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How to Create 3D Animal Fur in SolidWorks

by Josh on April 1, 2008 · View Comments

animal-fur.jpgIt’s amazing how simple this is. You can actually do this in less time than it takes you to learn how to trap small animals and sell them outside Wal-mart.

Draw a cube
This is like the multi-tool of CAD. If you don’t know where to start, draw a cube.

Use the annotation tool
This is the tool that pretty much knocks out all that unnecessary detail. Overuse it because it’s easier to change text than it is to change a parametroid shape thing.
animal-fur-model.jpg
There you have it. No surfaces. No lofts. Just some good ol’ primitives junk.

Note: I realize this is completely useless and while it’s fun to draw cubes and 3D stuff, there’s a real problem with the amount of time people spend trying to sell animals outside of businesses and on the side of the road. I can understand selling watermelons or turnips, but leave the cats to coating every living thing with a fine layer of fur. Please, that’s all I’m asking.

{ 16 comments }

Edwin April 1, 2008 at 11:54 am

April Fool?

Edwin April 1, 2008 at 10:54 am

April Fool?

Jason April 1, 2008 at 1:00 pm

Do you think this method would be effective for 10,000 part assemblies as well??

Jason April 1, 2008 at 12:00 pm

Do you think this method would be effective for 10,000 part assemblies as well??

John April 1, 2008 at 1:09 pm

Thats flippin’ sweet… And I thought I was going to learn something today.

Surly April 1, 2008 at 2:52 pm

Totally fished in…

Surly April 1, 2008 at 1:52 pm

Totally fished in…

Josh April 1, 2008 at 2:52 pm

@Jason – definitely, the more notes and least model info the better. :) I kid of course. Have you seen those drawings with the first sheet covered in flag notes *shiver*

@John – I think most people feel that way when they visit here, only to leave disappointed :)

Josh April 1, 2008 at 1:52 pm

@Jason – definitely, the more notes and least model info the better. :) I kid of course. Have you seen those drawings with the first sheet covered in flag notes *shiver*

@John – I think most people feel that way when they visit here, only to leave disappointed :)

Paul S. April 1, 2008 at 1:58 pm

Awww man, i thought this was going to bring me out of the excruciating boredom i’m going through while sitting in this horrible design class.

God dammit, i guess i’ll spend the rest of the period trying to figure out how to actually make fur in solidworks

Paul S. April 1, 2008 at 3:30 pm

i give up

Paul S. April 1, 2008 at 2:30 pm

i give up

OP April 2, 2008 at 4:04 am

really had me in…too bad…April fool joke :(

OP April 2, 2008 at 3:04 am

really had me in…too bad…April fool joke :(

How Draw June 2, 2008 at 3:05 pm

If you cover that cube up in a different animal fur on each face of the cube, and then section each face of into 16 squares, and make the hinges swivel you could sell the furbix cube outside walmart or off any major highway

How Draw June 2, 2008 at 2:05 pm

If you cover that cube up in a different animal fur on each face of the cube, and then section each face of into 16 squares, and make the hinges swivel you could sell the furbix cube outside walmart or off any major highway

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