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Sorry about that. Here's the image: These were made with Kisslicer.

An image of one of the produicts is at: http://www.fencing.net/forums/attachments/5936d1392842643-melting.jpg The flat end needs a few solid layers, for the threaded insert that is melted into place. The first half-inch from that end is 50% infill around the insert, and needs a solid layer or two at the inner end for best strength. The 35mm in the "bulb" is hollow, with 1/8" walls. If I specify 1.25mm for the Top/Bottom, then Cura puts a 1.25mm layer at the top of the infill, and this does not shrink as much as the infill or hollow sections, leaving a raised band on the outside where the Top has been filled in. Does anyone know exactly what the Expert settings for Solid Infill Top and Solid Infill Bottom do? Could that be a solution?

I don't have any blobbing with Cura, although I did with Kisslicer and Slic3r. I've got tiny pinprick pits, which is fine - I just need them more evenly distributed so they disappear as part of the texture, instead of being grouped in lines that make them obvious.

It's a TrinityLabs Aluminatus. A lead-screw-driven RepRap.

My wish list is short - I'd settle for a) really Random placement of periphery start/endpoints on rounded objects, and b) separate the Bottom thickness from the Top.

I manufacture a part for sport fencing, which is basically a slightly-tapered hollow cylinder about the size and shape of a thumb. Since there are no corners to "hide" the start/endpoints, any regularity in their placement is very obvious to the eye, and 14.03 does a lousy job of randomizing the starts. On this piece, most of the dots wind up organized into two columns spaced about 2mm apart or in short vertical segments 3-4mm long. This is very annoying and looks even worse with the smooth surface texture that Cura provides other wise. Could we possibly either get a Random checkbox, or really randomize the default start points so they are more-or-less evenly distributed around a rounded piece?

One more vote for separate Top and Bottom thickness: I have a small structural piece where the product needs a strong bottom to hold a threaded insert, but a thick Top causes a bulge halfway up the piece where the infill ends and a hollow section begins.