The New Maven Application wizard enables you to create a new Maven project. You open the wizard by opening the New Project wizard and selecting the Maven Project template from the Maven category.
In the Maven Archetype page you select the archetype you want to use as the template for your project. The Maven Archetypes pane displays commonly used archetypes at the top level of the list. The first time that you use an archetype as a project template, the archetype is downloaded to your local repository and added to the list under Archetypes from Local Repository. Archetypes that are not in your local repository are grouped under the Archetypes from remote Maven Repositories node.
You can click Add if you want to add a custom archetype to the list and to the local repository. To remove a custom archetype from the list, select the archetype in the list and click Remove.
Click Next after you select the archetype to specify the project name and location.