Sectioning multiple objects results in tree! How?

Hello.

Can someone help me accomplish this apparently simple task in grasshopper.

I think it's an interesting problem also.

Here's the deal:

- I have several solids (or surfaces for that matter) that I want to section horizontally (not slice, I want the resulting contour like curves).

-I have a list of numbers representing the spacing between each section z

*I created a vbscript component to transform this spacing list into a list of specific z coordinates (is there a simple way)

- created the z vector and feed it to a move component to place horizontal slicing planes

-Finally created a "section" component to get the section curves

Seams fine till now.

The problem is that I would like to extrude resulting curves with different heights.

-I created the "extrude" conponent and linked it to a list of z vectors.

No luck...

It didn't extrude each curve with the corresponding vector.

And...even if it would...

Can I create a branch for each section operation?

I mean, sections for each slicing plane in a tree branch? (And I guess this is the subjects question :-)

Can someone help do this or at least give up doing it??

Thanks

PS: I attached test grasshopper file and model

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test.3dm, 81 KB

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Permalink Reply by Rui Fortes on July 18, 2010 at 2:16am

Ok...think I got it.
I just need to study more about tress..
Found answer here http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/creating-multiple-surface...

I don't quite understand the intricacies of trees but I understand that the results aren't already formated was tress...but...really must study this issue hard.

I posted my updates script if someone is willing to analyze it and see if there's anything that could be simplified.

Thanks

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