By having the one axis align tool option will reduce a multi step process down to a two step process. The majority of times I use the move tool combined with the measure tool to achieve the results that the align tool would give if you could be limited to one axis of movement. What I am hoping to …

Can you show an example from your work where you have to use move tool with measurements? I’m just thinking about translate tool which solves a lot of situations where align tool can’t.

No problem, when I get a chance I’ll take screenshots. As the method goes it pretty simple, I get the distance between two parallel edges or faces, I pin that measurement, I then switch to the move tool where I click the directional arrow and I enter the distance give by the measure tool. The pin…

[image] sean: with all do respect, I do not like the translate tool, I find it cumbersome to use, and I don’t understand the point of it. Also traditionally the align function or tool has had similar options as the one I’m asking in other programs. I’m not saying your request is meaningless —…

[image] sean: to achieve the results that the align tool would give if you could be limited to one axis of movement. [image] How to align tight at one axis? Feature requests When exporting to STL it is imperative that all items (that should) fit together as one unit…

I have screen shot that you want show how I align to body to gather using the measurement tool combined with the move tool First step select to face of the object and pin the distance between them using the measurement tool [Screenshot 2025-06-10 at 10.02.09 PM.png] Second step select the body y…

[image] sean: I have screen shot that you want show how I align to body to gather using the measurement tool combined with the move tool Perhaps I didn’t phrase it quite right — my point wasn’t about how you personally use the Move tool, but rather about seeing a situation where aligning obje…

If the end goal is the last screenshot why not use the Align tool and snap it to that face? You can go further by adding variables and control the gap with variables. I saw another 1 axis request question and I’m kinda wondering how that would work.

Actually I understand what this request is now, during that other 1 axis experiments. [image] Align or Translate will move, even rotate to align to the face. [image]

[image] SCALEMODEL: Align or Translate will move, even rotate to align to the face. Yes, of course, if you really need to lock one or two axis during movement this is the case. But before you show me your project with imported lots of parts already placed in 2d in right place I didn’t see su…

Alex ask for me to show an example of how I use the measure tool to the line 2 bodies together. What was just for demonstration purposes. The reason I want to be able constrain the align to one axis is, imagine in the example used that the cube I want to align to is quite larger then one being move…

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