The cameo 3 just has a load and unload button only.
Load media load mat cameo 3.
Now it seems so simple.
Under the send panel select your material type.
After it is done cutting unload the material.
How to load vinyl without a mat.
I like to cut most of my vinyl without a mat because the majority of the time i am using rolls of vinyl instead of sheets.
Load your media into your machine.
Now select load on your cameo 3.
Quick video showing proper alignment of the cutting mat on both the silhouette cameo 3 and cameo 4 machines.
If you are using a sheet of vinyl most often you will cut using a mat.
Your machine will roll your mat into the cutting area.
The cameo 3 load options are determined by which mat is specified in the design page settings of the silhouette studio software.
Adjust the blade if necessary and click send.
Select load cut mat from the display.
If in your software your design has a cutting mat under the work space the machine will load mat.
January 20 2014 at 12 22 pm thanks for sharing a video using the silhouette.
When loading a cutting mat into your silhouette align the mat with the white rollers.
If you are cutting media without using a cutting mat select none in the cutting mat options.
Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.
Line up your mat with the colored line and then load your mat.
Load mat vs load media video mary says.
To turn the mat on or off go to design page settings cutting mat and then select the mat you are using or not using.
There is no load media button on the machine only load and unload buttons.
4 thoughts on silhouette cameo.
If you do not have a cutting mat the machine will load media.
I had the same thing happen to me and i was so frustrated.
Do you have a cameo 2 or cameo 3.
Make sure you select load media and not load cut mat if you use cameo 2.
Make sure the arrow on the top of the mat is pointing into the machine.
When you remove the cutting mat from your file in silhouette studio the machine knows that you are cutting without a mat and will advance your material into the machine at the correct distance.