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2 December 2019 (Added 12 February 2024)

Crafty49's Book Folding Pattern Maker

A Demo, Full and Trial release of Crafty49's Book Folding Pattern Maker V1.1.01

The Full or 6 months Trial version can be purchased from Shop Products, and the Beta version download from the Downloads section. For more details of the product, see Crafty49's Book Folding Pattern Maker.

Issues Fixed

22 August 2019

Cutter Controller

A Demo, Full and Trial release of Cutter Controller V1.1.00

The Full or 6 months Trial version can be purchased from Shop Products, and the Beta version download from the Downloads section. For more details of the product, see Cutter Controller.

New Features
Improvements Made
Issues Fixed

25 July 2019

Vector File Thumbnail Creator

The Vector File Thumbnail Creator (version 1.0.02) is a free to use application that will convert FCM (Brother), GSD/GST (Graphtec), Slice (Making Memories) and Studio/Studio3 (Silhouette America) files to thumbnail images.

For more detials see Vector File Thumbnail Creator or download it from the Downloads section.

New Features

25 July 2019

FCM Thumbnail Viewer

A free release of FCM Thumbnail Viewer V1.0.22

For more details see FCM Thumbnail Viewer or download it from the Downloads section.

New Features

31 March 2018

Vector File Thumbnail Creator

The Vector File Thumbnail Creator (version 1.0.01) is a free to use application that will convert FCM (Brother), GSD/GST (Graphtec), Slice (Making Memories) and Studio/Studio3 (Silhouette America) files to thumbnail images.

For more detials see Vector File Thumbnail Creator or download it from the Downloads section.

Issues Fixed

19 March 2018

Vector File Thumbnail Creator

The Vector File Thumbnail Creator (version 1.0) is a free to use application that will convert FCM (Brother), GSD/GST (Graphtec), Slice (Making Memories) and Studio/Studio3 (Silhouette America) files to thumbnail images.

For more detials see Vector File Thumbnail Creator or download it from the Downloads section.


17 March 2018

Silhouette Studio Library File Extractor

A Free release of Silhouette Studio Library File Extractor V1.1.15

For more details see Silhouette Studio Library File Extractor or download it from the Downloads section.

New Features
Issues Fixed
Improvements Made

8 March 2018

Desktop Interface to Online File Converter

A Free release of Desktop Interface to Online File Converter V1.0.11

For more details see Desktop Interface to Online File Converter or download it from the Downloads section.

Issues Fixed

10 March 2017

Silhouette Studio Library File Extractor

A Free release of Silhouette Studio Library File Extractor V1.1.00

For more details see Silhouette Studio Library File Extractor or download it from the Downloads section.

New Features
Versions of Silhouette Studio 3.7.026 and later have had the folder location changed to Cloud52, and the library file structure changed. This has not yet been fully implemented, but any library entryies n the ‘Cloud’ folder will be displayed, but will NOT be extracted.
Issues Fixed

29 January 2017

FCM Thumbnail Viewer

A free release of FCM Thumbnail Viewer V1.0.21

For more details see FCM Thumbnail Viewer or download it from the Downloads section.

Issues Fixed

24 November 2016

Desktop Interface to Online File Converter

A Free release of Desktop Interface to Online File Converter V1.0.10

For more details see Desktop Interface to Online File Converter or download it from the Downloads section.

New Features
Improvements Made
Issues Fixed

19 October 2016

FCM Thumbnail Viewer

A free release of FCM Thumbnail Viewer V1.0.20

For more details see FCM Thumbnail Viewer or download it from the Downloads section.

New Features
Issues Fixed
Improved

8 September 2016

Silhouette Studio Library File Extractor

A Free release of Silhouette Studio Library File Extractor V1.0.35

For more details see Silhouette Studio Library File Extractor or download it from the Downloads section.

New Features
Versions of Silhouette Studio 3.7.026 and later have had the folder location changed to Cloud52, and the library file structure changed. This has not yet been fully implemented, but any files in the ‘Cloud’ folder will be displayed, but cannot be extracted.
Issues Fixed

7 June 2016

Desktop Interface to Online File Converter

A Free release of Desktop Interface to Online File Converter V1.0.05

For more details see Desktop Interface to Online File Converter or download it from the Downloads section.

New Features
Improvements Made

4 April 2016

Crafty49's Book Folding Pattern Maker

A Demo, Full and Trial release of Crafty49's Book Folding Pattern Maker V1.1.00

The Full or 6 months Trial version can be purchased from Shop Products, and the Beta version download from the Downloads section. For more details of the product, see Crafty49's Book Folding Pattern Maker.

New Features
Issues Fixed
Improvements Made

19 March 2016

Cutter Controller

A Demo, Full and Trial release of Cutter Controller V1.0.30

The Full or 6 months Trial version can be purchased from Shop Products, and the Beta version download from the Downloads section. For more details of the product, see Cutter Controller.

