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# MTLSizeAndAlign

The size and alignment of a resource, in bytes.

```
struct MTLSizeAndAlign
```

## Topics

### Accessing the size and alignment

[`size`](/documentation/Metal/MTLSizeAndAlign/size)

The size of a resource, in bytes.

[`align`](/documentation/Metal/MTLSizeAndAlign/align)

The alignment of a resource, in bytes.

### Creating instances

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

Creates a default instance.

[`init(size:align:)`](/documentation/Metal/MTLSizeAndAlign/init(size:align:))

Creates a new instance initialized to the given values.


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