Welcome to the community, a lot of great folks here willing to help out with any of your questions.
Hopefully they are easy ones then I can help out. 
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Welcome to the group. Got a question, as John said, just ask
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Hi, my name is Fred Niemi. I ordered a 4x2 5 Pro Monday and UPS just delivered 2 huge boxes this morning! I am excited!. I have the Kreg Workbench assembled and ready to go.
My first question (of many), I make furniture, does it make sense to assemble it with the gantry shifted and leave it like that? Pros/Cons?
Thanks,
Fred
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I would recommend starting with things in the default position so as to start with a stock machine, then if you are certain you need the gantry shift you can first cut away the excess material at the back of the machine (assuming you don’t want a lip to register against) and then perform the shift.
Greetings! Bought my 5 Pro last November and spent the last 7 months retooling my shop (still working a full time job as well). I make a full size adult rocking chair with all interlocking pieces – no nails, screws, or glue. I swapped gears last fall and decided that a small wooden puzzle rocker would be my primary product with the full size as a novelty. My website is www.puzzlerocker.com to see what I do.
I am looking forward to learn this new craft and share whatever I can with the group.
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Good day, I’m been an avid woodworker for many years and decided to jump off into cnc. I’m enjoying the learning process, though with a big learning curve. I seem to be doing ok with 2d but I am looking for a pro to help me with a 3d project I’d like to do for a friend. I’ve bitten off more than I can chew here.
Thanks, JC
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See:
https://my.carbide3d.com/gswccpro/05
and
https://my.carbide3d.com/gswccpro/08
if you get stuck, please post the file you are working on in a new file and we will try to look into this with you.
Hi JC,
Glad to see you decided to jump into the world of CNC.
Welcome Aboard!!! 
In case you haven’t seen this video, there’s some good information about using 3d.
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Thanks Will I’ve through all these. This design is just more intense than I’m prepared for right now. I’m kinda in a time crunch. The is also 1 open vector in this thing that I can not find. The original image I posted is an svg. I have a few other formats. What file type should I load?
Thank you,
JC
Thanks you John I’ll check it out
Can you explain how you want the finished product to look? Are you looking for 2D layers, or full 3D with angles & curved/contoured surfaces?
Ideally, for a 3D design, one would have a 3D file, either an STL, or a pixel image height/depth map where dark/light corresponds to vertical distance.
In the absence of that, load the SVG, select elements of it, and add or subtract each element from the 3D model using appropriate settings:
If need be, re-work the 2D geometry as required.
My suggestion would be walk before running — come up with some much simpler project which wants 3D, create the geometry for it, then model it — iterate on increasingly more complex projects until you are ready to take this project on.
See:
for a bit of a discussion on this. There was a discussion here which prompted that video as I recall, but I can’t find it at the moment. Perhaps this search will yield helpful discussions?
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OK, I watched a few more videos, Thank you Will, and I think I just had an ah ha moment! I’ll my progress later. Thanks guys you are the best!
Hi Tod, I spent 4 months to figure out the svg file from a photograph. I plan to do a wall plaque for my friend that is retiring soon. I wish to cut this as a 3d, as the actually badge would look from a piece of white oak stained and painted appropriately at apprx. 7"x8". I will then attach the badge to either cherry or walnut engraved with appropriate text.
That’s going to be an advanced project for sure. The only true 3D parts I see are the stars, the corner of the lower ribbon and the serated (fan) in the background, and the cow, horse & ?? in the center of the emblem. The rest can be done with 2D
Quick guess at what the top layer might look like. I used a V-carve on the center instead of 3D
The SVG is layed out for a v-carve for the whole thing, so a lot of editing will be required to sort it into layers.
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Yeah like I said, I’m in way over my head on this one. I was hoping for a curved shape like a real badge. It’s domed slightly. lots of texture
Here’s the picture I started with.
So with you method, do I layout the 3d parts in modeling then set toolpaths, then set toolpaths for remainder from 2d
See:
to get you started.
Tried an experiment. If you put an angled shape, then a bunch of offset equal shapes, they make a serrated shape. Then add in the curved round component to make them all arc.
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Thanks Tod! I really like how these are laid out. I plan to keep all this information and apply where I can.