Polyshaper Oranje + Silhouette CAMEO5a - Decoration Set - Basic

Polyshaper Oranje + Silhouette CAMEO5a - Decoration Set - Basic is a versatile solution for individuals and businesses creating decorations for various occasions. This perfectly matched duo of machines opens up a vast range of design possibilities - from event decorations and room arrangements to personalized special occasion accessories. The Polyshaper Oranje Thermal Cutter enables precise cutting of Styrofoam and Styrodur, allowing you to easily create 3D forms such as large letters, numbers, logos, silhouettes, and impressive 3D figures. The Silhouette CAMEO5a, on the other hand, is perfect for working with paper and foil, allowing you to cut stickers for balloons, decorative walls, and display cases, as well as invitations, place cards, toppers, and other stationery elements. The combination of these two cutters creates a complete decoration set - one is responsible for 3D forms and construction, the other for details, personalization, and finishing. This allows you to create consistent, eye-catching designs for weddings, birthdays, corporate events, communions, and photo shoots, with full control over the creative process from concept to finished decoration.

CAMEO5a possibilities

The plotter cuts in many materials and works with the latest tools from the manufacturer. Thanks to this, you can do many projects with its help, such as:

• Cutting in papers up to about 300g and self-adhesive papers
  

• Cutting in self-adhesive and iron-on foils

• Sketching (after purchasing manufacturer's pens or a universal holder)

• Gilding and embossing (after purchasing tools)

• Cutting fabrics and felt up to 1mm thick (after purchasing a rotary blade)

• Cutting in soft materials such as creative foam up to 3mm (after purchasing a Kraft blade)

• Cutting in manufacturer's creative materials such as magnetic foils, tattoo foils, scratch sheets and many others

Cutting in paper up to 300g

With its ability to precisely cut papers up to approximately 300g, the CAMEO5a allows you to create eye-catching cards, place cards, boxes, toppers, ornaments, and many other creative projects. This makes it ideal for small studios and craft businesses, as well as for classes at schools, community centers, and hobby workshops. The Silhouette CAMEO5a is an excellent choice for those working with paper, whether they create occasionally or personalize products daily. With the optional mat, it allows you to work on a 30 x 60 cm area, allowing you to complete larger projects without having to divide them, facilitating consistency and accelerating the entire creative process.



Silhouette Studio software continues to be characterized by its ease of use and extensive capabilities, making designing and personalizing graphics accessible even for those new to cutting. The CAMEO5a is ideal for creating invitations, cards, decorations, scrapbook elements, and many other paper projects where aesthetics and precision are paramount.

Foil cutting

The Silhouette CAMEO5a cutter is perfect for cutting foils, whether in a home studio, creative workshops, or a small business specializing in product personalization. This model handles various types of foils, such as vinyl, heat transfer foils, stencils, and magnetic foils, offering a wide range of possibilities for creating unique designs. The CAMEO5a is perfect for creating personalized stickers, labels, wall decorations, advertising signs, balloon and wall elements. It's also suitable for creating iron-on transfers for clothing, bags, hats, and other textiles, making it an attractive option for individuals and businesses that need custom designs.

The Alpha version does not include a foil feeder. However, it can be purchased separately to further streamline foil handling. This allows each user to tailor the device to their needs and workflow. The plotter features an automatic cutter that can separate a section of fabric with a cut pattern from the roll. This ensures evenly cut fabric, which will be evenly guided by the rollers when fed back into the plotter. The repeat button allows for maximum automation of the cutting process, and thanks to its quiet operation, you can create undisturbed at home even late into the evening.

Cutting Prints

The Silhouette CAMEO5a is an excellent Print & Cut tool, designed for precise cutting of printed graphics. The new model features improved reading technology – previously, cutting prints was performed based on three markers. For even greater cutting precision, both vertically and horizontally, the device now uses four markers, allowing for even better detail reproduction. The CAMEO5a is ideal for creating stickers, labels, invitations, greeting cards, and decorative and advertising materials. It allows for easy creation of personalized projects such as product labels, candle stickers, toppers, garlands, and small event decorations that require precise cutting to match the printed image.

Print & Cut, combined with the intuitive Silhouette Studio software, makes file preparation quick and easy, even for beginners. Simply enable markers in the program, print your design, and then place the sheet on the mat. The plotter will automatically read the registration marks and cut out the designed shapes. An additional advantage is the ability to cut selected foils and self-adhesive papers without using the mat, making sticker creation easier. Another great feature is the repeat last job function, which makes batch production much faster and more convenient.

