Silhouette Portrait Cutting Without Mat

The silhouette cameo can cut lengths of vinyl or anything with a backing up to 10 feet long.

Silhouette portrait cutting without mat.

They can be a bit tricky. When you aren t cutting without a mat you can cut. Cutting without a mat. I have a cameo 1 as well but use my cameo 3 without the mat as the rollers are easier to move.

To see how it s done follow these steps. You may have to work on moving the rollers on a cameo 1. The silhouette cameo and portrait have the ability to cut lined material like heat transfer and vinyl when it comes on a roll. Make sure the material is being loaded in the proper orientation as shown on screen.

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. However the rollers are a bit different. The new pop out cut is definitely my favorite portrait 3 feature. Save those mats for cardstock.

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. In the page setup panel select none under the cutting mat section. 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. Next the pop out cut feature can be used only with the cameo 4 machine line.

If you ve never done that before don t be intimidated by the idea of going matless. A new matless cutting mode. If there a cutting mat is not being use then ensure the material is loaded into the silhouette in the. If using the portrait a cutting mat select the load cutting mat button.

I am going to show you using the silhouette studio program that came with your silhouette. Cutting materials longer than 24 with silhouette cameo or portrait if you are cutting a roll or sheet of vinyl or htv that s longer than 24 and it can t fit on the silhouette 24 cutting mat you can cut it without the cutting mat either alone or with the silhouette roll feeder the roll feeder helps to keep the vinyl loading straight while and prevent it from slipping out from under the. By silhouette jan 05 2018. Open design in silhouette studio.

Previous silhouette machines allow you to cut vinyl and other backed materials without a mat but with the portrait 3 and the cameo 4 you can now cut materials like cardstock and paper without a mat. Use your silhouette without a mat when you are working on vinyl projects. Don t be intimated by cutting vinyl without a mat on the silhouette cameo.