Nico DeLuca-Verley Week 3: Mouse

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     My mouse was designed to accommodate the curvature of ones relaxed hand. The scrolling mechanism (the green screen) has also been placed so that it becomes the thumb's job to scroll instead of one of the other fingers. I also replaced the two buttons on your standard mouse with a shell that goes over the top of it. To click, simply tilt the shell forward and it responds as a left click; if tilted backward then a right click is enabled. My main focus was to create a mouse that would allow the least amount of effort to accomplish the mouse's job and relieve stress on the hand.

     I had to create two lofted surfaces in the beginning for the body and the shell. Then I used both booleandifference, trim, split and sweep1&2 to create the other surfaces. I mainly used fillets on the body, the bottom of the shell, and the buttons and lever underneath it.

     I used a clear black plastic for my shell and a dark plastic for the buttons and lever. I also used an aluminum casing for the body and the black accents were carbon fiber. Since there is normally a for of laser light underneath your typical mouse, I decided to place a light material on my bottom surface. Then, to  make the scrolling screen seem like it was lighting up, I placed a clear green glass material on the thumb screen.