I followed along exactly and had the same issue with not smoothing at 45 degree’s as in the tutorial… cant think of any reason other than maybe a Blender version updated something, but i sure would like to know what caused it, even though, as you stated, its for shading purposes, so the end result is ok
…strangely though, at first when copying the tutor, the angle amount wouldnt change even when scrolling or clicking on the increase amount arrow next to the angle amount value box
