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Modelling

The Modelling module lets you build and edit meshes directly in the Scene view, without leaving Unity. It's meant for blockouts, level geometry, props and any mesh you'd like to tweak in place.

Open it from the Modelling tab of the World Toolkit window.

The Modelling tabs

The Modelling panel has four tabs:

Create
Create primitives (cubes, cylinders, stairs and more) and Boolean Stacks.
Topology
Edit the selected mesh: select vertices, edges and faces, transform them and use the editing tools. It also holds vertex color painting, materials, normals and cleanup tools.
UV
Edit texture coordinates.
Settings
Colors, sizes and visibility of everything Modelling draws in the Scene view, snapping, and a few behavior options. See Modelling Settings.

The panel follows what you're doing: picking a primitive switches to Create, and starting to edit a mesh switches to Topology.

Editing in the Scene view

When you edit a mesh's vertices, edges or faces, Unity switches its Tool Context to WTK: Editable Mesh. A Modelling Edit toolbar appears in the Scene view with a Topology / UV switch, the component modes (vertices, edges, faces), the selection tool, vertex painting and X-Ray.

Many tools also show an options panel in the Scene view (for example Extrude Options), where you tweak the operation and then press Apply or Cancel.

Making a primitive editable, then moving and scaling its faces.

Every tool, one right-click away

While editing a mesh, right-click in the Scene view (without dragging) to open Modelling Tools, a searchable list of every tool. See Editing Tools.

In this section

  • Editable Meshes

    The component behind every mesh you edit: getting one, its inspector, primitives and .emesh files.

  • Primitives

    Draw cubes, cylinders, arches and other shapes in the Scene view, or build stairs, tubes and surfaces from splines.

  • Selection

    Pick vertices, edges and faces, grow and filter the selection, and hide what's in the way.

  • Transform

    Move, rotate and scale components, set pivots, type exact values and snap.

  • Editing Tools

    Extrude, bevel, inset, knife and every other topology, shading, cleanup and material tool.

  • UVs

    Automatic UVs, the UV View, seams, layout, projection and lightmap UVs.

  • Booleans

    Combine and cut meshes non-destructively with Boolean Stacks.

  • Decals

    Painted lines and patterned areas that follow splines and the surface below them.

  • Modelling Settings

    How meshes are drawn while you edit, snapping, where mesh data is stored, and rebuild timing.