Unable to use Texture to Geometry at all

[Anonymous]

So I'm having some issues trying to get the Texture to Geometry function to work correctly. I've got an image that I'm trying to import into maya to turn into a 3d object, yet whenever I try and import the image using the texture to geometry option I get this error line:

// Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2016/scripts/others/createTextureToGeom.mel line 130: Failed to convert texture!

I can't seem to find any solutions to the issue and was really hoping for some help. My settings for texture to geometry are still set to their defaults. 

[john.paul.giancarlo]

hello, try this:

first create a plane and select it , second run the texture to geometry command!  should work

Maya needs a plane as a reference to generate the geometry

see image bellow