This is part 3 of our series on how to do super large projects with your Silhouette. If you haven’t read the first 2 lessons, you’ll want to start here. This time, I’m going to show you how to make your design full size, use Subtract and Subtract All … [Read more...]
Planning and executing large projects: Phase 2 — Designing with the Layer tool
This is the second lesson in my series on how to do very large projects using your Silhouette machine. You can find Phase 1 on setting up the file here. In today’s lesson, I’ll show you how I added my design elements and used the Layer feature … [Read more...]
Planning and executing large projects: Phase 1 — Planning and Set-up
I’ve been working on a VERY large project lately — a forest of trees and animals for the children’s wing at our church. We’re going up 10 feet on the wall and it’s 45 feet wide. Plus we’re working around the entrance doors. How do you do something … [Read more...]
Cut Doctor: Lesson 13 — Advanced Cut Settings
I’ll bet that if you I asked you to diagram the entire DNA sequence, most of us couldn’t do it. Do you know what hemochromatosis is and why that’s important to your health? It’s not that we aren’t intelligent — it’s just that it’s advanced knowledge … [Read more...]
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Version 4 Send Area: #5 — Action by: Line, Fill or Layer
Now that you know the basics of the Send area, it’s time to get into advanced options with Action by: Line, Fill or Layer (Advanced Cut Mode in version 3). In these modes, you choose your cut settings for each shape based on its line color, its fill … [Read more...]