sweep bug, with hard corners?

 From:  okapi
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Thanks for the info Michael,
I am modeling these kinds of situations though
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I found a way of doing it by sweeping, then extending the different sides and making a boole intersection, so it works in this case, even if with a few extra steps..
Don't let this detain from the scene management stuff!