1. Pick a template, or set your Size (millimetres or inches).
2. Choose an Outer shape and a Piece style. Set the number of pieces under Grid (or type a target and press Fit).
3. Add Whimsy pieces if you like, and check for orange circles from the Strength check.
4. Press Export cut file (SVG) and open it in your laser software at 100% scale.
5. Do a test cut in scrap first, then Save the design so you can cut it again later.

Front is the cut layout. Back shows what engraves on the reverse (numbers, serial). Solution map is a numbered picture of the finished puzzle to print or send with it. Tray shows the frame and backing board.

Undo / Redo (Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y) step through your changes. − Fit + zoom; you can also scroll or pinch on the board and drag to move around.

The built-in templates set everything up for a common job; you can change anything afterwards and Undo brings back what you had.

Your templates: type a name and press Save template to keep the current settings as a button of your own. Upload template accepts .jigsaw.json files — the files made by Save — and you can pick several at once. Templates are kept on this device; each one starts with a fresh cut. Artwork pictures aren't stored in templates.

Switch between Millimetres and Inches at the top of Size. This only changes what you type and read — files are always exported at the exact size (in mm, which every laser program reads correctly).

Rectangle, rounded, circle, hexagon, heart or star, or Custom: upload an SVG, or a black-and-white PNG/JPG (a transparent PNG works too) — the largest shape is used and its proportions are kept.

Text turns each letter or number into its own mini puzzle. Pick a font or load your own (.ttf, .otf, .woff); chunky fonts give the strongest pieces.

Classic — traditional knobs. Straight — grid or Tetris-style blocks, with rotate and skew. Hex — honeycomb. Truchet — flowing tile curves. Organic — random cell shapes. Grown — pieces grown cell by cell (coral, dendrite, maze, matrix, blobs). Victorian, Wave and Amoeba — hand-cut looks. Radial — rings, made for round puzzles.

Styles without knobs can have add-on tabs (round, dovetail, ball and more) with their own size settings. Shuffle design gives a new random cut with the same settings.

Your own pattern uses your own cut lines. It accepts SVG files only — from Illustrator, Inkscape, CorelDRAW or another puzzle maker. The pattern is stretched to your size (use Use file size or Match its shape to avoid stretching). Lines that nearly meet are joined, lines drawn twice are cut once, and lines along the edge are dropped because the outline is cut anyway.

Special shaped pieces (heart, star, animals and more, a letter, or your own). Press Add whimsy or click the board to place one; drag to move it; click it to remove it. Size and Rotation change the one you last added or moved.

Your own accepts SVG, PNG or JPG: a solid dark shape on a white or transparent background, such as a logo or silhouette. Separate shapes in one file each become their own piece. Cuts near a whimsy are tidied automatically so they meet its edge cleanly.

Set the minimum safe width for your material (around 2.5 mm for 3 mm ply; more for MDF or acrylic). Any neck or tip narrower than that is circled in orange — it's likely to snap. Shuffle, move a whimsy, or change the settings until the circles go. The circles are only on screen, never in your files.

Choose a picture (PNG, JPG or WebP) to see it under the cuts, and fill, fit or stretch, scale and move it. The DPI readout warns you if it will print soft. Print file exports a PNG or PDF at exactly the same page size as the cut file.

Turn on Registration marks under Engrave & export so your printer and laser can line up. The picture stays on your device — save files only remember its name and placement, so choose it again after loading.

Makes a frame (and optional backing board) that the finished puzzle drops into. Fit clearance is the gap around the puzzle — 0.2–0.4 mm suits most lasers. Export as SVG or DXF, cut from the same material, and glue the frame to the board.

Makes many puzzles at once with the same settings but a different cut each time, in one ZIP. It can number them on the back (#0001, #0002…), include solution maps and save files so you can re-cut any one later.

Piece numbers can engrave on the front or back; add a serial or order number on the back.

• Cut file (SVG) — layers by colour: red = cut, blue = engrave, green = registration. Every shared edge is cut once, so there's no double burn.
• Cut file (DXF) — the same, with CUT, ENGRAVE and REGISTRATION layers, in mm.
• Back engrave SVG — mirrored. Engrave it first, flip the board left-to-right into the same corner, then cut.
• Solution map, PDF (all pages) and PNG preview — for printing, packaging or showing customers.

In your laser software: import at 100% (mm), give the red layer your cut settings and blue your engrave settings, and allow for kerf. Always do a test cut in scrap.

Save downloads a small .jigsaw.json file with every setting, including the exact cut. Load opens it again and re-cuts it identically. Keep them with your orders so you can repeat a job.

Off unless you turn it on. Under Cloud sync, choose Google Drive and press Connect. Your designs then save themselves a few seconds after each change, to a Codexia / Jigsaw Studio folder in your own Google Drive. Open Jigsaw Studio on another computer, tablet or phone, connect the same account, and pick any design from Your cloud designs.

The ☁ button in the top bar shows what's happening: Saved, Saving…, Offline (changes are kept and sent when you're back online) or Reconnect (Google sign-ins last about an hour — tap it to carry on). Stay signed in chooses whether that sign-in survives closing the app; pick Until I close the app on shared computers.

If the same design was changed on two devices, nothing is overwritten — the second one is saved as a copy. Starting a template or loading a file begins a new cloud design. Deleting moves a design to your Drive bin. Jigsaw Studio can only see the files it creates, and Codexia Media never receives your designs. Artwork pictures aren't synced — choose them again on the other device. Dropbox and OneDrive are coming.

Use Install app (top of the panel) or your browser's "Add to home screen" to install Jigsaw Studio. After the first visit it works offline. ☀ Light / ☾ Dark switches the colour scheme.