Auto Smoth/Set Smooth issue

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Hello!

I’ve recently been using a tutorial on how to model a car, I was off to a decent start but I believe I am having trouble with my auto smooth/set smooth feature. I was using an auto smooth of 18; it did not appear to be enough to smooth out my fender. I turned my auto smooth up and I noticed that my hood was no longer smooth. And if I continued to turn it up more everything would just become completely smoothed out and my car would have no definition(around 30).

I’ve included a couple of renders and the wire frame, I’m hopping I just have some settings messed up somewhere. Any help on this matter would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
EB

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You can select a face in edit mode and smooth it, “solidify it”.Just select and press W -> set smoth/ set solid. You can also use a edgesplit modifier, it will do wonders sometimes. Here, might be useful:
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:Manual/Modifiers/Mesh/EdgeSplit
http://www.blender.org/documentation/htmlI/x2681.html
overkill: http://feeblemind.tuxfamily.org/dotclear/index.php/2007/08/13/88-how-to-solve-blenders-smoothing-problems

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Thanks a lot, I decided to go with an edge split modifier the result is quiet a bit better.

Thanks again!
EB

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