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.
Silhouette portrait load cutting mat.
The silhouette cameo and portrait have the ability to cut lined material like heat transfer and vinyl when it comes on a roll.
In order to prevent damage to your cutting strip a mat should always be used when cutting materials without a backing i would rather take the time to load my mat than have to replace the cutting strip on my machine.
This package contains one 8x12 inch cutting mat.
When you are preparing to cut material with your cameo or portrait machines it is necessary to load the material onto a cutting mat and then you load the cutting mat into your machine.
To see how it s done follow these steps.
This cutting mat features a 1 inch grid design for better paper alignment tacky adhesive to hold media in place and it fits standard 8 1 2x11 inch and a4 paper sizes.
Silhouette cutting mats are available in several sizes.
A new matless cutting mode.
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.
You will see the cutting mat disappear from your design window.
The new pop out cut is definitely my favorite portrait 3 feature.
Load options for the original cameo cameo 2 and portrait are selected using the buttons on the machine itself.
Open design in silhouette studio.
Silhouette of america cutting mat.
Next the pop out cut feature can be used only with the cameo 4 machine line.
Additionally pop out cut mode is not intended for thin or flexible materials like copy paper or fabric.
Silhouette portrait help this is a need to know video but even if you do this right you can run into troubles with the cutting thanks for watching.
It is to be used with the electronic silhouette cutting tools not included.