Once the cut is finished use the unload button on your machine to unload your vinyl.
Cameo 3 cutting through mat.
The mat provides a very light stick to it to keep everything in place.
1 after having your design created in silhouette studio you are going to want to turn on your cameo and get your cutting mat out.
I was soooo frustrated today kept cutting into my mat it cut the top off several of the images i was cutting.
The silhouette cameo 3 does not have a load media and load mat option so users will have to set that in their design settings.
You can choose cameo portrait or none according to how you will be cutting.
The card stock sticks very well to the mat as the my cameo cuts the image as requested.
Have had my cameo since thanksgiving haven t taken the time to play with it much.
Don t worry if you get masking tape on the cutting area the blade will cut through it and you can peel it off when it s finished.
Switch to a new cutting mat.
To cut without a cutting mat on the cameo 3 you will want to make sure that you do not have a cutting mat in your design.
Mat no mat setting for cutting in addition to how you choose to load your media as we discussed above you will need to tell the software if you are going to be using a mat or not when you cut you will find this option on the design page settings window in the cutting mat section.
To turn the cutting mat off go to the design page settings window and change the cutting mat to none from the dropdown menu.
Cutting htv with the silhouette cameo 3.
With the cutting mat you will see a teal colored protective covering.
You should tape this down to the mat.
This stickiness of the mat is on point.
Did it cut cleanly through the vinyl.
As mentioned above you can use the fold out mat supports if you wish.
Once the material is loaded go to the send tab in silhouette then scroll to the bottom of the page to test cut.
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I ve been trying to cut svg files the last few days couldn t get them to save in the proper place or unzip.
I place the pattern side down and then tape along the edges of my fabric and mat.
Once the vinyl is removed look at your test cut.
Quick video showing proper alignment of the cutting mat on both the silhouette cameo 3 and cameo 4 machines.
This video shows users ho.
