Make solid from a wire frame? Winner gets kudos. Lots of kudos

Rhino Rhino for Windows
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I got a file made from some other software. I would like to have a solid that I can use to subtract, etc. I successfully made SectionArray with SectionTools, and so I have the attached file with a full wireframe of a chair (from an F15 or something)

Anyone have a magic button to make a solid from this??

Wires for Chair.3dm (1.7 MB)

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there is no magic here. just few extrusions, boolean differences and maybe some Sweep2 rails. but it would be easier with the mesh object instead of the curves.

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You can run this macro to create a mesh:

_SelCrv _Intersect _SelNone
_Split _SelCrv _Enter _SelPt _Enter _SelPt _Delete
_SelCrv _-Rebuild _PointCount=2 _Degree=1 _Enter
_MeshFromLines _ MaxSidesPerFace=10 _SelCrv _Enter _Delete

And then convert the resulting mesh to polysurface using MeshToNURB command.
You can also use Subdivide if you prefer to get smoother result. Obviously you need to use it before MeshToNURB.

Maybe if we could take a look at the original object (before sectioning) we could find better way to convert it to a polysurface.

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And here they come…

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I’d strongly suggest you read this first:
https://wiki.mcneel.com/rhino/meshtonurb

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