Bounds.IntersectRay

Description

Does ray intersect this bounding box?

using UnityEngine;

public class Example : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Function to detect if a ray (representing a beam weapon, say)
    // makes contact with the collider's bounds.

    Collider myCollider;

    void Start()
    {
        // Store a reference to the collider once at startup.
        myCollider = GetComponent<Collider>();
    }

    bool DetectHit(Ray ray)
    {
        return myCollider.bounds.IntersectRay(ray);
    }
}

Description

Does ray intersect this bounding box?

When the function returns true, the distance to the ray's origin will be returned in the distance parameter.