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Banish Twisted, Looping, Messy DXF Files Caused by the Studio 4.1.468 Bug

 

Alright y'all. Three times in the last three weeks I've had customers send me pictures like this:

 

DXF Files with twisted, lopping and misplaced points in Silhouette 4.1.468

New to Silhouette and eyeing all of those pretty designs on Etsy?  You just need to know what files to look for and how to use them.

 

We'll also look at why upgrading your software to use svg files is a smart investment.  

 

First up, you've been reading about using designs for purchase outside of the Silhouette Design Store and all of these people keep using these file extensions - .svg and .dxf.  

We've all been there.  You fall in love with a design, but it would be even better if it didn't have one thing - an out of place bump, bad spacing, a word you don't want, etc.  Don't just give up - you can fix it! 

 

Every svg is just a collection of nodes (or points in Studio) that tell your machine where to cut.  Think of it like a dot-to-dot.

So you finally have your hands on your first Silhouette machine.  Congratulations!

 

You've probably been eyeing files for a while and now that you've purchased your first one, what do you do?