Moving faces together

[Marty]

I work with pipes and valves and many times I am trying to move an object to align with an existing object; face to face. I can easily select the center of the face on the first object. However, when trying to select the center point of the destination face, the object I am moving obscures the point I am trying to select. Is there an easy way to select that second point?

Thanks

Marty

[Chris Fullmer]

Marty, would you be able to upload a few typical pipes that you use regularly? I'd like to play with them.

Chris

[Gaieus]

Also note that if you turn X-ray render mode on,you can select edges and points "through" faces that would otherwise obscure your view. So X-ray is not "just a cool 'glass rendering' display mode but can have practical uses as well.