Physics engine overview

In this section you will learn how the Unity Physics engine is structured and what data inputs you need to produce to drive a physics simulation. These and more topics are addressed in the following subsections.

Topic	Description
Design philosophy	This section describes the design decisions and intentions behind the Unity Physics engine.
The simulation pipeline	Learn how the Unity Physics simulation pipeline works.
Simulation setup demonstration	An example workflow which sets up a physics simulation in the Unity Editor.
Principal data components	Learn about all the data components required to produce inputs for the Unity Physics engine.