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title: "Center"
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description: "This page covers the Center command in Cinema 4D. It aligns selected objects (including children) within their common bounding box — centering or snapping …"
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# Center

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
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> This page covers the **Center command** in **Cinema 4D**. It aligns selected objects (including children) within their common bounding box — centering or snapping them to its sides — a quick cleanup step when assembling or normalizing scenes.

This command centers objects in 3D space. It affects all the objects that are selected in the **Object Manager**. The selected objects’ children are also affected. CINEMA 4D calculates the size of the object group. Think of this as a three-dimensional cuboid which encloses the objects and imagine an axis system whose origin is at the center of this cuboid. This imaginary cuboid is important in understanding the alignment options.