Your machine will roll your mat into the cutting area.
Load media load mat cameo 3.
The cameo 3 just has a load and unload button only.
Now it seems so simple.
When loading a cutting mat into your silhouette align the mat with the white rollers.
When you load a job that does not have a cutting mat into the cameo 3 machine simply press the load button on your touch screen.
After it is done cutting unload the material.
Adjust the blade if necessary and click send.
Make sure you select load media and not load cut mat if you use cameo 2.
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.
If in your software your design has a cutting mat under the work space the machine will load mat.
How to load vinyl without a mat.
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.
January 20 2014 at 12 22 pm thanks for sharing a video using the silhouette.
Make sure the arrow on the top of the mat is pointing into the machine.
There is no load media button on the machine only load and unload buttons.
April 26 2015 at 2 51 pm thank you.
Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.
Now select load on your cameo 3.
The cameo 3 load options are determined by which mat is specified in the design page settings of the silhouette studio software.
I had the same thing happen to me and i was so frustrated.
Under the send panel select your material type.
If you are using a sheet of vinyl most often you will cut using a mat.
Quick video showing proper alignment of the cutting mat on both the silhouette cameo 3 and cameo 4 machines.
If you do not have a cutting mat the machine will load media.
Do you have a cameo 2 or cameo 3.
Load your media into your machine.
Use the blue line on the left hand side of your machine as a guide to align your mat.
Select load cut mat from the display.
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.