How To Load Silhouette Cameo 3 Cutting Mat

Select load cut mat from the display.

How to load silhouette cameo 3 cutting mat.

Next butt the mat up to the rollers on your machine. Your machine will roll your mat into the cutting area. You are ready to cut. However the rollers are a bit different.

I have a cameo 1 as well but use my cameo 3 without the mat as the rollers are easier to move. To load a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo remove the protective covering sheet from the mat. They can be a bit tricky. Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.

Locking the roller bar. You may have to work on moving the rollers on a cameo 1. Cutting with a cutting mat. Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software.

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. Make sure the arrow on the top of the mat is pointing into the machine. When loading a cutting mat into your silhouette align the mat with the white rollers.

Next apply your material to the mat. Yes all of the silhouette cameo machines portrait machines can cut without a 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.

Now select load on your cameo 3.