Cricut Design Space is a digital design application used to set up and layout projects with the Cricut Machine. It includes tools to create, modify, and personalize Cricut’s projects. Also, Design Space consists of an extensive library of pictures, fonts, and pre-designed projects. The app is available on several tablets and mobile phones.
The central concept behind the Weld tool of the Cricut machine is relatively simple: the Weld tool connects two or more shapes to form a new shape. You can use the Weld tool to merge shapes or join letters. Whatever shape or letter you Weld tool, they will connect. They will become a single layer and be cut as a combined piece.
What is the Cricut Weld tool?
The Weld tool in the Cricut design space allows you to convert multiple layers into one. This tool is potent because it will enable you to create new designs and elements from simple shapes.
Something significant that you should keep in mind is that welding cannot be reversed. Think of it like baking; With simple ingredients like flour, eggs, butter, and sugar, you can make a delicious cake; However, once you mix these ingredients and put them in the oven, there’s no turning back. If you’re nervous about it or think you’ll need those designs or elements again, you can copy and hide them. Then, if you need to get them, take a guess.
How to use the Cricut Weld tool?
Here are some easy steps for using a Cricut Weld tool.
- Arrange two or more pictures to overlap:
- Press and drag the pictures to overlap the other.
- Select layers:
You will see a gray bounding box surrounding the pictures and the chosen layers highlighted in the Layers panel. Once you choose the layers, the Weld button will turn black and activate.
- Press on the Weld button:
- You will find the Weld button at the bottom side of the Layers panel in the Actions menu at the bottom side of the screen if you are on a computer or using the iOS and Android apps.
- View your results:
- After pressing Weld, the pictures will merge into a single, new picture. The new picture will be on its layer named “Weld Result.” You can move or edit this layer, just as you would any other picture layer.
Some tips and tricks to remember when you are using the Cricut Weld tool
The Weld is a powerful and valuable tool, but it is not quirks. Here are some tips and tricks to note when you are using welds.
- The Weld tool will work on two or more layers. Only if you’ve one layer selected, the press button will be “grayed out,” and you will not be able to use it.
- Use the Weld tool on overlapping pictures. To connect pictures so that they are cut as one piece, the two pictures must overlap.
- You can Weld grouped or Attached pictures. if you Weld grouped pictures, all visible layers would become a single weld result layer
- Hidden layers will not be Welded. When you Weld a group with a hidden layer, the hidden layer will be separated, and the Weld will not be part of the result layer.
- The “Weld Result” layer will contain the layer’s properties at the bottom. In other words, the Weld joins the layers “down.” So, when you have a red shape on the top side of a blue shape, the Weld tool result will be a blue shape.
There is no Unweld press button. After saving a project, welding becomes permanent and cannot be reversed.
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