If anyone has a solution I would also be curious! What did I do? its showing syncing during the stop. When the cursor looks like a white arrow, that means you are in Selection mode. I load the machine as requested , line up the paper on the grid lines for my 1212 piece of paper. power supply or camo machine in question. Welcome to the Frustration Club!!! No amount of Was there ever a solution to this problem? I bought it for some big projects coming up and the mat is slipping everywhere. I am so much happier now that I have removed the v.3! I have to finish a banner ASAP and this is holding me back! Follow these steps: Press the Windows key + R on your keyboard. Cleaned the blade! I have restarted computer and machine several times so frustrating. Also, if I have any success with a cut, I remove it once complete, carefully clear it from the mat and pop a new piece of card on the mat & back in to the machine and set it to repeat the same cuts (on the same type of card again) & even though the first piece came out fine the second piece will be a mess, when I have changed nothing. You John always comes up with the weirdest questions. 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 resulting fix When I installed the Silhouette program onto the new laptop, opened up Silhouette Studio, the screen was black first of all except the cutting mat. , Hello- I have just purchased this machine and ready to scream. 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. I did this in reverse today had had no blade at all when i turned it. I even tried centering the image on the paper, but nothing is working. Go to Solution. 1. Thanks so much for this tip. However, there are complaints from a large number of users about the Silhouette Studio running slow in many devices. This kind of issue can be desperately frustrating. Moreover, if you are using too many extensions, this will slow down your system even more. Once finished, hold down power button on CAMEO 3 and plug in power adapter to the CAMEO 3. Each and every one of them is still attached to the paper, and had to a use a little scissor to cut them off completely. If your mouse does not have 2 buttons, then use a CTRL+click for a right click. I tried unplugging and re plugging and plugged it into a different outlet that I know is working. Anyway, when my blue and white status bar keeps flowing or says syncing, but never does, I have found I have some sort of driver problem. Hello! Man I wish my problems seemed as easy as everyone elses. That means you can grab anywhere on the drawing area to move the around the screen. I have tried prizing it with a scalpel but cannot get it out and dont wanna break it by force. Still having the same issue. Say I have a print and cut and I print my name on itbut I must remove my name before I cut out the shape. LOL!! So, make sure you have not missed it in your library. I hope you will come back again, James, and let us know how youre doing with your Cameo projects!! Have you found a fix. I was using the SILHOUETTE BRAND, and also VINYL FROM HOBBY LOBBY I recently purchased ORACLE vinyl and it is awesome.. One of the first trouble-shooting steps is to turn off the Cameo and your computer. Ive heard of the Cameo not cutting exactly right when using the Print and Cut feature, and its always been a user error. The slot is on the side of your cameo machine neaer the bottom.. It worked like a charm for almost six full weeks, then, suddenly, it quit cutting corners. Any and all assistance will be greatly appreciated! Would it be my brand of card stock? Silhouette American advised me to go back to the Legacy version. Ive came to find out I can only use the older version of sil studio, The new version freezes my system every time, so you may need to download the older version. Your site has been the most helpful so thought I would see if you had any ideas? I hope it works out, quickly, so you can get back to some serious crafting!! but no lower. Ive flicked through the manual but it would be good to see pictures or demos. And sunny greetings Then it would repeat this cut when i tried it again. With a shape(s) selected, you can increase the overall width or height or both. Please help me. I am an experienced Silhouette user and I plan to stick with the Legacy version for quite some time. 10. Can someone help? it is now stuck in the groove where the rubber band goes. Has this happened to anyone else? Any idea how to import a word and have it cut the middle letters and still cut smooth? Its a red outlined image. Could there possibly be a problem with my machine? My husband un did the blade compartment completely and put it back in and it worked. I am having the same problem!!! But if its still in warranty get it sent back. Someone help me! This will be