3D printer Flex Chain

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I have searched for a real Flex Chain; one that will bend in one direction but will remain straight when forces are applied in the opposite direction. I am new to fusion 360 so if anyone has any suggestion of how I could have made these things better, please let me know in the comments. I have a Ender 3 Pro so expect, more Ender 3 related mounts for this Flex Chain. I have included the step, and the f3d files as well as the stl files as I am not here to make money, I just want people to have something that they like, then use it, and if they need it to work somewhere else or if they want to try to play with the files. They can give it a try and hopefully that would inspire others to make more things. I printed them the way that they look in the pictures provided. I use pliers to squeeze the 'tops' on, so that might be interesting but it seemed to work for me. I printed all normal settings hot end 200, bed 60, no raft, supports, or attached brims so nothing to clean afterwards, (Just check that there wasn't any flaws), otherwise, all the things should snap together and be very hard to get apart; however, they should have free movement as intended. If you have a 'THING' to attached to this flex chain please comment and give the URL to a thing or image that gives me an Idea what you want. (if it is for the Ender 3, I'll probably consider it) As always, I like to make my 'THINGS' adjustable, so you may play around with different sizes of this Flex Chain and if you have the perfect parimeters. Please include the parimeters in your comment to help others, after all, this is my first draft, and I didn't play around with the parimeters much as they seemed to work fine with my printer. It would also be nice, to have some "KIND" and friendly suggestions of how I could have made it better for you. I am new to 3D printing, and new to Fusion 360 and uploading my first drafts. So be friendly, and let me know, what I could have done to make my things work better for everyone. I have included in the picture the default size and perimeters that I used in case you change them and want to know what the orginal settings were. To be honest, I only changed the "widthOverAll" and didn't change anything else. But since you have the step files you should be able to adjust this thing to your liking. I sliced with cura 4. Tip: Always let your hot end get to room temp before you turn off your printer. Use pliers to squeeze the tops in place and from side to side; or remove the tops from the base. Please print test print of just one thing, to make sure it works for you, then adjust the size; and then print one thing that is adjusted. If that works, then try printing many things. This seems like a waste of time, but it would be more frustrating if you discovered that ONE of the things got loose and all the other things on the bed won't print. So you loose everything. So you might need a brim in your case, I have a glass bed and my own home made goop that seems to work for me. If you have any tips of what worked for you, please leave your ideas in the comments. If anyone decides to make their own changes and repost these things, I would appreciated it if you paid-it-forward and included the step and f3d files as well.