Keep Your Design In the Same Spot in Cricut Design Space
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- How do you keep your design in the same spot on the mat when you go to cut it? In this lesson I demonstrate how you can cut your items where you lay them out in Design Space. We will use a simple technique giving design space a reference point.
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It is genuinely insane that there isn't a 1-1 relationship between Designspace and the mat, especially when you're doing print and cut and don't want to waste half your A4 paper with the Cricut solution.
I totally agree with you! It doesn’t make sense at all and it has been so frustrating!
Agree,first time user and got the Maker, I assumed this was a function of such a good machine 😬
Thank you for answering such a simple question! I searched thru at least a half dozen videos before you quickly and efficiently provided the hack needed! Why we need a hack, I don't know!
As much as I appreciate this video, we shouldn't have to need it... This should be able to be done without having to trick the software/machine into it. I mean, it's bad enough we have to be online to use the software, there is a poor zoom feature, destructive editing, cancelled cuts, a smaller than expected cut size, costly replacement parts... the list goes on. The machine itself works amazingly well but the software is awful, especially considering how much most of us have paid and continue to pay in membership fees and so on....
I hear you - I don't program the software - I would suggest you copy and paste the statement above in the "Feedback" section of Design Space Software on the bottom left. I don't think cricut folks read this youtube channel.
Sweet Robyn you have summarized this entire problem perfectly. Thank you very much. In this modern era of so much technology somebody really didn't think this thing through in the testing phase at Cricut.
Henry Jones, there is so many "free" fonts and and SVG files everywhere on the computer that nobody has to sign up for the monthly Design Space fees. You can move the free SVG Files into Design Space. Look it up on RUclips. Jennifer Maker has great RUclipss on here!! There are others also.
seriously... first day here and i'm losing my sh!t...
agreed
7 years later and they still havent added a "keep position" button on the cut screen! thank u for this
You've just saved another Cricut being launched out of a window, Thank you!
sounds like it's a recurring problem? ;)
Boy am I glad you made this video six years ago because after searching for days it fixed the problem for me.
I am new to Cricut and was excited to use it for my crafting but was so disappointed that there is little to no instruction on how to use the machine unless you make projects that they design. I am so grateful for this video as I am trying to make 'Welcome World' ornaments for my new grandson and needed a perfect circle which with the steadiest of hands and the best will in the world is not possible to cut free hand. Thank you so very much.
Thank you thank you thank you!!!
Thanks to you my husband will actually get a card today. You just saved my cricut from being shipped back.
Thank you so so so so so so much. This is insane that we have to do all this just to get the things to stay on the mat the right way... I was about ready to cry when I saw the mat and everything all over the place.
God I was about to smash my Cricut when I found this! THANK YOU!
I think you solved my problem! I'm trying to cut out a design on a premade card. I wanted to be able to cut twice because it was kind of intricate, but I couldn't find any way to keep the design in place. I was worried about that little anchor point thinking it would cut a small hole in my card.
But, I realized I could switch it to pen, and then not insert the pen! I love RUclips!! Thank you so much. ❤
I've searched for days and watched sooo many videos (unsuccessfully) about how to do this. Thanks!!
Thank you so much for posting this! I've had this cricut for several weeks and spent so much time trying to figure this out. I was ready to toss this piece of crap off the deck. Now I can print my tags. I can't thank you enough! Really!
i just shouted out "yes, i love the internet" once this finally worked!! ha ha, thanks so much! was trying to rotate a design 45 degrees to save on space on the mat (ie not have to buy another full vinyl roll again) and it wasnt registering! this worked perfectly!!
Oh, thanks so much!! I was about to return my Cricut and after hours on help chat didn't get a workable answer . . . until you and your video! How grateful I am :-)
Superb! Agree that we shouldn't have to do this BUT, this is a GREAT work around!!! When lining up Acrylic blanks to engrave, I struggled mightly to line up the blank where I wanted it. This is outstanding and SO HELPFUL!!! Thank you so much!!!!
You, sir, have just saved my sanity today. Thanks for this!
Brilliant, thank you! Received a Maker3 for Christmas, set up yesterday and did the test cut then went to do another more personalised item and realised there must be a solution out there to the program throwing all designs immediately to the left hand side. This was it. Just grateful I found the answer so quickly thanks to your help!
You have just saved my sanity! I can't thank you enough.
OH MY GOD. I was already giving up and about to accept the fact that every time I go in to cut the same image hours or days in between cuts, that I’d have to reposition it. Every. Single. Time. Now I can just open up my project whenever I need to cut it again and expect it to be exactly where I need it to be. Thank you!!
Thank you, I am bowing to you now!
As @Sweet Robyn stated we should not have to do this. If I want to waste or save space I am perfectly capable of placing items in the right spot.
