Cutting On Silhouette Without Mat

Cutting without a mat is an awesome feature that simplifies the cut process for many.
Cutting on silhouette without mat. If you ve never done that before don t be intimidated by the idea of going matless. We figured we should do a deep dive of explaining the two ways you can cut without a mat using your silhouette cutting machine. Can t wait to see what you decide to cut without a mat. To see how it s done follow these steps.
The silhouette cameo and portrait have the ability to cut lined material like heat transfer and vinyl when it comes on a roll. Cutting materials longer than 24 with silhouette cameo or portrait if you are cutting a roll or sheet of vinyl or htv that s longer than 24 and it can t fit on the silhouette 24 cutting mat you can cut it without the cutting mat either alone or with the silhouette roll feeder the roll feeder helps to keep the vinyl loading straight while and prevent it from slipping out from under the. Make sure you are cutting something with backing like vinyl ps this is my favorite vinyl ever and it s an amazing price on amazon with free shipping if you cut something like paper without a mat the piece you cut out won t have anywhere to go and it will be sliding around in your. The new pop out cut is definitely my favorite portrait 3 feature.
In the page setup panel select none under the cutting mat section. 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. I used oracal 631 for this project and used the vinyl matte setting in the silhouette software to get a beautiful cut. Cutting without a mat.
Change the page size with your design in silhouette studio and sized open the page set up panel from the right sidebar. Open design in silhouette studio. By silhouette jan 05 2018. We ve been getting a lot of questions recently about how to cut without a mat.
By silhouette feb 21 2020. Cutting without a mat. A new matless cutting mode. I am going to show you using the silhouette studio program that came with your silhouette.
This is a great feature to have the ability to cut materials without a mat for things longer like this 12 x 33 wall decal.