The next tool we'll be learning is the Align tool. The Align tool is incredibly effective when adding a next level of precision to your designs. An example where we would need to use the Align tool is if we were to create a ring from scratch. using what we know now, we know that we can take a cylinder and a cylinder hole. And by combining both we could create a ring. However, doing this by hand makes it very difficult to perfectly center the hole in the middle.

This is where the Align tool comes in handy. To use the Align tool, you'll need to select multiple objects. For this example, we Have to but you can align more than two objects. Once you've selected both objects, the Align tool icon will become available to you in the top right corner. This looks like two horizontal bars next to a vertical line. Clicking this button will cause a series of black dots to appear around your design.

Rotating the camera can reveal more black dots. Each black dot represents an axis that you can align both shapes. For example, if I selected the bottom left dot, both objects would align to the left. The same would happen on the right. Because we are trying to create a ring, I'm going to want to align it to the center I can now rotate and align it to the center from this angle as well. Once both center dots have been grayed out, then I know that these shapes are perfectly aligned.

For other projects, you may want to use the vertical aligners as well. These will just align your shapes up and down the height axis. Once my ring is properly aligned, I can go ahead and group I now have a perfectly centered ring and that is how you use the Align tool. Now that you know how to use the Align tool, go ahead and try and create a ring of your own. Please be as creative as you'd like with this as long as the hole is centered in the middle