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Ship's Wheel, A spoked ship's helm on a wooden pedestal, wheel facing +Z, with an optional binnacle (compass cabinet with a lamp) beside it. The wheel is a part named wheel that spins about z; userData.tick(d) turns it and bakes a Loop clip. Default wheel is 1.2 m across the handles; the binnacle lamp glows at night.
Prop · 1 moving part

Ship's Wheel

A spoked ship's helm on a wooden pedestal, wheel facing +Z, with an optional binnacle (compass cabinet with a lamp) beside it. The wheel is a part named wheel that spins about z; userData.tick(d) turns it and bakes a Loop clip. Default wheel is 1.2 m across the handles; the binnacle lamp glows at night.

Size
2.0 × 1.7 × 0.83 m
Triangles
1,280
Open in the lab Ready for any engine. The download carries the knobs you set here.

Tune it

5 knobs: Spokes, Diameter, Wood, Brass fittings, Binnacle.

Specs

Size
2.0 × 1.7 × 0.83 m
width × height × depth
Triangles
1,280
of 6,000
Draw calls
1
one vertex-colour material
Loop clip
4 m
of travel per cycle
Moving parts
1
wheel · spin
Knobs
5
3 presets
Night lights
1
lamp

Passed the validator: real scale, rests on y = 0, front faces +Z, deterministic.

Use it

Code for the specimen as it is set up above; it follows your knobs.

JavaScript
import { createAsset } from 'https://gaitkit.com/cdn/ship-wheel.mjs';

const shipWheel = createAsset();
scene.add(shipWheel);                      // rests on y = 0, front faces +Z

More in the docs; agents can fetch all of this through MCP.

Knobs

KnobTypeValuesDefaultWhat it does
spokeschoice6 8 108Number of spokes, each ending in a turned handle past the rim: 6 (small boat), 8 (classic) or 10 (big ship).
diameterrange0.8 to 1.8, step 0.051.2Wheel diameter across the handle tips in metres. The pedestal grows with it so the hub stays about chest high.
woodchoiceoak mahogany teak ebonyoakTimber of the wheel and pedestal: oak (mid brown), mahogany (red-brown), teak (golden), ebony (near black).
brasstoggleon / offtrueBrass hub cap, rim band and pedestal trim. Off gives plain iron fittings.
binnacletoggleon / offtrueA compass binnacle on a short wooden stand beside the helm, with a brass hood and a lamp window that glows at night.

Presets: captain's helm {"spokes":10,"wood":"mahogany","brass":true,"binnacle":true,"diameter":1.5} · fishing boat {"spokes":6,"wood":"teak","brass":false,"binnacle":false,"diameter":0.9} · ghost ship {"wood":"ebony","brass":false,"binnacle":true}

Files

FileWhat
ship-wheel.glbGLB, default look · 170 KB
ship-wheel.mjsES module, every knob live
ship-wheel.objOBJ, static, no colour
ship-wheel-params.jsonknob schema, presets, night zones

Licence

Use it in games, apps, renders and client work, commercially and without credit. Do not resell it as an asset or train a 3D generator on it. The full licence.