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 sheets.
How to load vinyl into silhouette cameo without mat.
Use the blue line on the left hand side of your machine as a guide to align your mat.
If you are using a sheet of vinyl most often you will cut using a mat.
How to load vinyl without a mat.
Overview of the s.
Place your vinyl next to the blue line on the left side just like you would load the mat and the top edge of the vinyl up against the rollers.
If the vinyl doesn t load straight unload and reload until it does.
Your machine will roll your mat into the cutting area.
Use your silhouette without a mat when you are working on vinyl projects.
Now select load on your cameo 3.
Make sure the arrow on the top of the mat is pointing into the machine.
This introductory video shows users how to load material with and without a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo.
Now see how the rollers are firmly gripping the edges of the vinyl.
If you have a cameo 1 or 2 select load media from the panel.
If your silhouette cutting mat is brand new you may want to de stick the cutting mat somewhat by blotting it with a clean t shirt.
Send it to cut.
Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.
Don t push it in just hold it up to the rollers so when you push the load button it will pull the vinyl into the machine.
Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software.
Place the vinyl onto the silhouette cutting mat with the backing paper side down onto the mat making sure the vinyl is covering the same area where the design is placed on the virtual mat in silhouette studio.
If you have a cameo 3 click load on the panel to load the vinyl into the machine.