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1) If you only care about 2 of the 4 sides then print with one of those sides facing down and the other facing up. You need of course to adjust leveling 10X better than normal so don't use the normal leveling procedure and instead adjust by turning the 3 leveling screws equal amounts up or down until the skirt laid down is exactly .4mm wide (assuming your nozzle is a .4mm nozzle).
2) You could print the part in a few pieces and glue them together or have them press fit together.
3) You can measure the error accurately and then change the shape in cad to account for this. This works much better than you would think. Basically remove a few layers off the bottom of each of those protruding cylinders. It sounds crazy but it works pretty well if you are printing consistently.
4) You can get rid of that stringing on the sides (but not the bottoms) of the cylinders by making sure fan is at 100% well before it gets to those "bumps". Also lower printing temp by 10C or 20C to around 190C or 200C and also consider a different filament. This filament appears to be one of the softer formulations that "string" more than average.
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There's no easy answer.
1) If you only care about 2 of the 4 sides then print with one of those sides facing down and the other facing up. You need of course to adjust leveling 10X better than normal so don't use the normal leveling procedure and instead adjust by turning the 3 leveling screws equal amounts up or down until the skirt laid down is exactly .4mm wide (assuming your nozzle is a .4mm nozzle).
2) You could print the part in a few pieces and glue them together or have them press fit together.
3) You can measure the error accurately and then change the shape in cad to account for this. This works much better than you would think. Basically remove a few layers off the bottom of each of those protruding cylinders. It sounds crazy but it works pretty well if you are printing consistently.
4) You can get rid of that stringing on the sides (but not the bottoms) of the cylinders by making sure fan is at 100% well before it gets to those "bumps". Also lower printing temp by 10C or 20C to around 190C or 200C and also consider a different filament. This filament appears to be one of the softer formulations that "string" more than average.
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