Hi Liz , Just got back online and Zathros asked me to drop in and take a look at what you are doing and thinking about doing with the Cameo, first off I am no expert but I have made the Cameo do what I want it to do and not the other way around. Corel will save to
DXF and that is what you should save as when sending ONLY LINES to the Cameo (that will also save you from buying any additional software or plugins! ( I know Black Friday just went by...sorry I just missed it) ). You can then import the DXF directly into the cameo program with no messing around at all. Here is a goofy video on this
There are a few things I change, one I save my files as Acad12 files, but that is because I use Inkscape (FREE) to draw stuff and it also has a A-Cad DFX robo-cutter option.
I don't know what your files you wil be cutting are like but I will make a few assumptions as you were talking about printing and registration marks.. Videos online are TERRIBLE so you end up going through 20 to answer 1 question, I had to learn by doing! ( You should realize shortly I hate spending money for anything if I don't have to,also)!!
I don't have Corel Draw (oh wait I do have it, guess I have never used it, hmm) so I can't help there but the process is the same no matter what the original software is.. except it requires the purchase of ADDONS! Cameo connect will let you to cut directly from Corel Draw BUT it is only a cut not an image and a cut!
To have an image and to cut it, there are 2 ways, one is the scan and cut mat or Pixscan as they call it which is a special mat that you can take a picture of or scan and then add the cut lines
https://www.silhouetteamerica.com/pixscan again added cost!
Or import the image in what ever formats Cameo will accept, and use the tools within there to , what is called, Print and Cut. From in Cameo you add registration marks on 3 corners of your page with your drawing, then print the image, you still have to add in the cut lines using the software and the settings for cut depth and so forth, then mount the printed image onto a tacky mat, feed into the cameo and tell it to scan for the registration marks, once that is done and all the other settings complete cut away. The first one takes a bit of time to set up, but after that only the amount of time it takes to print and cut, the cut lines are saved with the cameo file.
The cutters are so small that you can barely see the blade! So I don't think that would be a problem but you never know!
As Zathros also mentioned, there are also tools in there to draw the vector lines around your image and control a PRECISE CUT, and repetitive small cuts on several objects makes all the setup WELL WORTH the TIME!
I can do some pictures of what I mean as well as I believe there are a few scattered with-in some of my post that should give you some idea of the Cameo. I have not looked as of yed but there is a open source print-file I picked up awile back that alows me to cut directly from Inkscape so there might be one for Corel draw as well, as it really is only a print program on steroids.
Most of the stuff they sell at the store is (*^&*) and not worth 2 cents, a few good cutters a good mat ( you can re-store it with some spray adhesive) as far as cutting metal..YES you can, as well as up to about 1mm plastic like they use for scratch building model train stuff, start off with a shallow cut, increase the depth of cut, cut again, replete! I have cut some .12 mm sheet brass which is fairly sturdy stuff, but ya got-ta have the carbide blades, and diamond for etching on metal or plastic.
Just ask away and I will try to help out!