How To Load Cutting Mat In Silhouette Portrait

Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software.

How to load cutting mat in silhouette portrait.

How to load vinyl without a mat. Now select load on your cameo 3. Next apply your material to the mat. 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.

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. 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. Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.

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. To load a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo remove the protective covering sheet from the mat. Use the grid lines on the mat to line the material up with the edges of the sticky portion of your mat. Next butt the mat up to the rollers on your machine.

This introductory video shows users how to load material with and without a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo. Silhouette cutting mats are available in several sizes. Overview of the s. Cutting with a cutting mat.