---
title: sourceObject
framework: scenekit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: scenekit/scnphysicsshape/sourceobject
---

# sourceObject

The object that was used to create the shape.

## Declaration

```swift
var sourceObject: Any { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This property, along with the transforms and options properties, provides the information that was used to create the shape. You can use this information, for example, to draw editing or debugging UI in your scene. If the shape was created with the init(geometry:options:) method, the source object is an SCNGeometry object, and the options property contains the options affecting the shape’s construction from that geometry. If the shape was created with the init(node:options:) method, the source object is an SCNNode object, and the options property contains the options affecting the shape’s construction from that node. If the shape was created with the init(shapes:transforms:) method, the source object is an array of SCNPhysicsShape objects and the transforms property describes how those shapes combine to form a compound shape.

## See Also

### Getting Information About a Shape

- [options](scenekit/scnphysicsshape/options.md)
- [transforms](scenekit/scnphysicsshape/transforms.md)