Make sure the arrow on the top of the mat is pointing into the machine.
How to load silhouette cameo 3 cutting mat.
Use the blue line on the left hand side of your machine as a guide to align your mat.
Now select load on your cameo 3.
Place your material on your mat to correspond with the display in silhouette studio before cutting.
Cutting with a cutting mat.
You may have to work on moving the rollers on a cameo 1.
Use the grid lines on the mat to line the material up with the edges of the sticky portion of your mat.
If you are cutting media without using a cutting mat select none in the cutting mat options.
I have a cameo 1 as well but use my cameo 3 without the mat as the rollers are easier to move.
There is no load media button on the machine only load and unload buttons.
Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.
Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software.
They can be a bit tricky.
Select load cut mat from the display.
The cameo 3 load options are determined by which mat is specified in the design page settings of the silhouette studio software.
When loading a cutting mat into your silhouette align the mat with the white rollers.
Locking the roller bar.
The first thing you need to do is make sure your rollers on your silhouette cameo are set to the widest position.
You are ready to cut.
However the rollers are a bit different.
Next butt the mat up to the rollers on your machine.
Next apply your material to the mat.