Alignment function

Feature requests
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Love the alignment function. However, maybe I am missing something as when I align two objects the aligned object is always translated in one direction I can then manually try to correct before accepting. Is there a way to align to two planes? Thank you.

E.g. in the screen shot the pin chamfer should ideally align with the brown surface. When I aligned the pin to the hole it was also shifted along the axis I can now input a value for.

The problem that this feature will solve:

Aligning objects currently only possible to one plane.

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Brief description of the outcomes that you expect from this feature:

Easily align objects to more than one plane.

Is this a workflow blocker for you? Is this why you can’t use Shapr3D for work? Is this slowing you down?

At the moment I seem to need to measure the distance to a second plane I want to align to and then manually translate the object.

2

Alignment always tries to go to center points. I’ll usually select edges to align, think screw head edge to edge of hole vs using the bore.

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3

Excellent, thanks. Will try that!

4

I too have issue with the way the alignment tool functions. It would be great if you could do a three point alignment like in AutoCAD, but you can also use the translate tool and get close to the same functionality.

I also have a thread regarding align here with some tips and tricks. I would start by watching this alignment video and then the translate one.

Translate has become my go-to because after you choose the object you want to align, you can then select an edge and continue holding the mouse button to snap to a specific point.

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