Ultimaker S5

Overview

The Ultimaker S5 is a high-end FDM (fused deposition modeling) 3D printer with dual extruders.

Fusion Deposition Modeling works by placing layers of melted material in a certain path over and over. Soon after the material is placed down, it hardens, allowing the next layer to be placed and stick on top. The path is determined by slicing an object and splitting it up into predetermined sized layers based on a setting in the editing software.

The Ultimaker's base software for creating images to be printed is Cura.

About Cura

• Cura can be found for free on Ultimaker's website: Cura Download
• Cura allows 3D file formats: 3MF, OBJ, STL or 2D file formats: bmp, gif, jpg, png.
• You can download Cura and prepare a print on you own computer and load it onto a flash drive for the Ultimaker
• Possible ways of getting objects to print:
  • Finding and downloaded STL files from Thingiverse
  • Create your own CAD files using a program like Solidworks, Siemens NX, Autodesk, or anything that will create the accepted file formats.