I'm going to have this pendant printed in silver here at shapeways. Should i print the model with the hoop that mounts to the chain or add that after? Dont want to add a feature that is going to be problematic or may break off anyway at some point during the removal from the printer or in shipping. Enclosed is a pic. Thanks for looking
I don't know the dimensions but i would keep the hoop ! The hoops we use always turns out nicely as you can see in the picture below, the hoop has a inside diameter of 3mm and is 1,25 mm thick.
I would most definitely keep it in the design. Just stick to the design rules and you should be fine. If you'd like to do a search to see how pendants are typically done, the technical term for it is a bail and the the ring connected to the bail that is also sometimes used is called the jump ring.