


Purchase of the Silhouette Connect™ plug-in does not include the Adobe Illustrator® or CorelDRAW® software. Proper installation of the plug-in requires Adobe Illustrator® or CorelDRAW® to be installed on the computer before installing Connect. Once installed, the Silhouette Connect™ plug-in is accessed inside the Adobe Illustrator® or CorelDRAW® programs. The license allows the user to utilize the plug-in on up to three different computers. The Silhouette Connect™ plug-in license key is offered at a cost of $39.99. If you want to learn to design SVG cut files in Silhouette Studio Business Edition, check out my course How to Design SVGs.The Silhouette Connect™ plug-in allows users to send projects to the Silhouette electronic cutting tool directly from Adobe Illustrator® or CorelDRAW® and includes the ability to add registration marks for “print & cut” jobs that work with the Silhouette machine’s registration mark sensor. If you want to be able to save designs in SVG, PDF, or JPG format you will need Business Edition. However, you can manually add weeding lines to any design without the Business Edition. If you routinely cut intricate designs and want to automatically add weeding lines, the Business Edition might work well for you. After cutting, simply close the design and move to the next, rather than having to replicate each manually.) If the customer orders 3 of Design A, 5 of Design B, and 2 of Design C – you would use the matrix copy (and nesting if desired) to multiply each design and send it to cut. (For example, if you have a number of stock car decals for sale in your store and cut them once a customer orders them, you will find the Business Edition time saving. If you design something and cut multiple copies of the design as customers order them, the nesting and matrix copy functions will help speed up your process.

If you regularly designs that are wider AND longer than 12″, the Business Edition tiling feature will speed up the process of cutting your designs – you won’t have to manually move the design around to cut each section.

If you want to run two or more machines on the same computer, you’ll want to purchase the Business Edition version. Silhouette Connect is $39.99 from Silhouette America. The other option is to purchase Silhouette Connect, which is a plugin that allows you to send files directly from Adobe or Corel to your machine. If you regularly work in Adobe or Corel and want to open AI, EPS, or CDR file formats without having to convert them using a third party tool. In my opinion, Business Edition is only worth it in certain circumstances: Is Silhouette Studio Business Edition Worth It?
