I have worked on this problem for a few days and posted a thread yesterday called cutting top of mat silhouette cameo 3 i received numerous helpful questions and suggestions but the cure was following the suggested solution above.
Silhouette cameo 3 is cutting off the mat.
Now i m on the edge of my deadline and i really don t know what to do.
Press load from the control panel on the front of the machine.
The cameo 3 is awesome and shouldn t cause any issues.
I checked a lot of tutorials and i placed the mat the same way three times.
I was soooo frustrated today kept cutting into my mat it cut the top off several of the images i was cutting.
So something i learned rather quickly after ruining 2 pieces of cardstock on my new silhouette cameo.
What is your best cameo 3 tip.
To load the cutting mat into the silhouette machine.
Literally i placed the same sheet 3 different times to see if at least it was cutting off the lines but the cuts were the same the three times but not at all.
Thank you so much for posting this including and especially the solution.
One of the most common issues from silhouette cameo beginners is that their cameo 3 autoblade is cutting through the vinyl or other material and the backing.
Thanks again for sharing.
The mat was feeding initially but then would start slanting and feeding totally wrong and end up at.
The same goes for the portrait 2 autoblade.
I was then cutting like a crazy quilt and making a horrible grinding noise.
My silhouette cameo went wonky when it hit a half sheet of paper on the mat.
However i hope that this guide was helpful just in case you encountered a problem.
Following the steps silhouette gave me.
I ve been trying to cut svg files the last few days couldn t get them to save in the proper place or unzip.
Hopefully by now you and your cameo 3 are lean mean cutting machines.
Lastly if you re still experiencing issues you can always reach out to the silhouette support team.
Start by gently positioning the top edge of the silhouette cutting mat along the white rollers.
In most cases there are two quick fixes that will fix the issue and get you cutting successfully in a hurry.