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Project 01
LEARNING AUTODESK MAYA 2009 | FOUNDATION
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L01_003_plane.tif
Change menu sets2
There are ve main menu sets in Maya
software: Animation, Polygons, Surfaces,
Dynamics, and Rendering. These menu
sets are used to access related tool sets.
From the drop-down menu at the •
left edge of the Status Line (Toolbar),
select Polygons.
As you change menu sets, the rst six
menu items and the Help menu item
along the top of the viewport remain the
same while the remaining menu items
change to reect the chosen menu set.
Menu set pop-up menu
L01_002_menusets.tif
Perspective view of pPlane1
Create a polygonal plane
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A primitive plane will be used as a large ground plane on which you will build the house. It
will be built using polygonal geometry. Throughout this lesson and in the next project, you
will learn more about this geometry type.
Disable• the interactive creation mode of models (which is enabled by default), by
selecting Create → Polygon Primitives → Interactive Creation.
From the • Create menu, select Polygon Primitives → Plane.
A small plane is created at the origin.