Maya Won't Save As Ma

[sheriffcicada]

Hey guys-

just curious if anyone else has run into this issue. My company uses the "Butterfly network renderer", and in order for it to grab render settings it requires the file be saved as an ma. However, I get a strange error, something like.

error// File contains nodes of unknown type. Cannot save in different format. saving maya binary.

None of these files contain proprietary node types, or plugins. I have tried optimize scene size, and importing into a seperate file, but to no avail.

One other thought... small question...

Has anyone found out why "select contiguous edges" and "grow-shrink selection"-- stops workin mid-session? Sorry.. didn't feel like cluttering the forum with too many threads.

thanks

scott

[naughty]

QUOTE(sheriffcicada @ 02/08/06, 12:43 PM) [snapback]227813[/snapback]
Has anyone found out why "select contiguous edges" and "grow-shrink selection"-- stops workin mid-session? Sorry.. didn't feel like cluttering the forum with too many threads.

heh, maybe you should do a search before you post then!

this has come up many times before and no-one seems to know what causes it or whether it's a maya bug or a workflow problem or what.. However, It has been mentioned that if you open the selectionConstraints window (for edges) and "RESET > disable all" via the menu this often fixes it.

:nathaN

[ewerybody]

Darn! This is so old Maya-shit!

lol Naughty .. "It has been mentioned that if ..." sounds like an old legend "... if you rub your TFT with a ruby velvetcloth in circels and speak oohhmmmmMyamayamaya it might be fixed.. someday"

[greyskull]

actually ... you can fix it.. its just a simple work around..

create a brand new blank scene (CTRL+N) ... then just FILE -> IMPORT that file into the new empty scene you have up .. then save out as a .MA file ..

Seth

[joojaa]

yes export works.... but the eroor states that you DO have a unknown custom node in the scene!

[ewerybody]

Yep, but why isn't there another button instead of OK that reads "I don't give a shit!" and saves this no matter If that nodes go to hell? I guess that whould work in most cases!

[joojaa]

QUOTE(ewerybody @ 02/10/06, 12:12 PM) [snapback]227991[/snapback]
Yep, but why isn't there another button instead of OK that reads "I don't give a shit!" and saves this no matter.

Sure but all thats related to taht node would effectively be destrouyed in the process and youd never be able to revert back. Ma is a safer format all around by the way especialy if you have those pesky plugins around. And i dont think a lot of users would be happy with this since theyd push it anyway just to notice 30 hours down the line that they have screwed up.

A sanititzer could be made.

[ewerybody]

sanititzer? why there is none yet?

[jason-howey]

hey,
you can type this in:

string $nodes[] = ls -type unknown;
delete $nodes;

then you'll be able to save your scene as a maya ascii. there is a type of node called an unknown node that is created a lot of times by mel scripts to put data in that gets stored in your scene. So watch out, what ever mel script or plugin that created this node won't have it's data anymore that it wanted.
good luck
Jason