Preparing for the lessons

To ensure the lessons work as described:

Ensure Maya is installed and licensed on your computer.
If you have not installed Maya yet, refer to the Installation and Licensing manual that accompanies your Maya software package. It outlines the requirements for installing Maya and procedures for installation and licensing Maya on supported hardware platforms.
If you have never started Maya on your computer before, it will start for the first time using the default preference settings.
If you have run Maya before, you should ensure that your Maya user preferences are reset to their default setting. This ensures that the lessons appear and work as described.
Refer to Restoring default user settings for instructions on resetting user preferences to the default setting.
Unless otherwise indicated, the directions in this chapter for making menu selections assume you’re working from the Polygons menu set.
NoteBefore you perform the lessons in this book, ensure that the Interactive Creation option for primitives is turned off by selecting Create > Polygon Primitives > Interactive Creation and Create > NURBS Primitives > Interactive Creation. That is, ensure a check mark does not appear beside these menu items.