Sketch even faster

Silhouette plotters can sketch with markers, and the new CAMEO5a model sketches even faster! The sketching speed of this new generation plotter reaches 400mm/s, allowing you to create beautiful, unique designs even more efficiently without sacrificing high precision.

Intelligent Path Technology

IPT is a solution that enables precise cutting of thin paper, previously considered too delicate for plotter cutting, while maintaining high precision. This technology expands the plotter's capabilities to cut an even wider range of materials!

Software

Silhouette Studio Basic Edition software is an invaluable tool for projects with the Silhouette CAMEO5a. This free program, available in Polish, allows users to easily and efficiently create, edit, and prepare graphics for cutting.
Silhouette Studio offers a wide range of features that allow you to design a variety of projects, from simple stickers to more advanced projects such as invitations, labels, decorations, scrapbooking elements, and even fabric prints for apparel. The program allows you to use ready-made templates from the manufacturer's store or design your own using available tools, fonts saved on your computer, or edit any graphics downloaded from the internet.

The basic version of the program supports .png, .jpeg, .bmp, .gif, and .tiff files.
Thanks to its new, intuitive interface, Silhouette Studio Basic Edition is easy to use, even for those new to cutting. Silhouette Studio Basic Edition is the perfect software that empowers your creativity, allowing you to create a wide range of projects - from personalized stickers to advanced print and cut projects

System requirements

Hardware requirements for Silhouette Studio to run:

• Operating system: PC (Windows 10 and higher) or Mac (OS X 11 and higher)
• The software supports devices with 64-bit processors.
• For Chromebook systems, plotter operation is possible using the new online application - Silhouette WEB - https://www.silhouette-web.com/
  
• Internet connection: Recommended (for updating and upgrading to Designer Edition)
• RAM: 4 GB RAM
• Processor: 2.5GHz (Intel Quad Core or AMD Quad Core) CPU memory speed: 186 MB program memory (does not include additional memory recommended for download)
• USB Port: USB 2.0 Port (or later)

It is also possible to use the Silhouette GO mobile application, available for both Android and iOS.

Due to periodic changes in operating systems, please check the current and applicable software requirements on the manufacturer's website:
https://silhouetteamerica.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/35000273905

Additional plotter functions

Electrostatic Mat

The Silhouette CAMEO5a works with the innovative Silhouette electrostatic mat, one of the most advanced solutions available in hobby plotters. This special platform uses electrostatic charges to hold the material firmly, eliminating the need for traditional adhesive mats or additional tape. The material remains even and does not warp, which is especially important for projects requiring precision, such as invitations, cards, boxes, stickers, and scrapbooking elements. When used with the CAMEO5a model, the mat has increased holding power, allowing it to hold impervious materials up to 0.5 mm thick, including heavier papers. This significantly expands the range of possible applications, making working with thicker and stiffer sheets more stable and comfortable. The electrostatic mat is easy to use and designed for repeated use, making it both economical and more environmentally friendly. Its surface is not covered with glue, so it is also suitable for cutting wafer and sugar paper*, allowing you to create unique confectionery decorations.

*The electrostatic mat is not included with the plotter and must be purchased separately.
*The electrostatic mat and plotter are not certified for food contact.

Sketching

Instead of a standard blade, you can place your favorite marker in the universal holder and use the sketching function. This allows you to create even, repeatable lines and details that would be difficult to achieve with freehand drawing. You can also use the manufacturer's markers designed for Silhouette plotters. This is a practical accessory for those who enjoy creative and illustrative projects. They turn the plotter into a tool not only for cutting but also for creating elegant lettering, graphics, and embellishments in your chosen colors.

*pens and holder are available for purchase separately

Heat Pen Set

The CAMEO5a cutter offers a dedicated Silhouette gilding kit, which allows you to add an elegant, metallic touch to your projects. This is an excellent option for those looking to achieve a hot stamping-like effect without the need for specialized bookbinding equipment. The kit allows you to create gold and metallic embellishments on paper, eco-leather, and selected other surfaces. The foil application itself is simple and precise, making it easy to create luxurious invitations, greeting cards, labels, decorative elements, and personalized home accessories. High-quality materials ensure durability and a professional look for the finished work. The CAMEO5a cutter uses a dedicated power outlet built into the cutter's handle, requiring no additional external power supply. Unlike some competing solutions, the Silhouette tip is heated, allowing for a distinctive, long-lasting, and aesthetically pleasing effect.
*Tool sold separately.

