Blender 4.1 changes to auto smooth

[Slayer_thegreat]

So it appears that in Blender 4.1 the auto smooth angle that you mention in the video has been replaced with the “shade smooth by angle”. Using this option I was able to achive the same effect that you demonstrated in the coruse.

My question is where do I find the angle selection for this option? I looked where it was in the video and the normals line in the “object data properties” tab has been removed.

Thanks for your assistance.

[NP5]

Blender 4 changes

Smoothing in 4.1 Old Shade Smooth ignores marked sharp edges Stays the same. Old Auto smooth you can select the angle (Default 30d) Changing the angle interactively alters the edges ‘treated’ as sharp. You can add marked sharp as well. New, (replacement of Auto Smooth) Shade Smooth by Angle. (warning, may be best not to use, use the new modifer instead) It marks sharp those angles it will treat as sharp. Not interactive! If you change the angle you have to re shade smooth and must undo by …

[CoreyKnecht]

Looks like it’s in the contextual popup that appears in the bottom-right.

[RayMobula]

Add the modifier.

[CoreyKnecht]

Actually yes, this would be even better than from the RMB context menu =)

[Darkfine]

Apologies, don’t seem to have an option to add Auto Smooth, what am I doing wrong?

[Slayer_thegreat]

So I was able to add the auto smooth as a modifier which give me access to the angle.

Drakfine you are on the right track.

Thanks to everyone that help me find this solution.