Silhouette Cutting Mat How To Use

This mat replaces is the regular cutting mat that is initially included with the cameo machine.

Silhouette cutting mat how to use.

Grab your sponge and start a scrubbin. When working with the longer mat you need to tell the software that that s what you re doing. Shop silhouette cutting mats. The cameo cutting mat is intended for use with the silhouette cameo to hold materials in place when sending jobs to the silhouette machine.

Take the dirty silhouette cutting mat and lay it on a flat surface such as a counter or table. This is to prevent any adhesive that is added from getting onto the edges which may interfere with your machine s rollers. The silhouette cameo mat comes in several sizes. Now go make something awesome.

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. Whether you are new to the silhouette cameo or a long time user you just might learn something new. There is a surprising amount to know about the cutting mat. To do that in silhouette studio v3.

Hooray for straight cut lines by hand and no wasted pieces. My silhouette 3 is still cutting in the wrong place up on the mat at the top left even though it is set for the 12 12 cutting mat in the silhouette studio. The 12 12 inch cameo mat standard grip. Cleaning a dirty silhouette cutting mat 1.

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. Open the bottle of goo gone and dribble a little around the mat. See how to load your cutting mat into your silhouette cutting machine. I always cut my stencils using the silhouette s cutting mat but i m sure you could try it without and it gets loaded face up just like vinyl.

It cut in the right place one time and then reverted back to cutting in the wrong place. The mat has a regular adhesive level to hold most cardstock and general material types in place. Start with 1 coat. Once the edges of the mat are taped use a spray adhesive or glue stick.

Load the stencil film onto the cutting mat face up. You should be able to see all the nasties coming off your mat. Using a 12 x 24 silhouette cutting mat will save a bunch of time and often use materials more efficiently because you can load up and cut more with each send to the machine. Click on the open the design settings window icon a.