Help aligning object to wall at odd angle
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Hello, I'm currently going through the CORE fundamentals of mesh modeling course (no prior experience), and I'm struggling with an item that seems like it should be really easy. I'm trying place some base boards against a wall, but the wall is at an odd angle from the world origin. So all I'm trying to do is place a modified cube flush against a plane.

I posted a message with an image in the discord here:

https://discord.com/channels/368798387375570954/882170608002138112/1294759375327727616

Any help appreciated!

Answer 1 · 2024-10-13T07:10:48Z

Martin Bergwerf replied October 13, 2024 7:10am

Solution

HI Ryan,

That's simple (didn't check Discord yet), as long as you didn't Apply any Rotation (or, just as bad, Rotated in Edit Mode).

First:

Then:

For the wall, you can also Select a Face in Edit Mode, where you want to Align the planks to, in step 1.

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Answer 2 · 2024-10-13T18:10:03Z

b

replied October 13, 2024 6:10pm

Amazing! Thank you so much. I knew there was an elegant solution to this.

🤘

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Answer 3 · 2024-10-14T05:55:52Z

M

replied October 14, 2024 5:55am

Here's another method I found make face snapping with rotation alignment work as well:

👍🏼

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Answer 4 · 2024-10-14T07:03:22Z

Martin Bergwerf replied October 14, 2024 7:03am

Yes, that works as well MMechanought , thank you!

Be aware though, that Snapping only aligns the Z- Axes of the plank and wall, so that might lead to unwanted resulting orientations (that is why the Rotation of the planks Origin you did, is so important).

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