Can't display mesh as smooth with smooth shading

[guitarjorge24]

I imported a model from Blender which I exported as an OBJ. In Blender, I have the model display as "flat shaded" and exported it that way, but if  select to display it in Blender as "smooth shaded" it smooths it properly.

In Maya, the imported models looks flat shaded even when I select "Shading > Smooth Shade All" as you can see below:

I also tried to select the model and use "Mesh Display > Soften Edge" but it results in weird looking shading:

Here is what it looks like in Blender with Blender's flat shading (left) and Blender's smooth shading (right):

[Abdulla-Qaladzay]

Hi @guitarjorge24 🤍👋

did you tried to unlock the normal 

that looks the normals are locked 

[guitarjorge24]

thanks for replying although that didn't work. I selected all the objects and hit Unlock Normals but still couldn't get smooth shading to work. I also selected all vertices in vertex mode and Unlocked again but didn't work either.

Any other ideas? Would it help if I upload my Maya file?

[Abdulla-Qaladzay]

yes  please upload the obj mesh

[guitarjorge24]

Hi, here is the obj I exported from blender

[mspeer · Accepted solution]

Hi!

@Abdulla-Qaladzay  is correct, you need to unlock the normals, but based on the Blender Screenshot there is maybe some additional smoothing used in Blender, similar to Smooth Mesh Preview in Maya.

[guitarjorge24]

Ohh I didn't realize I had to do both, unlock and soften edges! Thanks!