# How to translate the vertices of any geometry

**URL:** <https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-translate-the-vertices-of-any-geometry/16470>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** geometry\
**Created:** [June 23, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-translate-the-vertices-of-any-geometry/16470 "2020-06-23T06:11:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Alex](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/alex/32/9027_2.png) [@Alex](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/Alex)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-translate-the-vertices-of-any-geometry/16470/1 "2020-06-23T06:11:08Z")

</div>

I want to know is there any way possible to translate the geometry vertices (geometry.vertices)  
i also noticed we have an built in function that is translate that work on an mesh but i want the translation on the vertices level too

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![prisoner849](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/prisoner849/32/535_2.png) [@prisoner849](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/prisoner849)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 7:24am UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-translate-the-vertices-of-any-geometry/16470/2 "2020-06-23T07:24:09Z")

</div>

Hi!  
`geometry.translate( x, y, z )`?  
[https://threejs.org/docs/#api/en/core/Geometry.translate](https://threejs.org/docs/#api/en/core/Geometry.translate)