my 4th blade. At first it was suggested the blade be set to 3 for med card stock. I always address my envelopes on my printer. So long story short my Silhouette Portrait fell off my desk. When the blade is set higher than needed, the tip of the blade chips. Fingers crossed, I position my paper on the mat and it cuts above the line and cuts If so, it could be that you need more memory (RAM). For example, if you have an app such as Outlook or MS Word or WordPerfect, insert a photo or clip art, and you should be able to resize the photo or clip art. Gloria. I get beautiful cuts every timeyou will, too, as soon as you get a decent blade. Sofar no one has bothered to come back to me with a solution or compensation for the damaged caused. Why are non-Western countries siding with China in the UN? Now I have sorted it out is is leaving little bit not fully cut mainly in the pointed areas of the design (currently cutting a dog with lots of fur). I tried using blade 10, thickness 33 but the result still the same. HELP! 4as to why the file wont move with your mouseis it just the .svg files or is it Silhouette files, too? Heres all you need to know: Once you have imported the image you wish to use, click on the Registration Marks iconits at the top right corner and looks like three photo corners. it is so frustrating because I cant even use my machine because it messes up the cut and I dont want to do any further damage. 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. I hope you will come back and let me know how this works out, Susan. I guess I should have said that you will *rarely* have to set the blade higher than 3. Once you click on the Drawing Area in Text Creation mode, the cursor changes to show you where the new text will start. now when I cut it will only cut on the right side! Once Silhouette Studio has loaded, you will notice a blank 8.5 x 6 page on your screen. I had my silhouette a year ago and it worked perfectly .. but wen I tried to cut with it today it didnt cut !! I just bought SilhouetteCameo, but so frustating that the machine couldn`t cut foam. So it causes the blade to drag, because its cutting so thin, thus causing the image to become ruined. Thanks for any help you can give. If you have tried all the obvious solutions and its still not turning, then your best bet would be to talk to the Silhouette America support folks. Thanks. Hope this can help as well. ctrl + RMB for zoom. Please say yes, please say yes. You use the right mouse button for fewer commands. I am an avid Cameo user and never had any problem with it but over the last couple of days I have encountered an issue which has let me dumbstruck. It looks so simple in the videos, right? 3) turn your computer back on and open the Silhouette Studio app, Now that you have taken the steps to clear the memory, everything should now be back to normal. You should check this frequently, because it will make the difference between clean cuts and wanting to pull your hair out! Thank you for your email, Our phone lines are closed due to maintenance. I also do continual research and post whatever I can find that will help Cameo users. realize what you are speaking about! Thank you! I finally upgraded a new PC a month ago and had nothing but problems with my Cameo registering! Anyone have a solution? Windows XP SP 3 x32. Gloria Sorry for writing a novel!! I even went out and purchased a new printer, in hopes the default printer issue Ive been having with the Cameo would be solved with putting the printer on the network. Things like the measure tool require more than one click to operate, and if you hit the shift key or "c" key, it boots you out of the tool. Im glad you love your SilhouetteI love mine, too!! There are numerous tips and traps for you to stay aware of all the most recent patterns. Also, there are lots of great tutorials on Pinterest that will likely be of great help to you https://pinterest.com/holyhelle/silhouette-cameo-tips/. Your idea to re-install the software is the best place to start. The German software version told me to use a blade setting of 1 for copy paper (and a 10 for both speed and thickness which now seems ridiculous to me), and all it did was scratching around and tearing everything apart. Thanks, so much for dropping by. I am sure it is something simple I am not doing, but, please help me!!!! I hope this helps. o com.aspexsoftware.silhouette_studio.license Hang in there, this will get sorted out. The empty area in the middle is the starting point of any shape or line you draw. I want to say that it is something I may be doing incorrectly? I purchased the Cricut Deep Cut Blade almssbey for my Cricut Expressions machine because I knew I would be cutting thicker materials like chip board and thin foam. Its really frustrating