# Move a cylinder to construction axis

**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/move-a-cylinder-to-construction-axis/37356
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [April 4, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/move-a-cylinder-to-construction-axis/37356 "2025-04-04T13:30:45Z")
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### Author: ![Bob3DPO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@Bob3DPO](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Bob3DPO)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2025, 7:14am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/move-a-cylinder-to-construction-axis/37356/15 "2025-04-05T07:14:30Z")

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@JST You are absolutely correct. My apologies to all for being curt before.

A line collinear with the construction axis is needed. To do that, a plane containing the axis must be drawn using 3 point plane where 2 points are on the construction axis and arbitrary location for 3rd point. Then a line can be drawn, snapping to the axis. Finally a perpendicular construction plane added somewhere along that line. Now when the circle is drawn there is a purple dot for the center of the circle.

So now it is a couple minutes? to do an alignment operation that seems like it should be very easy.

I created a feature request here:

> [@Align cylinder to construction axis](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/align-cylinder-to-construction-axis/37364/1):
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> Please add capability to align a cylinder or cone to a construction axis.

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