topic Re: [Maya 2017] Error - drInit.mel line 1961: Object '' not found. // ? in Maya Forum

[Maya 2017] Error - drInit.mel line 1961: Object '' not found. // ?

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 01:17:30 GMT

Does anyone know why this error message is continuously popping up in Maya 2017? Everything was working perfectly fine, then it crashed, and now this message is appears as soon as I open up Maya. It is also appearing after every action I do (click on a mesh, that message appears, click on a mesh again, it appears. I'm not sure how to fix this..

Thank you.

Re: [Maya 2017] Error - drInit.mel line 1961: Object '' not found. // ?

Anonymous — Sat, 22 Oct 2016 22:41:37 GMT

have this problem too

Re: [Maya 2017] Error - drInit.mel line 1961: Object '' not found. // ?

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 09:17:56 GMT

same problem here. it just crashed, next time i open Maya, it keeps getting me the '../drInit.me line 1961: Object '' not found' error.

any ideas? 🙂

Very similar problem but line 1960

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 18:54:08 GMT

Re: Very similar problem but line 1960

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 21:02:15 GMT

Hi guys

It looks like this is some kind of issue related to the modeling toolkit plugin. I haven't been able to narrow down the exact cause, but I did manage to reproduce it on my PC.

The way I fixed it was very simple. Just go to

Windows > Modeling Editors > Modeling Toolkit

And it seemed to correct itself

Failing that you can do the following:

1) Close Maya

2) Browse to your prefs folder

3) Delete or rename the pluginPrefs.mel file

4) Restart Maya

Hopefully one of those solutions will work for you.

Cheers

Mike

Re: Very similar problem but line 1960

MrMeireles — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 20:55:47 GMT

Worked for me. I just have to click and voilá.
Thanks.

Re: Very similar problem but line 1960

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Jan 2017 14:44:48 GMT

Thank you! Worked for me too!

Re: [Maya 2017] Error - drInit.mel line 1961: Object '' not found. // ?

margaretsidero — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 08:18:05 GMT

That did the trick... Thank you!

Re: [Maya 2017] Error - drInit.mel line 1961: Object '' not found. // ?

natalietai_m — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 03:00:02 GMT

hey erm what is the preferred folder you mentioned? and where can i find it? I'm still having this error problem after went into the modeling toolkit.

Re: [Maya 2017] Error - drInit.mel line 1961: Object '' not found. // ?

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 07:54:11 GMT

Hi natalietai.m

Sorry, I meant "preferences" folder. You can find the official instructions in the documentation:

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/Maya/files/GUID-393D1ECA-9B6E-4625-B5B1-3F28E62AFB1C-htm.html

Thanks

Mike

Re: [Maya 2017] Error - drInit.mel line 1961: Object '' not found. // ?

MrMeireles — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 11:13:16 GMT

That error was corrected in the latest service packs. I suggest you install
them.

Re: [Maya 2017] Error - drInit.mel line 1961: Object '' not found. // ?

natalietai_m — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:47:45 GMT

Where can I get these service packs? Whats a reliable website to go to ?

Re: [Maya 2017] Error - drInit.mel line 1961: Object '' not found. // ?

MrMeireles — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:51:16 GMT

Autodesk.com

Re: Very similar problem but line 1960

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 06:18:59 GMT

thanks

Re: [Maya 2017] Error - drInit.mel line 1961: Object '' not found. // ?

Anonymous — Sun, 06 Aug 2017 15:00:08 GMT

Just no note that it could also be a clashing folder. I also had this problem and realized I had a folder called 2015 x64 in teh Maya tab. So if you download a newer version of Maya, make sure to completely remove your previous versions. I only realized when trying to fix this issue haha!

Re: Very similar problem but line 1960

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 10:32:19 GMT

Hey, I think one of the causes is deleting the modelling toolkit where you have the attribute editor and channel box. I deleted it yesterday cause it was bugging me then I started having this issue. Thanks for the solve!!

Re: [Maya 2017] Error - drInit.mel line 1961: Object '' not found. // ?

Anonymous — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 12:59:34 GMT

Thank you so much.... this error was very annoying but everything's working all fine with your modelling toolkit tip !!!

Re: [Maya 2017] Error - drInit.mel line 1961: Object '' not found. // ?

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 21:02:10 GMT

Thank you! It fixed the problem like magic!

Re: [Maya 2017] Error - drInit.mel line 1961: Object '' not found. // ?

babu.rahaman — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 07:15:56 GMT

Thats really great....its work like magic ..thanks a lot

Re: [Maya 2017] Error - drInit.mel line 1961: Object '' not found. // ?

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:42:52 GMT

I got this error today! Just copied the error message, then putted on google and find this solutions work perfectly.

Thanks buddy.

Easy and best!

@Anonymous wrote:
Does anyone know why this error message is continuously popping up in Maya 2017? Everything was working perfectly fine, then it crashed, and now this message is appears as soon as I open up Maya. It is also appearing after every action I do (click on a mesh, that message appears, click on a mesh again, it appears. I'm not sure how to fix this..

Thank you.