Spline to poly mesh... ??

[djembeplay]

Hopefully this is an obvious question for someone out there...

I work with splines often, using PLA animation. Unfortunately, with nurbs objects, I cannot define UV coordinates. If I convert the nurbs object to an editable poly mesh, I lose all my PLA animation. I need to be able to have control over my UV coordinates while also preserving my animation.

Is there a way to do this?

 

[djembeplay]

I'm using Cinema4D by the way...

 

[djembeplay]

Seriously though... I must be missing something.

Spline animation is great... but I can't use bodypaint with NURBS objects...