# Solved - Align face or plane

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/solved-align-face-or-plane/8110>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [June 25, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/solved-align-face-or-plane/8110 "2020-06-25T05:22:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![chrisbeale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/chrisbeale/32/4719_2.png) [@chrisbeale](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/chrisbeale)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/solved-align-face-or-plane/8110/1 "2020-06-25T05:22:40Z")

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**Update from Shapr3d team:**  
We have just released the new 3d alignment tool feature with the 3.52 app version 🥳  
This will allow you to simply tap on the body faces to get them snapped together.

Simply update the app and please share your feedback with us.  
Here are more details about the feature:

> [@iPad - 3.52 - Align tool](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/new-release-3-52-align-tool/9343):
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> Good morning, everyone! We’re introducing our brand-spanking new Align tool: with this new feature, you can align 3D bodies in your design space in a split second, without juggling a handful of other tools (like Translate). With very little effort, you can transform and rearrange objects any way you want. Align is simple and smart. Just select the faces, edges, or snap points of 3D objects that you want to align, and the tool will take care of the rest for you. Once you’ve …

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Being used to assemblies in Solidworks the feature I miss most in Shapr3D is an align function. Just being able to select faces instead of only points with the translate tool would be a great improvement, but a step further would be if bodies had their own planes that could be used with the translate tool. If bodies had an x,y,z plane by default and could contain additional planes derived from default planes most alignment issues would be dealt with.

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 10:06am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/solved-align-face-or-plane/8110/2 "2020-06-25T10:06:17Z")

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Hi @chrisbeale, this is something that we are actively working on, already in the design/implementation phase. I hope it will be shipped soon.

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**Author:** ![chrisbeale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/chrisbeale/32/4719_2.png) [@chrisbeale](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/chrisbeale)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 8:19am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/solved-align-face-or-plane/8110/3 "2020-06-26T08:19:19Z")

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Thanks Istvan, I have to say that Shapr3D is working well for me. I’m able to do about 60% of my regular CAD work on my iPad which is very handy whilst travelling or blu-skying designs. Alignment has been the only real issue for me since your software has matured. The jobs I cannot use Shapr 3D for mostly involve sheet metalwork, requiring unfolded parts for laser cutting. I guess that will come in time, but for now thanks for your work.