Embossing

The Silhouette Embossing Set is a practical tool for those who want to enhance their projects with elegant, raised designs. It allows you to create eye-catching embossing on paper, foil, and other materials, giving your work a more professional and decorative touch. Embossing is perfect for invitations, cards, scrapbooks, labels, and home decor, and its simple operation allows even beginners to quickly master the technique. The embossing tip also allows for creasing, or creating fold lines, which further enhances the tool's functionality. By choosing the Silhouette Embossing Set, you gain the ability to create aesthetically pleasing, distinctive designs at a high level.

*Tool sold separately.

Polyshaper Oranje possibilities

The machine can cut polystyrene up to 5 cm thick and 50x50 cm in size. This allows you to make many original projects, including photo booth gadgets. The cut shapes can be painted or glued, depending on your needs and project.

Polystyrene, as an easy-to-process material, will allow you to create many interesting projects. You can make silhouettes of characters from it, which you can then paint. You can also place a printout of the character on the shape created from polystyrene or decorate it with foil in any color.

Polyshaper also cuts out letters, so you can make beautiful decorations for various events. Cut out single letters from 50x50cm polystyrene. If you want thicker letters, just connect several cut shapes 5cm thick. Then you can paint or glue them, and you will get a wonderful decoration for a wedding with the names of the bride and groom, or a great background for photos!

You don't have to worry about special preparation of the pattern for cutting with a plotter. ShaCo software has a dedicated algorithm, thanks to which your pattern will be properly adapted for cutting.

Benefits of using Polyshaper

Thanks to thermal plotter, you can make various shapes from polystyrene quickly and precisely, which is impossible to achieve with manual work. Projects made in this way, regardless of their size, do not pose a threat to event participants, because the structure is lightweight. So you do not have to worry about children enjoying dancing on the dance floor of a wedding or birthday party hall.

In addition, shapes cut out with the device can be decorated in many ways. Both spray paints, traditional painting, large-format printing or self-adhesive foil wrapping will work well to additionally personalize projects. If you make wedding and birthday decorations, create elements of shop displays, gadgets for photo booths, organize various events, then Polyshaper is a device created for you!
Ease of use and a built-in WIFI module are additional advantages of this unique device.

Software

The plotter is operated by the free ShaCo program, which can be downloaded from the manufacturer's website. The program is intuitive and easy to use. It is primarily used to send finished projects to the plotter, and thanks to its compatibility with the SVG format, you can import patterns created in external programs, such as Silhouette Studio in the Business Edition version or the free Inkscape*.
The software is compatible with 64-bit Windows and MacOS later than Catalina.

*Silhouette Studio Business Edition and Inkscape are recommended programs because they are native SVG editors

Business Edition

Silhouette Studio Business Edition software is the most advanced version of the software, which offers a full range of functions, ideal for professionals and companies dealing with the production and personalization of products.

Silhouette Studio Business Edition allows you to import and export SVG files, which gives you unlimited possibilities of working with designs created in other graphics programs, and also allows you to create and edit more complex patterns. It also supports files in .dst, .exp, .jef, .xxx, .ai, .eps, .cdr formats. In addition, it allows you to export files in .svg, .pdf, .jpeg formats.

Files created in Silhouette Studio Business Edition can be exported and opened in the Polyshaper thermal cutter program - ShaCo. This is an extremely convenient solution for designing and cutting with the Silhouette cutter, as well as creating graphics ideal for cutting from Styrofoam.

Summary

This decoration kit is the perfect solution for those who want to embark on an adventure in creating eye-catching decorations for various special events. Combining the modern Silhouette Cameo 5 cutter with the Polyshaper Oranje device offers vast design possibilities and allows you to realize both simple and more advanced ideas. The kit allows you to work with a wide range of materials, allowing you to easily create personalized decorations, lettering, decorative elements, and event accessories. The machines are intuitive and easy to use, making the kit perfect for beginners just starting their creative journey. Purchasing the devices as a kit offers a more attractive price than purchasing each component separately, making it an exceptionally cost-effective option. This practical, versatile, and future-proof solution allows you to develop your creativity, save time, and create decorations tailored to any occasion.