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• 1. benjamin_golder (Mar 29, 2010 00.42):

  I am trying to automate the Rhino "Drape" command on a series of models, and there doesn't seem to be an existing rhinoscript method for draping. I am somewhat new to rhinoscript, but I've done a little VB.NET and tons of grasshopper. So there are two possibilities for doing it, that I can see:
  
  1.
  find a way to input a couple of mouse clicks as part of a macro that calls on the drape command (currently it asks the user to draw a rectangle).
  
  2.
  create an array of points within a specified rectangle
  draw vertical lines from each of them.
  find the highest intersection between each line and all possible BReps.
  Use these intersections to create a surface from grid of points.
  (This technique seems really bulky)
  
  Any advice? Any ideas on how to keep it small and fast? All help is appreciated. Thanks.
  -Ben