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Introduction to drafts in Unity Studio

Understand drafts in Unity Studio, including where they're hosted and how to manage them.
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Drafts are where you work with the content in Unity Studio to create your prototype or application. Drafts contain your scene and any objects, components, and assets you add to it. The following sections explain how to create, duplicate, and manage your drafts in Unity Studio: For instructions on how to share your draft, refer to Share your drafts.

Create a draft

To create a new draft:
  1. In the Home page select Create Draft. The Create Draft window opens.
  2. Choose your preferred starting point:
    • Empty Scene: Select this option to begin with a blank project and build from scratch.
    • The rest of the options are ready-made templates. These templates let you explore Unity Studio’s features and typical use cases.
  3. Set Name to your preferred name for your draft.
  4. Set Project to an existing project or create a new one:
    • If no projects exist, add a name and select Create to start a new project.
    • If you already have projects, select the project where you want Unity Studio to store your draft.
  5. Select Create.
Your new draft opens, and you’re ready to start building.

Rename or delete a draft

Currently, you can't rename or delete a draft directly within Unity Studio. To manage your drafts, use the Asset Manager:
  1. Open the Asset Manager: In your web browser, go to the Asset Manager. For more information, refer to Asset Manager
  2. Select your organization and project: Make sure you choose the correct organization and project where your draft is stored.
  3. Locate your draft: Use the search bar to quickly find your draft by name.
  4. Open the options menu: In your draft's preview, click the options menu.
  5. Rename or delete:
    • To rename, select Continue Edit and update the draft name.
    • To delete, select Delete and confirm the removal.

Make a copy of your draft

You can manually create a duplicate of any draft. This saves a new version of the draft with a new name in the same project and organization, but doesn't affect the original draft. To make a copy:
  1. Open the draft you want to copy in Unity Studio.
  2. Open the Main menu.
  3. Select Make a copy. The Copy Draft window opens.
  4. Enter a name for the new draft and select Make a copy.
  5. Once the draft is copied, the Copy successful window opens:
  • URL : Use this URL to share the new draft or open the draft via the browser searchbar.
  • Open new draft : Open the draft in a new tab.
  • Close: Close the window.
Your copied draft is available from the Home page.

Recover previous versions of your draft

If a draft is broken, an error has occurred, or someone made changes you want to undo, you can recover a previous saved version using the Asset Manager. To recover a previous version of your draft, use the following steps:
  1. Go to your cloud: Open the Asset Manager in your web browser.
  2. Select the correct organization and project: Choose the organization and project where your draft is saved.
  3. Find your draft: Use the search function to locate your draft by typing its name.
You can then use the following options to manage your draft versions:
  • View version history: Click the History icon next to Info, Comments, and Files to view the different versions of your draft. Saved (frozen) versions have an orange dot icon. Unsaved (unfrozen) versions have a yellow background and a branching icon.
  • Restore a previous version: Click the three dots next to the version you want to restore, and select Restore this version. This will create a new saved (frozen) version based on the selected one. You can delete the current unfrozen version to go back to the last saved (frozen) version. You can also select a previous version and choose Edit as a new version to start working from that point.

Simultaneous collaboration

Currently, Unity Studio doesn't support real-time simultaneous collaboration on the same draft. If you want to share your work with others, Unity Studio provides the following workflow:

Each user gets their own copy

When two people open the same draft, each person works on their own unfrozen (autosaved) version. This version is based on the last manually saved (frozen) version of the draft.

Saving creates separate versions

If both users make changes and select Save, Unity Studio creates two different frozen versions in the Asset Manager. The version saved last is the latest one available to everyone in the organization.

Opening the draft

Anyone who opens the draft can view the latest frozen (manually saved) version.

Notifications

When you open a draft, you get a notification if someone else has already saved a newer frozen version. However, if someone else saves a new version while you're already editing, you won't get a real-time notification.