# Solved - How to align shapes or bodies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Modeling Questions\ **Created:** [January 8, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/solved-how-to-align-shapes-or-bodies/3723 "2019-01-08T23:52:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 36
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Highest on my list of annoying missing functions! Work-around is a mess of maneuvers… and an unnecessary waste of time. > [@How to align tight at one axis?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-align-tight-at-one-axis/37103): > > When exporting to STL it is imperative that all items (that should) fit together as one unit. In a more complex project, it is even needed to union everything, or the STL can be completely beyond repair. As an example, in one project I have hundreds of screws and nuts. All just ‘markers’. Placing them by-eye will under the building phase is visually OK for rendering, but not for STL. It is possible to do all screw heads and ‘nuts longer’ so the by-eye erro… > [@Align tool one axis options](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/align-tool-one-axis-options/38319): > > By having the one axis align tool option will reduce a multi step process down to a two step process. The majority of times I use the move tool combined with the measure tool to achieve the results that the align tool would give if you could be limited to one axis of movement. What I am hoping to see from this option is the ability to select two face and have them align in a single direction. So first face you select will be moved to the second face without centering the body moving to the ta… --- _[View the full topic](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/solved-how-to-align-shapes-or-bodies/3723)._