Could use some guidance on creating a carve

To do this using the Advanced V carve features it’s much the same, just a bit simpler:

Set the texts and duplicate them and set the duplicates aside in case a reference is needed:

draw up the V carving geometry in profile to see how things will cut:

and offset the top geometry by that distance:

Boolean union w/ the outside geometry for the lower layer:

Where geometry has been lost, bring back the geometry which was used by repeating the offset (inset since we only need the counter) and dragging the original back into place:

Punch out the geometry using Boolean Subtract w/ the lower letterform outline as the key object:

Repeat w/ additional offsets and duplicates as needed until all details are included:

If need be union all script text together as noted at:

https://carbide3d.com/blog/merging-script-fonts-in-carbide-create/

Do an Advanced V carving with the upper text and the inner rectangle:

Inset the inner rectangle by the required distance:

and use it and the balance of the geometry for an Advanced V carving:

Attached.

shapeoko_adv_vcarve.c2d (791.2 KB)

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