SVG file checker

Upload any cut file and find out whether it will actually cut, before you load a mat. Free, no signup, and nothing you upload is stored.

Drop an SVG here, or click to choose oneSVG only · up to 4.0 MB · nothing is stored, and your file is never displayed back

What it looks for

· A picture in an SVG wrapper. The file opens and previews fine but contains a photograph, not outlines. Nothing for a blade to follow.
· Text that was never converted. Live text needs the exact font installed. On anyone else's machine it substitutes or disappears.
· Stroke-only shapes. Machines cut filled regions. An outline with no fill often cuts twice or gets dropped.
· Node count. Past roughly 6,000, Design Space slows down and fine detail starts to chatter.
· Detail too small to weed. Measured in real inches at the size the file declares, transforms included.
· A missing real-world size. With no width and height, every program guesses differently on import.

What it cannot tell you

Whether the design is any good, whether it suits your material, or whether you have the right to sell what you make with it. This is geometry, not taste or licensing.

Piece sizes are measured from outline extremes, which bounds curves rather than tracing them exactly. That errs slightly generous, so a piece reported as fine is genuinely fine, while a handful of borderline ones may go unflagged.

Traced files often have outlines that never explicitly close. That is normal and cuts correctly, so it is reported as a number rather than a problem.

Got a PNG rather than an SVG? The free converter will trace it into one.

Common questions

Why won't my SVG cut in Cricut Design Space?: Almost always one of four things. The file is a raster image in an SVG wrapper, so there are no outlines to follow. The text was never converted to paths, so it substitutes or vanishes. The shapes are strokes with no fill, so the machine sees hairlines rather than regions. Or the detail is finer than a blade holds. Upload the file above and this page names which one it is.
How can an SVG file not be a real vector?: An SVG can embed a PNG or JPEG inside it. The file opens, previews correctly, and looks completely normal, but it contains a photograph rather than drawn outlines, so a cutting machine has nothing to follow. It is the most common thing sold as an SVG that is not one, and it is invisible until you try to cut it.
What is a good node count for a cut file?: Under about 6,000 for a single design. Past that Cricut Design Space starts feeling sluggish on the canvas and the blade can chatter on very fine detail. It will usually still cut, but slowly. Files traced from photographs routinely run to tens of thousands.
How small is too small for a Cricut to cut?: As a rule of thumb, individual pieces below about a quarter of an inch are unpleasant to weed and tend to lift with the excess vinyl. Below roughly four hundredths of an inch you are past what a blade holds reliably at all. Scaling the whole design up is usually easier than fighting it.
Do you keep the files I upload?: No. The file is read, measured, and discarded within the request. It is never stored, never displayed back to you, and never shown to anyone else. There is no account and no signup.

What it looks for

· A picture in an SVG wrapper. The file opens and previews fine but contains a photograph, not outlines. Nothing for a blade to follow.

· Text that was never converted. Live text needs the exact font installed. On anyone else's machine it substitutes or disappears.

· Stroke-only shapes. Machines cut filled regions. An outline with no fill often cuts twice or gets dropped.

· Node count. Past roughly 6,000, Design Space slows down and fine detail starts to chatter.

· Detail too small to weed. Measured in real inches at the size the file declares, transforms included.

· A missing real-world size. With no width and height, every program guesses differently on import.

What it cannot tell you

Whether the design is any good, whether it suits your material, or whether you have the right to sell what you make with it. This is geometry, not taste or licensing.

Traced files often have outlines that never explicitly close. That is normal and cuts correctly, so it is reported as a number rather than a problem.

Got a PNG rather than an SVG? The free converter will trace it into one.

Common questions

Why won't my SVG cut in Cricut Design Space?

Almost always one of four things. The file is a raster image in an SVG wrapper, so there are no outlines to follow. The text was never converted to paths, so it substitutes or vanishes. The shapes are strokes with no fill, so the machine sees hairlines rather than regions. Or the detail is finer than a blade holds. Upload the file above and this page names which one it is.

How can an SVG file not be a real vector?

An SVG can embed a PNG or JPEG inside it. The file opens, previews correctly, and looks completely normal, but it contains a photograph rather than drawn outlines, so a cutting machine has nothing to follow. It is the most common thing sold as an SVG that is not one, and it is invisible until you try to cut it.

What is a good node count for a cut file?

Under about 6,000 for a single design. Past that Cricut Design Space starts feeling sluggish on the canvas and the blade can chatter on very fine detail. It will usually still cut, but slowly. Files traced from photographs routinely run to tens of thousands.

How small is too small for a Cricut to cut?

As a rule of thumb, individual pieces below about a quarter of an inch are unpleasant to weed and tend to lift with the excess vinyl. Below roughly four hundredths of an inch you are past what a blade holds reliably at all. Scaling the whole design up is usually easier than fighting it.

Do you keep the files I upload?

No. The file is read, measured, and discarded within the request. It is never stored, never displayed back to you, and never shown to anyone else. There is no account and no signup.