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ColliderDistance2D

Represents the separation or overlap of two Collider2D.
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Definition

  • Type: Struct
  • Namespace: UnityEngine
  • Assembly: UnityEngine.Physics2DModule
public struct ColliderDistance2D

Remarks

The ColliderDistance2D primarily defines a point on the exterior of each Collider2D along with the _distance between those two points. The _distance between them can be positive indicating that the Collider2D are separated (not overlapped), zero indicating that they are touching (but not overlapped) or negative indicating that they are overlapped.
A _normal is provided that is a normalized vector that points from _pointB to _pointA. This vector, when scaled with the _distance, provide a vector that can be used to move the Collider2D so that they are no longer overlapped (if the _distance is negative) or so they are touching (if the _distance is positive).
A common use-case for this is solving overlaps between two Collider2D, particularly when attached to a Rigidbody2D set to be RigidbodyType2D.Kinematic.

Properties

Property

Description

distanceGets the distance between two colliders.
isOverlappedGets whether the
distance
represents an overlap or not.
isValidGets whether the distance is valid or not.
normalA normalized vector that points from
pointB
to
pointA
.
pointAA point on a Collider2D that is a specific _distance away from _pointB.
pointBA point on a Collider2D that is a specific _distance away from _pointA.