How to align an object to a face of another object?

[Anonymous]

Hello!

I have the following problem:

I would like to align an object (the hemisphere in the figure) on top of a face of another object (the selected face in the figure).

I tried with Align and Snap Tools but I could not reach my goal.

Thanks so much!

[_sebastian_f]

modify - snap together tool should do the trick!

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the answer! 😉

I tried using the Snap Together Tool but it does not work. Probably I do not use the tool properly. 😞

I built a simple scene to try to resolve the issue:

I would like to place the ball over the highlighted face in the figure.

If I first select the ball, then the face and choose Modify > Align Tool (as shown), all possibilities are not selectable (shown in gray) because this tool works only between objects but not between objects and faces.

With the Snap Together Tool do not get accurate results and also in the original scene I'm working on, the hemisphere has not the bottom, that is hollow, and therefore I do not know how to use this tool in that case.

Thank you very much for helping! 😉

[_sebastian_f · Accepted solution]

true for the snap together tool you need faces on both objects.
forgot to mention you can also dispply the face centers of your target object (select it - shift + rmb - polygon display - toggle face centers) and then point snap (hold v) your other object to that center point.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the answer! 😉

With your suggestions I managed to solve the problem. 🙂

I selected all the vertices of the base of the hemisphere, and I used the tool Mesh > Fill Hole to create a face between the vertices. Then I used the option Toggle Face Centers (as you suggested me) to see the central point of all faces of the selected objects. Endless with the Snap Together Tool I positioned the hemisphere in the correct position.

Thank you very much for helping! 😉

[mikhailkonstantin3d]

100 % true, thanks for the answer mister