Oh my gosh this 100% worked 👏🏼👏🏼 I’ve had my cameo 4 for over a year and have never used the sketch pen feature partly because I kept seeing people complain about the drag. I followed your tips and my very FIRST try turned out perfectly ❤️
Good heavens, so glad I found this. I need to use the sketch feature for the first time and I was so disappointed! So glad this fix works. Thank you. AND shame on Silhouette!
Check your mat thickness too. I didn't have a problem with drag lines and then all of a sudden I did. Then I checked the thickness of my mats and it turns out my non-Silhouette branded ones are much thicker and I only got drag marks when I used those!
Thats what I did too! I am using a pen holder that is white and comes with a cap. I put the pen with the cap on and seems to be the perfect pen distance. I am using thick envelope paper so I put a piece of masking tape on the left edge just in case.
These tips helped a lot!! I do have a question though. Is there a way to have the pen lift off of the paper as soon as the design is completed? I'm left with a ink dot after each color, otherwise my project is perfect.
I have only had my Cameo 4 for a week now and so I am enjoying your videos, thanks. A couple of questions if I may. Do all of the Cameos use the same pens or are their pens specifically for the Cameo 4? And can I Sketch without a mat? Thank you.
Thank you this is so frustrating! Also, tried to cut a round circle and it is not a solid round cut. Ouch! I have Designer Edition Plus. Would upgrade to next level software if that corrects this. Thanks Melissa.
Hi Melisa. I just got my silhouette portrait 3 end of dec. as gift and it started dragging the blade making cuts all over my vinyl. Too expensive to be wasting every piece of vinyl i am cutting. The blade holder itself. seems loser today than what it was and started ruining everything today. UGH..use the same sticky mat that came with it. My force is usual 3-4. My speed is always 2. Ive cleaned my blade a few times with qtip and never dirty. Hmmmm. I am stumped. Dont know why it would have lossened at all. Please help. Thank you. ❤️🇨🇦
Hi Mel, someone has brought to my attention that, the new silhouette sketch pen has a new design that allowing the one to fit in the groove snugly, so it is not to be moved. She has issue of the drag line and can't be adjusted. Can u pls shed some light?
Yes there are "new" sketch pens that will fit better in the CAMEO 4 machines, however they can be difficult to find. right now. It's good to know how to use this workaround if you are still using the older style pens
I have this problem with my auto blade, cameo 4 don’t know how to fix it HELP. It drags on all material and ruins all my paper projects, scratches vinyl too
Hi, that was a really great tutorial. Thx for sharing with us. I immediately subscribed 😊 Can you please help me with a problem? I use the zoom echting tool and I have the cameo 4. But when I try to sketch something and send it to sketch, the programm puts draglines beetween the words. I don't know why. At the design window, there are no lines between the words. But when I sent it to engrave, it automatically puts lines in between the words and even the letters. There are everywhere drag lines, the programm automatically puts put those horrible draglines itself. I reallybgetting annoyed I tried many things to solve it
It is 2022 now and I have not been able to fix my cameo 3. When I have gone in to fix the download it asks me for a 16 digit number which I have no idea how to find. I have emailed but the fixes they give still ask for the number. I hope you get this Melissa. It has been a long frustration. Now it won’t recognize my second tool setting so I can’t sketch at all
Hi Susan Hoskins, it would be easier to provide you the help you are requesting if you could please send an email with some additional information. Please provide as much info (including cut settings / exact material / screen grabs) as possible when emailing. My email can be found through the contact page on Silhouette School Blog www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/p/blog-page_9.html
@@raelynn1751 hi , so since I originally posted this I’ve been trying new things , so far I’ve gotten better results putting the speed to 2 and pressure to 3 with 2 passes . Not perfect every time but so far it happens less frequently . Hope this helps, good luck!
Is this trick just for silhouette sketch pen? I tried it with my sharpie but I'm confused bc if I slow my speed then instead of drag lines I just got blobs since the sharpie is staying in place too long. Also, how do we set a new material for sketch pen settings? I keep trying to set one but when I go back to use what I just created, it says no cameo4 tool 1 compatible sketch action was found.
