Silhouette Cameo How To Change Mat Size

How to cut fabric on silhouette cameo 4 with rotary blade if you re using a silhouette cameo 4 with a rotary blade you can place the fabric directly on the cutting mat.

Silhouette cameo how to change mat size.

Silhouette software will change the way they cut your design if there is a mat or not. Using the scale method only changes the size of the box not the size of the font. Click on the open the page setup panel icon d. 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.

Make it the height you want the numbers or letters and it should be the true length. In silhouette studio v4. Make sure it s taunt and smooth. If you were to use your new portrait 8x24 option you would simply pick cameo 12x24 as your mat.

Orientation this will flip your page either vertical or horizontal on your mat. Click on the open the design settings window icon a. Under page size change the height to 24 000 b. Notice that the print border stayed at my 11 x 17 size.

By creating a custom page size i can simply click my portrait 8x24 page size from the drop down menu. If you are using higher than v4 3 370 of the silhouette software you would be able to change to this in the software even without owning a cameo plus. Under page size change the height to 24 000 e. If i change my paper size to 12 x 12 it will expand to the.

Note the cutting mat option in the pane below does not change. Another big thing to remember is are you using a mat to cut or not. Then size the number or letters accordingly using the number not the box around it. Cutting mat the silhouette cameo can cut any material that has a backing such as vinyl htv without a mat.

It can cut materials up to 10 feet long and this is how you accomplish that. I ve adapted by using the straight line on the menu on the left. But everytime i go to cut this long i have to manually adjust the page size. When the card is selected the measurements show on the mat they re also there in the scale window which i have open see the arrows to get the card size in centimetres to double check it s going to fit on my aussie sized cardstock i ll convert the measurement just four quick clicks and i ve got my answer.

Place the rotary blade in tool 2 and select the fabric thin cotton from tool 2. In silhouette studio v3.