How to move a body to an edge

History-Based Parametric Modeling Beta
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If you provided a bit more information than this screenshot, it’d be easier for us to help. But generally speaking, you might want to look into the Align or the Translate tools.

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I want to move the blue body to snap to the edge where the move tool is positioned on. I can move the body bu it doesn’t snap to the edge. So I cannot move the to the precise location.

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Then it would be either Align or Translate that you need. Have you tried them?

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Thanks, Translate did the job. Align did work as wel however, then the body also moves upwards in the z direction, and you have to move it downwards to get it in the original z position again.

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Yeah, that’s my biggest complaint with the Align tool. It would be much more useful if you could select two or three points to align to.