# Move body along its own orientation, not global orientation

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/move-body-along-its-own-orientation-not-global-orientation/37583>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [April 20, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/move-body-along-its-own-orientation-not-global-orientation/37583 "2025-04-20T22:39:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![gregmaletic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19adc/32.png) [@gregmaletic](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/gregmaletic)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/move-body-along-its-own-orientation-not-global-orientation/37583/1 "2025-04-20T22:39:52Z")

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This seems so simple, but I can’t figure it out. I want to move the body in blue perpendicular to its orientation (denoted by the red arrow) rather than along the global axes (which is what the white arrow buttons provide for.)

How do I do this?

 ![Screenshot 2025-04-20 at 3.35.14 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/3/3/3344391ad70648a2680c6ec0b200e95eefcfae4e.png)

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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:** [April 20, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/move-body-along-its-own-orientation-not-global-orientation/37583/2 "2025-04-20T23:22:51Z")

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Move the center gizmo of the Move-Rotate tool to an edge.

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**Author:** ![gregmaletic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19adc/32.png) [@gregmaletic](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/gregmaletic)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/move-body-along-its-own-orientation-not-global-orientation/37583/3 "2025-04-21T01:31:31Z")

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Thank you so much - I had no idea what that little circle did!

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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:** [April 21, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/move-body-along-its-own-orientation-not-global-orientation/37583/4 "2025-04-21T02:23:21Z")

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Most welcome. Not sure what it is actually called be we all seem to reference it as the ‘gizmo’ on the forum. BTW, welcome to the forum!

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**Author:** ![Andreas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/andreas/32/31687_2.png) [@Andreas](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Andreas)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 7:52am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/move-body-along-its-own-orientation-not-global-orientation/37583/5 "2025-04-21T07:52:54Z")

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Frohe Ostern wünsche dir.😇

Und alles gute.

 ![IMG_1076](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/b/a/bac74fb0aad6f66311ae6bbd0f89c22cb752e4c8.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![jean-philippe2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/jean-philippe2/32/27353_2.png) [@jean-philippe2](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jean-philippe2)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/move-body-along-its-own-orientation-not-global-orientation/37583/6 "2025-04-21T08:25:09Z")

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I repeat myself but this kind of post has nothing to do in this section. Thank you for choosing the appropriate category.

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**Author:** ![gregmaletic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19adc/32.png) [@gregmaletic](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/gregmaletic)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/move-body-along-its-own-orientation-not-global-orientation/37583/7 "2025-04-21T17:05:50Z")

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My apologies — I’m new here. When I posted, I thought I did choose an appropriate category. (And now that I’m looking, I can’t see what category I _did_ post to? Is it displayed on the page?)

Thank you.

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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:** [April 21, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/move-body-along-its-own-orientation-not-global-orientation/37583/8 "2025-04-21T17:34:06Z")

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Misunderstanding. Your post was fine and in the right category and glad to help.  
I believe jean-philippe2 was replying to Andreas.

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**Author:** ![Andreas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/andreas/32/31687_2.png) [@Andreas](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Andreas)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/move-body-along-its-own-orientation-not-global-orientation/37583/9 "2025-04-21T18:19:28Z")

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Thanks a bunch for clearing that up!

@TigerMike