# How to move with precision the objects?

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-move-with-precision-the-objects/245996>\
**Category:** SketchUp\
**Tags:** move\
**Created:** [October 25, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-move-with-precision-the-objects/245996 "2023-10-25T19:08:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![marceltanure](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/marceltanure/32/197665_2.png) [@marceltanure](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/marceltanure)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-move-with-precision-the-objects/245996/1 "2023-10-25T19:08:34Z")

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I know if I zoom in on the obejct I can do it, but I need to move it without having the zoom

[https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/5/9/5910dc828d37c436c253e9aa3323e8bf013a8dfb.mp4](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/5/9/5910dc828d37c436c253e9aa3323e8bf013a8dfb.mp4)

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**Author:** ![Wo3Dan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/wo3dan/32/7450_2.png) [@Wo3Dan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Wo3Dan)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-move-with-precision-the-objects/245996/2 "2023-10-25T19:20:41Z")

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At least turn on ‘ ~~View Hidden Geometry~~ ’ (sorry, it’s already on) and mayby also face style ‘ **X-ray** ’

Unhide the edges in your object. They seem to be **hidden basic geometry** or on a tag that has been turned off.  
Right now in your video you don’t even know where you grabbed your object.

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**Author:** ![slbaumgartner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/slbaumgartner/32/7302_2.png) [@slbaumgartner](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/slbaumgartner)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-move-with-precision-the-objects/245996/3 "2023-10-25T19:48:44Z")

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You need to grab your object at a well-defined spot, such as a vertex or inference point on an edge, not an arbitrary place somewhere not exactly known. It is usually best to grab a point that you seek to match with some specific point on another object, as that way you can just move it until it snaps to the inference.