Currently there seems to be a bug with the advanced move system. I placed a large castle block and rotated it slightly using the advanced move feature. Then, I picked it up and found I couldn't place it anymore. I even transferred the block to another wizard and still couldn't place it. To make matters worse, I crafted a second one and it kept the same orientation as the first, meaning I also couldn't place it anywhere.
The fix is simple enough. Let us enter advanced move mode without requiring that we place the object first. This avoids the initial bug which should be fixed either way, but forcing us to place the object first is unintuitive from the start.