Autosmooth and UVmapping

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I thought the auto smooth was something like Sketchups "soften edges".
I was hoping Wings3D had an option like that, that could be applied without adding polys to the model, and then could be exported.

It is, and it does.

Sketchups "soften edges" is simply a visual effect that controls which edges are soft or Hard (smooth or sharp). The "Auto smooth" option in Wings does the same.

When exporting, make sure export option "Export normals/smoothing groups" is enabled. Hard edge info in within the vertex normals(split vertex). Hard edges that surround a polygon or group of polygons creates smooth group(face smooth groups).