public class CleanedName
    {
        // Clean Name
        // --------------------------------------------------
        // Given a string, this will remove illegal characters so
        // it fits within Maya naming conventions
        public static string CleanName(string name)
        {
            // We have to strip out any illegal characters from the name
            // a-z A-Z 0-9 and _ are the only accepted characters

            StringBuilder cleanedName = new StringBuilder(name.Length);

            // We will be moving forward through the name,
            // keeping only letters, numbers, and underscores.
            foreach (char character in name)
            {
                if (char.IsLetterOrDigit(character) || character == '_') cleanedName.Append(character);
            }


            // Convert the stringbuilder into a string
            return cleanedName.ToString();
        }
    }