Water level post (staff gauge)
A striped gauge board on a post, marked in bands from its zero, for reading a flood, a rising sea, snow depth or drifting sand by eye.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| height | number | 4 | 1 to 12 m | how tall the marked board is, from its zero to its top |
| band | number | 0.5 | 0.2 to 2 m | how tall each coloured band is; ticks mark each half band |
| zero | number | 0 | 0 to 3 m | how high the board's zero mark stands over the ground it is placed on |
| width | number | 0.3 | 0.1 to 0.6 m | how wide the board is |
| shape | choice | square | square, round | the post behind the board: square timber or a round steel pipe |
| footing | bool | true | – | a concrete footing at the post's foot |
| lamp | bool | false | – | a small lamp on top that shines when the town's lamps are on |
| board | color | #f1efe8 | – | the board between the bands |
| marks | color | #c8322b | – | the alternate bands; a channel's seed turns its hue |
| ticks | color | #1d1d1f | – | the zero line and the half-band ticks |
| post | color | #7d8288 | – | the post and its footing |
| lampColour | color | #ffcf7a | – | the lamp's light |
Use it in a film
film.js
world: { props: { prop: { model: 'water-level-post', at: [6, -4] } } }Use it from your agent
Ask your agent to put it in a film. It finds the element by name.