painting color over textured nurbs surface

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# 1 03-03-2013 , 09:56 PM

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Im trying to paint on the textured nurbs surface(see attachment) but whenever i try to paint colors using the 3d paint tool nothing happens...what should I do to be able to paint parts of the textured surface?

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# 2 03-03-2013 , 10:05 PM

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You need UVs for this to work, I would paint a texture in some thing like photoshop.............dave

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# 3 03-03-2013 , 10:14 PM

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the image shown is part of a 3d model for which i only need part of 1 side painted with specific designs...does that make a difference?

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# 4 03-03-2013 , 11:06 PM

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the image shown is part of a 3d model for which i only need part of 1 side painted with specific designs...does that make a difference?

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Sorry but I do not have a clue what you mean..................dave

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# 5 03-03-2013 , 11:13 PM

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So i basically have a 3d nurbs model(image 1) and I want to paint the designs that are on image 2 onto the grass texture of image 1

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# 6 06-03-2013 , 08:59 PM

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any ideas on how to achieve that ^

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# 7 06-03-2013 , 09:22 PM

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I dont use the 3d paint tool in maya but I think its just a case of painting on it so long as it has a file texture assigned to it................dave

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