Script/How do I get or set the geometrical position of an object?.md: Script/How do

I get\/set the geometrical position of an object%3F.md

Normally, when you get/set the position of an object, you actually get/set the position of the object's *center of mass*. In most cases this is enough, but when the object's center of mass *isn't the same as its geometrical position*, and you want to locate it (or locate something in it) geometrically, just "getting its position" won't cut it.

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The trick is to take the vector returned by [[Get Position]] and **offset it by half the total size of the object** ("the offset"). With "total size", I refer to the minimum and maximum vectors of the object, added together.

[[/uploads/geometrical position opaque.png]]

Almost similarly, to set the geometrical position of the object, set the actual position of the object to the desired position subtracted by the offset.

[[/uploads/set geometrical position opaque.png]]