# What are the methods avaiable to draw lines in unreal engine?

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**Created:** [September 22, 2022, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/what-are-the-methods-avaiable-to-draw-lines-in-unreal-engine/654052 "2022-09-22T10:57:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Everynone](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/everynone/32/1135017_2.png) [@Everynone](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Everynone)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/what-are-the-methods-avaiable-to-draw-lines-in-unreal-engine/654052/58 "2022-09-28T09:09:18Z")

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> [@ronyshaji1](#):
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> Whats your take ?

You will need to go beyond what _blueprints_ offer:

> [@Drawing 2D Lines with 3D Occlusion](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/drawing-2d-lines-with-3d-occlusion/446498/5):
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> With the help of engine source FSplineComponentVisualizer::DrawVisualization and some forum posts, this is what I end up with: Basically what I did was extending UPrimitiveComponent class and override these two functions: virtual FPrimitiveSceneProxy\* CreateSceneProxy() override; virtual FBoxSphereBounds CalcBounds(const FTransform& LocalToWorld) const override; Define your own component bounds to deal with frustum culling with CalcBounds. Then create another class …

Also:

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The functionality is locked beyond debug lines. Have a look at the animation (the red wireframe) in this [post](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/radial-impulse-to-ignore-specified-actors/491573/2). 2d lines that respect scene depth.

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Before you proceed to any of the threads he frequents:

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