How To Load Cutting Mat In Silhouette Portrait

Additionally pop out cut mode is not intended for thin or flexible materials like copy paper or fabric.

How to load cutting mat in silhouette portrait. Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine. To load a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo remove the protective covering sheet from the mat. If you are using any previous silhouette cutting models cameo 3 portrait 2 etc you must use a cutting mat to cut out cardstock or other paper materials. How to load vinyl without a mat.

Cutting with a cutting mat. Use the grid lines on the mat to line the material up with the edges of the sticky portion of your mat. Overview of the s. Next butt the mat up to the rollers on your machine.

Load options for the original cameo cameo 2 and portrait are selected using the buttons on the machine itself. Follow the steps below to see what you need to do to load the cutting 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. Now select load on your cameo 3.

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. Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software. Next apply your material to the mat. This introductory video shows users how to load material with and without a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo.