# Get position of Fixtures

I'm constructing a Body (a box2d body using AndEngine) using multiple Fixtures and later I need to get the world position of these Fixtures.

Currently I am trying something like this;

// Declarations
Body body;
Fixture centerFixture;
Fixture leftFixture;
Vector2 centerPos = new Vector2(0, 0);
Vector2 leftPos = new Vector2(-1.5f, -1.5f);

void setup() {
BodyDef bodyDef = new BodyDef();
bodyDef.type = BodyType.DynamicBody;
bodyDef.position.set(new Vector2(10, 10));

body = physicsWorld.createBody(bodyDef);

PolygonShape centerShape = new PolygonShape();
centerShape.setAsBox(1, 1, centerPos, 0);
FixtureDef centerDef = new FixtureDef();
centerDef.density=1;
centerDef.shape=centerShape;
centerFixture = body.createFixture(centerDef);

PolygonShape leftShape = new PolygonShape();
leftShape.setAsBox(0.5f, 0.5f, leftPos, 0);
FixtureDef leftDef = new FixtureDef();
leftDef.density=1;
leftDef.shape=centerShape;
leftFixture = body.createFixtureleftDef);
}

void someFunction() {

Transform transform = body.getTransform();
Vector2 temp = new Vector2(leftPos);

// These two seems to not be the center of the fixture
Vector2 worldPosition = transform.mul(temp);
Vector2 pixelPosition = new Vector2(worldPosition.x * PhysicsConstants.PIXELS_PER_METER, worldPosition.y * PhysicsConstants.PIXELS_PER_METER);
}


But is seems that as the body rotates the worldPosition is off.

How do I get the world position of the Fixture?

## 1 Answer

As I understood your question, you want to get the coordinates of the points of your body relative to the world, in other words, following the transformations applied to the body.

I did this function not long ago, I hope this will help you and guide you towards an answer:

public Vec2[] getPoints() {
Vec2[] v = new Vec2[shape.getVertexCount()];
for (int i = 0; i < shape.getVertexCount(); i++) {
v[i] = body.getWorldPoint(shape.getVertex(i));
v[i].x *= world.getMeter();
v[i].y *= world.getMeter();
}
return v;
}


Here I used a PolygonShape for my body, but you can replace this by the vertices of your ficture, I think. What's important is that function:

body.getWorldPoint(shape.getVertex(i));


This will return a point of the body (Ex: (0, 0)) and return the same point with the transformations applied (Ex: (1, 0) if you rotated 90° clock-wise).

• Thank you, my solution actually worked but I had forgotten to add one last offset to the final vector. But your solution is neater and more descriptive so I am going to use that instead. – bornander Jul 10 '14 at 19:19