# Snapping

## Overview

Snapping enhances precision by automatically aligning objects and elements to specific points, grids, or surfaces. This ensures accurate placement, alignment, and transformation adjustments in both Design and Edit modes, making object manipulation more efficient and consistent.

Snapping can be toggled on and off using the **`S`** hotkey.

In the **Control bar**, the magnet icon represents the snapping toggle:

* **Enabled** – active snapping options will function
* **Disabled** – no snapping will be applied

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Specific snapping types can be individually activated or deactivated by clicking on their name. When active, they appear in **purple**.

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## Snapping types in Design mode

### View

Automatically aligns the camera to an orthogonal view when rotating.

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### Grid

Snaps objects to the scene grid.

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### End

Snaps to object mesh vertices (only works in [Shaded display mode](/documentation/design-process/control-bar/viewport-display-modes.md#shaded-display)).

### Angle

Defines a rotation increment for the [Gizmo](/documentation/design-process/control-bar/gizmo-and-origin.md#rotation).

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### Face

Snaps an object to the surface of another object, aligning it along the <mark style="color:blue;">**Z-axis**</mark>.

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### Snapping types in Edit mode

* **Middle** – Snaps to the midpoint between two vertices.
* **Near** – Snaps to the nearest point on a line.
* **Division** – Divides an edge into equal segments with additional vertices.

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