Hi there! I'd recommend using a fine tip sharpie. Also make sure you're using the D adapter. Check out this blog post where we used fine tip sharpie type markers: www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/2020/09/how-to-sketch-and-cut-silhouette-cameo-4.html
HI there! Unfortunately we can't do a ton of troubleshooting on this platform. If you hop over to Silhouette U, there are opportunities for 1:1 help and a priority email inbox which is generally much easier to troubleshoot in this kind of situation. Check it out here: silhouetteu.com/pages/silhouette-videos-help
So I’m making these invitations for my sister‘s baby shower. And this video just saved me so much time and ink!!! God bless you. !!!!!!!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the tip! I got it to work 95% of the time. Theres still a tiny drag but you can barely see it compare to before!
OMG you just saved me from pulling my hair out!! Thank you so much!! Worked so well!
PERFECT. Thank you so much for these tips, I immediately got a perfectly clean result!
Thanks, so much! You saved so much paper and ink trying to figure this out!
OMG this saved my butt! thank you so much!!! I had to customize some popcorn bags and your tips worked!!
Oh my gosh this 100% worked 👏🏼👏🏼 I’ve had my cameo 4 for over a year and have never used the sketch pen feature partly because I kept seeing people complain about the drag. I followed your tips and my very FIRST try turned out perfectly ❤️
Good heavens, so glad I found this. I need to use the sketch feature for the first time and I was so disappointed! So glad this fix works. Thank you. AND shame on Silhouette!
Glad it was helpful!
you are a god sent thank you so much it with a forces of 4 speed of 4 and a little bit not in on the cameo 4!!!!
Check your mat thickness too. I didn't have a problem with drag lines and then all of a sudden I did. Then I checked the thickness of my mats and it turns out my non-Silhouette branded ones are much thicker and I only got drag marks when I used those!
Just found this ... great tips! Works great!!
U can. actually use the cap that come with the adaptor to make sure it is on the right position:)
Thats what I did too! I am using a pen holder that is white and comes with a cap. I put the pen with the cap on and seems to be the perfect pen distance. I am using thick envelope paper so I put a piece of masking tape on the left edge just in case.
Thank you! It worked!
Thank you so much! That fixed the problem!
Picture?
Did you share the image of the gap? I can't seem to find it. Thanks for the tips!
Yes it's here: www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/2020/03/silhouette-sketch-pens-leaving-lines-4.html
This worked for me! Thanks!
I moved up to the Cameo 4 for the purpose of the 3mm craft blade and the rotary. Both suck and I am so sorry I sold my Cameo 3.
Didn’t work for me 😓 how is it possible the pen drags & doesn’t touch at the same time? They need to fix this flaw
These tips helped a lot!! I do have a question though. Is there a way to have the pen lift off of the paper as soon as the design is completed? I'm left with a ink dot after each color, otherwise my project is perfect.
Yes please! Mine does the same thing.
Thanks so much!
I have only had my Cameo 4 for a week now and so I am enjoying your videos, thanks. A couple of questions if I may. Do all of the Cameos use the same pens or are their pens specifically for the Cameo 4? And can I Sketch without a mat? Thank you.
Mine still won’t work. My pen doesn’t even touch the paper
Thank you this is so frustrating! Also, tried to cut a round circle and it is not a solid round cut. Ouch! I have Designer Edition Plus. Would upgrade to next level software if that corrects this. Thanks Melissa.
What about cutting? My blade drags and makes cuts in my designs ;(
I'm having this issue when cutting, not sketching, on the Silhouette 3... Not on everything, just seems to be random. I'm unsure what the issue is.
I’m having same issue. Did u figure out why?
@@mykyram9446 Yes! My blade was the issue. The little cutting blade was sticking out too far, causing it to cut as it moved.
You rock!!!!
