Cameo 3 Cutting Without Mat

I tried it with this recent project and have a few observations tips and suggestions.

Cameo 3 cutting without mat.

The silhouette cameo and portrait have the ability to cut lined material like heat transfer and vinyl when it comes on a roll. Later when i went back to using the mat i left the settings on load media. A few days ago i was cutting vinyl without using a mat which the cameo can do. There is no load media button on the machine only load and unload buttons.

You will see the cutting mat disappear from your design window. I like to cut vinyl without a mat and i like to save my mat for other things like card stock that does require a mat. Open design in silhouette studio. The cameo 3 load options are determined by which mat is specified in the design page settings of the silhouette studio software.

To cut longer than the mat you will have to load the htv into the cameo a little different than usual. In the page setup panel select none under the cutting mat section. One of my facebook friends jennnifer k asked me if it was possible to cut chipboard with the silhouette cameo without using a mat. In this project i m using a chipboard that is a little bit thicker than cereal box.

The second option to cut without a mat is new and exclusive to the cameo 4 models and higher. Here are my tips suggestions for cutting chipboard without a mat. Then select load media instead of load cut mat. Just 3 simple steps to set up the cameo to cut longer than the mat.

To see how it s done follow these steps. Align the material so that there are equal margins outside the white pinch rollers. The cut border is generally the size of the material you are working with. The silhouette cameo can cut up to 12 inches wide and 16 5 feet long if you are cutting without a mat.

For the first time ever cut materials like paper and cardstock without a cutting mat. With this feature the cameo 4 will make cuts but keep the material in place using perforation cuts in strategic places. The largest mat size is 12 x24. At that point instead of loading the mat i loaded vinyl.