Error: No valid XGen node specified.

[ChristopherDKopp]

Hey everyone, 

I tried to cache my xgen hair the way it is described here: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/Maya/fil... 
...but unfortunately I get the error mentioned in the title. This is my first time trying to cache a description since I am a student. I selected the description accordingly and as soon as I hit apply in the cache menu, it says Error: No valid XGen node specified. I don't understand what the problem is. Thank your for your help!

Kind regards, 
Dean

[xuxiao305]

Hello!

It seems you need to go to Generate --> Convert to interactive groom

This should create a new node with "_splineDescription" suffix for you 

Select this new node, then try creating new cache again

Hope this help 🙂

Cheers,

Xiao

[lynn_zhang]

Hello @xuxiao305 Welcome to Autodesk Community! Thanks for offering the suggestion!

@ChristopherDKopp Let us know if this helps!

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@xuxiao305 wrote:

Hello!

It seems you need to go to Generate --> Convert to interactive groom

This should create a new node with "_splineDescription" suffix for you 

Select this new node, then try creating new cache again

Hope this help 🙂

Cheers,

Xiao

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[Anonymous]

Really helpful message. Thankx