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Rain gauge
A standard cylindrical rain gauge: a copper funnel collector on a can, on a short post or in a grass plot, with its measuring tube beside it.
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Added
- 23 October 2026
- Films
- Not used in a film yet
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Range | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| diameter | number | 0.203 | 0.16 to 0.25 m | width of the collector's opening; 0.203 m (8 inch) is the standard NWS gauge, WMO suggests 200 to 500 cm2 |
| height | number | 0.9 | 0.5 to 1.5 m | how high the collector's rim stands over the ground; WMO: 0.5 to 1.5 m in most countries |
| scale | number | 1 | 0.5 to 30 | size factor over real life: 1 is real, larger blows it up for a close shot |
| mount | choice | post | post, ground | strapped to a short post, or its can standing straight on the ground |
| postShape | choice | timber | timber, pipe | square timber post or round steel pipe, when mounted on a post |
| tube | bool | true | – | the graduated measuring tube, drawn standing beside the gauge so it can be seen |
| fill | number | 0.35 | 0 to 1 | how full the measuring tube is: the rain collected so far, 0 to 1 of its height |
| plot | bool | true | – | a small grass plot under the gauge |
| collector | color | #b4673a | – | the funnel collector (copper); a channel's seed turns its hue |
| can | color | #aab1b8 | – | the can below the collector, the straps and the tube's base |
| post | color | #8a6a48 | – | the post |
| grass | color | #6a8f3c | – | the grass plot; it browns in a scorching |
| glassColour | color | #9fc4d6 | – | the empty part of the measuring tube |
| water | color | #3b7fc4 | – | the water in the measuring tube |
Use it in a film
film.js
world: { props: { prop: { model: 'rain-gauge', at: [6, -4] } } }Use it from your agent
Ask your agent to put it in a film. It finds the element by name.