Cameo 3 cutting off the top of the paper
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 2:43 pm
OK, got a Cameo 3 for Christmas, bought SCAL a few minutes ago after playing with the demo but not trying any cuts.
First attempt was a large single letter and the cutter apparently skipped nodes, I think if I remember to "Simplify" any text that will fix it. Second attempt at cutting was an svg and it went fine.
Except: The cutter is cutting off the top of the page, on the margin of the cutting mat. I'm using the Cameo touch screen to "load" the cameo mat with a piece of 8.5x11 cardstock aligned with the top of the grid. My mat has a 3/4" margin, and the horizontal cut which was meant to be 1/2" inside the paper, actually cut about 1/8" above the paper, on the margin of the mat. So, everything is cutting about 5/8" higher than it's supposed to.
I cannot find any setting for this within the program. There is a "calibrate..." button in the cut dialog but it does literally nothing. And there is no mention of it anywhere in the on- or off-line documentation. The only mention I can find of calibration (whatever that is) is connected with the introduction of the feature in version 2 (!).
So I'm frustrated. I expected this software to be $60 better than the free Silhouette designer, and so far it's not even usable, and the documentation is pointless.
First attempt was a large single letter and the cutter apparently skipped nodes, I think if I remember to "Simplify" any text that will fix it. Second attempt at cutting was an svg and it went fine.
Except: The cutter is cutting off the top of the page, on the margin of the cutting mat. I'm using the Cameo touch screen to "load" the cameo mat with a piece of 8.5x11 cardstock aligned with the top of the grid. My mat has a 3/4" margin, and the horizontal cut which was meant to be 1/2" inside the paper, actually cut about 1/8" above the paper, on the margin of the mat. So, everything is cutting about 5/8" higher than it's supposed to.
I cannot find any setting for this within the program. There is a "calibrate..." button in the cut dialog but it does literally nothing. And there is no mention of it anywhere in the on- or off-line documentation. The only mention I can find of calibration (whatever that is) is connected with the introduction of the feature in version 2 (!).
So I'm frustrated. I expected this software to be $60 better than the free Silhouette designer, and so far it's not even usable, and the documentation is pointless.