Making a necklace with discrete elements

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

as requested on support…

If one wishes to make a necklace out of a design with discrete elements:

So that the number and the surrounding Omega symbol seem to be at the same height, and the number is “floating” in space, one possible approach would be to…

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

Assuming that the material is expensive and that one will want to minimize usage, first one sets up for some sort of thin metal sheet stock:

and rearranges things a bit:

Then create the actual outline by selecting the Omega symbol and copy-pasting it in place:

and then go into Node Edit mode:

and select the interior nodes:

and delete them:

Note that one as the beginning/end point was doubled up, select it:

and delete it as well:

Convert the two points along the bottom line into straight lines nodes:

Done

Offset by endmill diameter plus 10%:

to the outside:

Apply:

which gets us the outer perimeter for the design — select that, the Omega symbol and the number:

and do a Pocket toolpath down to the desired depth with a suitable tool at a suitable feed/speed as determined by Material selection:

which previews as:

Now select the edited geometry and the offset geometry and cut as a pocket down to tab height or the penultimate pass:

and if need be, add tabs and a Contour toolpath to cut things out.