Silhouette Mat Size

Space out the additional rollers evenly across the center.

Silhouette mat size.

When working with the longer mat you need to tell the software that that s what you re doing. The cameo cutting mat is intended for use with the silhouette cameo to hold materials in place when sending jobs to the silhouette machine. Align the edges of the vinyl under the pinch rollers so there s equal margin. If your design is grouped together and you need to re arrange it you will need to select the design right click ungroup.

I will say i like that the silhouette mats are clear and the numbering of the grid on them. If you ve never cut without a mat here s a few extra tips. Go to object and click on transform. This tutorial was created by shannon le an admin of the silhouette cameo fun project inspiration facebook group.

With the silhouette studio open create the needed square or rectangle shape. Perfect to use with the cameo this cutting mat has an area of 12 inches x 12 inches. Now go to the right hand column and enter the exact size under w and h. Then click on scale options.

If a cutting mat is being used regardless of what material type is in use ensure that the correct cutting mat setting is selected according to the actual mat size in use. Change mat settings in silhouette studio to no mat and media size to reflect your roll of material. How to adjust to exact shape size in silhouette studio. The mat has a regular adhesive level to hold most cardstock and general material types in place.

If you have the wrong size of paper than your design could only be cut half way or parts of it could be left off. The ideal way to endure your cameo cutting machine s performance is by replacing the worn out cutting mat with the original silhouette cameo cutting mat. Check the loading method on your silhouette machine to make sure the correct loading option is being selected. Once it s in the work area click the page setup tab make sure the page size is automatic cameo or automatic portrait.

Further down the window pick cameo 12x12 for the cutting mat size. Now let s make it an exact size. Another big thing to remember is are you using a mat to cut or not. The tack of the mat can be adjusted such that thin papers can be handled without any damage.

To do that in silhouette studio v3. Silhouette software will change the way they cut your design if there is a mat or not. Click on the open the design settings window icon a.