The Ultimaker S5 is one of the best printers available in today's market. Engineers, architects, and designers use this printer because of its impressive and diverse 3D printing ability. This printer allows for our STEM racing team to have limitless printing possibilities.  We can easily manufacture custom parts and print aerodynamic lightweight cars in one go. In past years many STEM racing teams have struggled with printing due to a lack of understand of their printer. However our team, particularly our car manufactures, have studied this particular model, and are able to print out up too a car per day! Allowing for greater testing and development of our finale car design, creating a car that's ready to win.

Printer Specifications:

The exact build of the Ultimaker S5 is 330 x 240 x 300 mm, making it possible to manufacture big components or lots of small components in a single run. The printer is capable of printing two materials at once, allowing dual-extrusion. The printer can support over 280 filiments allowing for any style,  weight, or volume to be used in our STEM racing car. Finally, a color touchscreen at the botum of the printer makes it easy to set up and operate. Guided menus and print previews are provided in the machine. Bed leveling, filament flow sensors ensure successful starting and completion of prints.

Autodesk Fusion 360 is an online program which combines engineering design and manufacturing. Its mainly functions as the building blocks to create any digital 3D model, using specific. The software has specific parameters, which help users control the size and structure of models like their thickness using parameters. For instance, the parameters can be categorized into two types: user parameters and model parameters. The former refers to parameters specified by the designer and helps users control multiple sizes and make formulaic computations, while the latter are automatically created when building models and help specify certain geometrical sizes. Fusion is used by real life architects and designers to create buildings and products.  It's the perfect tool to use for STEM racing, as users change can easily  modify the specific parts of the car to achieve the most aerodynamic airflow. Moreover, the program uses various units (millimeters, inches, angles), and allows parametric expression computation.