Question: Hi i have some movieclips like this one: game\_mc.substage\_mc.rightHand and inside the rightHand i have a thread\_mc like this: 

```
game_mc.substage_mc.rightHand.thread_mc

```

Ok so here is the thing, i need to access the thread.x and thread.y position related to the stage or substage\_mc i don´t really care, but if i do this:

```
trace(game_mc.substage_mc.rightHand.thread_mc.x);

```

I only get the thread position related to the rightHand and not to the stage. Any help here?.

Answer: 
there is a function on the DisplayObject class called [localToGlobal](http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/display/DisplayObject.html#localToGlobal%28%29)

that will give you the coordinates, but you need to keep scale in mind
You have to use the localToGlobal() method.

Here you can find some useful explanation:

[Understanding localToGlobal](http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2010/06/22/understanding-as3-localtoglobal-method/)

[Use localToGlobal in AS3](http://www.orlandmedia.com/blog/tutorials/how-to-use-localtoglobal-in-actionscript-3-0/)