Dual extruder calibration objects by alloystorm

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Calibrate your dual extruder XY offsets with minimum effort and material waste.
Use only around 50mm of each material.
First eyeball the offsets so the extruders fall in around 1mm range when switching between them (use T0 and T1 command).
One method I found useful is to stick a piece of blu-tack in the middle of the bed, lower your extruder to make a mark on the blu-tack, then switch to the second extruder and make another mark. Then you can measure the XY distances of the 2 marks and use them as initial offset values.
Load both objects into your slicer without any offset. Assign each to a different extruder and print. They should be able to bind together without any overlap if your extruder offset is close enough.
After printing the object, find the short line that align best with the line on its opposite side, count how many short lines are on its left and right. If it's 10 vs 10, that means a perfect alignment. If not, change the offset value by 0.1 * (numOfShortLineOnLeft - 10), then print again to verify.
After finishing X axis, rotate the objects by 90 degrees to calibrate Y axis.