AUX Tool shift question

No it adjusts the current point 'test' with the XYZOAT values used and applies them to the same vectors as the point 'test'.

Thus rewriting point 'test' with those values - and 'shifting' those values relative to the TCP.

You should read the AS Manual for the differences between SHIFT and TRANS commands.

These are used for transformation values only.

Transformations consist of 6 elements XYZOAT.

Your example will not work.

It would have to be represented like this to create another transformation and a shift applied to it.

POINT test2 = SHIFT(test BY 0,0,300).

- SHIFT is used to add the shift values relative and parallel to the BASE coordinate.

- SHIFT can only be applied to XYZ elements.

- TRANS is used to add values relative to the TCP vectors of the taught transformation.

- TRANS can use XYZOAT.

- POINT test2 = test + TRANS(0,0,300) is the not the same as POINT test2 = SHIFT(test BY 0,0,300).

TRANS command is the most powerful and flexible command (IMHO) in the AS command language.

Not only can you create transformation values with SHIFT and TRANS, but you can also create a motion segment using them too.

JMOVE SHIFT(test BY 0,0,300).

LMOVE TRANS (1500,450,300,-90,45,90).