Hi,
Can you make it always On when creating new material. By default it is always Off when creating any material.
Material Smoothing
CPU – i9 13900KF, 128GB RAM, GPU – RTX 4090
System – Windows 11
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+1
Having Smooth on by default makes the most sense, especially since it takes Auto Smooth into account, and you're more likely to want a smooth surface than a faceted one.
(I looked through my apartment and couldn't find any object with curved faceted surfaces, they all are "smooth"
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Having Smooth on by default makes the most sense, especially since it takes Auto Smooth into account, and you're more likely to want a smooth surface than a faceted one.
(I looked through my apartment and couldn't find any object with curved faceted surfaces, they all are "smooth"

Windows 10 Pro - AMD Ryzen 7 2100X 8 core 3.70GHz - 32GB RAM - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB
Octane Prime - Blender Plugin user
Metal IOR values for Octane (with .blend library): https://chris.hindefjord.se/resources/rgb-ior-metals/
Octane Prime - Blender Plugin user
Metal IOR values for Octane (with .blend library): https://chris.hindefjord.se/resources/rgb-ior-metals/