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First thing to do is get an object that needs to be modeled for printing. In this
example, a drawer guide that has an arm broken off will be used. If it were fixed, this
piece should be identical on both sides. This piece has lots of complex shapes and
measuring it completely would be a challenge.
A good candidate for the grid paper method is a piece that has at least one flat side,
or that can easily be made to have a flat side. The back of this piece is not flat at all,
but the front has only two nubs sticking out that would be easy enough to remove.
Just note their location before removing them since they'll need to be modeled back
in. Then use a sharp blade and cut them off.
Then to be sure that the surface is perfectly flat, use some fine grit sandpaper on a
flat surface to sand down the flat side.
