You can try to do pad-over-pad but this will probably generate a Design Rule Check (DRC) error.
You should be aware of Altium's "electrical grid", if not look up in the knowledge center. I believe the shortcut is shift+e. The electrical grid causes the cursor to "snap" to electrical connections.
What I would do is delete all but one pad for each footprint. Then I would grab the part by the pad that matches the one not deleted; Altium should "snap" to grabbing the part by the center of the pad the cursor is over. Drag the component overtop of the undeleted pad and the component should "snap" into place. Let go, and you'll probably be meeted with the ugly green DRC error highlighting. Click the undeleted pad, Altium will list several things under the cursor, select the pad, and delete it.
Another way to move the component if you happen to know precisely how much distance you need to move can be found under Edit -> Move -> Move Selection by X,Y... In fact, I have set up a shortcut for this action.
BTW, you said you were new, so forgive me for asking...but do you have a schematic for your design? I've never personally went "this direction", importing step files to get component positions, it was always the other way around with me exporting my PCBs for the SolidWorks guy, and then if he needs me to move a connector I Move Selection by X,Y... to match whatever he asks for.
Recent versions of Altium allow any-angle-routing. While routing, just click Shift+Space until the routing mode changes to any-angle. I'm pretty sure this has been supported at least as long as the program has been called "Altium".
Is there a way to modify already existing tracks in an any-angle way? (Other than deleting and remaking them?)
I'm not sure if you have to be in a certain mode or something, but usually if I just click-and-hold the endpoint of a trace segment, it will let me move the end without constraining the trace direction.
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I just looked around and I found something on the Altium website. Maybe this can help you. Here you can also find more information about PCB design.
To place a 3D Body and populate its contents in the PCB Editor, select Place » 3D Body from the main menu, create its object shape and choose the Generic option as the 3D Model Type in the Properties panel. The Souce section in the panel will then offer three alternative source options for importing a STEP files: