# Models won't open in v2019/2020, only if saved as 2016 file..? **URL:** \ **Category:** SketchUp\ **Created:** [February 12, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/models-wont-open-in-v2019-2020-only-if-saved-as-2016-file/116168 "2020-02-12T09:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![DanRathbun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/danrathbun/32/500_2.png) [@DanRathbun](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DanRathbun)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/models-wont-open-in-v2019-2020-only-if-saved-as-2016-file/116168/2 "2020-02-12T09:55:07Z")
Without an example anyone would be guessing. The are often open issues when model objects are far from the origin. There is also a bug that happens sometimes with text objects that they get sent off into the far regions of virtual space. > [@CTEXT (text leader) Problem with Validity Check](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/ctext-text-leader-problem-with-validity-check/100901/8): > > To anyone else following this topic: @pwharton shared an example via PM and it turns out that the issue is the SketchUp 2019 variation of the stray text bug that plagued earlier versions. This bug is triggered when you attach a leader text to an entity (especially a face) and then subsequently edit the model in a way that cause SketchUp to delete that face or merge it with another adjacent face. Before 2019 the text would fly off to an impossible distance, causing severe issues in zoom and orb… Here is a Ruby snippet posted here that fixes these models … > [@Need Help to fix my SKP file!](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/need-help-to-fix-my-skp-file/97651/19): > > Here’s a fuller version of @eneroth3 's code. It checks for rogue Text in both the model’s entities and all definitions. It also switches any problem-text’s layer and visibility ‘on’, then moves the Text to the ORIGIN [0,0,0]. It also tries to force the model to zoom-extents after the text is relocated… Finally it selects the problem-text [in the Model] and allows the user to press Delete to erase it if desired. model = Sketchup.active\_model model.start\_operation("TextCheck", false) ss = mo… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/models-wont-open-in-v2019-2020-only-if-saved-as-2016-file/116168)._