# How to grab and move a couple of objects? **URL:** \ **Category:** SketchUp\ **Tags:** sketchup\ **Created:** [April 11, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-grab-and-move-a-couple-of-objects/160347 "2021-04-11T17:56:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tidovonwedel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@tidovonwedel](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/tidovonwedel)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-grab-and-move-a-couple-of-objects/160347/1 "2021-04-11T17:56:50Z")
Hi, as you can see here there are two rows of racks. I would now like to move one of these rows closer to the other and am wondering how I can do that. It seems to be somewhat tricky to copy one row and then move it entirely. I failed many times… Is there a trick to that? Also I would like to move one rows so that the distance between the two rows is exactly 56 cm. How should I do that? ![Bildschirmfoto 2021-04-11 um 19.51.45](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/2/5/2582f6482265f9663fb31994faf1ed071a6b818d.png) Thanks in advance for your help! ---
**Author:** ![TIG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/tig/32/198_2.png) [@TIG](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/TIG)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-grab-and-move-a-couple-of-objects/160347/2 "2021-04-11T18:11:07Z")
I assume the individual ‘parts’ are component instances, so they won’t stick together… Select all of the ‘parts’ in one row - let’s assume it’s the right-hand one. Use the Move tool and snap onto the nearest left-hand corner of the selected parts. Drag them towards the other row and snap onto its top right-corner. At this point you have both rows of parts touching. The row of parts stays highlighted. Click on a corner and use the Move tool to drag it in the desired direction [use an axis-lock key if needed], do not click in the Measurement box, simply type 56cm + enter The row moves over by that amount - until you choose another Tool you can adjust the distance by typing new values… ---
**Author:** ![tidovonwedel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@tidovonwedel](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/tidovonwedel)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-grab-and-move-a-couple-of-objects/160347/3 "2021-04-12T16:54:32Z")
Hi TIG, I’m again having some trouble moving the translucent box. first I saved all of the racks to one component. Second, I created the translucent box (that should depict the container in which I would like to put the racks). When I now move the translucent box from right to left along the green axes, everything goes smoothly. However, when I now try to move it along the red axes as it’s slightly displaced, the vertical sides of the racks also start moving. This, I would like to avoid ![Bildschirmfoto 2021-04-12 um 18.47.25](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/d/9/d9ea1f32a8251617fef9a58bae3d5a91dd9c89d1.png) I suppose this has to do with whether or not I could really create and save two separate components. Maybe this didn’t work? Do you have an idea how I could fix this? ---
**Author:** ![tidovonwedel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@tidovonwedel](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/tidovonwedel)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-grab-and-move-a-couple-of-objects/160347/4 "2021-04-12T16:58:03Z")
![Bildschirmfoto 2021-04-12 um 18.56.45](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f28e5e7da7753d857a4690474496f8aba8040e7d.png) This is what happens. The first two racks will be grabbed and changed also when I move the translucent box. ---
**Author:** ![endlessfix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/endlessfix/32/148757_2.png) [@endlessfix](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/endlessfix)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-grab-and-move-a-couple-of-objects/160347/5 "2021-04-12T17:19:55Z")
It would appear that your racks are not components, or that the translucent container box has been included within the rack component rather than being a separate component of its own. This is a guess based on the screen shots you have shown. If you upload your model by saving it to your desktop from Free and dropping that file into a response window we could see exactly whats going on. Learn more about Components and Groups here: [https://learn.sketchup.com](https://learn.sketchup.com) ---
**Author:** ![simoncbevans](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/simoncbevans/32/15904_2.png) [@simoncbevans](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/simoncbevans)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-grab-and-move-a-couple-of-objects/160347/6 "2021-04-12T17:23:49Z")
What @endlessfix said. Ignoring the person, you should really have 10 identical instances of a Component as the boxes and another Component or Group for the container. Within each Group/Component you should have raw geometry. Then you won’t get any conflict. ---
**Author:** ![pbacot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@pbacot](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/pbacot)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-grab-and-move-a-couple-of-objects/160347/7 "2021-04-12T17:47:17Z")
Also your container is not a component. I think making it a component was discussed in another thread. Make the container (just the 6 sides and their edges) a component. When you go to move it, just grab it at a corner with the move tool (don’t “edit” or “open” the component of the container for the move).