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# MTLOrigin

The coordinates for the front upper-left corner of a region.

```
struct MTLOrigin
```

## Topics

### Creating origin points

[`init()`](/documentation/Metal/MTLOrigin/init())

Initializes a new origin.

[`init(x:y:z:)`](/documentation/Metal/MTLOrigin/init(x:y:z:))

Initializes a new origin with the specified coordinates.

[`MTLOriginMake(_:_:_:)`](/documentation/Metal/MTLOriginMake(_:_:_:))

Returns a new origin with the specified coordinates.

### Getting and setting coordinate values

[`x`](/documentation/Metal/MTLOrigin/x)

The x coordinate of the origin.

[`y`](/documentation/Metal/MTLOrigin/y)

The y coordinate of the origin.

[`z`](/documentation/Metal/MTLOrigin/z)

The z coordinate of the origin.


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