Hi eric,

> I think the boolean solution will work well in most cases. It is
> mostly the need to do it quickly and have it as an entity for
> rendering purposes.

Yeah for rendering purposes you should probably be all set with the boolean solution, I believe it will save you some extra steps instead of attempting to build it with sweep and then planing off pieces after that.

Let me know if you get stuck when trying to use that technique in actual practice.

- Michael