Silhouette Setting For Cutting Vinyl Without Mat

If your silhouette cutting mat is brand new you may want to de stick the cutting mat somewhat by blotting it with a clean t shirt.

Silhouette setting for cutting vinyl without mat.

Place the vinyl onto the silhouette cutting mat with the backing paper side down onto the mat making sure the vinyl is covering the same area where the design is placed on the virtual mat in silhouette studio. Whatever the reason both silhouette studio and your silhouette cameo need to be set up correctly to cut without a mat. For the first time ever cut materials like paper and cardstock without a cutting mat. With this feature the cameo 4 will make cuts but keep the material in place using perforation cuts in strategic places.

If you ve never done that before don t be intimidated by the idea of going matless. 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. The second option to cut without a mat is new and exclusive to the cameo 4 models and higher. The silhouette cameo can cut lengths of vinyl or anything with a backing up to 10 feet long.

This silhouette tutorial will walk you through the three quick steps to successfully set. I used oracal 631 for this project and used the vinyl matte setting in the silhouette software to get a beautiful cut.