1. Menu Bar

• Files - Currently only has the ICONIFY option to minimize the Plumber UI Window.
  
• Scripts - This is a cascading menu of mel script calls that the user creates. This is one way to integrate your own tools into the Plumber system. Each show has it’s own scripts repository, so you may customize your script set depending on what the needs of the show are.
  
• Tools - Consists of Preferences, Change Custom Command Button, and Posemaster. The Preferences for Plumber are set here to control the workflow and UI of Plumber. The Change Custom Command Button menu item allows the user to specify the function of the CUSTOM command button listed below. Posemaster is a Pose Library tool that can be used to snapshot attributes from any maya object for later use – the primary function is to save poses on rigged characters.
  
• Help - The version of Plumber that is being run.
  
  

2. Module Selector Tab

• Allows the user to choose between the Shots based UI and tools, or the Asset based UI tools.
  
  

3. Sequences Browser

• Sets which production Sequence will be active for production work and file browsing.
  
  

4. Departments Browser

• Sets which production department will be active for production work and file browsing.
  
  

5. Shots List

• Lists the Shots contained within the Sequence selected in the Sequences Browser.
  
  

6. Takes List

• Lists previously saved Takes of the selected department for the specified shot selected in the Shots List.
  
  

7. Notes Area

• Displays the Note of the Take selected in the Takes List. This includes the Time/Date the Take was saved, the user that created the Take, and the typed notes the user entered.
  
  

8. Command Buttons

• Open Take -Loads the selected Take version into the current Maya session.
• Save Take - Creates a new versioned Take of the current Maya session. It is named for the selected Sequence, Department, and Shot, and as a sequentially numbered version. The user is prompted for notes. Some form of Note MUST be entered, or the Take will not be saved
• Add Shot - Adds a user named Shot to the currently selected Sequence
• Add Seq - Adds a user named Sequence to the current Plumber Show.
• Blast - Creates a Playblast of the active viewport, and links it to the currently selected Take in the Plumber Shots UI. If another Playblast is made, it overwrites the previously save one. There may be one Playblast per Take. Note: The Playblast can be linked to a take that is not loaded.
• Play - Plays the Playblast (if any) linked to the currently selected Plumber Take. Behavior is dependent upon whatever movie player you have set up for Maya to use.
• Flipper - Opens the Flipper Playlist Editor UI. See the Flipper Playlist Editor Reference section for details.
• Spreadsheet - Opens the Asset Spreadsheet. See the Asset Spreadsheet Reference section for details.
• Set Show - Allows the user to change the current Plumber Show to any other show in the Plumber repository.
• New Show - Creates a new Show named by the user. Note: The new Show does not become the current Plumber Show. Set Show must be used.
  
• Multi Shots - Opens up the Create Multiple Shots UI. It allows the user to create a complete sequence's worth of shots at once, as opposed to making each shot individually. See the Plumber Shot Maker Reference section for details.
• CUSTOM - Performs a User-Specified command. This function is set up in set up with the Tools menu, and is a simple way of adding custom tools and workflows.