+1 on JMYoung's suggestion. Delete history is essential when working with Maya. Especially before saving your scene upon closing Maya/New Scene/Opening another scene. Delete history is under Edit > Delete by type / Delete all by type > History
EarthQuake, "Delete History" i've already bind to HotKey, well as "Delete UV". I always try clear (Scene/High-Poly Geo) before 'bake/export/render'. "Sub-D History", if you mean "Construction History"... I've clear this all time.
[ QUOTE ] mayas history sucks compared to maxs modifier stack.. I would love to have it replace history. Its clunky, doesn't work nearly as robustly and regularly throws a bunch of junk nodes into the outliner [/ QUOTE ] How I hate Maya's history! -caseyjones
Try disabling the option to load history when opening projects. Only save history when it is something you need. Try selecting a subtool and click the make poly mesh 3d button to make a clean clone with no history. Try exporting that as both a tool and obj.