# Precisely aligning a ball

**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/precisely-aligning-a-ball/19175
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [May 5, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/precisely-aligning-a-ball/19175 "2022-05-05T01:08:42Z")
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### Author: ![welshsteve](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/welshsteve/32/16111_2.png) [@welshsteve](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/welshsteve)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/precisely-aligning-a-ball/19175/1 "2022-05-05T01:08:42Z")

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Sometimes, aligning a ball may not be easy.

Instead, I create a ball ‘in-situ’ from a cylinder which I construct on a plane (my preferred method) which is far easier to align.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/f/c/fcc145dae1623a56baaa7e67477b53ff9af2ed50.jpeg "Precisely Positioning a Ball") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52jfR4k1Qo8)

Naturally, I would not do it this way if I was creating from scratch. This is how I would align a ball within an existing model.