Sundial
A garden or plaza sundial: a plate with raised hour lines and a gnomon tilted to the latitude, so the real Sun casts a true shadow on it.
- Kind
- Model
- Version
- 1.0.1
- Added
- 23 October 2026New
- Films
- Not used in a film yet
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Range | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| latitude | number | 45 | -85 to 85 deg | the place's latitude: the gnomon leans this far, its edge toward +y (north), or -y in the south |
| pedestal | choice | column | column, block, none | what the dial stands on: a turned column, a square block, or low on the ground |
| plateShape | choice | round | round, hex, square | the dial plate's outline |
| plate | number | 0.32 | 0.15 to 1.5 m | radius of the dial plate (a garden dial is about 0.2 to 0.4 m) |
| height | number | 0.95 | 0.3 to 2 m | how high the plate stands over the ground on a pedestal |
| hours | integer | 6 | 3 to 6 | how many hours either side of noon carry a line (6 gives 6 am to 6 pm) |
| halves | bool | true | – | short half-hour ticks at the plate's rim |
| scale | number | 1 | 0.3 to 12 | 1 is life size; larger blows the dial up for a close or signature shot |
| stone | color | #b9b2a4 | – | the pedestal's stone |
| metal | color | #b08a52 | – | the dial plate; a channel's seed turns its hue |
| lines | color | #2c2823 | – | the raised hour lines and rim |
| gnomon | color | #6e5434 | – | the gnomon |
Use it in a film
film.js
world: { props: { prop: { model: 'sundial', at: [6, -4] } } }Use it from your agent
Ask your agent to put it in a film. It finds the element by name.