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Parabolic dish antenna
A parabolic dish antenna with a feed arm and horn, aimed by elevation and azimuth: a house dish on a short mast or a big ground station on a pedestal.
- 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 | 1.2 | 0.6 to 15 m | width of the dish: about 0.6 to 3 m for a house, up to 15 m for a ground station |
| mountStyle | choice | roof | roof, ground | a slim mast on a small plate (roof), or a concrete pedestal on a pad (ground station) |
| elevation | number | 35 | 5 to 90 deg | how high the dish looks above the horizon: 90 points straight up |
| azimuth | number | 0 | -180 to 180 deg | which way the dish faces: 0 toward the model's front, turning counterclockwise seen from above |
| arms | integer | 1 | 1 to 3 | feed arms holding the horn: one from the lower rim, or three |
| depth | number | 0.25 | 0.12 to 0.4 | how deep the bowl is, as a share of its radius; a deeper bowl has a nearer focus |
| sides | integer | 20 | 12 to 28 | how many facets make the dish's round edge |
| dish | color | #d7dadc | – | the dish's colour; a channel's seed turns its hue |
| rear | color | #8b9096 | – | the hub behind the dish and the feed arms |
| horn | color | #2d3238 | – | the feed horn at the focus |
| mount | color | #6a6f75 | – | the mast, base plate and joint |
| concrete | color | #aaa79f | – | the pad and pedestal of a ground station |
Use it in a film
film.js
world: { props: { prop: { model: 'satellite-dish', at: [6, -4] } } }Use it from your agent
Ask your agent to put it in a film. It finds the element by name.