Wandering lumber

Hi, newbee here,

built sill plates (each board is a group)

sometimes when i 3 click to move I find that other boards have moved

chasing my tail, any help or tutorial suggestion would be greatly appreciated, thanks Mike

I suspect this is your issue.
Single click to select a group or component to move.
Triple click does all sorts of things.

Thank you, but when I click on one of the boards I get lines running all the way around, not just that board

1 click

2 clicks

image 3 clicks (finally selected the board I was after)

You have nested components and must work your way into the nest to reach what you want. Take a look at the outliner window.

Share the model. Looks like you have excessive nesting going on.