New Features
Improvements Made
Issues Fixed

19 March 2016

FCM Thumbnail Viewer

A free release of FCM Thumbnail Viewer V1.0.10

For more details see FCM Thumbnail Viewer or download it from the Downloads section.

New Features
Issues Fixed
Improved
Updated

Desktop Interface to Online File Converter

A Free release of Desktop Interface to Online File Converter V1.0.01

For more details see Desktop Interface to Online File Converter or download it from the Downloads section.

New Features
Improvements Made

11 February 2016

Silhouette Studio Library File Extractor

A Free release of Silhouette Studio Library File Extractor V1.0.31

For more details see Silhouette Studio Library File Extractor or download it from the Downloads section.

Issues Fixed

There was an error reading in the index file on Windows 7 64-bit. Fixed.


10 February 2016

Crafty49's Book Folding Pattern Maker

A Demo, Full and Trial release of Crafty49's Book Folding Pattern Maker V1.0.75

The Full or 6 months Trial version can be purchased from Shop Products, and the Beta version download from the Downloads section. For more details of the product, see Crafty49's Book Folding Pattern Maker.

New Features
Issues Fixed
Updates
Improvements Made

22 January 2016

Silhouette Studio Library File Extractor

A Free release of Silhouette Studio Library File Extractor V1.0.30

For more details see Silhouette Studio Library File Extractor or download it from the Downloads section.

New Features
Improvements Made
Issues Fixed

3 December 2015

Cutter Controller

A Demo, Full and Trial release of Cutter Controller V1.0.20

The Full or 6 months Trial version can be purchased from Shop Products, and the Beta version download from the Downloads section. For more details of the product, see Cutter Controller.

New Features
Improvements Made
Issues Fixed

Studio to SVG File Converter

An online version that will convert the Silhouette Studio/Studio 3 file format to an SVG file is available at Studio to SVG File Converter

Desktop Interface to Online File Converter

A Free release of Desktop Interface to Online File Converter V1.0.00

For more details see Desktop Interface to Online File Converter or download it from the Downloads section.

Silhouette Studio Library File Extractor

A Free release of Silhouette Studio Library File Extractor V1.0.00

For more details see Silhouette Studio Library File Extractor or download it from the Downloads section.


30 October 2015

Crafty49's Book Folding Pattern Maker

A Demo, Full and Trial release of Crafty49's Book Folding Pattern Maker V1.0.00

The Full or 6 months Trial version can be purchased from Shop Products, and the Beta version download from the Downloads section. For more details of the product, see Crafty49's Book Folding Pattern Maker.

New Features
Issues Fixed
Updates
Improvements Made

Cutter Controller

A Demo, Full and Trial release of Cutter Controller V1.0.00

The Full or 6 months Trial version can be purchased from Shop Products, and the Beta version download from the Downloads section. For more details of the product, see Cutter Controller.

New Features
Improvements Made
Issues Fixed
Minor Changes

26 August 2015

Crafty49's Book Folding Pattern Maker

A Beta version of Book Folding Pattern Maker software has been released. See Crafty49's Book Folding Pattern Maker for more details or download it from the Downloads section.


3 August 2015

Cutter Controller

A Beta release of Cutter Controller V0.5.10 is now available for downloading from the Downloads section.

Issues Fixed


2 August 2015

Cutter Controller

A Beta release of Cutter Controller V0.5.09 is now available for downloading from the Downloads section.

Issues Fixed


29 July 2015

Cutter Controller

A Beta release of Cutter Controller V0.5.08 is now available for downloading from the Downloads section.

New Features

Improvements Made

Issues Fixed


20 November 2014

FCM Thumbnail Viewer

See FCM Thumbnail Viewer

Issues Fixed

Some thumbnails were not displayed.


16 November 2014

Cutter Controller

A Beta release of Cutter Controller V0.5.05 is now available for downloading from the Downloads section.

Issues Fixed

Improvements Made


3 August 2014

Cutter Controller

New Features

Issues Fixed

Improvements Made


1 August 2014

FCM Thumbnail Viewer

The FCM Thumbnail Viewer (or file viewer) (version 1.0) is a free to use application that will display the thumbnail (preview) images from FCM files (used by Brother Scan and Cut machines). See FCM Thumbnail Viewer


11 April 2014

FCM to SVG File Converter

An online beta version that will convert the FCM file format (used by Brother Scan and Cut machines) to an SVG file is available at FCM to SVG File Converter


5 July 2013

GSD to SVG File Converter

An online beta version that will convert the GSD file format (used by Graphtec/Silhouette/Wishblade cutting machines) to an SVG file is available at GSD to SVG File Converter