How To Use Silhouette Without Cutting Mat

Change the cutting mat to none.

How to use silhouette without cutting mat.

It does require that the base and platforms be used with every cut even when cutting lined materials. All of the silhouette cameo machines cameo 1 2 3 and the silhouette portraits 1 2 have the ability to cut without the cutting mat. Cutting without a mat 1. 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.

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. The first option to cut without a mat is the kiss cut option. You can these material types into the machine without placing the material on a cutting mat and the machine will cut only through the material s surface but not all the way through the backing. Change the page size to match the size of your material.

First you want to set up the software to tell the cameo that you are cutting without a mat. Change the page size with your design in silhouette studio and sized open the page set up panel from the right sidebar. Change the page size to the size of material you are using. The silhouette curio does not use a cutting mat but instead a series of bases and platforms.

The arrow on the screen is indicating where the material will be loaded into the cameo. In the page setup panel select none under the cutting mat section. I am going to show you using the silhouette studio program that came with your silhouette. 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.

Make sure you select load media and not load cut mat if you use cameo 2. Under the send panel select your. Load your media into your machine. This includes vinyl heat transfer and sticker sheets.

The silhouette cameo can cut lengths of vinyl or anything with a backing up to 10 feet long. Open design in silhouette studio. Check the box to show cut border. Use your silhouette without a mat when you are working on vinyl projects.