I am an instructor for a sewing store here in SoCal. I have been teaching the Silhouette Classes for a couple of years and recently added the Zing*, the SNC, and the Artistic to the classes. I need to convert my project design files to be read by each cutter. Is there a software that can do that? What would you recommend?
*Liked the Zing so much I jus bought one.
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I assume that you are talking about the Brother Scan and Cut when you say SNC, I believe that the only format it reads directly is their own proprietary format but that perhaps their Canvas program can IMPORT an SVG file, do you know if that is correct? Can it import any other file formats? Can it export out to other formats?
I am not familiar with the Artistic or what program(s) it uses or can use. What program does it use and what format can it either export out or import in?
To know the answer to your question - you need to know the answers to those.
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If you have a design in Make The Cut, select all (Ctrl+A), and export as SVG (Ctrl+Shift+S). The resulting SVG file can be imported into the Canvas software, and saved to a USB thumb drive as an FCM file. The FCM file can be opened by Scan N Cut machines.
That same SVG file should be able to be used with the Artistic software version that imports SVG files.
I would not, however, expect to be able to use FCM files in either Artistic or Make The Cut, unless you are willing to capture the screens and pixel trace in Make The Cut. I don't think FCM files may be saved as SVG or printed as PDF. I don't know if Artistic allows export of SVG files or printing to PDF. Either of these file formats would work in Make The Cut with the Zing.
As a teacher of many different cutters and cutter software, I can certainly understand your need.
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@JF619 you may contact me for additional printable information covering this conversion.