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If you have an object with that texture on it, you could make a very thin slice of it, line it up on your part, and either do a combine or subtract on it to add the texture where you want it.

No, there isn't that ability (yet), but you can turn the object into Support material to turn it transparent. That will allow you to see through the object for alignment purposes.

You can do that like this

You can do that with the alignment tool.

@bionicback321 You can make a hex (or any other polygon with n-sides) with the Circle primitive. Just change the number of sides to what you'd like

@tinken no disagreement overall, just making sure that issues are addressed in the most logical order. I'm hesitant to recommend things that aren't regularly necessary because I've seen some absurd things over the years - including people loading up with lithium or moly grease to the point where it gums up the lead screws/nuts and requires full replacement of the nuts and printed parts. A dry lube or a penetrating film type lube like you've described TinkSeal being would be much better options than a grease or oil.

I think that this is a subject that we can agree to disagree. A dry lubricant will only aid to the z-axis screws. If not only in lubrication, but will also aid to keeping them clean. Prior to lubricating mine, they would become black with carbon fiber dust. I also have a much larger printer which I lubricate thoroughly.

@tinken correct, Delrin/POM is not impregnated with lubricant, but it really shouldn't require lubrication in this application. And, using the incorrect lubricant can cause issues. Our Pulse print farm that runs 24 hours/day, 5+ days/week for the better part of 4 years hasn't required Z-nut lubrication.
I'm not familiar with TinkSeal, so I can't recommend it, but it would be very rare for an issue to be related to Z-nuts not being lubricated.

Also, you may wish to check the usb cable. The usb cable that came with my Pulse was defective.

@rcastle925 I need a little more information about your laptop, which operating system are you using? And by not seeing it, do you mean that it is not visible in MatterControl?

@larsbrubaker If you can make multiple layers on the skirt as well, then you can make a wall up around the outside of the part. Other slicers also do this. This makes a higher heated air barrier around the outside of the part and also keeps parts from air drafts and warping.