If you ve never done that before don t be intimidated by the idea of going matless.
How to select no mat on silhouette.
Hit send in the top right and select heat transfer smooth as your material.
Load the cutting mat into your silhouette cameo.
If you are using a different finish like glitter or flocked select the appropriate setting place the htv on your cutting mat with the shiny plastic backing side down.
This tutorial was created by shannon le an admin of the silhouette cameo fun project inspiration facebook group.
Mat no mat setting for cutting in addition to how you choose to load your media as we discussed above you will need to tell the software if you are going to be using a mat or not when you cut you will find this option on the design page settings window in the cutting mat section.
This comes in handy when you are cutting vinyl or heat transfer without a cutting mat.
I am going to show you using the silhouette studio program that came with your silhouette.
Use your silhouette without a mat when you are working on vinyl projects.
Make sure you are cutting something with backing like vinyl ps this is my favorite vinyl ever and it s an amazing price on amazon with free shipping if you cut something like paper without a mat the piece you cut out won t have anywhere to go and it will be sliding around in your.
The silhouette cameo can cut lengths of vinyl or anything with a backing up to 10 feet long.
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The software knows whether to automatically choose cut or pop out cut for the action based on your cutting mat selection.
You can choose cameo portrait or none according to how you will be cutting.
Of course there isn t a ten foot mat available omg how would one store such a thing so if you want to cut longer than 24 cut without a mat.
Select from this menu of how to guides to help you get started with your silhouette.
Within the send panel select your material type.
In silhouette studio open your design design id 272298.
Whatever the reason both silhouette studio and your silhouette cameo need to be set up correctly to cut without a mat.
In the send panel go to the advanced settings and select feed from your feed options.
This silhouette tutorial will walk you through the three quick steps to successfully set up your software and machine to cut without a cutting mat.