1/10/2024 0 Comments Silhouette studio 4.1 problems![]() There may be times that you may not see the gray dots of the edit points so at first glance, you may not know that’s what happened, but check to see if the Point Edit mode panels come up. The next way to tell if the Edit points have come out to play is if you can see the Edit Points options in the top left corner of the QAT (Quick Access Toolbar) or if the Edit Points Panel opens on the right side. The first would be that the gray edit points appear on the edge of the design. There are a few ways you can tell if the object has entered point edit mode. And sometimes they do not necessarily show up on the screen as the dots, especially if a design is grouped together. However, in the current public versions of the Silhouette software, they are more sensitive and like to come out to play much easier – sometimes with a single click of the mouse button. The typical behavior is if you double click on a design, they will appear. Edit pointsĮdit points are the data points of a design that the software recognizes and relays to the Silhouette machine to make the cut happen.įor a more information on edit points and working with them check out this blog post HERE. Today we will discuss 2 of the things that I saw during my classes – edit points & multiple machines recognized.īoth of these are workable “bugs” once you understand that they are happening. I say “bugs” because they are not detrimental bugs but are changes that a user can still work with once they know why it is happening. Today, I’m going to touch on 2 “bugs” in the software that we experienced in my classes at the All Things Silhouette Conference this past weekend. * Let it Bee – Design #259286 by Megan Hardy Designs, Love Pets Party – Fly – Design #253648 by Lettering Delights Not all the issues that come up can be blamed on the software. I troubleshoot a lot on Facebook and when teaching classes at events, so I see a lot of things pop up. Now, I say all that to give you a little back story on my view of software updates as a Silhouette Studio user and Terri Johnson Creates Licensed Silhouette Instructor. You close your computer one night and then next morning open it back up and are faced with that spinning wheel that says, “Please wait while updates are installing.” In this day and age, you may not even have a choice on whether to accept these updates to the Operating System or not, it just happens. And they don’t let anyone know prior to releasing the update what they are going to change. That means that a software program may react differently for one user vs the next.Īnd then you throw in another big factor – the big computer companies also have updates to their operating systems. Some of us have computers built for multiple graphic program use, while others are built for surfing the internet. This can be for many reasons, but the number 1 reason I see is that no user’s computer is the same as the next person. And even though the version is tested within the Beta group and Silhouette’s staff, there may still be things that pop up after it is released to the general public. There are many, many factors that play into how the software will react for a user. However, I do only suggest an experienced user download the Beta version as it is still in testing and may have unknown bugs in it. There may also be a Public Beta version on the website, that any user can download and use. ![]() Testers download and use these current “test” versions and report back on any unusual things we experience. At any point and time, there may be 1 or more Closed Beta versions that are released to us to test. There is a Silhouette Beta team, which I am a member of, and this team tests updates as they are created. This is true for all software related devices – Iphones, Ipads, android devices, Silhouette Studio, etc. But, any time a new feature is added it changes the “code” of the program. Recently (2019), the version 4.2 was released and this has many new features added into it such as flexi-shapes, color fonts, library updates, lasso selection, warp templates, puzzle generator, and more. These updates are free of charge and are either released to correct a bug (coding) or to release new features in the software. Silhouette America puts out software updates on a regular basis. The Silhouette software has grown over the past 10 years from a basic cutting software to a powerful graphics program that can do much more than just send a design to be cut on a Silhouette machine. It is numbers and letters arranged in a particular pattern to create what we see on the screen. We don’t see this side of things and I know I wouldn’t understand any of it if I did. What is software? Well, the most basic answer I can use to describe it is, it is code put together in a pattern that tells it what to do. The Silhouette Studio program is a software program that is installed directly on your computer. ![]() Let’s Explore v4.2 – Bugs *This post may contain affiliate links.
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