# Deep poo-poo: need hlp, transforming distance between 2 objects when scaled -

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**Created:** [May 28, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deep-poo-poo-need-hlp-transforming-distance-between-2-objects-when-scaled/289258 "2009-05-28T04:19:25Z")
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### Author: ![DavidOrtiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@DavidOrtiz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DavidOrtiz)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deep-poo-poo-need-hlp-transforming-distance-between-2-objects-when-scaled/289258/1 "2009-05-28T04:19:25Z")

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Hi guys, seems simple enough but let me explain:

I have 2 sprites in a parent sprite(MainContainer)

CircleClip - which has a child sprite sitting in its center( -circ.width/2, -circ.height/2)  
BoxClip - which has a child sprite sitting in its center (-sqr.width/2, -sqr.height/2)

and lets say this circle is at 300,200 and the box is at 500,300.

The user is able to drag this circle around as he pleases. Once a button is clicked, another box (Boxclip2) and circle (CircleClip2) in a different display container(MainContainer2) appear but both items are individual scaled and the only thing i know fur sure is that BOXCLIP2 sits at x,y of 750,300.

The question is how do i calculate where this CircleClip2 should be in respect to the first relationship and where BoxClip2 is?

hope i explained that well.