Jagdtiger46 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 I tend to use AutoCAD (2005, not LT), quite frequently, and was wondering if my drawing files could be easily interpreted/converted by the various cutter software programs. Thanks a bunch, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 For the Silhouette cutters IIRC, I think you will need the Silhouette "designer edition". This gets you things like the ability to import .svg/Vector files as well as gets you the nesting feature to enable more efficient cutting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagdtiger46 Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 Thanks, Brian. With my familiarity with AutoCAD, it would require no learning at all to draw what I need, then convert, so that's what I was hoping for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Yep! Im only using Inkscape atm, but dont really like it that much, so when I do find a suitable new program for AutoCAD, Ill probably be importing my own after conversion too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertD Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 On 7/27/2020 at 1:12 PM, Jagdtiger46 said: I tend to use AutoCAD (2005, not LT), quite frequently, and was wondering if my drawing files could be easily interpreted/converted by the various cutter software programs. Thanks a bunch, I don't have my cutter yet but have been playing with the software. I have Design CAD and have been making drawings in that and exporting them as JPG files which open right up in the free Silouette program with no upgrades. I used to work with AutoCAD but don't remember if it will export JPG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneK Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 (edited) On 10/26/2020 at 7:00 PM, AlbertD said: I don't have my cutter yet but have been playing with the software. I have Design CAD and have been making drawings in that and exporting them as JPG files which open right up in the free Silouette program with no upgrades. I used to work with AutoCAD but don't remember if it will export JPG. This is in response to an old post, so may have already been addressed elsewhere. You can open jpg as well as other raster files in Silhouette Studio, but you will then have to use the Trace portion of the program to make cut lines -- which you'll have to refine. Better to export a vector file from your CAD program and insert into Studio to get perfect cut lines without tracing. See here for file info as regards Studio. Gene K Edited December 25, 2022 by GeneK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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