If you're still not having any luck, feel free to email me with your question. However, when the issue rears its' head, some tools are unusable. Right-click on your graphic card listed and select ), added registration marks and printed. I just cant get it to work. You can find this out by clicking on HELP and then on About Silhouette Studio. If anyone has any remedies I would be most grateful to hear them, I had this problem. Good luck, Sam. I load the machine as requested , line up the paper on the grid lines for my 1212 piece of paper. If I were there I would give you a big hug. Its definitely a software problem with the Silhouette Studio application. Go to "Display adapters". Sometimes the memory needs to be cleared and then youre back on track. Got my cameo for Christmas, and have used it a handful of times. Sometimes we all need a good listener. When cutting vinyl I dont use a mat and I just put in the vinyl. realize what you are speaking about! It doesnt seem to do it on cardstock, but it has done it on the scrapbook paper. They finally replaced the faulty blade after numerous calls and emails. You may select to either have your offset image have a sharper Corner appearance, or have a softer more bubbly Round appearance. cheers. Karen, I just today received my Cameo and am *almost* completely happy with it Ok, seriously frustrated now! Heres where things got interesting. Theyre nice fat letters that should work well for your purposes. I will always be honest about my opinion of any product. Where would I find these? I tried calling the help line but of course they are closed. Thanks for the tips. Please help! Ive been using the same blade for a year, now. For example, sometimes I just want to cut out one bird image or a name. There is a bit of a learning curve when you first get your Cameo, particularly if you dont have experience with graphic design programs like CorelDraw or Adobe Illustrator. If I were doing this in a Microsoft Word document, Id just crop the image. 3) Is the blade moving back and forth freely, as it did for the other letters? 1. I sold it as spares and messaged the guy who bought it and asked out of curiosity if he fixed it. You will be left with just the butterfly of your choice. First off, dont get rid of your punches. Thank you! Can that even be possible?!? Unzip this file to your desktop Hi Gloria, sorry i ment to say the cutter would NOT repeat the cut at a setting of 10 on a card of 300gsm. Make sure you are lining up the left edge of your cutting mat with the small line on the front of your Cameo. Now, you can go ahead and cut!! The only way which resolves this issue it to reset my mac, however, this will only fix it for around 5-10 minutes before it does it all over again! I stopped it but have cut marks of two butterflies on the mat. 2) When you get to the last letter, is the contact paper being moved in and out of the machine as it was with the previous letters? The company treats me like I am stupid. Thank you so much!!! I have also tried this with the newest version and the version it came with without luck. Im having this same exact issue!Have you found a solution? I am having the same issue all of a sudden =(. Please let me know how it works out. Its a button that got switched in your cutting settings. I havent heard of any others having this problem. Any other suggestions wasnt sure if you knew if anyone else has had this problem. HOWEVER, what I would like to know is if I replace v3 with Legacy, (which could be the problem), do I lose my collection of designs in the Library or is there some way I can save them? The expansion arrows may be white, which indicates something else well discuss in another lesson. It would be so kind if you could find some litlle time for getting back to me. If none of these solutions work for you, then you should contact the support team at Silhouette America. This is basically a reminder to myself, because I keep having this problem every 6 months or so, searching the internet for hints, and coming across this site where I had the same problem a year ago. Would it be my brand of card stock? I only started having this problem with 10.3 so I am assuming it is a version error. If prompted, complete the CAPTCHA and click "Enter.". Same problem here after I updated the software. Chapter Four: Hollys First Walk in the Woods, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thCTcsujDHc&feature=related, adjusting the settings on the Silhouette Cameo, http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/software/silhouette-studio, http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/faq/solution/249, http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/faq/solution/silhouette-studio-designer-edition-overview, https://www.silhouetteamerica.com/faq/solution/cameo-3-firmware-bricked, Seuls au monde - Tome 1 - Les rescaps du Greenway pdf, Seuls au monde Tome 1 Les rescaps du Greenway pdf, http://blog.silhouetteamerica.com/2012/01/addressing-envelopes-made-easy.html?showComment=1361712870848#c4169966890823922523, http://joyslife.com/how-to-use-the-knife-tool-and-fancy-edges-in-silhouette-studio-software/, http://pinterest.com/pin/54535845458146233/, http://pinterest.com/knitgurl/silhouette/, http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=silhouette+cameo, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq-ZiBdKUPg, https://pinterest.com/holyhelle/silhouette-cameo-tips/. Check to see if you have two copies on top of each other. Is this normal for the mat to be cut so deep from a simple cut? As always, I had them printed on the page and my cuts selected but it just said the cut was automatically complete. Hope this helps! Now, whattons of money, tons of hair pulling moments and I cant even get the machine to say Welcome. Ive had other issue too, but I cant fix anything until it loads. I used to be able to just click on an object and move is simply by .001 no problem. You may want to try the latter first. This problem with your mouse is an unusual one. It could be in the middle of the word, at the endyou just never know. I just cant figure out whats going on. You are doing the right thing by printing the registration marks. This is an important step because sometimes memory gets garbled and needs to be reset. Firstly it seems to be double cutting in Silhouette Connect. It did well on other things, just the smaller finer lettering. Gloria. Or it could just be me? Call Silhouette America and explain your problems. