So something i learned rather quickly after ruining 2 pieces of cardstock on my new silhouette cameo.
How to load cutting mat silhouette cameo 2.
How to load vinyl without a mat.
Next apply your material to the mat.
When loading a cutting mat into your silhouette align the mat with the white rollers.
Your machine will roll your mat into the cutting area.
Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.
Use the grid lines on the mat to line the material up with the edges of the sticky portion of your mat.
Load options for the original cameo cameo 2 and portrait are selected using the buttons on the machine itself.
I just got off the phone with silhouette and had to edit this post after getting some great help.
Now select load on your cameo 3.
Next butt the mat up to the rollers on your machine.
To load the cutting mat into the silhouette machine.
Cutting with a cutting mat.
If you have a cameo 3 click load on the panel to load the vinyl into the machine.
To load a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo remove the protective covering sheet from the mat.
If you have a cameo 1 or 2 select load media from the panel.
The left edge of the mat should be aligned with the line and two arrows.
Start by gently positioning the top edge of the silhouette cutting mat along the white rollers.
Make sure the arrow on the top of the mat is pointing into the machine.
The mat was feeding initially but then would start slanting and feeding totally wrong and end up at.
The software knows whether to automatically choose cut or pop out cut for the action based on your cutting mat selection.
Send it to cut.
Within the send panel select your material type.
Hey guys forgot to mention i have put together a playlist of all my cameo updates so far on my channel to make it easier to find with them all grouped togeth.
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.
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.
If it doesn t go in straight it won t be long before it goes awry.
Press load from the control panel on the front of the machine.
Use the blue line on the left hand side of your machine as a guide to align your mat.
Paper and similar stiff materials that usually need a mat to cut completely through should use pop out cut when you have no mat selected in the page setup panel.
Select load cut mat from the display.
