Free French curve SVG

French curve outline SVG

Which one? SVG for Cricut and lasers, DXF for the free Silhouette Studio, PNG to print.

Free for personal and commercial use, no sign-up. What you can do with it.

French curve outline, drawn as a line
French curve outline. The preview is the SVG file itself.

The scroll with its three holes as a line drawing 1.8 mm wide. For print, for engraving on a ruler blank, or as a drawing of the tool for a class handout.

What is in the file

Size100 × 60 mm (3.94 × 2.38 in), scales to any size
Pieces4 separate pieces
Outlines to cut8: 4 outer edges and 4 cut-outs
Cut length947 mm at this size
Narrowest part1.8 mm at this size
Nodes147 curve and line segments

Measured from the file. PNG: 2,000 × 1,238 pixels, transparent. About the three file types.

Will it cut at your size?

Scaling a design scales its thinnest part too. Here is this one at seven sizes, from 1 to 12 inches on its longer side, with how many copies fit a 12 × 12 inch sheet or mat.

Size, width × heightNarrowest partCut lengthFit on a 12 in sheetRule of thumb
1 × 0.6 in (25 × 15 mm)0.46 mm241 mm150Too fine for most machines
2 × 1.21 in (51 × 31 mm)0.91 mm481 mm40Fine detail: vinyl and paper only, weed with care
3 × 1.81 in (76 × 46 mm)1.4 mm722 mm18Vinyl, card and thin sheet
4 × 2.42 in (102 × 61 mm)1.8 mm962 mm8Vinyl, card and thin sheet
6 × 3.62 in (152 × 92 mm)2.7 mm1,443 mm3Vinyl, card and thin sheet
8 × 4.83 in (203 × 123 mm)3.7 mm1,924 mm2Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic
12 × 7.25 in (305 × 184 mm)5.5 mm2,886 mm1Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic

The narrowest part is the thinnest neck that holds the design together; sharp tips are not counted. For wood and acrylic, keep it at least as wide as the sheet is thick. How to open the file in Cricut, Silhouette and laser software.

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