Smooth shading

[KrisTaylor]

can someone help me out with this, I cant find any info in the practical Guide, all I wanna do is apply good ol' fashioned smooth shading to my model so I dont have to look at the poly edges while Im painting. I tried the the display/Dsmoothe and that didnt do anything,

Thanks a lot! kris

[skycastle]

Not sure what you what but you can subDivide the model.

Or with an imported mesh ( or pMesh 3d )
goto the tool menu--> display properties.
Set dsmooth to 1. Then on the top left of the interface toggle off the quick edit button ( "f" hotkey ). You did this before but did not turn off quick edit.

[KrisTaylor]

Yep that was it, thanks alot, at first it just made smaller facets, but then I cranked up the draw resolution and that smoothed it out, Yeah all I was trying to do was have my model display as smooth shaded.

Thanks alot!

[nickz]

This actually changes the polygon count and smoothes the model as well (like dividing the model without actually dividing it). Isn't there a way to just have the model smooth shade edges without actually changing the poly count?