# Converting newer SketchUp to SketchUp 8 file

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/converting-newer-sketchup-to-sketchup-8-file/62223>\
**Category:** SketchUp Free\
**Tags:** sketchup\
**Created:** [February 17, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/converting-newer-sketchup-to-sketchup-8-file/62223 "2018-02-17T02:41:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![francisco.camachoaraujo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@francisco.camachoaraujo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/francisco.camachoaraujo)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/converting-newer-sketchup-to-sketchup-8-file/62223/1 "2018-02-17T02:41:44Z")

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Hi, I’m in 9th grade and I’m currently in a class where I’m learning to use SketchUp and we use SketchUp 8. The other day there was an assignment about building a house, but I didn’t finish so I uploaded my file to my Google Drive and I went home and used SketchUp Free to finish it and when I got to class to download the file and open it I realized SketchUp couldn’t open it since it was a newer version file of SketchUp. I tried 3D Warehouse, but you can’t convert it to SketchUp 8 file anymore. I have until February 20 to find a way to open it and show it to him in SketchUp 8 or at least would like that, but if there is no way to do that I’ll guess I’ll show it to him in the SketchUp Free.

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**Author:** ![Forestr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/forestr/32/64230_2.png) [@Forestr](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Forestr)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/converting-newer-sketchup-to-sketchup-8-file/62223/2 "2018-02-17T03:32:14Z")

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1. Download SketchUp Make [Download All | SketchUp](https://www.sketchup.com/download/all)
2. Open your file
3. Save as
4. Select SketchUp version 8 from the “Save as type” menu

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/converting-newer-sketchup-to-sketchup-8-file/62223/3 "2018-05-19T19:32:22Z")

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