A few days ago I made changes to an existing file. When I tried to open it today I receive the error message ‘Failed to Open Document’. I’m running SketchUp 2021. Tried opening the SKB file - still same error Tried importing both SKP and SKB files into a new file. This causes a bug splat crash Do…

No .SKB file (in your shared drive)?

I saved this file on the school server. When I opened the skb file it turned out that the file had not been updated the last time I worked on it. Maybe, this file can? If I can’t, I’ve resigned myself to the situation SKP

Maybe, this file can? If I can’t, I’ve resigned myself to the situation SKP

[image] alvanduy9: Maybe, this file can? No. I already told you it can’t be recovered.

SKB don’t backup as frequently so it may not be as current as the SKP but at least you won’t have to start from scratch.

[image] jlo1: SKB don’t backup as frequently so it may not be as current as the SKP but at least you won’t have to start from scratch. … skb are simply the previous save file. whenever you save (ctrl-s for instance) the old skp file becomes the skb. and a new skp file is created. At any gi…

This is not true or at least not the full statement. SKP auto saves every so often (by default). My machine is set to do it every 5 minutes. This is under “windows” - preferences - general and you should see an option for creating backup and auto save and a time frame box of every X minutes. The …

re-read my message. [image] ateliernab: So when you say SKB don’t backup as frequently, they do. as frequently as you manually save. I’m talking about the skb file. because you spoke about the skb file. And you seem to confuse between the skb backup system and the auto-save recovery one : I…

Here is the same explanation by Colin back in 2019 after they moved some things around. [image] Auto Save and backup file refresher SketchUp The location used for auto save files has changed over the years, and in SketchUp 2019 and later it is in yet another new place. Th…

[image] ateliernab: Whatever you do, people, don’t forget to manually save your work from time to time. And apply “save as …”, saving to a logical follow-up name from time to time. (say daily with the date included)

Help me. This is my final college assignment, and it can't be opened "failed open to document"

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Help me. This is my final college assignment, and it can't be opened "failed open to document"

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