Maya 2017 3D Paint tool not showing attribute to paint

[Anonymous]

Haiii frnds,

i'm using maya 2017, I am facing a prblm that is, I can't assign/edit texture while doing 3D painting. and there is no option for attribute to paint( see the image)..pls help me

Hi @Anonymous your title '3D paint tool Problem' was edited for clarity by @sean.heasley

[sean.heasley]

Hi @Anonymous and welcome to the community!

Hmm this is unusual. When you get a chance, can you answer a few questions for me?

• Do you have a texture applied already to the mesh?

• What are you using for a material shader?

• Are you on Update 4 for 2017? If not can you update to it and see if that helps?

Please let me know if anything changes!

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[Anonymous]

yes.. I already applied a texture ( vRay Shader)

[sean.heasley · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous

I don't have access to vRay so I'm curious if that may be causing the issue.

When you get a chance, can you please try a standard Maya shader and see if the issue still occurs?

Let me know if anything changes!

[sean.heasley]

Hi @Anonymous

I'm just checking in again to see if you need more help with this. Did you get a chance to try the suggestion I provided yesterday? Did it help solve your issue?

If so, please click Accept as Solution on the posts that helped you so others in the community can find them easily.

[Anonymous]

actually when I try with maya standard shader, it works... sorry for delay to reply... and thanks to ur reply

[thomaslisle1309]

Hi I have teh same issue i have just re installed maya and I cant see anything under the attribute to paint     I have applied a lambert texture   any ideas what can be eth problem   cheers

thomas 

[bairo736]

I have the same problem here, and I can't find a solution. PLEASE HELP! 

Here goes the message: // Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2020/scripts/others/art3dPaintCallback.mel line 2052: No paintable surfaces found. Have you set their shape nodes to be visible?

Thanks in advance.

[thomaslisle1309]

Have you got a uv map?

[bairo736]

Hi Thomas, I don't think so. But if that would be the case, where/how could I remove it?

[thomaslisle1309]

Add a uv map under menu UV.

Try auto UV then you should be able to paint it

[bairo736]

Already tried. But it doesn't work. 

[thomaslisle1309]

Just apply a lambert to a sphere polygon and you will see the dropdown box say colour it works

[bairo736]

Sure, it works with any other mesh (sphere, plane, box, etc). But for some reason, it doesn't work anymore with the original sculpted mesh that I previously created. 

[thomaslisle1309]

Well something wrong with mesh. Make sure its got a uv map wont work without

Try checking mesh or retopology tool

[bairo736]

Actually, I simply applied a new lambert to the mesh that I originally created (as you suggested for the sphere), and it perfectly worked. I still don't know why the mesh lost the first map I painted on it. But fortunately, this is smoothly running now. Thanks a lot for your kind support. Cheers!

[thomaslisle1309]

kool