Export Svg From Cricut Design Space
How To Export Svg File From Cricut
Design Space Svg Files

In the dropdown Format menu, select SVG and save! Don’t worry about any of the options in the pop-up—just hit OK and your file will save as an SVG that you can open in the Cricut Design Space or Silhouette Studio Designer Edition. A straight-forward method is the following: Select the object (s) to export. 'Resize page to drawing or selection' (File → Document Properties) or Ctrl + Shift + R. 'Invert selection' (Edit → Invert selection) or!, and Del all other objects. 'Save As' with Ctrl + Shift + S. Select Optimized SVG as the format if you want to use it on.

The SVG (Scalable Vector Graphic) file-format is an XML-based vector in that can be used on the web right now. Not only are they crisp at any size they are scaled to, but they are supported by IE9+, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. For IE8 and below, you can provide a fallback PNG. Simple icons and logos are good candidates for the format, as they are often the first noticeable elements of a design that will look blurry on a retina display.

As you know vector graphics with shadow (or with any other style) effect created in Illustrator are raster effect. Here is the image preview from Illustrator. And it looks pixepixed. If you will use inIllustrator SVG filters that are located in 3d Effect and will apply SVG Shadow filter you will get this code. To export a section or component of your design to SVG, select it, and then choose File Export Selection SVG (svg).

You’ll probably want to use some SVGs if:

You’re creating a responsive website, or
You want to support iOS devices with a retina display

SVG Cropping

When exporting your SVG from Illustrator, it’s important to note that the “artboard” canvas around your vector should be cropped, so that there isn’t any extra white space. This is a common mistake that I’ve noticed in the last few SVGs provided to me from different designers. This is not typically something that matters when dealing with vector source files, but when SVGs are used on the web, they are linked to just like an image, and the extra white space will be displayed.

Besides changing the size of your artboard and manually scaling your vector elements, there is a quick way to crop the artboard in Illustrator CS6:

Select everything that should be included in the SVG
Select Objects -> Artboards -> Fit Artboard to Bounds

For those of you still on CS3, you’re in luck. There is a way.

Activate the Artboard tool (Shift-O)
Double click your vector, and it should adjust the artboard to fit

Dimensions of your Vector

Although it’s a vector, you may want to keep the size of the SVG at the initial default size it is displayed on the site. You can always change this by opening up the SVG file in a text editor and changing the width and height at the top.

Export Svg From Cricut Design Space

Illustrator SVG Export Settings

For the best compatibility, use the following settings

How To Export Svg File From Cricut

Profile: SVG 1.1
Type: Convert to outline – This makes sure that any text used is converted to shapes.
Image location: Embed – If you are including bitmap images (probably not), they will be included in the file, rather than linked to separate files.
Decimals: This is the level of precision. You may want to set to 2 or 1 decimals (default 3) to decrease the file size.
Keep “Compressed” and “Optimized for Adobe SVG Viewer” unchecked (Visible in main “Save for Web” export menu in Adobe CS3).

For a full overview of all the settings in detail, check out this post on StackOverflow:

Example Scaled SVG Test

As a test, I tried exporting an SVG with the decimal option set to 1, 2, and 3.

Avoid Filters and Effects in Your Vector

The last logo I attempted to save out as an SVG had some color variations. I could not find any info on this specific issue, but it may have had something to do with the radial gradient or a layer style used. In the process I discovered a few tips about what may be causing your SVG to look wrong.

Avoid any special filters and effects. Keep your shapes solid and as basic as you can. Don’t use Multiply Layers; Just like on PSDs for a web design where PNGs will be exported, avoid any layers set to multiply, because they will not work in the web browser.

Performance Issues and Downsides

Design Space Svg Files

Need for speed underground 2 mac cheats. When SVGs start getting too complicated, or you are using a lot of them, both the file size and rendering performance may become an issue. Since the browser is doing all the CPU processing to render all the lines and shapes dynamically, be careful that this isn’t too much for a mobile phone to handle. Others on the web have more to say about this:

This article at Smashing Magazine has an interesting section about performance, with some additional links.

Export from Photoshop?

If you have a vector in a Photoshop layer, there is currently no way to export it without purchasing a 3rd-party plugin. So your best bet is to copy your vector path in Photoshop and paste it directly into a new document in Illustrator, or to export as EPS with the “export vectors” option checked, and then export your SVG from Illustrator.

Export Svg From Design Space