How to Substract non solid object with solid object?

[Centnolis]

Guys im new here, and sorry for my bad english.

i would like to subtract the Ionic column and the box,
so the box will have the carved of the ionic inside the box.

but i cant do it wiht solid tools because its not a solid object.
any help?

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[Dave R]

Two options exist. Make the column a solid or use Intersect Faces and manually delete the part you don't want.