New Update Normals!

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Cmon guys, give me a break. As a relative newcomer I read the UpdateNormals thread without actually understanding anything other than there was a bitch about 'mines bigger that yours'.

Please explain to us newbies:
Do I use UpdateNormals once per mesh? - After I've loaded a mesh?
Or. Do I use UpdateNormals for every frame per mesh? - To keep it smooth?

The old hands should realise that some of the concepts that they take for granted we newbies are still trying to understand, and the one-liner in the manual (as is often the case) doesn't help.