# Trouble snapping to midpoint/line

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-snapping-to-midpoint-line/9576>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [October 31, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-snapping-to-midpoint-line/9576 "2020-10-31T01:50:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![JordanYOW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@JordanYOW](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JordanYOW)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-snapping-to-midpoint-line/9576/1 "2020-10-31T01:50:46Z")

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Forgive me if this is a simple answer as I am new to this. I’ve worked in Solidworks but Shapr3d is a learning curve itself due to a more basic tool set.

I have a slot that I am trying to center on a midline. I see a point, but I cannot snap to it. I have attached a photo.

As a secondary question, is there an easier way to make slots? I see no slot sketch tool so I manually drew the circles and rectangle and then trimmed away the excess.

 ![File_001](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/c/c107c5fc836a38a3c04e1dbb2b7f6daf3cd93793.png)

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**Author:** ![JordanYOW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@JordanYOW](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JordanYOW)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-snapping-to-midpoint-line/9576/2 "2020-10-31T02:34:34Z")

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Another related question…

Let’s say I want to position a circle X distance from the top edge in this case, what is the easiest way to do this? It seems Shapr does not have a basic dimension type tool to set such distances?

EDIT: I found that it depends how I select the circle in this case.

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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:** [October 31, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-snapping-to-midpoint-line/9576/3 "2020-10-31T05:41:43Z")

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Hey @JordanYOW,

While dragging the point of the slot, touch the purple midpoint, and then move away from it. This will activate the center line as a guide that you can snap to.

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**Author:** ![JordanYOW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@JordanYOW](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JordanYOW)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-snapping-to-midpoint-line/9576/4 "2020-11-03T22:07:23Z")

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Thanks Istvan. On a related note, how can I align/centre a model on an axis? Let’s say I want the axis origin to be centered X and Y on the model, how do I do this? There doesn’t seem to be any “snap to” happening.

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**Author:** ![KPeter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/kpeter/32/7644_2.png) [@KPeter](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/KPeter)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 8:28am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-snapping-to-midpoint-line/9576/5 "2020-11-04T08:28:06Z")

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Hi @JordanYOW,  
With the Translate tool, you can snap to origin points and midpoints too. Please take a look at the video below, I hope it will be helpful:

If the point on your model is not the center point of any surface, you can create a sketch with an intersection at the specific point to snap to when you define the first point of translation.

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**Author:** ![Do.B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/do.b/32/26243_2.png) [@Do.B](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Do.B)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-snapping-to-midpoint-line/9576/6 "2022-07-12T00:45:45Z")

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This is on a surface, what about lines?  
Can’t find a midpoint most of the time on edges.

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**Author:** ![KPeter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/kpeter/32/7644_2.png) [@KPeter](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/KPeter)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-snapping-to-midpoint-line/9576/7 "2022-07-13T12:22:36Z")

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Correct, you should be able to snap to midpoints. We’ll look into that!

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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:** [July 13, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/trouble-snapping-to-midpoint-line/9576/8 "2022-07-13T13:28:25Z")

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Here’s an alternative way to produce slots…

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/1/7/17670b853519a3e3cd5a802bdf6c9637957bdf57.jpeg "Slots the easy way HD 1080p") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqDSqurf7CU)