diff --git a/add_approach_points.py b/add_approach_points.py
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+++ b/add_approach_points.py
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+import sys
+from util import xmlfiletodict, dicttoxmlstring
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) != 5:
+        print "usage:", sys.argv[0], "packlist.xml x1,y1,z1 x2,y2,z2 x3,y3,z3"
+        exit(1)
+
+    packlist = xmlfiletodict(sys.argv[1])
+
+    x1, y1, z1 = map(int, sys.argv[2].split(','))
+    x2, y2, z2 = map(int, sys.argv[3].split(','))
+    x3, y3, z3 = map(int, sys.argv[4].split(','))
+
+    for article in packlist['Response']['PackList']['PackPallets']['PackPallet']['Packages']['Package']:
+        x, y, z = int(article['PlacePosition']['X']), int(article['PlacePosition']['Y']), int(article['PlacePosition']['Z'])
+        article['ApproachPoint1']['X'], article['ApproachPoint1']['Y'], article['ApproachPoint1']['Z'] = x+x1, y+y1, z+z1
+        article['ApproachPoint2']['X'], article['ApproachPoint2']['Y'], article['ApproachPoint2']['Z'] = x+x2, y+y2, z+z2
+        article['ApproachPoint3']['X'], article['ApproachPoint3']['Y'], article['ApproachPoint3']['Z'] = x+x3, y+y3, z+z3
+
+    sys.stdout.write(dicttoxmlstring(packlist))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()