Free planet SVG files

Rings that pass in front and behind

A ringed planet in one colour has to show which part of the ring is in front. Here the ring is cut whole where it lies across the sphere, with a thin gap along each of its edges, and the half that goes behind is simply left out. The gaps stop about 3 mm short of the rim of the sphere when the planet is 60 mm across, and those uncut ends are what hold the ring, the top of the planet and the bottom of it together as one piece.

Bands, craters and storms are cut the same way: as slits and holes that never reach the edge. Lay a second colour behind and they show through.

Sizes are not to scale

In the two solar system designs the planets are in the right order, and the giants are larger than the rocky planets, but nothing is to scale. At true proportions Mercury would be a speck next to Jupiter and the gaps between orbits would run off the page. The sizes are evened out so the smallest planet is still over 4 mm across when the row is 100 mm long, which is about as small as most blades will cut a clean circle.

How to open the files

• Cricut Design Space: choose Upload, pick the SVG, and add it to the canvas. Set the width you want; the shape is already welded.
• Silhouette Studio: Designer Edition and above open the SVG. The free Basic Edition does not, so open the DXF instead.
• LightBurn, xTool Creative Space and Glowforge: import the SVG, then set the layer to cut, score or engrave.
• Inkscape, Illustrator and Affinity: open the SVG. It is a plain filled path, so you can recolour it, add a stroke or combine it with your own work.
• Printing or sublimation: use the PNG, which has a transparent background.

Each design page lists the file’s narrowest part at seven sizes, so you can tell whether it will survive at the size you plan to cut.

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