Construction SVG shapes
50 construction designs, drawn as clean single-colour silhouettes that work as a base layer or a standalone cut. The set covers diggers, cones, tools, hard hats and site motifs. They are made for wall pieces, doormats, storage labels, shelf signs, ornaments and the layered mandala that ends up in a shadow box.
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3 free designs in this collection. Premium artwork, PDF and DXF export require a paid plan.
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What people make with construction shapes
Wall pieces, doormats, storage labels, shelf signs, ornaments and the layered mandala that ends up in a shadow box, those are the pieces this collection gets used for. In this format they go on layered signs, shadow boxes, stencils, card fronts and any piece that needs a clean base shape.
Building on a shape
These are deliberately simple, which makes them the base layer for something more complex: offset one to create a backing in a second colour, slice a piece of text out of it for a knockout effect, or use it as the cut line behind a printed design. A silhouette with a clean closed path is far easier to build on than a detailed illustration.
Getting construction designs right
A silhouette has no interior detail to fall back on, so the outline carries the entire read. Judge it at the size you will actually cut, not zoomed in. Popular for kids' rooms and party sets, cut in bright primaries rather than realistic tones. Doormats are not a vinyl job, cut a stencil, lay it on the coir and paint through it with outdoor paint. Vinyl will not bond to a coir mat, which is the single most common failed project in this theme.
Exporting for your machine
Export SVG for any cutting machine, or DXF for Silhouette Studio Basic and laser software. Because these are single-colour silhouettes the export is one clean path per shape.
For cutting projects, import the SVG into Cricut Design Space, Silhouette Studio and laser software and check the operation assigned to each layer before making the project. For a printed sheet, the print-then-cut guide covers registration and bleed.
SVG and PNG exports are available in the free studio. PDF and DXF export require a paid plan. Check plans and commercial-use licensing before making products to sell.
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Start with a free design from this collection and customize it in the browser. Premium designs require a paid plan.