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Hi there new user here using Win10, Blender 2.92 with Octane and following this tutorial where he talks about smoothing https://youtu.be/LyvoLHzNdks?t=887

But unfortunately smoothing doesn't work for me even though it's selected and has edge loops.



Am I missing anything?

Thanks in advance.

even weirder is that when I removed the edge loops in the cylinder the material worked, but then when i made a new cylinder with the same material it didn't work again. Any ideas?

sorry if a dumb question, but did you right click on the cylinder and select "shade smooth"?

Hmm I thought right clicking > Shade Smooth only worked in Cycles not in Octane?

But I tried it and it only works after I save the file and re open it again.

Weird.

Thanks for your help.

As you use Shade Smooth on a mesh you just need to hit Tab twice to enter and exit Edit Mode. That will update the cache.
By the way, we internally fixed a issue with Smoothing angle, and a new build will be available soon.

Thanks linograndiotoy,

that's a much better way of doing it. Could that be added in the manual for the Blender Addon? I'm sure others are running into that same issue.

The docs really need way more than that!