Putting the ring on the floor
The goal of this section will be to place the important objects so they sit on the XY plane without going below it.
With only the ring object selected, begin the Grab/Move (G) operation.
Press the Z key to lock the ring's movement along the z axis.
Type
2
to move the ring up half its depth.Press Enter to end the grab operation.
Tip
Like scaling, you can lock movement to a single axis. This works regardless of the view and ensures that the movement is predictable.
This puts the Finger
cylinder in an odd place, but as it is still both above and below the ring cylinder, it is not important and can just be left where it is.