What I'm trying to create is a control scheme something along the lines of Boxi. Basically I have a sphere that the user will click on, and then drag in the direction they want the sphere to go. However that will have no bearing on the translation of the sphere. Instead the sphere is to calculate how far it is from the next collider and then automatically and smoothly animate towards that coordinate(confined to an axis) and stop before it actually collides with the wall. This is what I have to find the distance and re-position, but I'm not sure how to animate the transform smoothly:

var hit: RaycastHit;
var smooth : int;

function Update (){
    var horiz: float = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X");
    var vert: float = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y");
if(rigidbody.velocity.magnitude == 0){
        if(Input.GetMouseButton(0) && horiz >= .5) {
            if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, Vector3.right, hit)){
                var distanceToRight = hit.distance;
                transform.Translate(Vector3(Mathf.FloorToInt(distanceToRight - .5),0,0));
                        }
        }if(Input.GetMouseButton(0) && horiz <= -.5) {
            if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, -Vector3.right, hit)){
                var distanceToLeft = hit.distance;
                transform.Translate(Vector3(Mathf.RoundToInt(-distanceToLeft + 1),0,0));
                        }
        }if(Input.GetMouseButton(0) && vert >= .5) {
            if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, Vector3.forward, hit)){
                var distanceToTop = hit.distance;
                transform.Translate(Vector3(0,0,Mathf.FloorToInt(distanceToTop - .5)));
                        }
        }if(Input.GetMouseButton(0) && vert <= -.5) {
            if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, -Vector3.forward, hit)){
                var distanceToBottom = hit.distance;
                transform.Translate(Vector3(0,0,Mathf.RoundToInt(-distanceToBottom + 1)));
                        }
        }
    }
}

Should I write another script that has an Update function to transform the spheres position? I've tried and it doesn't seem to work properly.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Dennis