Hi- this morning i was not able to open the file I’ve spent a week on- VERY FRUSTRATING! have a deadline Monday too.
I’ve tried renaming the back up, opening it on the free version (said it was not a sketch up file), moved it to my desktop- nothing.
can anyone help me? here is a link to the file and back up file: Dropbox
It might be that @colin can do something with his magic wand if he has time to look. I couldn’t get anything from them.
Where have you been saving the file while working on it? DId you experience a power failure or other problem?
Your profile shows you are using SketchUP 2026 but the file was saved in SketchUp 2025. Which are you really using?
thanks - I built it in 2025, I downloaded 2026 today hoping it would fix it, but nothing.
sorry - was saving it on my Google drive. no power failures.
This is a case where I can recover the components and materials, but nothing in the scene. See if any of the components in this model of some use.
This is a common cause of file corruption.
nothing. extreme bummer!
any advice so i don’t encounter this again?
Save the file to an internal drive. Also save backups periodically to Trimble Connect so you don’t have to go back so far if things go pear-shaped.
thanks. lesson learned. 