silhouette studio business edition tutorial

That’s it! Adjust the cut settings for your material, load your cutting mat, and you’re ready to send the design to your Silhouette for cutting! Now you will see the outlines of the design are highlighted in red- these are the lines where your machine is going to cut. To turn on the cut lines, select the design in the workspace preview, then in the Cut area on the right, choose one of the cut options (either Cut, or Cut Edge, depending on your project). That’s because the cut lines were off and your Silhouette wasn’t told what to cut. If your design has no red outlines and everything looks “greyed out” or ghosted, then when you click “Send” your machine will likely say “Job Complete” even though it hasn’t cut anything. This is also where you will turn on the cut lines. The Send panel will open, and this is where you will choose the type of material and settings for your particular project. When you are ready to cut, click the “Send” tab in the upper right corner. Now you can make any changes to the design as needed for your project. You may need to click Ungroup several times depending on how the design was created. To work with the design elements individually, you will need to right-click on the design and choose “Ungroup”. When you open the SVG file in Silhouette Studio, it may not have the cut lines “turned on” by default, but they are there…you just need to turn them on! So How Do You Turn on Cut Lines in Silhouette Studio? SVG Files (Scalable Vector Graphics) already have the cut lines included. But when you open most SVG files in Silhouette Studio Designer Edition (or higher), the design will appear on your workspace with no red outlines.The SVG will also have all design elements grouped together by default, making it look similar to a PNG image, so I totally get why it can be confusing when you first start using SVGs… But resist the urge to trace! You’re probably used to seeing cut lines (those red outlines) on designs from the Silhouette Design Store. Designers like myself spend a lot of time creating SVG cut files specifically for cutting machines, so every time I see someone tracing an SVG, my heart breaks a little.

If your SVG files won’t cut in Silhouette Studio, I’ll show you how to turn on the cut lines – without tracing. Do That Again.” GIF from Donteverdothatagain GIFs

Silhouette studio business edition tutorial