TumblerForge — Designing in the Studio

  • Can I move my whole design around the cup?

    Yes — use the rotate-view slider in the right panel. It slides the entire design around the circumference (wrapping at the seam), which is how you fine-tune where the design lands relative to the handle without moving pieces individually.

  • How do I add text to my design?

    Click Text in the left toolbar, then double-click the text on the canvas to edit it. Pick from the built-in font library — hovering a font in the picker live-previews it on your selected text — or upload your own .ttf/.otf font file.

  • How do I size things exactly (inches or millimeters)?

    Select an object and use the X / Y / W / H fields in the top toolbar — they accept exact numbers in your chosen unit. Toggle mm/in on the right panel; the toggle also switches the on-canvas ruler labels, which show inches as fractions like 12 3/8". The canvas itself is always true physical size, ...

  • How do I upload my own artwork?

    Use Upload SVG for vector art (best for engraving) or Upload image for PNG/JPG. If you upload a raster image you can click Trace image → SVG to convert it to vectors so it can be outlined, welded, and subtracted like any other shape.

  • What are the shaded horizontal bands on some templates?

    Taper transitions — the zones where the cup changes diameter (like the 40 oz waist). The labels show the circumference above and below the band. Art crossing a transition will compress slightly on the narrow part of the real cup, so keep critical text out of the band when you can.

  • What are the vertical red and blue lines on the canvas?

    They're the wrap geography: ORIGIN and SEAM (both red) mark where the wrap ends meet — on handled cups that's the handle line. The center line is the front of the cup (opposite the handle), and the blue quarter lines are the left and right sides. Objects snap to all of them, so centering a name o...

  • What happens if my design goes past the seam?

    It wraps around the cup. The studio shows a ghost copy of anything crossing the seam so you can see exactly how the two edges meet, and the 3D preview and exports fold the overflow to the other side automatically — just like taping a paper template around a real blank.