@gaieus said:

Not hard to align but you need to get used to a different approach. Could you also post that example model of yours?

What model is that? the drain or the bathroom? what approach should i be looking at? i think trying to do it the same way as im used to is my problem.

okay, i may be getting confused with all the terminology! basically I have made a general model of the shape of my bathroom. from this im trying to design a new lay out for a raised section of floor that needs to be made for the drainage to be raised.. with this i have also made a quick sketchup of a drain. i want to import this drain to the bathroom and allign the top of the floor and the drain, or alteratively i have made a dip in the floor the same thickness as the edges of the drain. so mate the bottom of this dip to the underside of the drain... pics will follow to make this all a little more clear. with solidworks, you could still select individual faces.. were as SU seems to create a big box around the imported part. making complex parts hard to mate together.. SW was literally click, click, right click, click... done... im struggling with SU!

Hi guys. ive just started using SU and i seem to be compairing it alot to other 3D programs such as solid works and NX. I am only using SU at the moment as i am out of work and its free.

I seem to be having some trouble with as i would say ''fixing'' components.. using solid works as an example... if you had 2 components that you wanted to be fixed together, you would highlight the 2 faces, lines or whatever that you wanted fixing together and they would mate! they would then slide along any axis that you hadnt fixed, so to stop them moving you would just right click and fix.... i am trying to do a similar thing with SU!
For example, i have a room that has a flat floor, and a component to go in that room that is also flat that i want to sit on the floor.... so usually as i would know it i would just click the 2 faces and click mate/fix.. i could usually then slide it anywer along the floor or fix it in any particular place. I have done alot of fiddling and alot of googling to find such a thing, yet have had no luck! any help guys!
Cheers, Bailey.

there is alot of random helpful threads in the HELLO section.. am i in the right place? lol. basically just a hello and to say i may be bugging you guys for alot of info! ive just started to play with SU, downloaded it around 3 days ago and i have learnt a fair amount! i used to use solidworks so have a good generalisation of how 3D CAD programs work. anyways, hope you guys are good! cheers Bailey.