Hi Melisa. I just got my silhouette portrait 3 end of dec. as gift and it started dragging the blade making cuts all over my vinyl. Too expensive to be wasting every piece of vinyl i am cutting. The blade holder itself. seems loser today than what it was and started ruining everything today. UGH..use the same sticky mat that came with it. My force is usual 3-4. My speed is always 2. Ive cleaned my blade a few times with qtip and never dirty. Hmmmm. I am stumped. Dont know why it would have lossened at all. Please help. Thank you. ❤️🇨🇦
Hi Mel, someone has brought to my attention that, the new silhouette sketch pen has a new design that allowing the one to fit in the groove snugly, so it is not to be moved. She has issue of the drag line and can't be adjusted. Can u pls shed some light?
Yes there are "new" sketch pens that will fit better in the CAMEO 4 machines, however they can be difficult to find. right now. It's good to know how to use this workaround if you are still using the older style pens
I have this problem with my auto blade, cameo 4 don’t know how to fix it HELP. It drags on all material and ruins all my paper projects, scratches vinyl too
Hi, that was a really great tutorial. Thx for sharing with us. I immediately subscribed 😊
Can you please help me with a problem? I use the zoom echting tool and I have the cameo 4. But when I try to sketch something and send it to sketch, the programm puts draglines beetween the words. I don't know why. At the design window, there are no lines between the words. But when I sent it to engrave, it automatically puts lines in between the words and even the letters. There are everywhere drag lines, the programm automatically puts put those horrible draglines itself. I reallybgetting annoyed I tried many things to solve it
Thank you for this information, but nothing of how to is standing in de comments. I' m following you on you tube on my ipad. Greetings
Where is the still shot mentioned in the video?
I still don’t understand what year doing different with the pin mine won’t work with a gap
This happens on my cameo 3 and it’s so frustrating!!!!
It is 2022 now and I have not been able to fix my cameo 3. When I have gone in to fix the download it asks me for a 16 digit number which I have no idea how to find. I have emailed but the fixes they give still ask for the number. I hope you get this Melissa. It has been a long frustration. Now it won’t recognize my second tool setting so I can’t sketch at all
Hi Susan Hoskins, it would be easier to provide you the help you are requesting if you could please send an email with some additional information. Please provide as much info (including cut settings / exact material / screen grabs) as possible when emailing. My email can be found through the contact page on Silhouette School Blog www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/p/blog-page_9.html
Unfortunately I did all this and still no better results than before . Thank you though.
Same. Such a waste of money
@@raelynn1751 hi , so since I originally posted this I’ve been trying new things , so far I’ve gotten better results putting the speed to 2 and pressure to 3 with 2 passes . Not perfect every time but so far it happens less frequently . Hope this helps, good luck!
When I put my pen in the holder it tells me it does not have a tool in the carriage? Why does it do this?
Is this trick just for silhouette sketch pen? I tried it with my sharpie but I'm confused bc if I slow my speed then instead of drag lines I just got blobs since the sharpie is staying in place too long. Also, how do we set a new material for sketch pen settings? I keep trying to set one but when I go back to use what I just created, it says no cameo4 tool 1 compatible sketch action was found.
Hi there! I'd recommend using a fine tip sharpie. Also make sure you're using the D adapter. Check out this blog post where we used fine tip sharpie type markers: www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/2020/09/how-to-sketch-and-cut-silhouette-cameo-4.html
I have Camau 4 Is it possible to draw and cut? How to define it
Hi there, you'd need to draw THEN cut with the Cameo 4. When it is done drawing, don't unload and switch tools in carriage one.
I followed your tips and now on one side the pen doesn't touch the paper and the other side it does...
HI there! Unfortunately we can't do a ton of troubleshooting on this platform. If you hop over to Silhouette U, there are opportunities for 1:1 help and a priority email inbox which is generally much easier to troubleshoot in this kind of situation. Check it out here: silhouetteu.com/pages/silhouette-videos-help
The captions for this video are horrible! Drag lines becomes dragons, and on and on. Very distracting.
Am I drunk? It's Monday... 😂
missychan63 I was so confused for a min😂😂
I have new cameo 4 - did all 4 tips - still some dragging - and some places not a line -- thank you - further ideas? I did use this card
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Hi there! Did you do the penny trick? You may want to adjust the pen up just a smidge more.
@@SilhouetteSchool k I will try
Thank you
Thank you !!!