Cameo 3 Cutting Without Mat

The largest mat size is 12 x24.

Cameo 3 cutting without mat. One of my facebook friends jennnifer k asked me if it was possible to cut chipboard with the silhouette cameo without using a mat. The silhouette cameo and portrait have the ability to cut lined material like heat transfer and vinyl when it comes on a roll. 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 second option to cut without a mat is new and exclusive to the cameo 4 models and higher. You will see the cutting mat disappear from your design window. To cut longer than the mat you will have to load the htv into the cameo a little different than usual. Here are my tips suggestions for cutting chipboard without a mat.

Later when i went back to using the mat i left the settings on load media. Align the material so that there are equal margins outside the white pinch rollers. In this project i m using a chipboard that is a little bit thicker than cereal box. Open design in silhouette studio.

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. Then select load media instead of load cut mat. To do that i set the machine to load media. If you are cutting media without using a cutting mat select none in the cutting mat options.

If you have longer than 12 12 inch material you must adjust the material size and the cutting mat size in the design page. I tried it with this recent project and have a few observations tips and suggestions. Just 3 simple steps to set up the cameo to cut longer than the mat. A few days ago i was cutting vinyl without using a mat which the cameo can do.

The cut border is generally the size of the material you are working with. At that point instead of loading the mat i loaded vinyl. In the page setup panel select none under the cutting mat section. To see how it s done follow these steps.