Creating Maven projects with Archetypes
New Maven project allows to create new project using Maven Archetypes. In this case you can select Archetype from the list of Archetypes from selected catalogs.
By default wizard is using Archetype catalog based on repository indexes, but you can register custom catalogs using "Configure..." button or from "Maven / Archetype" configuration page in Workspace preferences.

and then specify archetype parameters:

Creating simple Maven projects
You can also create simple Maven projects without using Archetypes. In this case you can specify basic parameters of the Maven pom and can select additional project dependencies on the next wizard page:
