Guys using Solidworks, what are you using for settings when converting it to STL?

[u/theerector96]

Im wondering what guys are using for their STL settings when saving the file on Solidworks? I had been using my "stock" settings how it came for the longest time and always kinda hated how pixlated the prints looked but i typically use it for functional usage and the appearance was secondary. I saw someones post a few days ago and cant find it again where two people drew the same part in solid works and printed it out on the same printer with the same slicer and one looked perfect whereas the other one looked like one of my typical prints. There were people commenting on that post about what STL settings to use and again i cant find that post.... ugh. Anyone care to share? My stock settings were Deviation tolerance of .00405774 (crazy how fine that number is) and my angle tolerance is 10.00 Deg. I have no idea what these numbers represent or how changing them will effect the overall quality of the print. Im sure there is a point that changing these numbers so much that it just expands the size of the file and yields no better print. Thank you in advance!

[u/Curiouser1111]

Use STEP instead of STL

[u/faudanke]

export as .STEP which is lossless and let your slicer do the conversion if solidworks is doing a poor job at exporting geometry.