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          Click an alignment tool, for example <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Transform</span> &gt; <span class="ph uicontrol" id="cps-t-ActorsPlaceAlign-Align__Point__Point">Align Point to Point</span></span> <img class="image" src="../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSObjectAlignPointPoint.png"/>.
        
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		You can activate other alignment tools.</p>
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          Click the feature (line, plane, and so on) you want to align.
        
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            Features are highlighted in red as you hover over the scene.
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          Click the feature you want to align to.
        
        
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          <p>Notes:
		<ul class="ul"><li class="li">Alignment commands move actors but do not permanently attach (mate) them.</li>
<li class="li">If an alignment is opposite of what you intended, press 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Shift</span> when selecting the second actor.</li>
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