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Hello, see attached. Pulley_HTD-3M-121T.stl

Hello! I have been using cura for many years now and just keep running into this issue for curvey models. Image 1 it shows where the z seam aligns. Image 2 is the model. Image 3 is what would be ideal for the z seam. Is there a way to force cura to follow this path, I have been playing around with many of the settings cura has to offer but none of them are really doing what i need it to do. I have tried forcing the model it self to have a sharp square like corner, but due to the curvature of the model cura detects random curve like area's as sharp corners  which I totally understand why that would happen.  But is there a way to add a new method of z seam alignment where you can specficy the inital starting point of the seam and cura follows the closest surface/point to create something similar to Image 3? Would love to hear if anyone has a solution for this or is something possible for the future. Thanks, Jigar

that could be a problem with the model itself, could you upload the stl for it?

I'm now using the Creality Ender-3 profile in Cura 4.7.1 with great success  

Hi, I want to slice a gear with 0,4 nozzle, but what ever setting I change, the teeth apear to be seperate sliced. If i could say cura how to slice, i would say "please make outer wall including teeth" But do not know how.