error :// no valid geomtry to paint

[glassfairy]

case1:-

i imported a poser file in to maya and saved the file as *.*ma file then using geometrypaint i tried painting i get the error :// no valid geomtry to paint

case 2:-

i imported a obj file in to maya and saved the file as *.*ma file then using geometrypaint i tried painting i get the error :// no valid geomtry to paint

can anyone plz tell me y i m getting this error and how to solve it

thanx

[sunder]

Hi there. You need to make sure you have an object selected to paint on AND a piece of geometry set to paint with.
When you pull up the paint scripts tool, click on the options box instead. It will pull up the Geometry Paint settings.
In the field called Geometry you need to type in the exact name of the object to paint with.

[glassfairy]

i did tht i loaded the poser file into maya scene and saved it at glass.ma ....i selected the nurbs plane on which i wanted to paint it then i opened the paint script tool box option box typed the geomtryPaint in tool cmd n in the popup box i type the name as glass.ma n pressed enter n then when i try to pain on the nurbs plane i get the error :// there is no valid geomtry to paint.

i tried same thing by importing and obj file still same error

do i need to cleanup the mesh in glass.ma or triangulate it or something? y m i gettin this error.

plz help

[sunder]

It's not the name of the file. It's the name of the object in maya.

[glassfairy]

so u mean i save the file as glasses.ma ... and the object is glass_a in tht then i first import the file glasses.ma into the current scene and then type glass_a in geometery pain popup box?

[sunder]

If you do as you just said, you should be able to paint the glasses geometry on any selected object.

[glassfairy]

THANX i'll try it out