"Failed save"

[ericaSMS]

“The save operation could not be completed. Please try again”

I had autosave on for every 5 minutes, but I can see that if I reopen the project in another tab/computer I’ve lost hours of work. If I try to save, I get the message above. If I try to download the .skp file, I get “An error occurred while downloading the model.”

I’ve tried deleting all 3d models in my mockup and seeing if it saves then on the theory of too big a save file, but no luck.

At this point I’m somewhat resigned to the idea that I’ll be needing to redo this (now that I have practice, this will be a lot faster at least), but how do I avoid this in the future? What even happened?

I still have the current (ephemeral) version open and can edit it (just no saving).

The model in question (you’ll see the early mockup of outdoor playground without some 3d logs):
Outdoor school playground model

Thank you.

P.S. Sorry if I’ve repeated a topic somewhere else in the forum, I looked as best I knew, and while I saw things related to 1) file size and 2) autosave, I’m not seeing anything exactly like this.

[DaveR]

Have you purged unused components and materials from the model? Simply deleting components from the model space won’t remove them from the file.

There is a file size limit for SketchUp Free users.

Try downloading the file to your computer and then share it with us.

Is this a hobby thing you are modeling?

[ericaSMS]

It has an error when I try to download the file (at least in .skp format).

I just tried again deleting all the 3d components and recycling them, so now I only have drawn shapes with default materials. Still won’t save. (and thanks for your reply!)

Edit: to be clear, after I deleted/recycled the 3d objects, when I try to save it asks to purge. I say yes, then I still get the save error AFTER.

Edit2: I can still undo to the point where the 3d models reappear. Not sure how to purge to the degree that that isn’t possible.

[DaveR]

Evidently there’s something wrong with the model. What is the error when you try to download the file to your computer?

[ericaSMS]