To do that in silhouette studio v3.
Silhouette studio cut settings for contact paper without a mat.
Can t wait to see what you decide to cut without a mat.
I finally discovered that if i put the contact paper on the sticky mat with the front side down i got the clear plastic contact paper it would not bunch.
Keep it in tact.
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.
This will allow you to place your stencil down and not have to manually space everything out.
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3 more tips for cutting paper with silhouette in order to cut any type of paper you need to use a cutting mat.
You need to make sure you text cut every time you change vinyl to avoid wasting materials.
Insert your contact paper directly into the machine without a mat.
1 regular settings for using a 12 x 12 mat.
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.
You can access the cut settings by clicking on the send tab in silhouette studio.
I spent several hours trying to find the best silhouette settings for cutting contact paper over the weekend as i.
I used oracal 631 for this project and used the vinyl matte setting in the silhouette software to get a beautiful cut.
When peeling off the backing of the contact paper keep everything in one piece.
I just feed the paper directly into my cameo.
2 after adjusting the page size to longer than the mat mat s still underneath.
Otherwise the paper pieces can move around under the cutting mechanism and get caught in the blade or cause the whole project to go askew.
3 after setting the cutting mat to none the screen mat has disappeared.
Click on the open the design settings window icon a.
Cut settings can be easiest and trickiest of getting great cut.
Using a 12 x 24 silhouette cutting mat will save a bunch of time and often use materials more efficiently because you can load up and cut more with each send to the machine.
When working with the longer mat you need to tell the software that that s what you re doing.
Position the design on the mat the rollers may leave an indentation along the edge of the vinyl like this.
