Within the send panel select your material type.
How to load cutting mat silhouette cameo 2.
Select load cut mat from the display.
Use the blue line on the left hand side of your machine as a guide to align your mat.
If you have a cameo 1 or 2 select load media from the panel.
If you have a cameo 3 click load on the panel to load the vinyl into the machine.
When loading a cutting mat into your silhouette align the mat with the white rollers.
The left edge of the mat should be aligned with the line and two arrows.
Press load from the control panel on the front of the machine.
Make sure the arrow on the top of the mat is pointing into the machine.
Place your material on your mat to correspond with the display in silhouette studio before cutting.
The mat was feeding initially but then would start slanting and feeding totally wrong and end up at.
Use the grid lines on the mat to line the material up with the edges of the sticky portion of your mat.
Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.
How to load vinyl without a mat.
I like to cut most of my vinyl without a mat because the majority of the time i am using rolls of vinyl instead of.
To load a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo remove the protective covering sheet from the mat.
Next apply your material to the mat.
Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software.
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If the vinyl doesn t load straight unload and reload until it does.
Cutting with a cutting mat.
In order to prevent damage to your cutting strip a mat should always be used when cutting materials without a backing i would rather take the time to load my mat than have to replace the cutting strip on my machine.
So something i learned rather quickly after ruining 2 pieces of cardstock on my new silhouette cameo.
The software knows whether to automatically choose cut or pop out cut for the action based on your cutting mat selection.
Now select load on your cameo 3.
To load the cutting mat into the silhouette machine.
Load options for the original cameo cameo 2 and portrait are selected using the buttons on the machine itself.
Next butt the mat up to the rollers on your machine.
Your machine will roll your mat into the cutting area.
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Start by gently positioning the top edge of the silhouette cutting mat along the white rollers.
