Excalibur Cryptex Puzzle (Slanted Top piece)

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Original thing: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3077123 I wanted to recreate a stone-like texture with Cura fuzzy skin setting (settings below), since this is only intended for walls (skin) and not for the top layers, i slanted the top of the model, i didn't want to raise it much because it didn't look that good, so that made it more challenging, if i used 0.2mm layer height it would look sloped (pictures of testing are attached), but i didn't want to use 0.08mm layer height for the entire model, that would just waste time, and probably have a different texture compared to 0.2mm layer height, so i sliced the model twice, one at 0.2 and one at 0.08, then looked at the layer numbers where the slanted top started, and stitched the gcode together using a text editor, using the 0.2 gcode up until the slanted roof start and from there the 0.08 gcode. you have to do the change where the 2 gcodes align at a z height and set the extruder position manually, i attached my gcode for anyone that wants to take a look. i have used this trick in a few models apart from this, mostly when the top is round, i wish Cura implements manual layer height settings in the future (current version at this time is 4.2.1), because the adaptive layer feature is just a mess in my opinion, because depends too much on the filament (some do work nicely), but in my experience different layer height tend to vary the shine and sometimes even the colour, so it's not something that i want scattered all over the model. Extra thoughts: i probably should have printed the top and bottom pieces with a smooth finish so it would look right without going to this much effort, or leave the top as is and say that the stone was cut, anyway i hope it's clear that sometimes i use 3d printing just to have fun, so it doesn't matter what makes sense or doesn't in terms of time or effort. wow if you have read all of this you are awesome, i hope your print turns great. Note about the bottom piece: I did not use fuzzy skin on the pole where pieces turn, i used a support blocker and setted it to disable fuzzy skin on the overlapped volumes.