Messing around with swept cuts, i ran into a situation where
when the cut intersects itself, it doesnt cut and in my case
creates another solid body. yes i do know that it gives me the
option of which bodies to keep, i just find the process less
intuitive. i would think that a cut would cut everything in its
path, and not act as it does when the cut overlaps. What does
everyone else think?
I suggest that you sweep a surface and use the surface to cut the solid. When you make the surface, just draw the lines in the profile that you need to make the cutting face, don't draw all those extra lines that you only draw to enclose a solid. Those extra lines are the ones that are causing this problem you see.
Or better yet, make the surface before the extrude, and extrude up to the surface.