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How do I get this cylinder to match the rotation of the selected face?

I want to do something similar as shown in the 2nd image:

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Jack232
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  • related https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/539/snap-object-on-top-of-surface-of-other-object/6002#6002 – Leander Dec 16 '17 at 09:50
  • related https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/18101/smooshing-faces-against-each-other-making-features-coplanar-while-preserving-s/18109#18109 – Leander Dec 16 '17 at 09:50

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You can select the face you want the cylinder aligned to and then press Shift+Numpad 7. this will align the view to the face in a top down perspective.

Afterwards you can create a cylinder with the checkbox "align to view" selected.

In this case it is also good to know, that you can create a Custom Transformation orientation with pressing Ctrl+Alt+Space while selecting the face.

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