# Use cases for Translate tool?

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/use-cases-for-translate-tool/32465>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [June 16, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/use-cases-for-translate-tool/32465 "2024-06-16T17:26:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![mattcasper78](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/mattcasper78/32/24478_2.png) [@mattcasper78](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mattcasper78)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/use-cases-for-translate-tool/32465/1 "2024-06-16T17:26:27Z")

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Hi modelers, I’ve been at it for 6 months and have produced some pretty good models, just chugging through the basics. I feel as though i’ve missed opportunities to use the Translate tool in my work, because i struggle to wrap my thick brain around it’s use cases other than aligning a screw into a hole. Is it just a more advanced option to the ALign Tool? Is it something that others use more frequently? I just get the “invalid selections’…” error when i think maybe it’s time use it.  
I found a 2019 post about a translate webinar on here but no link to it…  
thanks all !  
matt