Tried using object painting? IE: [ame=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo8zPOS_1ds"]Sneak peek: Object painting - YouTube[/ame] Neil Blevins has a version in his Soulburn scripts pack as well. http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_tools/soulburnscripts/soulburnscripts.htm
Object paint has the same problem as normal align: can't snap. A custom primitive with auto grid looks like it would work but the only one I can find is Primitive Maker on scriptspot which is giving me write errors when I try to save.