How To Load Cutting Mat In Silhouette Portrait

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.

How to load cutting mat in silhouette portrait.

Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine. Additionally pop out cut mode is not intended for thin or flexible materials like copy paper or fabric. Next the pop out cut feature can be used only with the cameo 4 machine line. Use the grid lines on the mat to line the material up with the edges of the sticky portion of your mat.

Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software. Now select load on your cameo 3. Cutting with a cutting mat. Next apply your material to the mat.

Load options for the original cameo cameo 2 and portrait are selected using the buttons on the machine itself. Overview of the s. Silhouette cutting mats are available in several sizes. Next butt the mat up to the rollers on your 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. This introductory video shows users how to load material with and without a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo. 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. 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.