---
title: name
framework: scenekit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: scenekit/scngeometry/name
---

# name

A name associated with the geometry object.

## Declaration

```swift
var name: String? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion You can provide a descriptive name for a geometry object to make managing your scene graph easier. Geometries loaded from a scene file may have names assigned by an artist using a 3D authoring tool. Use the SCNSceneSource class to examine geometries in a scene file without loading its scene graph. Geometry names are saved when you export a scene to a file using its write(to:options:delegate:progressHandler:) method. They also appear in the Xcode scene editor.

## See Also

### Managing Geometry Attributes

- [SCNBoundingVolume](scenekit/scnboundingvolume.md)