# DrawDottedLines

> Draw a list of dotted line segments.

## Definition

* **Type:** Method
* **Namespace:** [UnityEditor](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor.md)
* **Assembly:** UnityEditor.CoreModule

## DrawDottedLines(Vector3\[], float)

Draw a list of dotted line segments.

```csharp
public static void DrawDottedLines(Vector3[] lineSegments, float screenSpaceSize)
```

### Parameters

**** (\[Vector3\[]]\(/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/vector3)): A list of pairs of points that represent the start and end of line segments.**** (\[float]\(https\://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.single)): The size in pixels for the lengths of the line segments and the gaps between them.

### Remarks

![DrawDottedLines (DrawDottedLines)](/api/media?file=/engine/6000.6/media/images/DrawDottedLines.png)

"Draw multiple dotted lines in sceneview.".

```csharp
// Draw lines to the connected game objects that a script has.
// if the target object doesn't have any game objects attached
// then it draws a line from the object to 0,0,0.

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

[CustomEditor(typeof(ConnectedLineObjects))]
class ConnectDottedLineHandle : Editor
{
    float dashSize = 4.0f;
    void OnSceneGUI()
    {
        ConnectedLineObjects connectedObjects = target as ConnectedLineObjects;
        if (connectedObjects.objs == null ||
            connectedObjects.objs.Length == 0)
            return;
        // we store the start and end points of the line segments in this array
        Vector3[] lineSegments = new Vector3[connectedObjects.objs.Length * 2];

        int lastObject = connectedObjects.objs.Length - 1;
        Vector3 prevPoint;
        if (connectedObjects.objs[lastObject])
        {
            prevPoint = connectedObjects.objs[lastObject].transform.position;
        }
        else
        {
            prevPoint = Vector3.zero;
        }
        int pointIndex = 0;
        for (int currObjectIndex = 0; currObjectIndex < connectedObjects.objs.Length; currObjectIndex++)
        {
            // find the position of our connected object and store it
            Vector3 currPoint;
            if (connectedObjects.objs[currObjectIndex])
            {
                currPoint = connectedObjects.objs[currObjectIndex].transform.position;
            }
            else
            {
                currPoint = Vector3.zero;
            }

            // store the starting point of the line segment
            lineSegments[pointIndex] = prevPoint;
            pointIndex++;

            // store the ending point of the line segment
            lineSegments[pointIndex] = currPoint;
            pointIndex++;

            prevPoint = currPoint;
        }
        Handles.DrawDottedLines(lineSegments, dashSize);
    }
}
```

And the script attached to this Handle:

```csharp
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ConnectedLineObjects : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject[] objs = null;
}
```

## DrawDottedLines(Vector3\[], int\[], float)

Draw a list of indexed dotted line segments.

```csharp
public static void DrawDottedLines(Vector3[] points, int[] segmentIndices, float screenSpaceSize)
```

### Parameters

**** (\[Vector3\[]]\(/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/vector3)): A list of points.**** (\[int\[]]\(https\://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.int32)): A list of pairs of indices to the start and end points of the line segments.**** (\[float]\(https\://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.single)): The size in pixels for the lengths of the line segments and the gaps between them.

### Remarks

```csharp
// Draw lines to the connected game objects that a script has.
// If the target object doesn't have any game objects attached
// then it draws a line from the object to (0, 0, 0).

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

[CustomEditor(typeof(ConnectedLinesObjects))]
class ConnectDottedLinesHandle : Editor
{
    float dashSize = 4.0f;
    void OnSceneGUI()
    {
        ConnectedLinesObjects connectedObjects = target as ConnectedLinesObjects;
        if (connectedObjects.objs == null ||
            connectedObjects.objs.Length == 0)
            return;

        // we store the points of the line segments in this array
        Vector3[] points = new Vector3[connectedObjects.objs.Length];

        // for each line segment we need two indices into the points array:
        // the index to the start and the end point
        int[] segmentIndices = new int[connectedObjects.objs.Length * 2];

        // create the points and line segments indices
        int prevIndex = connectedObjects.objs.Length - 1;
        int pointIndex = 0;
        int segmentIndex = 0;
        for (int currIndex = 0; currIndex < connectedObjects.objs.Length; currIndex++)
        {
            // find the position of our connected object and store it
            if (connectedObjects.objs[pointIndex])
            {
                points[pointIndex] = connectedObjects.objs[currIndex].transform.position;
            }
            else
            {
                points[pointIndex] = Vector3.zero;
            }

            // the index to the start of the line segment
            segmentIndices[segmentIndex] = prevIndex;
            segmentIndex++;

            // the index to the end of the line segment
            segmentIndices[segmentIndex] = pointIndex;
            segmentIndex++;

            pointIndex++;
            prevIndex = currIndex;
        }
        Handles.DrawDottedLines(points, segmentIndices, dashSize);
    }
}
```

And the script attached to this Handle:

```csharp
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ConnectedLinesObjects : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject[] objs = null;
}
```