Use and Care Manual

Silhouette Portrait® 3 User Manual

Load the Material

With the material loaded on the cutting mat, it’s time to load the cutting mat into the

machine. Line up the left edge of the cutting mat with the gray line in front of the carriage

and the white rollers. Click the Load button on the Portrait 3. The white rollers will grip

your cutting mat and move it into position.

If you wish to adjust the starting cut point after you’ve loaded your material, you can use

the arrows on the control panel or in the Silhouette Studio® software.

Cut a Design

Once your design has been picked, the material has been loaded, and the machine has been prepared, you’re ready to

make your first cut!

Go back to Silhouette Studio® to add in all of the necessary information you may be

missing. Here’s what you can expect out of each section when you’re cutting using the

Simple action.

You’ll see drop-down options for the material, the action, and the tool.

First select your material. It’s important to be accurate in your selection because

Silhouette Studio® has fine-tuned the cut settings for each material. If you find that

you need to make adjustments, you change these settings. If you need to add a new

material, you can click the “Add New Material Type” button at the bottom of the

material drop-down menu and add your own cut settings.

Next select the tool or make sure the right tool is selected. With Auto Tool Detection,

your machine should automatically detect which tool is in the tool holder. Here is what it looks like when the AutoBlade

is inserted.

Now you’re ready to click the Send button and watch your Silhouette cut your design precisely!

If you ever need a reminder of what you need to do to cut out a design, you can click the graduation cap icon in the

bottom left corner of the Send panel on the left side of the Send button. This will show you a short slideshow of steps

you need to follow.

Load

Unload