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Tide gauge station
A tide station on piles over the water: an instrument hut, a stilling-well pipe running down to the floor, a solar panel, an antenna mast and a radar sensor.
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Added
- 23 October 2026
- Films
- Not used in a film yet
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Range | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pileHeight | number | 4.5 | 1.5 to 12 m | how high the deck stands over the floor the piles are set in (z = 0) |
| deck | number | 3 | 2.2 to 4.5 m | the width of the square deck |
| mastHeight | number | 2.4 | 1 to 4 m | how tall the antenna mast stands over the deck |
| piles | choice | timber | timber, steel | the piles: square timber or round steel pipe |
| bracing | bool | true | – | X-bracing between the piles, when they are tall |
| railing | bool | true | – | a railing around the deck |
| ladder | bool | true | – | a ladder down the left side of the deck |
| solar | bool | true | – | a solar panel on the roof, tilted toward the sea |
| beacon | bool | true | – | a small light on the mast top, lit with the town's lamps |
| hutColour | color | #e4e1d6 | – | the instrument hut's walls; a channel's seed turns the hue |
| roofColour | color | #8a3b32 | – | the hut's roof; a channel's seed turns the hue |
| structure | color | #6a5b4b | – | the piles, bracing, deck and door |
| pipeColour | color | #cfd3d0 | – | the stilling-well pipe and the sensor |
| metal | color | #5d646b | – | the railing, ladder, clamps and mast |
| panelColour | color | #1f3a63 | – | the solar panel |
| lampColour | color | #ffd27a | – | the beacon's light |
Use it in a film
film.js
world: { props: { prop: { model: 'tide-gauge', at: [6, -4] } } }Sources
Use it from your agent
Ask your agent to put it in a film. It finds the element by name.