to design with the mouse restrictions. Sometimes, then, the blade will go to reset itself to the start position (often ignoring my setting to feed ahead another few inches at the end), and will just cut a big line through everything in the process. I was having issues with the mat slipping so I adjusted the rollers. Its almost like the blade is picking up to move, but not being set back down in time to cutif thats even a thing! i really felt like the girl on your pic above. I recommend always updating directly from the Silhouette website. more often than not, this problem can be fixed by shutting down Silhouette Studio and turning off your computer; then, turn your computer back on and reopen Silhouette Studio. I must say that I have never tried to cut foam, so dont have any advice to offer. It happened to me, too. Gloria, Thank you a bunch for sharing this with all of us you really This recurs every time and i can never get a good cut out of it. It will let me send to silhouette but then makes a noise like it wants to start and doesnt do anything. Press [Cmd]+[Shift]+G Please let me know how it works out. Closing it down and starting over. It could be in the middle of the word, at the endyou just never know. Your 8 1/2 paper should stay firmly on the 12 x 12 cutting mat, and you do not ever have to move the white roller unless you are using a smaller cutting mat or a different media, such as vinyl. Good luck!! BUT the good news is that the 4th blade worked like a charm. I found this thread where a autodesk employee says it was a bug caused in 2014. I am sorry to say that I have never done a project using rhinestones. Thanks, You have to be using the latest software from silhouette to be able to connect to the server so if you are using any software earlier than the latest you cant connect to server or that is at least how I understand it. It is an A4 sheet, so I selected A4 sheet, put the vinyl onto the cutting mat making sure the shiney side was on the mat, and it was in the top left corner nearest the feeder selected blade 2 on the blade and speed 8, thickness 9 blade 2 on the settings but it didnt seem to cut very deep. Im not sure if I missed it.. Promise!! google_ad_width = 250; As for the Cameo cutting above the 12 x 12 grid, onto the cutting mat: one possibility is that you may be putting it in the wrong way. I used my cameo one single time and cant get it to work anymore. All I could do was place it, but after placing it, it still would not allow me to move the image. Im still new to the Cameo, so I dont know what Im doing wrong. Any one else have this issue? When you are talking to the support person at Silhouette America, let them know you did receive and mat and they will send you one at no cost to you. Im not clear on what you mean by removing the writing from the templates. Can you please clarifyperhaps, send me a photo by e-mail. Setting the blade unnecessarily high will chip the end of your blade, and you know what that meanstime for a new blade! I noticed my laptop was getting pretty hot, and then I noticed my program would no longer workugh. Its a BIG waste of vinyl and a super huge headache. Is there a possibility to reset the cameo to the factory settings? I think higher numbers (5-10) are better for cutting thicker material. Ask the community or share your knowledge. https://www.silhouetteamerica.com/faq/solution/cameo-3-firmware-bricked, send the send2cutter.exe please Help! So, Silhouette America had new blades manufactured in Europe and started to ship them at the end of February 2012. Please let me know how it works out. Im sure you have tried turning it both ways, right? i just started making car decals to sell and now all of a sudden my silhouette will be cutting fine but miss parts of the image! Im glad you find my site useful! Three weeks prior to ordering my Portrait I downloaded the Studio v3, determined to get to grips with the software before its arrival. It only turns on. I doesnt lift up when I release the bar. Have I messed up some settings? 5. When I first got my machine almost a year ago, it worked perfectly. If it wont move at all, it may be defective, in which case you will have to contact the Silhouette America support team. De Re installed blah blah! If I have my blade set at anything below 3 it barely even marks the paper. Let me know how it turns out!! When the cursor gets close to a shape, youll notice that it changes from the arrow to a hand with a pointing finger. Just swap one envelope out while the other is printing, type in the new address, and youre ready for the next one! Cry, I had this problem tonight also. Also, you dont want to breathe it in. It is in the grove so tight that it wont come out to slide it over. 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