How To Load Silhouette Cameo 3 Cutting Mat

Your machine will roll your mat into the cutting area.

How to load silhouette cameo 3 cutting mat.

The cameo 3 load options are determined by which mat is specified in the design page settings of the silhouette studio software. If you are cutting media without using a cutting mat select none in the cutting mat options. Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software. Next butt the mat up to the rollers on your machine.

Locking the roller bar. When loading a cutting mat into your silhouette align the mat with the white rollers. Now select load on your cameo 3. Use the blue line on the left hand side of your machine as a guide to align your mat.

Use the grid lines on the mat to line the material up with the edges of the sticky portion of your mat. The first thing you need to do is make sure your rollers on your silhouette cameo are set to the widest position. Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine. Cutting with a cutting mat.

You may have to work on moving the rollers on a cameo 1. I have a cameo 1 as well but use my cameo 3 without the mat as the rollers are easier to move. Next apply your material to the mat. You are ready to cut.

Yes all of the silhouette cameo machines portrait machines can cut without a mat. To load a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo remove the protective covering sheet from the mat. Select load cut mat from the display. There is no load media button on the machine only load and unload buttons.

Place your material on your mat to correspond with the display in silhouette studio before cutting.