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To increase the smoothness of the exported rounded surfaces of a 3D solid, set the "smoothness" variable - FACETRES to 10. The STL format file created by the STLOUT command will then be smoother but its size will increase.

Another option is to convert the 3D solid to a mesh of the specified smoothness while still in AutoCAD and then export the mesh - see e.g. MESHSMOOTH or MESHOPTIONS:

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