CFrame
The CFrame property determines both the position and orientation of a part relative to the world. The part is rendered such that the CFrame is the center of the rendered 3D model (with one exception outlined below). For keeping track of positions relative to a part’s CFrame, an /Attachment is useful. Most visual flair objects (such as particles and lights) will render at a part’s CFrame.
When setting CFrame, other joined parts are also moved relative to the part whose CFrame was set. This could be used for teleporting a player’s character, however it is recommended to use /Model/SetPrimaryPartCFrame instead if you want to move an entire model. Unlike /BasePart/Position, setting CFrame will always move the part to the exact given CFrame; in other words: no overlap checking is done when setting CFrame. If two collidable parts happen to overlap and one is not /BasePart/Anchored, the physics solver will attempt to resolve the overlap.
In online sessions, a part may be rendered differently than its CFrame may suggest (e.g., for tweening the different CFrames received from the server). Use /BasePart/GetRenderCFrame to get the apparent CFrame.
Code Samples
Setting Part CFrame
This code sample demonstrates setting a part’s CFrame in many different ways. It showcases how to create and compose CFrame values. It references a sibling part called “OtherPart” for demonstrating relative positioning.
local part = script.Parent -- Reset the part's CFrame to (0, 0, 0) with no rotation. -- This is sometimes called the "identity" CFrame part.CFrame = CFrame.new() -- Set to a specific position (X, Y, Z) part.CFrame = CFrame.new(0, 25, 10) -- Same as above, but use a Vector3 instead local point = Vector3.new(0, 25, 10) part.CFrame = CFrame.new(point) -- Set the part's CFrame to be at one point, looking at another local lookAtPoint = Vector3.new(0, 20, 15) part.CFrame = CFrame.new(point, lookAtPoint) -- Rotate the part's CFrame by pi/2 radians on local X axis part.CFrame = part.CFrame * CFrame.Angles(math.pi / 2, 0, 0) -- Rotate the part's CFrame by 45 degrees on local Y axis part.CFrame = part.CFrame * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(45), 0) -- Rotate the part's CFrame by 180 degrees on global Z axis (note the order!) part.CFrame = CFrame.Angles(0, 0, math.pi) * part.CFrame -- Pi radians is equal to 180 degrees -- Composing two CFrames is done using * (the multiplication operator) part.CFrame = CFrame.new(2, 3, 4) * CFrame.new(4, 5, 6) --> equal to CFrame.new(6, 8, 10) -- Unlike algebraic multiplication, CFrame composition is NOT communitative: a * b is not necessarily b * a! -- Imagine * as an ORDERED series of actions. For example, the following lines produce different CFrames: -- 1) Slide the part 5 units on X. -- 2) Rotate the part 45 degrees around its Y axis. part.CFrame = CFrame.new(5, 0, 0) * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(45), 0) -- 1) Rotate the part 45 degrees around its Y axis. -- 2) Slide the part 5 units on X. part.CFrame = CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(45), 0) * CFrame.new(5, 0, 0) -- There is no "CFrame division", but instead simply "doing the inverse operation". part.CFrame = CFrame.new(4, 5, 6) * CFrame.new(4, 5, 6):inverse() --> is equal to CFrame.new(0, 0, 0) part.CFrame = CFrame.Angles(0, 0, math.pi) * CFrame.Angles(0, 0, math.pi):inverse() --> equal to CFrame.Angles(0, 0, 0) -- A reference to some other part local otherPart = part.Parent.OtherPart -- Position a part relative to another (in this case, put our part on top of otherPart) part.CFrame = otherPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(0, part.Size.Y/2 + otherPart.Size.Y/2, 0) -- All of this information applies to SetPrimaryPartCFrame, since that's all tht method local model = part.Parent.Model model:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(CFrame.new(0, 25, 0))