diff --git a/code/ColladaExporter.cpp b/code/ColladaExporter.cpp
index 06604bc8e..53ee07388 100644
--- a/code/ColladaExporter.cpp
+++ b/code/ColladaExporter.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ void ExportSceneCollada(const char* pFile, IOSystem* pIOSystem, const aiScene* p
 
     // invoke the exporter
     ColladaExporter iDoTheExportThing( pScene, pIOSystem, path, file);
+    
+    if (iDoTheExportThing.mOutput.fail()) {
+        throw DeadlyExportError("output data creation failed. Most likely the file became too large: " + std::string(pFile));
+    }
 
     // we're still here - export successfully completed. Write result to the given IOSYstem
     std::unique_ptr<IOStream> outfile (pIOSystem->Open(pFile,"wt"));
@@ -104,7 +108,7 @@ ColladaExporter::ColladaExporter( const aiScene* pScene, IOSystem* pIOSystem, co
     // set up strings
     endstr = "\n";
 
-    // start writing
+    // start writing the file
     WriteFile();
 }
 
diff --git a/code/ObjExporter.cpp b/code/ObjExporter.cpp
index cc9d2f31c..692eac0e6 100644
--- a/code/ObjExporter.cpp
+++ b/code/ObjExporter.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ void ExportSceneObj(const char* pFile,IOSystem* pIOSystem, const aiScene* pScene
     // invoke the exporter
     ObjExporter exporter(pFile, pScene);
 
+    if (exporter.mOutput.fail() || exporter.mOutputMat.fail()) {
+        throw DeadlyExportError("output data creation failed. Most likely the file became too large: " + std::string(pFile));
+    }
+
     // we're still here - export successfully completed. Write both the main OBJ file and the material script
     {
         std::unique_ptr<IOStream> outfile (pIOSystem->Open(pFile,"wt"));
diff --git a/code/PlyExporter.cpp b/code/PlyExporter.cpp
index 2844cbd39..eb0867046 100644
--- a/code/PlyExporter.cpp
+++ b/code/PlyExporter.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ void ExportScenePly(const char* pFile,IOSystem* pIOSystem, const aiScene* pScene
     // invoke the exporter
     PlyExporter exporter(pFile, pScene);
 
+    if (exporter.mOutput.fail()) {
+        throw DeadlyExportError("output data creation failed. Most likely the file became too large: " + std::string(pFile));
+    }
+
     // we're still here - export successfully completed. Write the file.
     std::unique_ptr<IOStream> outfile (pIOSystem->Open(pFile,"wt"));
     if(outfile == NULL) {
diff --git a/code/STLExporter.cpp b/code/STLExporter.cpp
index 629296724..f94debfc9 100644
--- a/code/STLExporter.cpp
+++ b/code/STLExporter.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ void ExportSceneSTL(const char* pFile,IOSystem* pIOSystem, const aiScene* pScene
     // invoke the exporter
     STLExporter exporter(pFile, pScene);
 
+    if (exporter.mOutput.fail()) {
+        throw DeadlyExportError("output data creation failed. Most likely the file became too large: " + std::string(pFile));
+    }
+    
     // we're still here - export successfully completed. Write the file.
     std::unique_ptr<IOStream> outfile (pIOSystem->Open(pFile,"wt"));
     if(outfile == NULL) {
@@ -75,6 +79,10 @@ void ExportSceneSTLBinary(const char* pFile,IOSystem* pIOSystem, const aiScene*
     // invoke the exporter
     STLExporter exporter(pFile, pScene, true);
 
+    if (exporter.mOutput.fail()) {
+        throw DeadlyExportError("output data creation failed. Most likely the file became too large: " + std::string(pFile));
+    }
+    
     // we're still here - export successfully completed. Write the file.
     std::unique_ptr<IOStream> outfile (pIOSystem->Open(pFile,"wb"));
     if(outfile == NULL) {
diff --git a/code/XFileExporter.cpp b/code/XFileExporter.cpp
index 7de494daf..6407bf738 100644
--- a/code/XFileExporter.cpp
+++ b/code/XFileExporter.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ void ExportSceneXFile(const char* pFile,IOSystem* pIOSystem, const aiScene* pSce
     // invoke the exporter
     XFileExporter iDoTheExportThing( pScene, pIOSystem, path, file, &props);
 
+    if (iDoTheExportThing.mOutput.fail()) {
+        throw DeadlyExportError("output data creation failed. Most likely the file became too large: " + std::string(pFile));
+    }
+    
     // we're still here - export successfully completed. Write result to the given IOSYstem
     std::unique_ptr<IOStream> outfile (pIOSystem->Open(pFile,"wt"));
     if(outfile == NULL) {