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Tower Crane, A real-scale lattice tower crane (20 to 60 m tall, 25 to 60 m jib) on a concrete pad. The whole top (jib, counter-jib, operator cab) is the part slew that turns about y; the trolley slides along the jib (slide rig on z) with the hook block hanging under it. userData.tick turns the jib once per loop and runs the trolley out and back. Red aviation lights and the cab glow at night.
Building · 2 moving parts

Tower Crane

A real-scale lattice tower crane (20 to 60 m tall, 25 to 60 m jib) on a concrete pad. The whole top (jib, counter-jib, operator cab) is the part slew that turns about y; the trolley slides along the jib (slide rig on z) with the hook block hanging under it. userData.tick turns the jib once per loop and runs the trolley out and back. Red aviation lights and the cab glow at night.

Size
7.1 × 50.4 × 57.8 m
Triangles
2,378
Open in the lab Ready for any engine. The download carries the knobs you set here.

Tune it

4 knobs: Height, Jib length, Colour, Top.

Specs

Size
7.1 × 50.4 × 57.8 m
width × height × depth
Triangles
2,378
of 6,000
Draw calls
1
one vertex-colour material
Loop clip
6.283 m
of travel per cycle
Moving parts
2
slew · spin, trolley · slide
Knobs
4
3 presets
Night lights
2
beacon, window

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/tower-crane.mjs';

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

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

Knobs

KnobTypeValuesDefaultWhat it does
heightrange20 to 60, step 240Height of the mast in metres, from the ground to the slewing ring under the jib.
jibLengthrange25 to 60, step 142Reach of the jib in metres. The counter-jib and its counterweights grow with it.
colourchoiceyellow red white orangeyellowPaint of the lattice mast and jib: yellow (classic), red, white or orange.
topchoicehammerhead flat-tophammerheadhammerhead (tower head peak with tie bars holding the jib) or flat-top (no peak, deeper self-supporting jib, common on city sites).

Presets: city site {"top":"flat-top","colour":"white","height":48,"jibLength":50} · small crane {"height":24,"jibLength":28,"colour":"orange"} · skyline giant {"height":60,"jibLength":60,"colour":"red"}

Files

FileWhat
tower-crane.glbGLB, default look · 462 KB
tower-crane.mjsES module, every knob live
tower-crane.objOBJ, static, no colour
tower-crane-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.