How To Load Cutting Mat In Silhouette Portrait

When you are preparing to cut material with your cameo or portrait machines it is necessary to load the material onto a cutting mat and then you load the cutting mat into your machine.

How to load cutting mat in silhouette portrait.

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. Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software. How to load vinyl without a mat. Cutting with a cutting mat.

Next apply your material to the mat. Silhouette cutting mats are available in several sizes. Now select load on your cameo 3. Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.

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. Follow the steps below to see what you need to do to load the cutting mat. Overview of the s.

Load options for the original cameo cameo 2 and portrait are selected using the buttons on the machine itself. Additionally pop out cut mode is not intended for thin or flexible materials like copy paper or fabric. To load a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo remove the protective covering sheet from the mat. Next butt the mat up to the rollers on your machine.