From the course: Modeling Vehicles in Maya

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Setting up Maya for modeling

Setting up Maya for modeling - Maya Tutorial

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Setting up Maya for modeling

Maya is a complex program, but we're only going to be using certain parts of it when we're modeling vehicles. We can set up our scene to make it easier to model, while ignoring the things that we don't need, like dynamics and animation. So, when I'm modeling, I usually like to set my shelves and my menu sets for modeling. So, for example, we can change our default menus from Animation to Polygons. So now, up here, we have menus that are specifically for modeling with Polygons. Also, what I like to do is set up my Polygon Shelf. So, by default, it's on the General Tab and most of the buttons that I like to use are here in the Polygon Shelf. Now, you can actually add your own buttons to the shelf. Let me show you how it's done. So, for example, if you find yourself using a particular tool over and over again, all you have to do is hold down Ctrl and Shift, while you click on that menu item. So, let's say I use The Insert Edge Loop Tool all the time. So, I'm going to hold down Ctrl and…

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