%transform = %obj.getTransform(); //Let's say this is "0 1 2 3 4 5 6"
A Transform value has two components: a position and a rotation. The first three numbers indicate the position, and the last four are the rotation.
We only care about the position in this case, so when you do getTransform(), you probably want to single those out (the vector functions likely don't care but we'll do this for the sake of cleanliness)
%pos = getWords(%transform, 0, 2); //Does what it says; gets words 0-2 from %transform. %pos will be "0 1 2"
This is a Vector3f value. If you want to manipulate it effectively, you'll almost always want to use the host of vector functions available. The one we want here is VectorAdd. Some other common ones: VectorSub(%vecA, %vecB), VectorScale(%vec, %scale), VectorDist(%vecA, %vecB), VectorLen(%vec), VectorNormalize(%vec)
%new = VectorAdd(%pos, "X Y Z");
This will add the two provided vectors together. For your purposes, it may also be important to note that one stud = 0.5 Torque units and one plate = 0.2 Torque units. Take this into consideration when making your code.
