How to align mesh Anchor Points?

Hello,
is there any way to auto align, one or multiple mesh anchor points with another?
thanks for any help,

Hi DrStrik9,
a) i'll prep screenshots and send soon as done,
b) i am creating mesh Keyframes, then Blending between both keys to produce intermediate frames. But the blend in AI is completely linear requiring impractical number of Blend keyframes and difficult to maintain alignment even if editing blend Speed or acceleration via blend path point tangents.
So i import AE, non-linear, accurate rotobrush paths in order to Envelope the Blend meshes into the AE rotos. But before that can be done, each Blend mesh must be mapped into a Rectangle, otherwise the resulting envelope contains gaps, created from the space between the mesh edges and its' rectangular bounding box. And Mesh Tormentors' "Align segments with path" works mapping mesh to rectangle, but it cannot be recorded as Action or script so can Not be automated that i could find.
Really appreciate any help and suggestions,
J

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