How to Slice SVG in Cricut Design Space
Slice uses one shape to cut through another in Cricut Design Space, creating new separate paths from the overlapping area. Slice requires exactly two selected layers and produces three new shapes from the operation.
About How to slice SVG in Cricut Design Space
Slice is a Cricut Design Space operation that uses one shape to cut through another, creating new paths from the overlapping area. Slice requires exactly two layers selected — it cannot be applied to three or more layers at once.
What Slice does: Slice divides two overlapping shapes into three new separate shapes: the non-overlapping portion of layer 1, the non-overlapping portion of layer 2, and the overlapping region as its own separate shape. All three pieces can be moved and cut independently.
How to Slice in Design Space: place two shapes on the canvas so they overlap. Select exactly two layers (click one then Shift-click the second in the Layers panel). Click Slice (bottom of Layers panel or Actions menu). Three new layers appear: the two outer shapes and the cutout region. Move and delete pieces as needed.
Common Slice uses: creating negative-space cutouts — place a text layer over a shape layer, select both, Slice — produces the shape with text cut out. Cropping an SVG to a shape — place a rectangle over the SVG, select both, Slice — retains only the SVG portion inside the rectangle. Dividing designs for multi-material cutting — slice a single design into sections to cut from different vinyl colours.
Slice limitations: only two layers can be sliced at a time. For complex multi-layer slicing, slice in multiple passes — two layers at a time. Text must be converted to a cut layer (set to Cut in the Layers panel) before slicing. Design Space text layers in Write mode cannot be sliced.