02. Navigation

Scene View

Scene View Pane

A editor in which you can design your scene.
Per default you have a camera called Main Camera, a Sun called Directional Light in the Scene.

You can navigate with:

the Gizmo in the upper-right corner (the colorful thing)
keep RMB clicked and use your mouse and W/A/S/D to fly around (Scroll to change speed)
or use the Movement Shortcuts below:

Action	3-Button Mouse	2-button mouse or track-pad	Mac with only one mouse button or track-pad
Move	`Alt`+`MMB`	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`LMB`	`Alt`+`⌘`+`LMB`
Orbit (only 3D mode)	`Alt`+`LMB`	`Alt`+`LMB`	`Alt`+`LMB`
Zoom	`Scroll` or `Alt`+`RMB`	`Alt`+`RMB`	`Alt`+`Ctrl`+`LMB` or two-finger swipe

Game View

Game View Pane

A Preview of the resulting Game. Note the "Maximize on Play"-Toggle on top

Asset Store

Asset Store Pane

Get/Buy Ressources for your Game

Tools

The toolbar is located in the upper left area of the Window and looks like this: Unity Toolbar

Icon	Name	What it does
	Hand Tool	Pan around in the Scene
	Move Tool	Change the Position of individual GameObjects (in XYZ Direction)
	Rotate Tool	Change the Rotation of individual GameObjects (in XYZ Direction)
	Scale Tool	Change the Scaling of individual GameObjects – from its Center or Pivot Point
	Rect Transform Tool	Change the Scaling of individual GameObjects – from its Corners
	Transform Tool	A combination of the Move, Rotate and Scale-Tools

There can be more Tools depending on the selected Object.

Hierarchy/Outliner

Hierarchy Pane

Lists all objects contained in the Scene
Create objects with Rightclick
Display relationships
Search for objects by name

Inspector

Inspector Pane

Lists all Components of the currently selected object. You can e.g.:

Accurately change values like Position, Rotation and Scale in an objects Transform-Component
Apply new Materials in an objects MeshRenderer-Component
Deactivate components
Add new Components and Scripts to influence how objects behave
Add Tags to group objects together (important for scripting)
Add Objects to a certain Layer to avoid them having effect on certain things

Project

Project Pane

Lists all Assets you created. Assets allow you to create and store reusable:

Scenes
Objects
Materials
Scripts
Animations
much more or a combination of the above

Console

Displays any kind of warning, error or debug message your Scripts might produce.

A simple example would be:

Go to the Project-Pane
Create an Asset called C#-Script with Rightclick
Rename it to ExampleScript and doubleclick it to open the Default Editor
Add the line Debug.Log("Hello there, I am debug Output"); in the Start()-block of the existing code. Things should look like this

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class ExampleScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        Debug.Log("Hello there, I am debug Output");
    }
}

Save the file

Go back to Unity, Drag the Script from the Asset Pane into the Inspector Pane of any object
Switch to the Console Pane
Run the Game using the Play Button.

You now should see your message in the Console:

Console Pane