Overview

This page is to help people get started using the Cricut Machine. These docs are probably going to stay pretty sparse as Cricut is proprietary and creates content to serve the purpose of docs and troubleshooting material. But we want to lower the bar for labs-members to use the tools!

Tools

  • Knife blade
  • Scoring wheel
  • Rotary blade
  • Pen

  • Marker

  • Mat (variety of stickiness)
  • Cables
    • Power
    • Connect to computer (usb)

Materials

You can order cricut branded materials from the cricut website, or like Amazon/Joanns, etc.

  • Vinyl
  • Foil
  • Cardstock
  • Heat Transfers (iron on to fabric)
  • Fabric
  • Sticker paper

There are also things called “smart materials” which don’t require a mat.

Cricut Design Space (Software)

To format instructions for the cricut machine, you will need to use their proprietary software called Cricut Design Space.

It is available for windows and mac. It allows import of the following file formats:

  • svg
  • jpg
  • png
  • heic
  • bmp
  • dxf
  • gif

How to

Basic instructions to make a thing that you have a file for:

Importing the image

Hamburger Menu > Canvas > Upload (left menu bar) > Browse for your file > Add to Canvas

Arranging it on the Canvas

Drag and drop.

If you don’t want the machine to optimize the cut placement Click Flatten (bottom right).

Click “Make It”

Cutting

#todo

Drawing

#todo

Subscription Membership

#todo

Trouble shooting - Please track your issues as they arise

Importing

Black file on canvas - If you are importing a layered file and one of the layers doesn’t have a color assigned, cricut may auto assign black (which will likely hide the rest of your layer content). You can set white or transparent as that layer’s color and re-export/import the file. You can also select the layer individually (top right) and alter the color.