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How to open SVG in Silhouette Studio

In Designer Edition or higher, choose File > Open, or merge the SVG into your project; Studio places it at the size written in the file. In Basic Edition, which cannot open SVG, open the DXF instead and type the width back in the Scale tab. Then check every piece arrived and set fold lines to score.

Basic Edition opens DXF but not SVG; Designer opens SVG; Business also saves it.

Which route your edition takes

EditionOpenThen
Designer, Designer Plus or BusinessThe SVG: File > Open, or merge it into a projectCheck the size; it should match the file
BasicThe DXF: File > OpenType the width back in the Scale tab; fills and colors do not come with it

Which edition does what →

Open and check

  1. Open the SVG (or the DXF in Basic Edition).
  2. Select all and read the width and height beside the selection. Set the unit to millimeters in Preferences if you work from our sizes.
  3. If the size is off, open the Transform panel, Scale tab, lock the ratio and type the width.
  4. Zoom in on joins and small pieces to see that everything arrived.
  5. Set the fold lines to score, as the score lines guide shows, instead of cutting them.

Set score lines in Studio →

A worked example

Our cube favor box, 45 mm a side, is a flat net 189 × 135 mm with its fold lines drawn as thin rust lines. Open the SVG in Designer Edition: it reads 189 × 135 mm. Select the fold lines and set them to score, keep the outline as a cut, and send it. In Basic Edition, open the DXF instead, lock the ratio and type 189 mm wide before you set the folds.

See the cube favor box →

If a piece is missing or doubled

Open a small copy holding only the affected group. A shape with a hole can arrive as two outlines in a DXF; that cuts the same. A missing shape usually sat outside the SVG’s page, or was a picture or text inside the file.

Only part of the SVG appeared →

Why an SVG imports at the wrong size →

From the maker’s documentation: Silhouette Studio editions, Silhouette: Studio file types by edition, Silhouette: importing and exporting troubleshooting, Silhouette: Basic Edition features.