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title: "Moving and aligning - BuildPrint wiki"
description: "Put a loaded build in the right spot: position, rotate, flip, and auto align."
url: https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/moving-and-aligning
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[BuildPrint](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint) [Wiki](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki)Moving and aligning

# Moving and aligning

Put a loaded build in the right spot: position, rotate, flip, and auto align.

[![The Loaded tab with position and orientation controls](https://voxelsprout.com/media/buildprint/menu-loaded.webp)](https://voxelsprout.com/media/buildprint/menu-loaded.webp)

## In the Loaded tab

| Control                  | What it does                                                            |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Position (X / Y / Z)** | Type the coordinates of the build.                                      |
| **Me**                   | Moves the build to where you stand.                                     |
| **Rotate**               | Turns the build a quarter turn clockwise around its own center.         |
| **Flip**                 | Mirrors the build. Together with Rotate this reaches every orientation. |
| **Auto**                 | Lines the build up with the world around you. Click again to stop.      |
| The eye                  | Shows or hides the build.                                               |
| **Remove**               | Unloads the build. The file stays.                                      |

Every change shows in the world right away. Nothing needs to be loaded again.

## Auto align

Auto align finds where a build belongs. It is for a build that is already partly standing, or for putting a schematic back on the ground it was saved from.

* It first looks for the rarest blocks of the build in the world around you.
* If the build is not standing yet, it matches the terrain the schematic was saved with.
* It sets position, rotation and flip. If nothing matches well enough it says so and leaves the build where it was.
* It only reads chunks your game has loaded. Stand near the build.

The search radius is 12 by default. Change it with [**Auto-align search radius**](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/settings#setting-auto-align-search-radius) in the [Settings](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/settings). A larger radius takes longer.

## In the editor

The [The editor](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/editor) has tools for the same things with the mouse: **Place**, **Move**, **Rotate** and **Auto align**.

## Builds in a session

A build that is shared in a [session](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/build-together) has its position set by the session. Only the owner and admins of the session can move it.

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