Unity - Scripting API: Transform.TransformPoint

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Description

Transforms position from local space to world space.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject someObject;
    public Vector3 thePosition;
    void Start()
    {
        // Instantiate an object to the right of the current object
        thePosition = transform.TransformPoint(Vector3.right * 2);
        Instantiate(someObject, thePosition, someObject.transform.rotation);
    }
}

Declaration

public Vector3 TransformPoint(float x, float y, float z);

Description

Transforms the position x, y, z from local space to world space.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject someObject;
    void Start()
    {
        // Instantiate an object to the right of the current object
        Vector3 thePosition = transform.TransformPoint(2, 0, 0);
        Instantiate(someObject, thePosition, someObject.transform.rotation);
    }
}