Complicated carve has me beat

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

This file has a couple of problems:

• overlapping/intersecting geometry:

• open/unclosed geometry (indicated by being magenta):

There was a discussion of a slightly different version at:

Nvy logo svg file

Does anybody have a United Sates Navy logo that they have used to cut? I have downloaded 3 files off the internet and tried to set it up for a vcarve, and every file wants it to cut around the letters and the rope edge, etc., instead of vcarving the actual letters, rope, eagle, etc. Either I am really tired and I’m not doing something simple I’ve done on everything else, or I can’r find the right file. Any help would be appreciated. I’m trying to cut this on a piece of pine for a friend that is …

There are a couple of ways that this file could be fixed/modified — one more interesting question is the matter of how the chain might be handled — making it appear 3D could be done in a couple of ways…