I tried it with such a template and although the dashed lines came out a bit weird looking, when I ungrouped, I was able to change them easily in the line settings to get a good cuttable file.įinally,(for boxes) if you haven’t seen this,, it’s worth checking out as the templates can be generated as SVGs and has box templates of all types.Silhouette Studio® Designer Edition is a version of the Silhouette Studio® software program which users may upgrade to. I just experimented with one box template and had exactly the same problem you described! I don’t actually have a solution, I’m sad to say.Īs a work around, It may just be a case of being selective and only using/importing PDF’s with fold lines already drawn up as dashed lines. The bad news is that other Box/3D templates may have solid fold lines which when imported don’t convert easily to dashed lines (As of course you already know) The good news is that as Scroll saw patterns are originally meant for wood cutting they’re not going to have score lines at all as they are not intended to fold. They all should work well and once in Studio they are easy to resize too. I’m thinking Card, Box and other Templates from Bloggers, or from magazines or Crafters that don’t use cutting machines. This import method will work with all sorts of PDF’s. Another reason to get Designer Edition LOL! Not just for Scroll Saw Designs. Although I got a really good result with this trace I think the import option is much easier. You will have to remove any writing once the trace is complete. I copied the image and pasted it into a new Silhouette Studio document.įrom there I did a regular Trace. Once downloaded I opened the file for page 3 only. I had to convert the entire 3 pages of the document and I selected the option to convert to PNG. I cut the loop from the top and popped it on a Christmas Card. The Base cut in pink Glitter Book Covering Vinyl and the top overlay in white caardstock Mine were on, but it’s good to check anyway. Finally check that the cut settings are turned on.So we can now delete these double up layers.
I’m not sure, but maybe when a coloured image is saved as a PDF it replicates the fill colour as another layer. So that any white hidden layers could be seen. This is the reason that you turned the Line Style to red earlier.
Download a PDF template and save ( I pop it on Desktop while I’m working on it.).If you don’t have designer’s Edition – see the notes at the end of the post too. This method works with Silhouette Studio Designers Edition.
On the site, If you click the search box without writing anything in it (with the category set at “all” you will be able to browse through the entire catalogue) How to Use the PDF’s in Silhouette Studio.
All are unconditionally free to download, although he welcomes any donations that come his way. Good has an extensive catalogue of digital templates here. The file I am using for this demo is by Talented Woodworker, Steve Good. (See option at end of post if your version of the software won’t do this.) Credit where Credit’s Due So today I’m showing how to import the relevant part of the file in to Silhouette Studio. However, I found a site where I liked a couple the designs and the files downloaded as multi page PDF files. Some are SVG and of course if you have Designer’s Edition it’s as easy as dragging the file in and turning on the cut settings. The files come in various formats like GIF or JPEG or PNG, which can easily be opened or traced in Silhouette Studio. Many of these designs are adaptable and make fun cutting Files too. Many Scroll saw experts create templates and patterns for their designs which they generously share. Some talented woodworkers cut with scroll saws, that are a type of table saw that have very fine and delicate blades to intricately cut designs from wood.