First of all, thank you to the team for building such a fluid and intuitive design experience in Shapr3D. I would like to request a permanent “Lock Tangent/Edge Axis” toggle for the Transform Gizmo. This core concept was originally popularized decades ago by Alias|Wavefront in Maya as the Tangent T…

What is the result you want to achieve? Move a body/face/edge along a body edge, and keep that reference alive if the reference edge changes later?

I’m not 100% sure I read OP’s request correctly, but If I do, it comes down to this: Objects in Maya / Blender / 3D Studio and similar tools have “attached” orientations. So after for example rotating the object, you can then either move it along the global axises of the workspace, or move it along…

To answer your question directly, the result I want to achieve is simple: automatic alignment of the move tool to a chosen geometric direction—whether that’s an edge, face, curve, or tangent—so geometry can be manipulated faster and more accurately. As drkronos pointed out, Shapr3D can occasionally…

[image] How to align tight at one axis? Feature requests 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. …

Tangent / Component Move Tool (Legacy Alias Maya Workflow)

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Tangent / Component Move Tool (Legacy Alias Maya Workflow)

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