low poly vertex angle changing/smoothing

I’m trying to do some low poly work and find that I either have to add a lot of vertexes or esle some of the smooth faces turn black. Is there a vertex angle control? I think I’ve seen this on some modeling packages.

F9, Mesh tab, AutoSmooth. Use it with SetSmooth in the Links and Mat tab.

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That seems to set the vertex angle for the whole model, I was thinking of individual control.