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Use of shade smooth/shade flat

jgarnold

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Just wondering what is everyone's preferred use of this for MSFS scenery. I realise that sometimes shade smooth is preferred especially for round objects to eliminate those edges when attempting to keep edges to a minimum. But what about when modelling objects such as wooden planks etc?
It seems to me that most scenery I see in MSFS could have had shade smooth 'applied' for their models.
Is there a 'rule of thumb'?
Can I have a poll?
 
well for me, I use Shade flat on flat surfaces such as wooden planks and metal stuffs. if i want to add a bit of realism, i bevel the edges of the objects but then again it sacrifices polygon counts
i use shade smooth only on curved objects such as sofa, balls or metal pole
 
Thanks haykal
I have learned more since posting this question from personal research and I think I am correct in saying that using shade smooth only affects how light is reflected from the mesh?
 
jgarnold said:
Thanks haykal
I have learned more since posting this question from personal research and I think I am correct in saying that using shade smooth only affects how light is reflected from the mesh?
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yup, it doesnt affect performance afaik, just how the render engine process things
 
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