by Nick Barre·Workflow
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3 Points Align holds a 5-star rating from 18 reviews on superhive and turns object alignment into a few drawn lines. A demo video is available for a closer look.
3 Points Align is a Blender add-on for aligning and snapping one object to another. You draw lines from the target mesh to the source, and the system of three coordinates gives full control over how Object A should sit against Object B. It's handy when you need to lean one object against another.
The add-on can recalculate rotation to fit the aligned object and match the scale of the source and target meshes. It finds the diameter automatically on cylindrical objects and works with the modifiers stack. It also works even when source and target meshes have applied transforms, and it can reset random applied transforms such as location, rotation and scale on a mesh.
The interface is interactive and built around a minimum amount of actions. 3 Points Align supports Blender 3.4 through 5.0 and is distributed under the GPL license. It holds a 5-star rating from 18 reviews on superhive, and a demo video is available for a closer look.
3 Points Align is best for blender artists who need to align, snap and lean one object against another using drawn reference lines.
3 Points Align is completely free to download and use.
3 Points Align supports Blender versions 3.4 through 5.0, covering a wide span of releases. If you're running a version in that range, the add-on is built to work with it. For anything outside that window, or to confirm behaviour on a specific build, check the developer's page. The tool works with applied transforms on source and target meshes and with the modifiers stack, so it fits into existing scenes without extra preparation.
3 Points Align is listed as free in this catalog and is distributed under the GPL license. Licensing terms can change over time, so for the most up-to-date licensing details it's best to check the developer's page directly. The GPL license generally allows use, modification and redistribution under its terms, but the developer's page is the authoritative place for anything specific to this add-on.
3 Points Align works by drawing lines from the target mesh to the source, using a system of three coordinates that gives full control over how one object is positioned against another. It can recalculate rotation to fit the aligned object and match the scale of the source and target meshes. It also finds the diameter automatically on cylindrical objects and can reset random applied transforms such as location, rotation and scale on a mesh.
3 Points Align works even when source and target meshes have applied transforms, and it operates alongside the modifiers stack. That means you can align objects that have already had their location, rotation or scale baked in without undoing that work first. The add-on can also reset random applied transforms on a mesh, which is handy when you need to clear location, rotation or scale values before or after aligning.
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