Edge Smoothing Effect on Rendering Speed

[Trip12091]

Hello all,

Quick question.... Does smoothing edges increase or decrease the speed of rendering a model? Intuitively, I would think that it would increase speed as less geometry much be drawn.

However, if sketchup first renders all geometry and then later smooths the geometry, I can see that it would take longer.

I'm simply trying to speed-up a complex and detailed model.

Thanks so much!

Trip