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. How to use the Silhouette drawing tools Lesson 1: Draw a line, Tuesday quick tip: How to strikethrough text, Attention Windows computer users with an older Silhouette machine, Silhouette America to discontinue the Curio. ~rGM.eN}v|opvy`Y;}8qkg[uvLA?9]jO}Iv26&,Z5]B/Yv8/iIL~SH]L3\K'{pEBH~99+8W%oBg0_/o %t8D~G#}dy!gA}VYpV:+ Still waiting on the replacement blade but my second blade still looks ok? Ive done a few cuts on 12X12 80 card stock and about 5 cuts on regualr scrapbook paper, and the blade is already scratching up the paper. If not, come on back and well work through it together. Any thoughts? I installed the new v3 and it was a disaster. Or perhaps me 6 months from now. You mentioned that you adjusted the settings. Gloria Did you ever figure out the problem? Great timing, I just happen to be sitting at my computer! The empty area in the middle is the starting point of any shape or line you draw. This is an option you can set up in your System Preferences>Trackpad>Secondary click>Click or tap with 2 fingers OR Click in bottom right corner OR Click in bottom left corner. thankz, Hi, Im new to this machine! Double-click the icon to run the application. Ugh!! Then click and drag the width of the panel. What studio version are you using? Plug a lamp into it and if the lamp comes on, then you can rule out the outlet. With this project, the left half was cut in one corner it even cut through the backing sheet which messes up the design, but the right half tapers off to no cut. The cutter worked perfectly for weeks on all papers I used. or should I say it cut but not all the way threw the cardboard ,first I thought it was the plaid sense its an old one so I replaced it with a new one but nothing changed When you cursor looks like a black line with arrows at both ends, that indicates you can expand, contract or move something. So, make sure you have not missed it in your library. I took the blade housing apart and the blade moves freely. Chapter Eight: Oh, if only my hair stylist had listened to me. Thank you!! The only solution is to buy a new blade. Its so difficult to explain it sounds like Im making it up. Over the past few months though, Ive noticed that when cutting words or sayings (I do ALOT of that), sometimes one or two (or a few) of my letters are missing cuts. The machine arrived and after seven hours all I ended up with were two frayed designs and after these, a gazillion error registration failed messages, despite having done everything right. Is it a defect? AND THEN: I hope this helps. Stuck on Pan tool (hand symbol)?! SInce the machine cuts in seeming random patterns (a letter here, back to the top for part of a design etc as opposed to a printer that prints top to bottom) it left me confused as to what I had done wrong. 6) Are you positioning the paper squarely according to the grid on your cutting mat? Im not sure, however what you mean by the plaid. Did you mean to say, the blade?? I dont know what to do. power supply or camo machine in question. When the cross hairs appear, select your image. I have restarted computer and machine several times so frustrating. AAHHH Please help :(( But, thankfully, there are solutions to every problem! Good luck!!!! Did the new cord help you?? The cutlines are all higher then they appear in the preview, so the top of the design is cut into the mat and the rest is cut into my paper. Any ideas on how to fix? P.S. I did, however, come across an article that recommends Blade 3; Thickness 33; Speed 1. This will reset everything. I dont want to sound pessimistic, but I think you have a defective machine and a new cord isnt going to fix it. As for the problem with your SD slot, I didnt even know the Silhouette Cameo had an SD slotI thought only the Silhouette SD had one. (see also section below if you have a Mac Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad). when i use my mouse wheel to pan (all the time!!) Sorry if Im rambling but Ive tried going through all the videos on youtube and none of them seem to be answering the questions that I need. The initial post wasnt what I was looking for, but all of the comments after were! I did this 1 day out of the box. Delete the folder below with its associated sub-content My cameo will not turn on. I had all the same issues with my Cameo. On a Mac computer with a trackpad, you can instead use 2-finger clicks or corner clicks for a right click. Thanks, so much for stopping by! It is so great when we share our knowledge!! Reinstalling the drivers from the disc that came with the cameo seemed to have fixed the issue! You can get the latest version at Silhouette America Thanks so much for this tip. Anyone have a solution yet? Why doesnt the bar release on the left side like it does on the right? PLS HELP ME .I BOUGHT MY SILHOUETTE CAMEO A WEEK A GO AND ITS NOT CUTTING STRAIGHT BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT THE ROLLERS ARE NOT THE SAME LEVEL AND WHEN I PUT THE PAPER IT DOES NOT DO A STRAIGHT CUT IT GOES IN ANGLES IM SO FRUSTERATED PLS HELP ME I will be anxious to hear how it works out! I set it up ok and did a test cut and then a few simple cuts. alt + RMB for zoom to rectangle (rmb hold down) alt + RMB (one single short click) for zoom to fit. I hope I have made this sound clear, I am confused just reading it myself! Very confused! Re-open the Finder I easily put it back on, but it was accidentally twisted the wrong direction. 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