, do exactly what @Xdrakosha did. Do the Align edge to edge. Align is a great tool.

That only works when the bodies are the exact same size. There is no way to use Align to join the corners without adding unnecessary geometry. Translate will do it, but Align will not. I’m almost at my Loom limit :neutral_face:

[image] jcclow: There is no way to use Align to join the corners without adding unnecessary geometry. Still the align tool

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

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Xdrakosha February 23, 2024, 8:30am 11

I think it’s much easier to use it this way:

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

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