pontiac1960 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Hello, I use affinity designer. I also have a vinyl cutter. Silhouette Cameo 3. How can I create a file that the cutter also recognizes? I did not make it. Silhouette Software does not recognize anything. Is there a trick? Can I cut directly from Affinity? or in which format do I have to convert the file to be able to cut? Thanks in advance. Sorry for my poor English Hope u understand my Problem Greetings Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara72 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Hi Christine, No, not possible to cut straight from the program, you’ll need to export from Affinity Designer as an SVG for the Silhouette program to recognise it and I believe only the Designer version lets you import the SVG format, if your images are png they will need to be converted to vector first or bring the images straight into the Silhouette software and trace them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontiac1960 Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 Hi and Thanks. Cant import anything. SVG,PDF, nothing . only jpg ....... I create a simple Vector Image in AFD and can't cut it :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 The cutter software seems to have very limited import options unless you have the business version. Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara72 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 What version of the Silhouette software do you have? As I mentioned if it’s not the designer version or business it won’t allow the import of the SVG and it needs to be an SVG for the cutter to regonise the design to cut, if you do have the designer version it should just be simple process of dragging and dropping the SVG into the work space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Hi pontiac1960 Unfortunately Affinity can't currently export directly to the DXF format that most cutters use, but it's something we may add in the future. For the time being, you can export as SVG (or any other vector format) then use conversion software to convert the file to the DXF format. The other option is to use a rasterised image and the auto trace function mentioned in @MickRose's response, but in silhouette's own words this is not a guaranteed method. pixelstuff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontiac1960 Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 My Version is Silhouette Studio 4.1.479ss I think it isn't the Designer Version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara72 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 As also mentioned you can always utilise the trace feature in the program if you only have a png image to work with and don’t have the designer software, I bought the designer version myself as I was using Serif’s old CraftArtist2 program to use with my Silhouette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 If you are just cutting (not print & cutting) you could probably buy cutting software that will connect to the cutter and then you would import eps or pdf or whatever vector you were to export from Designer. But even the cheapest isn't that cheap. Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnobelix Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 To convert from SVG to DXF , I would try the free program Inkscape would be worth a try, Cheers Quote Affinity Photo 2.5: Affinity Photo 1.10.6: Affinity Designer 2.5: Affinity Designer 1.10.6: Affinity Publisher 2.5: Affinity Publisher 1.10.6: Windows 11 Pro (Version 24H2 Build (26100.2454) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontiac1960 Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 Thanks a lot , I can't find Auto Tracer on silhouette Studio.... I will look for the Designer Version. Think it is the best option for me , because want to cut often sticker. I don't like the Silhouette Software hope the designer Edition is better! Thanks a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeno Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Interesting topic. I too have an old Graphtec craft robo vinyl cutter and it work with affinity designer and publisher just fine. It annoys me a bit that driver for windows 10 is not the best and windows sometimes doesn't detect the cutter. Well it is a 9 years old and it need a replacement. So I have a question for all Silhouette cutter user. Can you cut with an affinity software? Does the software offer silhouette cameo as an option to print? If it does the probably can be used. with the affinity software just need to be tweaked a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchshader Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 @romeno I use the cameo silhoutte to cut designs made with designer, but i can not print directly from designer. I export the design as svg (at 72 dpi and "set viewbox" unchecked) and import in the silhoutte software this works ok. Quote intel core i5, 16GB 128Gb ssd win10 Pro Huion new 1060plus. philips 272p 2560x1440px on intel HD2500 onboard graphics Razer Tartarus Chroma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeno Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 What was the problem? Can you print screen me the options Setup for silhouette cameo in affinity designer? I have a lot of labels created in Affinity designer and i cut in designer using old craft robo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchshader Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Afaik there is no cut plug-in for designer, only illustrator an coreldraw. Quote intel core i5, 16GB 128Gb ssd win10 Pro Huion new 1060plus. philips 272p 2560x1440px on intel HD2500 onboard graphics Razer Tartarus Chroma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeno Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 So you are saying that you can't select a silhouette cameo as a printer in affinity designer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchshader Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 That's right, for direct cutting you would need to buy the connect pluging from cameo, and this plugin does not support designer. Quote intel core i5, 16GB 128Gb ssd win10 Pro Huion new 1060plus. philips 272p 2560x1440px on intel HD2500 onboard graphics Razer Tartarus Chroma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeno Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Oh crap. Is there any other vinyl cutter in similar price range that works with affinity designer? I won't switch to illustrator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 There seems to be a difference if cutter works only with plugin export (which does not work in Designer) or with simple printer driver (which may work with Designer). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 On 12/6/2019 at 7:55 AM, romeno said: Oh crap. Is there any other vinyl cutter in similar price range that works with affinity designer? I won't switch to illustrator. Note that dutchshader did not say they couldn't work with the cutter; just that they can't print directly to it. Export to SVG and then import the SVG into the Silhouette software. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Silhouette Studio Basic (Free) cannot import SVG/PDF: Silhouette Studio Comparison Chart You have to buy Silhouette Designer or greater to get the SVG/PDF import privilege. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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