Make Any Design a Split Design in Silhouette Studio

Split designs are perfect for adding customization so they're really popular with Silhouette crafters.

But did you know you can actually turn any design into a split design in just a few minutes in Silhouette Studio?  This Silhouette tutorial will explain exactly how.
Start by opening up your design in Silhouette Studio. I'm using this anchor design I had in my library.

Click the Draw a Rectangle tool from the left sidebar and draw out a long narrow rectangle.

Duplicate the rectangle. To duplicate it exactly below so the rectangles stay centered I use the Command + Down Arrow key method.  (Read more on this replication method in this post on my 7 favorite Keyboard Shortcuts for Silhouette Studio).

Select the bottom rectangle and hold down Shift while tapping the down arrow a few times until the two rectangles are spaced to your liking.

Group the rectangles and place them over the center of your design.  If eyeballin' it isn't your style you can use the align tool to make sure the rectangles are centered over the design.

Select the rectangles and the design this time.  Go to the Modify tool along the right tool bar.

Click 'Subtract All' and the space 'behind' the rectangles will be subtracted or deleted.

The little space between them is still there and needs to be deleted.  If you can't click that little piece right click > ungroup (or click the Ungroup tool along the top tool bar) and then delete that area.

Now you have your two rectangles and your anchor design is split in half. However, nothing is overlapping so if you try to weld at this point nothing will happen because the rectangles are next to, but not overlapping the original design.

The easiest thing to do is select the top rectangle and, using the arrow keys on your computer, tap it up a few taps until it overlaps the top half of the anchor.  Do the same with the bottom rectangle tapping it down.

Once it's slightly overlapping, select all of the pieces > right click > Weld.

And there you go! 

Now just add your text in whatever font you want!

TIP: If you need a little more space for the text, select the bottom half of the design and use the arrow keys to move it down a little bit. The reason you want to use the arrow keys and the not the mouse is so it stays aligned with the top half of the design.

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