Hello, associates!
In the present day I’m going to share two methods to make use of the twin software holder on the Silhouette CAMEO 3 (or the Silhouette Curio) for sketching and chopping. Sketch & minimize is if you sketch a design with a pen, then minimize it out with a blade.
On all Silhouette fashions previous to the CAMEO 3 and Curio, you needed to sketch, then swap out the pen for the blade, then change your settings, then minimize. The twin carriage lets you save steps and time. I’m sharing two strategies for sketch & minimize beneath.
(To see the CAMEO 3 in motion, watch my video on the finish of this publish.)
Technique #1 for Sketch & Minimize
1- Select your sketch design. These directions assume you may have a sketched design with an offset to be minimize. I’m utilizing Haunted Home Sketch, which is design ID #66046 from the Silhouette Design Retailer. We’re solely going to make use of one sketch-pen coloration.
2- Go to the Minimize Settings Window. Be certain the Commonplace Minimize Mode is chosen.
3- It’s a good suggestion to at all times sketch earlier than chopping so there’s no likelihood of the paper sliding round throughout sketching, so we’re going to:
a. Place the sketch pen within the left/pink tool-holder 1
b. Place an everyday ratchet blade (set for the paper kind) in proper/blue tool-holder 2
Be aware: In the event you solely personal a CAMEO 3 it solely comes with the Auto Blade, so that you’ll have to buy a ratchet blade or comply with Technique #2, beneath.
4- Choose all the sketch portion of the design and click on on Instrument 1 (as a result of in Commonplace Minimize Mode, software 1 will at all times minimize first).
5- Select Silhouette Sketch Pen because the Materials Kind (Instrument 1).
6- The daring preview strains must be exhibiting pink for the sketch strains.
7- Now choose simply the offset line you want to minimize and click on on Instrument 2.
8- Select Cardstock (or no matter paper you might be sketching and chopping on) because the Materials Kind (Instrument 2).
9- Be certain the Ratchet Blade is exhibiting because the Blade Kind.
10- The daring preview strains must be exhibiting blue for the minimize strains.
Able to load the paper and sketch & minimize!
Technique #2 for Sketch & Minimize (Most well-liked)
1- Select your sketch design. These directions assume you may have a sketched design with an offset to be minimize. I’m utilizing Haunted Home Sketch, which is design ID #66046 from the Silhouette Design Retailer. We’re solely going to make use of one sketch-pen coloration.
2- Within the Line Colour Window, choose and coloration your strains primarily based on whether or not you need them to be sketched or minimize. I often select a sketch line coloration primarily based on the pen coloration I wish to use.
3- Group (proper click on – Group) the sketch strains collectively, if they don’t seem to be already grouped.
4- Depart the pink line as-is for the offset to be minimize with a blade.
5- Group the offset strains collectively, if there are a number of offsets.
6- Be certain your sketch design is organized appropriately throughout the offset on the work web page. (Usually this is so simple as choosing all the design, then within the Align Window selecting “Middle.”)
7- Go to the Minimize Settings Window and select Superior Minimize Mode.
8- Select Line Colour for the Minimize Order.
9- For the black coloration (exhibiting the black sq.):
a. Click on on the blue software circle to inform the CAMEO you wish to sketch the black strains with software 2.
b. Select Silhouette Sketch Pen for the Materials Kind. (Now is an efficient time to place your sketch pen in the suitable/blue tool-holder 2.)
c. If it’s not the highest line for Minimize Order, click on and drag that line so it’s above the pink coloration. That units your order of chopping (top-down). Sketch earlier than chopping.
10- For the pink line coloration (pink sq.):
a. Be certain the pink circle for Instrument 1 is chosen.
b. Select Cardstock for the Materials Kind.
c. Choose the Automated Blade because the Blade Kind. (You can additionally use a ratchet blade—simply be certain that the blade kind in Studio matches the precise blade you might be utilizing.)
Now you’re able to load the paper and sketch & minimize.
This second methodology could appear extra complicated, however I actually discover it provides me probably the most management, and it makes loads of sense to my mind. 🙂
Right here’s a brief recap for Technique #2:
- Set line colours for various features you need carried out in your design
- Select which software you wish to use for every line coloration
- Put them within the order you need minimize/sketched
I hope this helps you attempt a few totally different strategies to sketch & minimize, both with the CAMEO 3 or the Curio. You possibly can resolve which works greatest for you. Listed here are my ultimate outcomes. One is recent from the CAMEO 3, and the opposite is coloured with some Tombow Twin Brush pens (affiliate hyperlink).
Watch Sketch & Minimize in Motion!
Sketch & Minimize with the CAMEO 3 Twin Instrument Holder from Kelly Wayment on Vimeo.
Thanks for visiting, and I’ll have extra CAMEO 3 data for you quickly!
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