Thank you for the reply but (gradual) infill isn't what I'm looking for.
After playing with MANY settings and printing over 50 tests I've come to the conclusion that what I need is very specific: I need to control the line direction of the first top layer, relative to the center of the model.
The bridging option over sparse infill already does exactly what I want, the algorithm just seems a little funky when deciding what direction is optimal.
Having a new option to set the Top Line directions being relative to the model instead of absolute would also work.
While my proposed changes sound niche, I think they could be helpful to many people. I'd try writing the code myself but I am a noob and for all talk of Cura being open source I can't find any tutorials on the subject.
The user Burtoogle might have been able to help me but he's gone dark since September...
Edited by Salo92
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Or you could increase the infill amount? Or use "gradual infill" feature where you increase the infill just a few layers below the "top skin" layers. "gradual infill" takes some experimenting (all in prepare mode - no need to print the part until you've mastered the settings), but can be quite powerfull.
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