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How to Bridge Stencil Islands and Fix Loose Pieces

The centre of a letter O has nothing to hold it in place when you cut around it. These loose pieces are called islands. The studio highlights them and offers fixes that keep the sheet cuttable: bridges, filled shapes and a separate touch-up layer.

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Follow these steps

  1. Switch to Cut sheet. A red warning on a layer means it has loose pieces, shown in pink.
  2. Choose Clean up on the layer you want to repair. The three fixes appear under the layer.
  3. Choose a fix: Bridge keeps the detail and adds small connections, New layer moves the loose pieces to another sheet, Fill makes a bolder shape.
  4. Check the preview on the canvas, then choose Apply to save it. Repeat for each layer with a warning.

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