Convert Studio3 to SVG (Beta)

A .studio3 file is a design saved by Silhouette Studio 3, 4 or 5. Other programs cannot open it, and Silhouette Studio only exports SVG in its Business Edition. Convert it here instead: you get an SVG at the design's real size that Cricut Design Space, Inkscape, LightBurn and most cutting software open.

How to convert Studio3 to SVG

1. Upload the .studio3 file. Several files, or a .zip of them, work too.
2. Keep Full design to get colours, pictures and every line, or choose Cut lines only for just the shapes that are cut.
3. Check the preview and the table of layers and objects.
4. Download the .svg. A .dxf of the same design comes with it.

What the SVG contains

• Millimetres. The SVG's width, height and coordinates are in mm, so every shape imports at its real size.
• Layers and groups. Each Silhouette layer becomes an Inkscape layer; groups stay groups and the stacking order is the same as in Silhouette Studio.
• Text as outlines. Silhouette Studio saves the outline of every letter, and those are used, so the lettering looks the same without the font.
• Colours. Line colours, line widths, fills and gradients. Compound shapes (letters with holes, cut-outs) keep their holes.
• Pictures. Print & Cut pictures and picture fills are embedded in the SVG, in place.
• Cut settings. Every path is marked cut or no-cut, so print-only shapes are easy to find.

Things to check

• Objects that sit outside the Silhouette page are kept: the SVG canvas grows to include them, and the result says so.
• Gradients keep their colours and direction but are spread over each shape's outline box.
• A shape without a line or fill colour is drawn with a thin black line so it stays visible.

For a CAD or laser program that prefers DXF, see the Studio3 to DXF conversion.

More about what this tool reads and writes: Silhouette Studio File Converter.