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How do you figure you how far a wall or part?

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So you have a part and imagine there is is a uneven surrounding this is what i mean:

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is there a way to figure out how far the wall is from the part?

i don't want to change the size of another part to measure the size!

this is what i mean with change the size of the part:

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  | <=====[Part]=== > |    
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<= is a part but a part that is changing the size!

as you can see Left is more than right so we can assume its left!.

but is it possible to to estimate how far a wall/Part is with out using the "Change Size method"?

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If you're talking about the distance between the wall and the part, that's magnitude. If you're talking about the mid way point, that's the magnitude divided by 2.

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can you provide the code please! :)

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(position1 - position2).Magnitude

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Like the person commented in the comments, Magnitude is what you need.

Magnitude is the length of a vector

Example

local leftWall  = youReferenceHereTheLeftWall
local rightWall = youReferenceHereTheRightWall
local part = referenceToPart

local leftDistance = (leftWall.Position - part.Position).Magnitude
local rightDistance = (rightWall.Position - part.Position).Magnitude
print("The part is ", leftDistance, " studs away from left wall and ", rightDistance, " studs away from right wall.")
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bruh. did you forget that part.Position returns the middle point of the part which means you would have to do part.Position+(part.Size.Y/2)

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depending on the position X/2 or Y/2

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no, but i cant guess its rotation, this is just an example

Anonymous#
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and your above would only work if they ahve the similar rotation

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Thankyou @VerdommeMan

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