UKismetSystemLibrary::DrawDebugCoordinateSystem

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "Kismet/KismetSystemLibrary.h"

Access: public Specifiers: staticUFUNCTIONBlueprintCallable

Description

Draws red/green/blue lines representing the local X/Y/Z axes at a location and rotation, useful for visualizing an actor or component's orientation.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Axis colors follow the standard UE convention (X=red, Y=green, Z=blue) and are not configurable.
• Compiled out entirely in Shipping and Test builds since the UFUNCTION is DevelopmentOnly.
• Scale of 1.f produces very short axes at gameplay scale — most callers pass 50-200 depending on the actor's size.

Signature

static void DrawDebugCoordinateSystem(const UObject* WorldContextObject, const FVector AxisLoc, const FRotator AxisRot, float Scale=1.f, float Duration=0.f, float Thickness = 0.f, EDrawDebugSceneDepthPriorityGroup DepthPriority = EDrawDebugSceneDepthPriorityGroup::World)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
WorldContextObject	const UObject*	World context used to resolve which world to draw in.	—
AxisLoc	const FVector	World-space origin of the axes.	—
AxisRot	const FRotator	Orientation applied to the drawn X/Y/Z axes.	—
Scale	float	Length of each axis line.	1.f
Duration	float	How long the axes persist, in seconds. 0 draws for a single frame.	0.f
Thickness	float	Line thickness in screen pixels.	0.f
DepthPriority	EDrawDebugSceneDepthPriorityGroup	Whether the axes are depth-tested against the scene or always drawn in the foreground.	EDrawDebugSceneDepthPriorityGroup::World

Return Type

void

Example

Show a component's world orientation C++

UKismetSystemLibrary::DrawDebugCoordinateSystem(
    this,
    GetActorLocation(),
    GetActorRotation(),
    100.f,
    2.0f);

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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