Useful "trick" for aligning objects to each other

Bambu Lab Software Bambu Studio
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I need it, when I merge a cylinder and half a sphere. They are not merged yet, but I want to merge them on top of the cylinder.

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Works in Version 1.10.1.50

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As I said, for months.

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I’m also using this since a long time, and i also think it’s not a “feature”, more a side-effect of something, especially as it’s only working once (for the first object on which the mechanizm is applied). If you want a second object to be aligned, you have to start again from the beginning.

And of course a real “align” (X / Y axis) feature would be helpful (like in powerpoint, by selecting multiple objects and clicking on the “align top” / “align left” … buttons)… (or at least a “snap to grid” feature)

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That’s so awesome :pray: thank you for sharing, I was trying to align objects by hand for so long now!

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That’s awesome…usually I have to go to object mode, click “center” on an object, then click center again for any “parts” that are part of the model…that’s a feature I’d love to have, hard snapping to centers, constraining movement to surfaces/lines/vertices, alignment controls, etc. I love the evolution I’ve already seen in the slicer and can’t wait for it to continue!

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Thank you. I’ve been wasting effort trying to remember to click out of the text field to make sure I don’t inadvertently alter the next shape I click. I didn’t even recognize that it could be a useful feature. So on the one hand I was grumpy about the lack on an align tool, and on the other I was grumpy that stuff was jumping when I didn’t mean for it to. lol Excellent guidance. Thanks.

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thanks for the gif! super nice! I’m having flashbacks to first using After Effects or Blender, where developers have implemented some quality of life features, that bring a smile to users faces :slight_smile:

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I found this morning that it also works on scaling objects. I was printing 5 different figurines and wanted to scale them all to the same size before cloning them to different plates in preparation for a production run.
Got the first to the size I liked then clicked in the scale percentage box and select a different object and it snapped to scale, clicked on the scale percentage box again then the next and so on.

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wow, this is super helpful to know. thank you!

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THANK YOU for sharing this!! :pray:t2: This is SO useful! :star_struck:
I’m pretty new to using Bambulab and I’ve been so frustrated with this specific scenario ever since I started…

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This method also works if you want to scale items on the same plate or across plates, though never thought to use the move which is why I am here.

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The clue about the number not being highlighted did it for me. Now i can get the pieces aligned on the axes.Thanks. Now, do you know if there’s a way to align the pieces end-to-end?

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Welcome to the forum.

Check out the Assembly tool.

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