---
title: translation
framework: spatial
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: spatial/affinetransform3d/translation
---

# translation

The translation component of the affine transform.

## Declaration

```swift
var translation: Vector3D { get set }
```

## See Also

### Decomposing a 3D affine transform

- [rotation](spatial/affinetransform3d/rotation.md)
- [scale](spatial/affinetransform3d/scale.md)