How To Load The Silhouette Cameo Cutting Mat

Use the grid lines on the mat to line the material up with the edges of the sticky portion of your mat.

How to load the silhouette cameo cutting mat.

Overview of the s. Next apply your material to the mat. Press load from the control panel on the front of the machine silhouette cameo 2. When loading a cutting mat into.

The first thing you need to do is make sure your rollers on your silhouette cameo are set to the widest position. How to load the silhouette cutting mat silhouette cameo 3. Silhouette cutting mats are available in several sizes. To load a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo remove the protective covering sheet from the mat.

The solution if this happens to you use the keypad on the cameo to move the dot next to load media back up to load cutting mat. If you are using letter size cardstock on the cameo and not the full 12 12 mat you need to move the plastic roller on the right in to the notches towards the middle so that the roller grabs the edge of the mat. Press the top button indicating the gridded mat. I had such trouble at the very beginning trying to use my machine so i am hoping this tutorial will help anyone out there who is afraid to do that first cut with their machine.

The cameo 3 load options are determined by which mat is specified in the design page settings of the silhouette studio software. There is no load media button on the machine only load and unload buttons. I explain what load mat vs load media means. Press the up arrow button on the front of the machine portrait.

This introductory video shows users how to load material with and without a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo. Be sure that you select the mat you are using from the page. Loading your mat 1. Now select load on.

Press load mat silhouette cameo 1. I just share a couple of tiny bits of info about the silhouette cameo. Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software. Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.

If you are cutting media without using a cutting mat select none in the cutting mat options. I think this might be another post that i can file under why am i so stupid. Locking the roller bar. Next butt the mat up to the rollers on your machine.