And, after cogitating for a day, I believe this will be easiest if:
- everything is at the same level/height
- the geometry used for the seal/ornament/design is closed
- the flag is a bit more consistent…
Starting with that latter, we begin with the flag file from:
The next consideration is Job Setup — I will be using an Ikea APTITLIG
Cutting board, bamboo, 17 ¾x11 ":
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/aptitlig-cutting-board-bamboo-80233430
so we measure one in metric and adjust Job Setup to match — note that the top/bottom dimensions are different due to the angled sides — we will use the “bottom” dimensions which is the side where when landscape it is taller top–bottom and narrower left–right. Using center for Origin, so it will be necessary to non-destructively mark the measured center and set zero at that position relative to the board when clamped:
Ok
Select the outer geometry:
and align it to the center of the stock:
OK
then select everything else:
and move it into register at the center:
(this avoids grouping and disturbing layer assignments)
Select everything:
and Scale to suitable dimensions:
(perhaps the “top” would be better?)
Done
Download the USMC Seal from:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Seal_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg
and import that as an external file:
Adjust position and dimensions as desired:
Select the white stripes:
and move them to their own layer:
Inset each set of stripes by some suitably small distance:
Repeat this for the Union as well:
Moving all the inset geometries to the appropriate layers and selecting the original geometry and moving it to a separate layer:
Then select the perimeter of the seal:
and offset twice:
Apply
Apply
Then use the outer offset to remove from the inset stripes:
Yes
Done
Repeat for the other set of stripes when that layer is active:
Yes
Done
Hide the Seal layer, select everything except for the Stars:
and Ungroup Vectors:
and hide the Original layer:
Then select only the original stripes:
and delete them:
Then select the inner offset:
and move it to the Seal layer:
and delete the second offset:
Also offset the offset geometry to the inside:
and move the previous geometry to the Original layer.
It should now be possible to assign suitable toolpaths.