Unity Script Reference

Handles

Various drawing stuff.

Note: This is an editor class. To use it you have to place your script in Assets/Editor inside your project folder. Editor classes are in the UnityEditor namespace so for C# scripts you need to add "using UnityEditor;" at the beginning of the script.

Scene View style 3D GUI controls.

Setting up: You must begin with a call to DrawCamera in order to set up the current camera. All 3d stuff done after DrawCamera uses the camera that was rendered.
Drawing stuff: You can draw 3D gizmo-like stuff. See Also: DrawCube, DrawLine. Set the color of them with Handles.color
Traditional 2D GUI: After having made a call to DrawCamera, you need to wrap traditional GUI calls in a Handles.BeginGUI / EndGUI pair.
Converting coordinate systems: Use HandleUtility.GUIPointToWorldRay and HandleUtility.WorldToGUIPoint to convert coordinates between 2D GUI and 3D world coordinates.

Variables

currentCamera

The camera used for deciding where 3D handles end up

Class Variables

lighting	Are handles lit?
color	Colors of the handles
matrix	Matrix for all handle operations

Class Functions

PositionHandle	Make a 3D Scene view position handle.
RotationHandle	Make a Scene view rotation handle.
ScaleHandle	Make a Scene view scale handle
RadiusHandle	Make a Scene view radius handle
Slider	Make a 3D slider
Slider2D	Slide a handle in a 2D plane
FreeRotateHandle	Make an unconstrained rotation handle.
FreeMoveHandle	Make an unconstrained movement handle.
ScaleSlider	Make a directional scale slider
ScaleValueHandle	Make a single-float draggable handle.
Disc	Make a 3D disc that can be dragged with the mouse
Button	Make a 3D Button.
SnapValue
CubeCap	Draw a cube. Pass this into handle functions.
SphereCap	Draw a Sphere. Pass this into handle functions.
ConeCap	Draw a Cone. Pass this into handle functions.
CylinderCap	Draw a Cylinder. Pass this into handle functions.
RectangleCap	Draw a camera-facing Rectangle. Pass this into handle functions.
DotCap	Draw a camera-facing dot. Pass this into handle functions.
CircleCap	Draw a camera-facing Circle. Pass this into handle functions.
ArrowCap	Draw an arrow like those used by the move tool.
DrawLine	Draw a line from p1 to p2.
DrawPolyLine	Draw a line going through the list of all points.
DrawAAPolyLine	Draw anti-aliased line specified with point array and width.
DrawBezier	Draw textured bezier line through start and end points with the given tangents. To get an anti-aliased effect use a texture that is 1x2 pixels with one transparent white pixel and one opaque white pixel. The bezier curve will be swept using this texture.
DrawWireDisc	Draw the outline of a flat disc in 3D space.
DrawWireArc	Draw a circular arc in 3D space.
DrawSolidRectangleWithOutline	Draw a solid outlined rectangle in 3D space.
DrawSolidDisc	Draw a solid flat disc in 3D space.
DrawSolidArc	Draw a circular sector (pie piece) in 3D space.
Label	Make a text label positioned in 3D space.
ClearCamera	Clears the camera.
DrawCamera	Draws a camera inside a rectangle.
SetCamera	Set the current camera so all Handles and Gizmos are draw with its settings.
BeginGUI	Begin a 2D GUI block inside the 3D handle GUI.
EndGUI	End a 2D GUI block and get back to the 3D handle GUI.

Delegates

DrawCapFunction

The function to use for drawing the handle e.g. Handles.RectangleCap.