How nice would it be to import a file from Pepakura directly into this control software, send the file to the printer to be printed on cardstock, then load the Cameo, score the lines that are to be bended, pause to let you adjust blade depth, then cut the outer lines of the parts all without making changes to any settings or doing any configuration other than initially setting up the software. In a project like a full Iron Man costume, this could save a lot of hours. This ability to do a bunch of different things to a bunch of different materials sounds nice, but considering I got the machine for one very specific purpose it ended up being more of a time waster than I wanted. There are a lot of options, a lot of settings and configurations to enable you to cut/score/crimp/draw on almost any material. The software used to control the Silhouette Cameo is called Silhouette Studio, and is pretty impressive for free software.

Now why exactly do I want to make my own controller software? Simple. But, once I solved that it was a non-issue and I think it actually made things faster for me. This meant I was unable to load my cutting mat, and made registration (aligning the printed design with the machine so the machine cut on the printed lines) very difficult. So as I mentioned before, I had screwed up my Cameo by destroying the touch screen. Developing Control Software for the Silhouette Cameo Basics

Pepakura software