How do I place panels precisely instead of eyeballing them?

Steps

1. Pick up the panel or tool with the left mouse button.
2. Use R for snap mode so the object aligns to the grid rather than to your aim.
3. Rotate with the middle mouse button: mouse up and down for the x and z axes, left and right for the y axis.
4. Press the action key, Q by default, to change the grid and rotation finesse if the steps are too coarse or too fine.
5. Double-tap reset rotation quickly to lay an object flat, which Update 1.0.5 added for exactly this.

Requirements / limits

• The R binding and the middle-mouse rotation axes come from the developer's own FAQ.
• Finesse control on the action key is a 26 August 2026 change. Guides recorded before that date describe a game with one grid size.
• A community Phase 4 build guide uses the same snap placement to lock a tractor beam in the middle of a machine, which is what grid placement is for: parts that must not drift.
• Every action, including scroll up and scroll down individually, can be rebound since Update 1.0.5.

Common mistakes

• Fighting the grid instead of changing its finesse, on a build where that control now exists.
• Rotating with the mouse in the wrong plane and concluding rotation is broken; the axis depends on whether you move the mouse vertically or horizontally.
• Placing a load-bearing tool loose and expecting it to hold. Grid placement and Sticky Tools solve different halves of that.

Still unverified

• How many finesse levels are there, and what does each snap to?Not verifiedUpdate 1.0.6 states that the action key changes grid and rotation finesse. It does not enumerate the levels.