If you are cutting media without using a cutting mat select none in the cutting mat options.
How to load silhouette cameo 3 cutting mat.
The first thing you need to do is make sure your rollers on your silhouette cameo are set to the widest position.
Make sure the arrow on the top of the mat is pointing into the machine.
Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.
Use the grid lines on the mat to line the material up with the edges of the sticky portion of your mat.
Place your material on your mat to correspond with the display in silhouette studio before cutting.
Next butt the mat up to the rollers on your machine.
Your machine will roll your mat into the cutting area.
To load a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo remove the protective covering sheet from the mat.
You may have to work on moving the rollers on a cameo 1.
Locking the roller bar.
However the rollers are a bit different.
There is no load media button on the machine only load and unload buttons.
When loading a cutting mat into your silhouette align the mat with the white rollers.
Use the blue line on the left hand side of your machine as a guide to align your mat.
They can be a bit tricky.
Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software.
Yes all of the silhouette cameo machines portrait machines can cut without a mat.
Cutting with a cutting mat.
I have a cameo 1 as well but use my cameo 3 without the mat as the rollers are easier to move.
Select load cut mat from the display.
You are ready to cut.