How can I check if a Vector3 is within a certain area?

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#1

I’m making a building game and intend to implement plots. In order to do this, I need to check if a Vector3 submitted by the player is within a certain cube-shaped area.

#2

Here is a function which determines whether a Vector3 position is in an area.

local function IsPositionInPart(Position, Part) -- Vector3,Instance
	local RelPosition = Part.CFrame:PointToObjectSpace(Position)
	if math.abs(RelPosition.X) <= Part.Size.X/2 and math.abs(RelPosition.Y) <= Part.Size.Y/2 and math.abs(RelPosition.Z) <= Part.Size.Z/2 then
		return true
	end
	return false
end

This is how you use it…

local Part = Instance.new("Part")
Part.Size = Vector3.new(10, 10, 10)
Part.Position = Vector3.new(0, 0, 0)
local inputPosition = Vector3.new(9, 0, 0)
local inArea = IsPositionInPart(inputPosition, Part)
Part:Destroy() -- Optional, you could also resort to making a table for the Position and Size
warn("inArea = " .. tostring(inArea))

The output should look like this

> inArea = true
#3

You could use Raycasting for this where you can Whitelist the cubed area using:

And that will be the only part where the raycast will register and you’ll be able to place the block.

#4

Thank you so much for the help!