Get distance between two rectangles?

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#1

How do I calculate the closest distance between the outlines of two rectangle shapes?
I’m semi-randomly generating levels and want to ensure that certain objects (which are statically positioned rectangles with random coordinates and rotations) won’t be too close to each other.

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#2

Use contentBounds to find the outer edges of the rectangles:

http://developer.anscamobile.com/reference/index/objectcontentbounds [import]uid: 12108 topic_id: 6466 reply_id: 22364[/import]

#3

Wouldn’t that return the overall bounding rectangle rather than a point on a plane?

Imagine a diamond shape… the bounding rectangle would then be a square. If you wanted to find the point midway along one edge of the diamond then this would give a different value to the edge of the bounding rectangle.

Hope that makes sense!
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#4

Thanks JHocking but yes, I believe the content bounds won’t work in this case, as my rectangles are rotated and I require the closest distance between any point of their outlines… [import]uid: 10284 topic_id: 6466 reply_id: 22565[/import]