Moving very large structures?

[SirGalahad]

I found out that you can select part of a building, and grab the entire thing if you hold E long enough. This has helped me add stairs that do no otherwise want to snap in place—lift the building up, add the stairs, put it back where you want it.

 

But it does not always work, and I don't know why, or how to make it work.

 

Sometimes when I grab something—a foundation with generators on it, for example—I can't put the thing down in a new location. Or, it drops and I can't raise it back up.

 

Are there keys for moving objects up and down, as the mouse wheel moves things forward and back along the Z axis?

 

Thanks!

[crunchy101]

Place Everywhere helps with a lot of these types of isses.

[audiodef]

Yeah, you need Place Everywhere.

 

Although this is a trick I generally avoid using, because I tend to build megastructures. Even if I successfully grab the entire structure, it's a slideshow trying to move it. :-P