How to pull an object with mouse... ?

Hi all ,
What is the way to make an object dynamicly effected by mouse ?

For example, i have a cabinet and which has a drawer.

I want to pull the drawer with mouse,and also be able to close it back. I can maybe trigger an animation by clicking on the drawer but what i want to reach is to make a drawer,which can be pulled by mouse..
Is there a easy way to do this whitout scripting maybe ?

Cheers..

 

without scripting, I highly doubt it.

However, I don't think it would be difficult to make a script to open or close the drawer. I haven't dealt much with the mouse yet, but I think I understand the components of the script you will need.

Someone else who knows more about Unity scripts should be able to figure out what I mean, and hopefully help you out.

if : mouse button is clicked : send a raycast from the mouse screen position straight forward
...if the raycast hits the drawer :
......if the drawer is not fully open and the mouse is moved DOWN : move the drawer object in an outward direction
......else if the drawer is not fully closed and the mouse is moved UP : move the drawer object in an inward direction


hope that makes sense. I don't know the actual code to do this, but I wouldn't imagine it should be hard to write. (I haven't used raycasts yet, but they seem to solve most of the issues I see on this board XD )


EDIT:

This may help you out a bit.
http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnMouseDrag.html