# Align tool issues

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/align-tool-issues/37188>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [March 23, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/align-tool-issues/37188 "2025-03-23T21:33:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Chopperdaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chopperdaves](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Chopperdaves)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/align-tool-issues/37188/1 "2025-03-23T21:33:35Z")

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e a new Topic

So. Im working on some engine parts and im moving things around. I need to create circles inside circles that are already made to remove or add material. They need to use the exact same center point. I make a circle inside my circle thats already made and i need it to share the center point. I use the align tool and sometimes it works perfectly and it moves my new circle to align with the part other times it moves the part to align with the circle. When that happens my multiple models are out of alignment.

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**Author:** ![Chopperdaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chopperdaves](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Chopperdaves)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/align-tool-issues/37188/2 "2025-03-23T21:35:02Z")

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**Author:** ![Chopperdaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chopperdaves](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Chopperdaves)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/align-tool-issues/37188/3 "2025-03-23T21:35:49Z")

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Not sure what im doing wrong

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**Author:** ![JST](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@JST](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JST)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 6:18am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/align-tool-issues/37188/4 "2025-03-24T06:18:38Z")

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Better use the traslate tool if the parts not full circle, because the centerpoints calculated by the area.  
https://www.loom.com/embed/1b41c4992efb4c9e9a9e08d92f8f4f91