.max file screwed up but looks fine in thumbnail

[MightyFool]

So I spend hours working on a project where I created a Gamecube controller.

When I tried to show it to my teacher it looked like someone stomped on it.

How is this possible? I saved it when I was finished and it looks fine in the thumbnail.

Please help me fix this! Thanks a lot.

[ekahennequet]

Did you open your file on the same machine and in the same version of Max? I've seen some threads in the past about this when opening an older version of Max file containing Edit Poly modifier. The solution was to collapse the stack to Editable Poly.

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-3ds-max-design-general/bad-mesh-from-old-max2012-version/m-p/4...

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-3ds-max-design-general/model-corruption-opening-3dsmax-2012-fi...