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Forum Archive › Is there a difference between smooth shading (object mode) in the toolbar and the smooth in the specials menu (w) in edit mode? › Reply To: Is there a difference between smooth shading (object mode) in the toolbar and the smooth in the specials menu (w) in edit mode?
Nope! They do exactly the same thing. In edit mode you can apply smooth or flat shading to individual parts of the model though, while in object mode it will apply to the whole thing.
