On a bed of circles

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This file will generate a number of flat circles to check your backlash settings all over your print bed. They are printed in one single connected line to ensure that the print head goes through the exact same movements for each circle. I'm not sure if you can actually use this to calibrate your printer's backlash. But it is certainly cool for checking consistency across the build plate. Each circle takes up 2.5 x 2.5 cm. So if your print bed is 15 x 15 cm make 6 x 6 circles in the customizer. (Generating lots of circles will take lots of cpu-time. So don't waste Thingiverse' computerpower on files much bigger than you actually need.) Slicing is a bit tricky, since most slicers tend to ignore stuff that is as flat and slim as this. The print is 0.4 mm thick and the lines are 0.7 mm wide. You will probably need to experiment a little to get it to print. Also the print bed needs to be very well calibrated in terms of it's leveling for this not to peel off. I have included a gcode file that will print 4x4 on the M3D Micro since that is what I own. It should work on other printers as well but you never know, since the micro has a 0.35 mm nozzle and most other printers have a larger nozzle. Print Settings Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: 0.35 Infill: None How I Designed This Openscad