Rotate & Align To Grid

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How do you rotate an object like the hexagon in the photo below and align it to the grid without changing the shape and size of the hexagon?

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Hi Jeffrey, how about using the Transform Move/Rotate feature. You can first rotate to get the angle and then use the arrows to move the hexagon towards the grid line.

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I have done that before, but it doesn’t seem to be very exact. Is there a more precise way to do it?

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  1. Lock the dimensions, and angles of the hexagon
  2. Create a line that aligns with the grid - Lock the line
  3. Select both the line, and one of the sides of the hexagon - Hit parallel constraint
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Awesome… It worked! Thank you so much. One more question… What is this thing I circled in the photo? I just tap it and it goes away, but doesn’t seem like anything happened.

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It is called Disjoint (will be renamed to Disconnect soon)
It separates two connected/snapped geometry: https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004182994-Disjoint

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