Thank you soo much I have spent about an hour trying to figure this out and then i landed on your video and it took me less than 5 minutes.
Crazy how in almost 5 years we don't have this feature!
crazy that this is required but until its remedied this video is priceless! thanx!
I know it's really crazy that this video is really old and that What you See is What you Get (WYSIWYG) would be so easy to implement. It just auto goes into assuming that you have a paper in the top left corner :)
OMG!!!! I love you!!!! 🙂I've been working on invitations cards where some of it is printer ink and some foil. This method allowed me to print then g back and foil. Amazing!!!!
This really helps me solve a critical problem I was having. Thanks so much I liked the succinct video that was not too long. Time is my biggest hesitation in watching these videos. I am subscribing.
Thanks for the nice words - Here's the library - www.dash12.com/cricut-design-space/
Apologies, my design was too big for the canvas, have adjusted and looks like it will now work.
Thank you for the tutorial, explained it clearly and provided a perfect understanding for me to trouble shoot the scale...👍
I don't think I've ever been so mad at a software "feature", this is absurd. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video.
This is the MOST frustrating aspect of this very expensive machine. This hack should not been needed. Also the Misrepresentation of the platen / mat size is just unethical. The true cut space is 11.5" by 11.5" not 12" by 12". It would not be as bad if this was something that Cricut was upfront about and perhaps produced mats that had the additional margin markings to align things along the edges. I love this little machine but will not buy any new versions of it until these basic issues are resolved. I am willing to switch to other cutting tools instead.
Thank you for putting together a solid explanation of the issue and providing a hack resolution.
Thank you! I was ready to throw this thing off my deck.
Glad I could help!
Thank you!! this saved me so much time! Agree this should be a given but so glad theres a work around!
Holy Christmas. Wasted hours and almost a new cricut machine catapulted through the front window until I found your video. Thank you!
This was amazingly helpful. Thank you so much. I can't tell you how many widgets and things I clicked on trying to find this secret. My new Cricut will live to see another day. Onward with the crafting!
Excellent video. Thank you so much.
Appreciate your video, Thank You. Bump into it I didn't know how to reference the issue.
Oh, my! This is exactly what I've been looking for! Thanks so much!
thank you this video has been very helpful God Bless you
I'm passing by the comments just to add another THANK YOU. This video has 200,000 views, it's 4 years later and they still haven't updated the software ... I don't get their logic.
Thank you !! This was driving me crazy !!! hahahaha
THANK YOU FOR THIS! I had no idea what to Google when I was having this problem. So happy I found this. I was using my Cricut to write on cards and could NOT figure out how to center it on the card. Thanks again!
Oh thanks, trying to make a bathymetric map and this is the key!
Oh my gosh bless you for this!!!! I set my cricut explore up yesterday and was absolutely baffled when the cut preview did not match the arrangement on my canvas! I'm so relieved there's a remedy, even if it's a bit more complicated than I'd hoped.
Thank you,Thank you,Thank you! I had tried the instructions on the cricut site and could not get it to work for me. Was ready to sell the Cricut and everything with it till I watched this. And It worked the first time. Thank you again.
Thank you very much. This was driving me crazy and you explained so well what I needed to do.
Not me about to have a panic attack before watching this video. Lifesaver THANK YOU!!!
Thank you so much for this video !!! Game changer
Thank you for this video my friend, it is a HUGE help. This is the reason I will probably be returning this machine. It is SO incredibly infuriating needing to do this.
Genius, thank you, I was pulling my hair out.
Thank you so much. I make scrapbook pages and so don't necessarily want to cut anything but rather use the markers. Thank you, thank you.
OMG! Finally an easy easy way to make this work! Thank you so very much! :)
You sir are a genius
Thank you so much, ready to give up on this until I found your video.
thank you for this video! very helpful and straight to the point.
Wow, life changing !!! Well maybe I'm pushing it a little but that's great info !!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! You just resolved an incredible amount of frustration :)
This was SO helpful! Thank you SO much!
Thank you soooo much!!! I know you created this video a few years ago but it is still helpful :)
Thank you for creating this video!
Thank you Thank you thank you for this video! I was about to go insane!
Amazing tip, thank you. You've just saved me paying ridiculous money for card inserts!!
Brilliant! Thank you
Whew, almost threw this machine out. Thank you so much
Thank you for this video. I think design space has changed since this video was recorded... But it is very helpful!
Thank you so much, Rob! I will use this tutorial.
Clever! Thank you for this!!! I’ve been able to work around the repositioning issue by re-positioning it once it was on the demo mat, but it was always difficult to eyeball what was “center”. No more after this! 🙌🏻
Thank you this solved my problem
This video is 8 years old and still works - crazy!
THANK YOU!! I was getting so frustrated, your video really helped!
