Cut/Subtract Solids

Revit API
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I can’t tell if I’m missing something here. Is there a way to cut solids? I thought SolidSolidCutUtils Class would have it covered but it takes elements. Are solids elements? It doesn’t appear so, when I use AddCutBetweenSolids I get “TypeError: expected Element, got Solid”

This is just testing code.

areas = FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_Areas).WhereElementIsNotElementType().ToElements()

sEBO = SpatialElementBoundaryOptions()
sEBO.SpatialElementBoundaryLocation = SpatialElementBoundaryLocation.Center
zones = []

for a in areas:
    print(a)
    ab = a.GetBoundarySegments(sEBO)
    curveLoop = CurveLoop()
    for l in ab:
        # print(l)
        for c in l:
            # print(c)
            curveLoop.Append(c.GetCurve())

    zones.append(GeometryCreationUtilities.CreateExtrusionGeometry([curveLoop],XYZ.BasisZ,100))


SolidSolidCutUtils.AddCutBetweenSolids(doc, zones[0], zones[1])
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BooleanOperationsUtils
I wish the API docs site would have something in the GeometryCreationUtilities that pointed people to this…

BooleanOperationsUtils.ExecuteBooleanOperationModifyingOriginalSolid(zones[0], zones[1], BooleanOperationsType.Difference)