LINEAFORGE
LineaForge: Vector Design & Cut Software for Vinyl Cutters and Pen Plotters
Draw it, set it up, send it. One license, every feature.
LineaForge is vector design software built for cutting vinyl and other materials and drawing with pens. Draw or import your artwork, set each object to Cut, Draw or Ignore, preview the toolpath on the canvas, and send the job over USB, serial or Wi-Fi.
Windows and macOS. One PIN activates two computers. No Standard, no Pro.
Everything is in the box.
Weeding boxes, cut order, per-object force and speed, 3D extrude and a full toolpath preview are standard, and so is every import format: SVG, DXF, PDF, EPS, Adobe Illustrator and images. One price, one download, no upgrade ladder.
Pens are first-class.
Every object has a plot role: Cut, Draw or Ignore. Two-head machines route cuts to the blade and drawing to the pen on their own. Single-head machines get Prompt for tool change, which parks the head clear of the work and asks for the next pen.
See the job before the blade moves.
Show toolpath draws cuts in green, pen moves in blue and pen-up travel in dashed orange, on your artwork. The Cut dialog reports draws, travels and the tool sequence before you press Cut, and tells you exactly what was sent afterward.
DESIGN
From blank page to finished badge, without leaving the app.
This badge was built entirely in LineaForge. The title curves around the ring with arc text, the footer runs along a path, and the script word carries a drop shadow. The ring of stars came from the Array panel, the hills are a line fill a pen will draw, and the pines are a group you can collapse in the Objects panel. Guides, snapping, locked rings and hidden alternates keep a complex design easy to edit.
PEN PLOTTING
Every fill is a pen path.
Pick a shape, choose a line fill, and the pen draws it: parallel lines, crosshatch, triangles, waves or Voronoi cells, each with its own spacing, angle, color and plot role. Fill a headline with waves. Give a path a Stroke Profile and the width swells and tapers like a brush. Prompt for tool change runs a multi-color drawing on a single-head machine one pen at a time.
VINYL CUTTING
Lay out the sheet, box it, cut it.
Six stickers in three vinyl colors on a Letter sheet, with a weed box round the lot so the waste lifts in one piece. Set force, speed and passes per object when one material needs more than the default. Turn on registration marks and the same sheet goes through Print with marks and Print & Cut for a contour cut on a printed design.
TYPE AND EFFECTS
Real type tools, not just a text box.
Drop, block and cast shadows. 3D extrude with STL export. Tracking, kerning and multi-line alignment. Text on an arc or along any path you draw. Every font installed on your computer plus a built-in Google Fonts browser that downloads straight into the project. When the lettering is final, convert it to paths, weld the script into a single cut line, and send it.
COMPATIBILITY
What is included
- PLATFORMS
- Windows 10 and 11; macOS, Apple Silicon and Intel
- LICENSE
- One activation PIN, active on up to 2 computers at a time, Mac or Windows. Deactivate and move from inside the app.
- EDITIONS
- One. No Standard or Pro tier.
- CUTTERS AND PLOTTERS
- Skycut C, D and V series; StarCraft SOLO; Siser Romeo and Juliet; GRBL and G-code plotters; generic HPGL cutters
- CONNECTIONS
- USB (direct), serial or COM port, Wi-Fi, printer or driver queue, or export the job as a .gcode or .plt file
- PER-OBJECT PLOT SETTINGS
- Cut, Draw or Ignore role; head on two-head machines; force, speed and passes overrides
- OPENS AND IMPORTS
- .lf projects, SVG, DXF, PDF, EPS, Adobe Illustrator (.ai), PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, WebP
- EXPORTS
- SVG, PDF, DXF, EPS, STL (3D), PNG, JPEG, WebP, favicon set
- Print dialog with preview, printer margins on the artboard, print with registration marks for print and cut
- FONTS
- Every installed system font, plus a Google Fonts browser that downloads into the project
- DOCUMENTS
- Several artboards (sheets) per project, project tabs, autosave with crash recovery, inches or millimeters
- HELP
- Searchable user guide inside the app, works offline; bug reports and feedback sent from the Help menu
FAQ
Questions people ask first
Does it work with my cutter?+
LineaForge ships profiles for the Skycut C, D and V series, the StarCraft SOLO, the Siser Romeo and Juliet, GRBL and G-code pen plotters, and generic HPGL cutters. If yours is not listed, add a Generic HPGL or G-code machine and tune it; the settings are saved against it. Tell us what you got working from Help, Contact & feedback and we will add it properly.
Is there a Pro version?+
No. There is one edition and it includes everything: weeding boxes, DXF import, cut order, per-object force and speed, line fills, 3D extrude, print and cut, and the toolpath preview.
How many computers can I install it on?+
Two at a time, on any mix of Mac and Windows. If you replace a computer, open Account in the app, deactivate, and activate the new one. Activation needs an internet connection once; after that the app runs offline.
I lost my activation PIN. How do I get it back?+
Use the PIN recovery page. Enter the name and email you registered with and we will show your PIN and email it to you.
Can I use it for pen plotting, not just cutting?+
Yes, that is the point of it. Every object can be Cut, Draw or Ignore, line fills turn any shape into pen strokes, Stroke Profile gives a path a brush-like width, and Image Path redraws a photo as stipple, hatching, flow lines, a single continuous line and more.
GET STARTED
Cut your first job in ten minutes.
Download LineaForge, enter the PIN from your purchase, and the in-app guide walks you from a blank page to the Cut dialog. If your machine is not on the list yet, tell us from Help, Contact & feedback. We add cutters by request.