I can't seem to do this. I select the polygons and can't seem to figure out how to assign them to a group. I tried the smoothing groups table where i click 1 from the table with a series of numbers. but it never seems to stick. I'm having trouble assigning the polygons to separate groups..
i think this is where i'm going wrong. every time i smooth group. it seems to basically even out all the vertices. so i can't seem to achieve a sharp edge to make one surface of vertices stand out significantly against another surface of vertices - like the surface at the top of the coffee mug...
Okay...overkill on the images there...just needed to see the model you were working on. Before you even worry about the smoothing groups...if you want the top to have that extruded shape on top like the coffee mug..you need to model the shape first. Don't take this the wrong way...I don't want to come off as a jerk...but…