Boolean Difference

Hi,
Is there a way to subtract a body inside a larger body using boolean difference or another tool? It seems to want an intersection to work but the body inside does not intersect.

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Hi Ben -

That’s correct, the Boolean operations require intersections.
There are tricks to turn non-intersecting objects into an hollow object but that falls apart again with downstream operations.
Why would you need to do something like this?
-wim

I need the interior to create a space of the interior object to then use that space for other commands. There is a tool in solidworks that does this very easy, i dont know why Rhino does not have this function.

This example has been posted by @Helvetosaur some time ago:

boolean_union_void.3dm (85.3 KB)

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