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title: "Align to surface"
slug: "cyclone-3dr-aligntosurfacec"
updated: 2026-09-07T11:51:23Z
published: 2026-09-07T11:51:23Z
canonical: "rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/cyclone-3dr-aligntosurfacec"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Align to surface

![CmdAlignToSurface.svg](https://cdn.document360.io/820e11db-8ed5-45ae-ac86-f6b77dcb2aa7/Images/Documentation/CmdAlignToSurface.svg)

This command allows you to move the camera in order to be in front of a surface extracted from an object.

> [!TIP]
> ### Requirements
> 
> No selection is required to launch the command.

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> [!NOTE]
> ### Technical information
> 
> A plane is extracted according to the local normal of a clicked object (mesh, cloud, geometries...).
> 
> The camera will move in order to be aligned to the center of this plane, at a distance of 5 in the unit of the document.