Select freely in your Editor.
Overthrow the rectangle tyranny now!

This plugin enhances the selection functionality in the SceneView of the Unity Editor. It allows you to do a free form selection instead of the default rectangle (works for 3d objects and ui).

Please notice that this is an EDITOR ONLY plugin.

If you are not sure what it does then please watch the intro video below or on Youtube.

Full source code included.
I am a developer too and I don't like closed source assets.

Compatible with Unity 2017.4.0+, Unity 2018.x, Unity 2019.x, ...
It may work with earlier versions too but I haven't tested it.

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Video Demo

Support

If you find any errors then please use the support form, write to office[at]kamgam.com

Please be patient, replies may take a few days. Please include your Asset Store Order Nr in your request.

Thank you.

Known Issues

None at the moment. Please let us know if you find any.

Settings & Documentation

Installation

Download the Asset from the Asset Store and import it into your project. You are done, no additional setup is needed.

A new menu called "Free Form Selection" will be available under "Tools" in the main menu bar. Go check it out once the import is done.

Info: the asset files will be copied into /Assets/Plugins/FreeFormSelection/Editor. The settings and manual files will be created in the same location.

Settings

You can find or recreate the settings file (named "FreeFormSelection Settings") through the main menu (Tools > Free Form Selection Settings). You can move it out of the plugins folder too. That's useful to avoid losing the settings if you reimport (update) the plugin.

• Push to select key

  Push and HOLD this key to enable the current selection mode.

• Push to change mode key

  Push this key while HOLDING the 'selection key' to change the selection mode. You can also change it in the Tools menu.

• Selection mode

  Defines how you will specify the selection area:
  

  • FreeForm = draw the outline freely
  • Edges = draw the outline edges
  • Brush = draw the selection like in paint

• Brush size

  Defines how big the brush will be. Measured in scene view 2D coordinates (min. 6).

• Use mouse wheel

  If enabled then you can change the brush size with the mouse wheel while selecting.

• Greedy Prefab selection

  Should the whole prefab be selected if the selection area overlaps the child of a prefab (default is true).

• Include UI

  Include UI elements in the selection?

• Max mesh vertices

  Do a vertex precise selection check up to this number of vertices per mesh. Otherwise bounding boxes are used.

• Hide handles while selecting

  Hide the handles (transform, rotate, ...) while selecting?

License

Copyright (C) 2018 KAMGAM e.U. - All rights reserved The code can only be used under the standard Unity Asset Store End User License Agreement. A Copy of the EULA APPENDIX 1 is available at https://unity3d.com/company/legal/as_terms
I publish this plugin with full source code because as a developer I know how annoying it is to not have source code access. If you like it then please remind others to purchase the plugin. Don't just copy and paste it everywhere.
Thank you