Free rocket SVG files

Flames and smoke that stay on

Rocket files often come as a rocket plus a loose flame, loose smoke and a scatter of stars, all of which have to be placed by hand. Here the flame overlaps the nozzle and the smoke puffs overlap one another, so rocket, flame and smoke lift as one piece. The flame has its core cut out, which shows the surface behind as a second colour without a second layer.

The classic rocket is about 55 mm wide when it is 100 mm tall. Its fins are about 5 mm thick and its narrowest part, beside the nose line, is a little over 2 mm, so it is sturdy enough for wood and acrylic at that size and for vinyl down to about 50 mm tall. The moon rocket is much slimmer, about 40 mm wide at 100 mm tall, with an escape tower 2 mm wide at the top: keep that one at 100 mm or more.

Space parties and names

Rockets are cut most for birthdays and bedroom doors. The rocket monogram frame has a round opening for an initial or an age. For a name, stand the classic rocket beside the lettering or lay the rocket ship in flight above it, so the smoke trail runs back along the top of the word. The layered rocket gives a dark sky, yellow stars and a red, white and blue rocket from one file.

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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