This is a photo of my mouse. Dame don't realize how grungy it was till it took the picture.. will the room kinda dim..
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In Hexagon, I start with a polygon and Keep sweep and adjust untill I got the Got the Shape about right.
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IIn Hexagon I continue to sweep polygon until I competed the Mouse shape
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I copy the shape out then split it in to the Lid section and The rest of the Mouse
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From the Body Shape I then split out the Battery Status display.
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I made the button profile with a spline then I lofted it then extrude it to the desired button shape.
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I made the Mouse Wheel by extruding a cylinder then Mirror it. I then made the Side button by Extruding a cylinder and modifying the Shape.
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I made the Rear Logo area by Extruding a cylinder. Scale it's Height and width and Depth. Then I use a bend deformer to fit the shape to the back of the mouse.
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I open up Xara and make the Texture for the mouse. based on the Exported UVMap from Hexagon.
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I import the mouse into Carrara and setup the Texture/Shaders and the Scene. Then I render it.
I just got C4D.. Maybe next project will be in C4D.. who knows..