By Design Bundles
28 Dec 2018
1 Min

Converting Straight Borders to Circle Borders in Silhouette Studio

1- Open Silhouette Studio and open the border file.

2- Fill your border with colour to help when altering it.

3- Select the shape tool.

4- Adjust the circle to the size you would like your border to be.

5- Using the knife tool cut one complete section from your straight border.

6- Place the section of your border onto the circle.

7- Select the replicate tool.

8- Select the object to path tool. With the border section highlighted show grab handle icon.

9- click on the grab handle icon in the border section. The border section will replicate the section around the circle.

10- Adjust the number of repetitions so each are just overlapping.

11- Select everything and then click release copies.

12- Remove the circle.

13- Select all the border parts. Right click and select weld.

14- You can now resize to the size you need.

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