Help!!Corrupted Maya file!

[Chand]

<P>Hi Guys!!</P>
<P>There is this starange thing that has been happening to the maya files at work..After a few saves, the original maya file gets corrupted,reduces in file size and in its place in the same folder some crap file having extension " .mba###" is generated which has almost the same file size as the original file. For example,</P>
<P>Original maya file:Ep02-sc20-Ap.mb (616 kb only)</P>
<P>Corrupted fle generated:Ep02_sc20_AP.mba01516 (292 mb, incidentally close to&nbsp;the file size of the original file)</P>
<P>To add to it, all the polygonal mesh disappears from the .mb file and what remains are only the deformers and the joints..</P>
<P>Has anyone faced anything like this before..</P>
<P>Pls help!!</P>
<P>Thanks..</P>
<P>Chand</P>

[vand]

<P>try saving the original file as .ma file<BR>this can be possible coz of camera clipping too</P>
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[dynafx]

<P>to a bit, saving in .ma will help, but still it wont solve the problem. bcoz</P>
<P>if the file is referenced, there are chances to happen as u stated, </P>
<P>thatz the reason, the meshes disappear, i guess, u'll end up redoing the work from the last corrected version. except for the sys admin, who understands the maya file handling system, i doubt it can be rectified. </P>
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