This was so helpful, thank you
Thank you so much for this video!! I was getting so irritated trying to mess around and figure out how to print in a certain spot. The top corners of my mats get so worn and less sticky (I need to clean and make them sticky again) so I was having a hard time cutting. Excellent video.
Life saver!
Thank you for the video! I just got my Cricut Maker today and was really confused by this. I wonder if they do this so you can't line up your cut to small scraps of material. Maybe they want you to use more material??
When you put the paper on the mat, do you have to offset it from the corner of the mat by .25" as well? I'm still having trouble getting everything to line up. I'm trying to cut very specific shapes out of different photographs and it needs to line up exactly.
I am the same! this was very help this video but it seems I still need to off set it too
Bless your heart. Thanks!!
Yaaasss! Thanks! I was at the cut print screen saying "Cricut. Girl, what's the problem?"
Thank you! This was way more challenging than it should have been
GENIUS!! THANK YOU! You'd think it would be easier. I have the Maker. I could attach pretty well with the explorer. Why did they change it all??
Thank you!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Wow..this is how you beat the system
Going to give it a try! thank you.
Very helpful thank you!
Thank you so much for this!!
Cool, Try and remember that. Thanks
Thank you for the tip, it will be helpful! If I may, I have two questions for you. The first one is Why do score lines get separated on different mats once I press go ? And the other one is How can I refill a hole in a design that was ment to be a hang tag ? Thank you very much for your help :) Denise
Thank you, thank you, thank you! For the life of me, I don't understand why they set up this paper-saver option as the default for cutting. It should default to cut EXACTLY like you have the cuts placed on the mat, and let people select paper-saver as an option! Spent WAY too much time on this and really miss my original Cricut where I could just pick my shape, move my blade, and cut away...happily...without frustration.
There is a vocalist that I absolutely adore (Morgan James). I have all her CDs, all autographed. I want to display each CD jewel case art with the CD next to it. So I bought some 12" x 6½" frames and some matting. All I need to do is cut a square and a circle to be nicely spaced and centered in the frame. Simple enough project, right? Nope. I'm smart enough to not just go right to cutting mat, so I just used ordinary sheet paper to experiment with. I went through 8 sheets before I came to the conclusion that this technique wasn't going to work. So I did a quick search, found this video first thing and I believe it just might be the solution I'm looking for. Thanks.
UPDATE: For my project, I can't have that "reference point" square at the upper left cut an actual hole for aesthetic reasons. Here's what I figured out to prevent it.
I have a Cricut Explore Air 2 which has two blade housings, one marked A on the left one and B on the right one. B is where you normally have the blade and A is used to hold a pen.
In Design Space, at the Operation option (top left) change that square (the reference point) from a Basic Cut to Pen. Then just don't put a pen in housing marked A. Cricut doesn't know there's no pen installed and will go to that location, "draw" nothing and then go about the cutting like normal.
awesome thanks for this
You bet!
thank you! goddd, the first drawing software i learned to use was CAD, and now everything else seems so counterintuitive ''''
@ ScrappyDew Creations> But do the images cut in the same position you put it in the software? I would love for you to do a print & cut project where it shows that your images stayed in the same position you put them in.
Thank you, thank you. Finally can save on vinyl loss!!!!
Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
why does Cricut increase the image size when I upload an 8.5x11 sized image? After it finishes uploading and I click on the SIMPLE option and it displays on the DesignSpace canvas the image size is way larger than 8.5x11
Thanks for this video. Can you suggest how to prepare a .svg file to cricut the inside of an O? I saved as a compound path and tried welding. No luck.
Would this be the same for a Mac computer? I can’t seem to get to to place you put in the x and y measurements? There are a lot of things in Cricut design that could have been done much simpler...such as where is the back button?. Your explanation was very helpful but I can’t get to the same place as you.☹️
Thanks
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Thanks for the info. Reference point makes sense. I am scrapbooking a 12x12 page, wanting to place a vellum paper over entire page with a scalloped frame cut out of the center of my 12x12 vellum. Technically I want to cut a "scalloped frame" out of the center of a 12x12 paper. In DS I used a 12x12 square to get my framed centered, left the frame in place, removed the 12x12 square; then did your reference point technique. However when it cut, my frame was over .50 inch.
I assume I placed the first 12x12 square incorrectly.. OR....better...
How you go about doing this and keep the "frame" centered in the mat when cutting? Plus I do not want the itty bitty object cut out of top left corner of my 12x12 vellum paper.
I am planning to write on photo mats and I am trying to center just right. I am able to use your technique, but I do not want the square to write or cut on the mat. How do I get around that?
very useful, but what would be the solution if I needed to use the whole piece of material, placing shapes in a specific position? I'm new at this but is frustrating as I am a designer and I'd like to create very precise projects. Thank you!
THANK YOUUU!!!!!
Thank you 😉