Silhouette Connect

The Silhouette Connect® plug-in allows users to send projects to the Silhouette electronic cutting tool directly from Adobe Illustrator® (CS4 – CS6, CC; does not support illegal copies of Illustrator) or CorelDRAW® (X4 - X6 - Full version only; does not support "Home and Student","Essentials" edition, or illegal copies of CorelDRAW). The plug-in does not currently work with any other vector imaging programs aside from those listed in the Compatibility section below.

The Silhouette Connect® plug-in includes the ability to add registration marks for print & cut jobs, which work with the Silhouette machine's registration mark sensor.

The Silhouette Connect® plug-in is offered at a cost of $39.99. The license allows the user to utilize the plug-in on up to three different computers. Once installed, the plug-in is accessed directly from the major vector imaging program in question.

The plug-in requires Adobe Illustrator® or CorelDRAW® to be installed on the computer in question. Purchase of the Silhouette Connect™ plug-in does not include the Adobe Illustrator® or CorelDRAW® software.

Compatible Vector Programs:

• Adobe Illustrator® CS4 – CS6, CC (Does not support illegal copies of Illustrator)
• CorelDRAW® X4 - X6 (Full version only - does not support "Home and Student", "Essentials" edition, or illegal copies of CorelDRAW)

Compatible OS Versions:

• Mac® - OS X 10.6.8 and higher
• PC - Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1

Compatible Cutting Units:

• Silhouette CAMEO®
• Silhouette Portrait®
• Silhouette SD
• original Silhouette
• Graphtec Craft ROBO (CC100 - CC300 series only)

Silhouette Connect version V1.3.058 has now been moved from Beta status to Release status. As a reminder, this software update contains the following:

 Adobe CC 2018 support

• Portrait 2 support

To decide which software upgrade to buy, see the software comparison chart here