Transform Snapshot Tool captures the position, rotation, and scale of any set of GameObjects and lets you re-apply that exact arrangement whenever you want — with a single click. No hierarchy clutter with prefabs for testing different layouts when prototyping.
It's built for the moment you rearrange a scene and think *"I wish I could get the old layout back"* — or *"I want to keep both."* Snapshot a layout, keep dressing the scene, and jump back and forth between versions instantly without cluttering your hierarchy with prefabs.
Perfect for set dressing, level variants, cutscene staging, layout prototyping, and any workflow where object arrangements matter.
It is a design-time tool: it runs in the Editor (Edit Mode and Play Mode preview), never adds components to your objects, and ships nothing into your build.
Prefabs vs. Transform Snapshot
Prefabs are about an object's identity; Transform Snapshot is about your scene's arrangement. Use this tool when you want to:
- Keep several arrangements of the same scene objects and flip between them — a prefab instance only holds one state.
- Snapshot a loose multi-selection — lights, cameras, terrain, existing props — without parenting everything under a shared root or turning each object into a prefab.
- Switch layouts without changing object identity or breaking references — nothing is instantiated or swapped; your objects are simply re-posed.
- Apply only position, rotation, or scale, in world or local space — not all-or-nothing.
- Stay fully non-destructive — nothing is added to your objects and no prefab link is created.
Why you'll love it
- One-click capture & restore — snapshot a layout, mess it up, snap it back instantly.
- Unlimited variations — keep as many arrangements per scene as you like and switch in a click.
- Non-destructive & fully undoable — nothing is baked onto your objects; every apply is a single Undo (Ctrl/Cmd + Z).
- Zero runtime cost — a pure Editor extension. No components, no scripts in your build, no performance impact.
Key features
- Capture selected objects — optionally including their children — into named configurations.
- Apply any configuration to restore transforms instantly.
- Partial apply: choose Position / Rotation / Scale independently.
- World or Local space apply, with an Auto mode that picks the right one per object.
- Organize configurations into color-coded categories.
- Duplicate + Update workflow to spin a layout into variants in seconds.
- Powerful search & filtering: by name, by category, and by current selection (match Any / All / Only).
- Multi-select and bulk actions for managing lots of configurations at once.
- Share layouts: Import/Export between scenes, and Copy Transforms between configurations.
- Batch Transform Copy utility: copy transforms from one set of objects onto another, matched row by row.
- Smart missing-object detection with one-click cleanup and reconciliation.
- Per-scene data stored as normal project assets (source-control friendly), matched to scenes by GUID so renaming or moving a scene keeps its layouts attached.
Ideal for
Level designers, environment artists, technical artists, and anyone who arranges scenes and wants safe, repeatable, switchable layouts.
⭐ Documentation ⭐
◽ GitHub Documentation
⭐ Compatibility ⭐
- Unity 2022.3 and above
- Built-in Render Pipeline
- URP
- HDRP
📦 Included 📦
- Full C# Source Code
- No Third-Party Dependencies
