Stage 2 - Selecting a menu set and shelf

4. Change the menu set to polygons

There are different sets of menus in Maya which relate to the different types of tasks you might be working on. If this is the first time you have opened Maya you will need to change the menu set from animation to polygons.

• Click on the drop down menu in the top left hand side of the Maya interface.

• Select the polygons option - you should now see a number of menus at the top of Maya.

5. Select the polygons shelf

Maya has a number of ‘shelves’ which contain shortcuts to tools that you are likely to use often.

• Click on the tab named polygons to select the polygon shelf.