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Introducing the Ultimaker Design Engine Starter Pack<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n

Why is it that so many 3D printing-powered education projects rely heavily on downloading and printing someone else’s creations? For the 2017 back to school season, the Ultimaker North American Community Team has constructed a game that puts the power of design back in your hands. Presenting the Ultimaker Design Engine Starter Pack: a game created to provoke, inspire, and entertain students, educators, 3D designers, artists, and engineers of all experience levels!<\/p><\/div>\n

The Starter Pack can be used to generate scores of new projects, fueling a deeper exploration into the use of desktop 3D printers. For educators, students, and 3D designers of all backgrounds, the Starter Pack is both a handy icebreaker and a challenging activity that sparks creativity.<\/p><\/section>\n

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The Ultimaker Design Engine Starter Pack!<\/div><\/div>\n

As an engineer, we are taught to look for the ‘right’ answer. This game is wonderful at breaking through ‘right answer’ thinking to reach creative and inspired outcomes that can lead to real innovation!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2014Kathy Rutherford, FIRST Robotics Mentor<\/p>\n

In collaboration with our North American reseller partners, Ultimaker will offer a free\u00a0Ultimaker Design Engine Starter Pack<\/b>\u00a0for every new machine ordered by a school, library or makerspace from September 1st to December 31st, 2017 \u00a0(or until\u00a0Starter Pack<\/b>\u00a0supplies run out)*.<\/p>\n

Not picking up a new Ultimaker this season? There are other opportunities to experience the Starter Pack at public events organized by the North American reseller partners and the Ultimaker North America Community Team at education workshops and other events we attend and host.<\/p>\n

Are you going to Maker Faire New York 2017? Join the Ultimaker NA Community Team for a\u00a0special event<\/a>\u00a0for educators at the Fat Cat Fab Lab as a part of our \u201cReal World 3D Printing\u201d Panel.<\/p>\n

* Offer exclusive to customers of our North American resellers only.<\/p><\/section>\n

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Medical students and professors hard at work with their first round of the Starter Pack<\/div><\/div>\n

How do you play?<\/h2>\n

In the recommended \u201cStarter Round\u201d that introduces the game to first time users, participants receive one Challenge Card and two Parameter Cards.<\/p>\n

The Challenge Card sets the stage for all of the activity that follows. The participant studies this card to identify the problem(s) to solve.<\/p>\n

The two Parameter Cards provide additional considerations the participant must address in the design.<\/p>\n

Having the parameters and modifiers forces you to think critically about what direction you might take your design. I would not have gone the direction I did with my challenge if I wasn\u2019t forced to consider these elements, the constraints were very constructive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 Participant at a JeffDESIGN Starter Pack launch event in Philadelphia, PA<\/p><\/section>\n

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Starter Round – \u00ab\u00a0Back to the drawing board\u00a0\u00bb<\/div><\/div>\n

Here\u2019s a chance for you to check out the Starter Pack for yourself!<\/p>\n

We have dealt the following cards to you (above), the black-and-white Challenge Card on the left, and two blue-bordered Parameter Cards on the right. Read them, and consider what physical object(s) you might create\/invent\/construct that would solve this challenge: \u201cDesign a tool that can be used for drawing and sketching.\u201d And how will you address the face-up elements on the Parameter card in your design — \u201cBike\u201d and \u201cAncient\u201d?<\/p>\n

By the end of just three minutes, you must generate the following:<\/b><\/p>\n