New contest.... Design a mouse

emagdalenaC2i

I was recently reviewing some of the curves and surfaces features, and since they have improved a lot I think it is a good time to launch another Design contest.

This time it's about designing a mouse

These are the rules:

- Dimensions are not too important, they are just for reference

- The mouse must be symmetrical

- It must not have any edges. All transitions between faces must be with continuity

The goal is design the mouse with the least number of features
I did it in less than 10 features (Default geometry excluded)

EvanReese

8 features, granted, I didn't add a logo, which would have taken me to 9. Also, "least number of features" as a goal lead me to some weird workflows. I combined sketches I would usually make separate and deleted reference images when I was done with them.

emagdalenaC2i

Awesome!! More or less is how I did.

I have 8 features too but I merged your sketches 6 and 7 in one and I created other sketch in the Right Plane.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/f33f4270d95c0ddbb3a3105a/w/302177de359a6584036d9d1c/e/21b1cac040d0529e330e3747

emagdalenaC2i

To avoid the edges in the picture I just created a single spline closed

But there are only small differences with my model

Due to that extra sketch

EvanReese

emagdalenaC2i said:

Awesome!! More or less is how I did.

I have 8 features too but I merged your sketches 6 and 7 in one and I created other sketch in the Right Plane.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/f33f4270d95c0ddbb3a3105a/w/302177de359a6584036d9d1c/e/21b1cac040d0529e330e3747

ah dang it, you're right! I could have done it in 7 if I'd combined those sketches. I suspected you had some profile curves on the front plane, but I thought I might be able to skip it without impacting the form too much (read: without anyone noticing). I think it's pretty amazing how similar our approaches were. I imagine other people's will be similar.

matthew_stacy

@emagdalenaC2i and @Evan_Reese, your work is inspirational.  Thank you for the ideas.

I got side tracked and added a lofted, aesthetic round (inspired by one of the @VHaley_SkillCoach surface modeling presentations last month).  Feature count be damned!

• https://cad.onshape.com/documents/77e9667f4417af40339569b6/w/b3a1b365080977215a56e368/e/d72b8d0e74e4ff3af944e4cb  

emagdalenaC2i

Your mouse looks great
I love the aesthetic round