Or possibly he's asking about normals. In which case it would be the Soften/Harden command.
location varies by version;
Polygons -> Normals -> Soften/Harden (or something like that) for earlier versions of maya
Normals -> Soften Edge or Normals -> Harden Edge for 8.5 (and possibly 2008)
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