{"id":15,"date":"2016-12-01T20:58:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T20:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynniepinnie.com\/blog\/?p=15"},"modified":"2017-08-09T18:11:26","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T18:11:26","slug":"opening-svg-files-in-cricut-design-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lynniepinnie.com\/blog\/opening-svg-files-in-cricut-design-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening SVG files in Cricut Design Space"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ll spare you the suspense and start by saying that this post doesn’t really offer a specific solution to the problem with SVG files and Cricut’s Design Space software but there’s a response from Cricut at the end of the post that\u00a0might answer some of your questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the past 3 years or so, we have been including SVG files with some of our Lynnie Pinnie designs as an alternative to cutting fabric in the hoop. We also started offering some of our exclusive designs as cut files for your vinyl and paper crafting projects back in 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since we have offered these files, we’ve heard from a number of customers who can’t correctly import some of our\u00a0files into Cricut’s Design Space program. \u00a0This program is supposed to open a variety of formats — including SVG, but the files either open as teeny, tiny black blobs or very distorted and unusable. \u00a0Unfortunately, what some customers have told me\u00a0is that Cricut support tends to blame the file designer for these issues. \u00a0I can assure you\u00a0that we are doing everything possible to create files that open correctly for all of our digital cutting customers! \u00a0The files are being saved with the right settings\u00a0and are not corrupt. \u00a0We know that sizing is especially important when the files are used for cutting applique pieces.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are a number of “fixes” on the internet, most of which involve opening and re-saving the files but none that I have found to work consistently. \u00a0I wanted to get straight to the root of the issue so I contacted Cricut support. \u00a0I explained that our\u00a0files opened at the correct size and maintained design integrity in Silhouette software, Make the Cut software, Inkscape software, and several other popular programs. \u00a0They requested screen shots and files.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first image shows how the design is previewed in Design Space before it uploads. \u00a0So far, so good!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"CricutDS1\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I inserted the uploaded file into Design Space, this is what I got. \u00a0At first glance it looks like an empty canvas but the design actually imported at 0.11 inches!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"CricutDS2\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cricut support suggested that I use the resize function to bring the design to a usable size and proportion. \u00a0Here is the result of that. \u00a0Obviously this file is not going to cut correctly.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"CricutDS3\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is the same file in Corel Draw.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Cricut1\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is Silhouette Designer Edition.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"cricut4\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, here is Inkscape.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"cricut5\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is my conversation with Cricut support after I sent the files and screenshots that they requested. \u00a0I blurred the representative’s name because\u00a0it’s not his fault that the software has issues and he\u00a0did his best to help.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"BLOGCricut2\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"BLOGCricut3\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, as you can see, there is currently no way to consistently open and use all SVG files in Design Space software. \u00a0Cricut recommends using 3rd party software as a workaround or to import a JPG or PNG file and\u00a0work with that. \u00a0I hope that Cricut plans to\u00a0improve the SVG import function with the next Design Space update!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I’ll spare you the suspense and start by saying that this post doesn’t really offer a specific solution to the problem with SVG files and Cricut’s Design Space software but there’s a response from Cricut at the end of the post that\u00a0might answer some of your questions. For the past 3 years or so, we … Continue reading “Opening SVG files in Cricut Design Space”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[8,4,5,7,9,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynniepinnie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynniepinnie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynniepinnie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynniepinnie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynniepinnie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynniepinnie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynniepinnie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynniepinnie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynniepinnie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynniepinnie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}