# How do I align a spherical body to the center of another body?

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [July 10, 2023, 8:54am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-do-i-align-a-spherical-body-to-the-center-of-another-body/26684 "2023-07-10T08:54:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![bcardarella](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/bcardarella/32/21305_2.png) [@bcardarella](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/bcardarella)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 8:54am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-do-i-align-a-spherical-body-to-the-center-of-another-body/26684/1 "2023-07-10T08:54:55Z")

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I have a sphere that I want to move to the center of the tip a rod that I’ve designed. However, using the Align tool doesn’t seem to work with spheres as it wants an edge.

I tried adding an axis to the sphere but that didn’t seem to work. I used the Translate tool to move it but it isn’t perfectly aligned.

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**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-do-i-align-a-spherical-body-to-the-center-of-another-body/26684/2 "2023-07-10T15:29:32Z")

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Make a temporary recess in the sphere. Use that flat to align with another body. Afterwards you can remove the recess using **Replace Face**.

[https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/d/b/db82247b1554bf68c878e79988dfbd7716f43292.mov](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/d/b/db82247b1554bf68c878e79988dfbd7716f43292.mov)

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**Author:** ![bcardarella](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/bcardarella/32/21305_2.png) [@bcardarella](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/bcardarella)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 4:26am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-do-i-align-a-spherical-body-to-the-center-of-another-body/26684/3 "2023-07-11T04:26:24Z")

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How can I ensure that the plane being added to the sphere is square to it? I’ve tried following your video a few times and it keeps placing a bit offset.

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**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 4:58am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-do-i-align-a-spherical-body-to-the-center-of-another-body/26684/4 "2023-07-11T04:58:38Z")

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Good question. It doesn’t matter where the sphere is in 3D space. Here I moved the sphere somewhere away from the cylinder. Tap on ‘one plane’ on the navigation cube in the upper corner. Then sketch a rectangle and extrude towards the sphere creating a centered flat surface.