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Its called a boolean operation. If you have SketchUP Pro is has Solid Tools which can subtract solid objects from each other.
https://i.imgur.com/sWpfYYW.png
If you 'subtract' 1 from 2 you get 3
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Yes, Inkscape is free. https://inkscape.org