What in the world are these files? I can't download them. Why not a well known App?

Hi there,

You seem to be having some trouble. Can you provide some more details? I'm going to presume that you're referring to the ".studio3" files that make up the bulk of the downloadable content on this site. These are the native file format for the Silhouette family of cutting machines, which are by far the most commonly used type in the scale modelling community. These files are opened in the Silhouette Studio application (itself free to download), and from there sent to the cutting machine to cut the designs. I'm not sure what you mean by "a well know App", but since the files uploaded to this site are designed to be used to cut paint masks, they need to be in a format that can be opened and read by the specialist applications required to talk to the cutting hardware. Any other kind of application wouldn't work, and while there are other file formats that do work, they would need to be converted first, depending on the hardware and software combination you have. All that said, you should still have no issue downloading any of the files on this site, even if you can't use them.

I hope that answers your questions, but if it doesn't, we might need to some more details from you.

Kev