Renderer.bounds

var bounds : Bounds

Description

The bounding volume of the renderer (Read Only).

This is the axis-aligned bounding box fully enclosing the object in world space.

Using bounds is convenient to make rough approximations about the object's location and its extents. For example, renderer.bounds.center often is more precise "center of the object" than transform.position - especially if the object is not symmetrical.

See also Mesh.bounds property that returns bounds of the mesh in local space.

JavaScript

// Prints the left extreme point of the bounding volume on the x-axis
print(renderer.bounds.min.x);
// Prints the right extreme point of the bounding volume on the x-axis
print(renderer.bounds.max.x);

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class example : MonoBehaviour {
    void Example() {
        print(renderer.bounds.min.x);
        print(renderer.bounds.max.x);
    }
}

import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

class example(MonoBehaviour):

    def Example():
        print(renderer.bounds.min.x)
        print(renderer.bounds.max.x)

Another example:

JavaScript

// Draws a wireframe sphere in the scene view, fully enclosing
// the object.

function OnDrawGizmosSelected () {
    // A sphere that fully encloses the bounding box
    var center = renderer.bounds.center;
    var radius = renderer.bounds.extents.magnitude;
    // Draw it
    Gizmos.color = Color.white;
    Gizmos.DrawWireSphere (center, radius);
}

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class example : MonoBehaviour {
    void OnDrawGizmosSelected() {
        Vector3 center = renderer.bounds.center;
        float radius = renderer.bounds.extents.magnitude;
        Gizmos.color = Color.white;
        Gizmos.DrawWireSphere(center, radius);
    }
}

import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

class example(MonoBehaviour):

    def OnDrawGizmosSelected():
        center as Vector3 = renderer.bounds.center
        radius as single = renderer.bounds.extents.magnitude
        Gizmos.color = Color.white
        Gizmos.DrawWireSphere(center, radius)

See Also: Bounds class, Mesh.bounds property.