3D Primitives

3D Primitives are the most basic 3D shapes available in Unity.

They include:

Primitive Name	Collider	Notes
Cube	Box Collider
Sphere	Sphere Collider
Capsule	Capsule Collider	Y-scale is x 2
Cylinder	Capsule Collider	Y-scale is x 2
Plane	Mesh Collider	X-scale and Z-scale is x 10 Visible only on one side by default
Quad	Mesh Collider	Visible only on one side by default

Each primitive has the following components (seen in the Inspector):

• Transform

• Mesh Filter

• Mesh Renderer

• Collider

• Material

Creating Game Objects in the Editor