# My drawing disappeared **URL:** \ **Category:** SketchUp\ **Created:** [April 13, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910 "2017-04-13T15:07:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@frank](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/frank)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/1 "2017-04-13T15:07:50Z")
Using Make 2017 - some of the new features are a little annoying but this one is the worst! Working on a 3D model for some time - switch to another computer program to check mail - come back to Make - and my model is gone!!?? What happened? ---
**Author:** ![slbaumgartner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/slbaumgartner/32/7302_2.png) [@slbaumgartner](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/slbaumgartner)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/2 "2017-04-13T15:53:19Z")
Impossible to say given only the info you provided. Did you try zoom-extents after returning to SketchUp? If you can share the model here someone may be able to help. ---
**Author:** ![frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@frank](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/frank)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/3 "2017-04-13T16:06:18Z")
thanks for responding so quickly. I can’t share the model, because it’s gone. I mean the drawing is just not there- just the axis lines! I’ll send the file. Thanks Frank ---
**Author:** ![slbaumgartner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/slbaumgartner/32/7302_2.png) [@slbaumgartner](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/slbaumgartner)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/4 "2017-04-13T16:18:39Z")
Yeah, by “model” I meant the file containing the model. If it is \<3MB you can upload it here either by drag-n-drop into the reply window or by clicking this little icon at the top. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/2/0/204ac5fa66fba939b35c64522d6378ee24cd4c29.png) ---
**Author:** ![frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@frank](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/frank)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/5 "2017-04-13T16:32:00Z")
yeah, that’s the file that had the model!! that’s what I’m saying - it disappeared! ---
**Author:** ![frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@frank](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/frank)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/6 "2017-04-13T16:54:50Z")
I just discovered - there was a garden bench componenet I placed when the whole drawing disappeared - because I just redid the model and again tried to place the bench, and the existing model that I had drawn - just disappeared!!! ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/7 "2017-04-13T16:56:23Z")
Upload the SKP file so we can see it. Where did you get the bench component? ---
**Author:** ![frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@frank](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/frank)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/8 "2017-04-13T17:38:16Z")
This is a garden bench that I downloaded from Dynascape 3D which has its own library. The original was plain wood - but I painted it white, and that’s the problem child. Here it is … [White Wood Garden Bench - 6’.skp](https://forums.sketchup.com/uploads/short-url/iDP5Qb7IqzqvStULDw29Q7v2ocE.skp) (218 KB) ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/9 "2017-04-13T17:40:17Z")
How about uploading the SKP file for your model in which it disappeared? BTW, that model is kind of strangely built. ---
**Author:** ![frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@frank](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/frank)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/10 "2017-04-13T17:52:19Z")
that’s the file I sent you initially ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/11 "2017-04-13T18:06:53Z")
Of the bench? I’m not seeing any problem with it other than the odd way it is constructed. Nothing that should make it disappear, though. ---
**Author:** ![frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@frank](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/frank)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/12 "2017-04-13T18:20:44Z")
no, the .skp file I sent you - it was my original file with a building with a patio in it - that was the model that disappeared when I placed that bench - the whole model just went kaputt!! ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/13 "2017-04-13T18:21:37Z")
The only file I see that you’ve uploaded here is the SKP file of the bench. ---
**Author:** ![frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@frank](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/frank)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/14 "2017-04-13T18:34:08Z")
this is the file I was using ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/15 "2017-04-13T18:44:07Z")
Still no file with a building in it. ---
**Author:** ![frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@frank](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/frank)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/16 "2017-04-13T18:56:44Z")
it’s gone - the building is gone - that’s my point - when I placed that white bench into the model - the whole thing just went white - no more building! it was like it wiped out the whole file ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlyAaron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/theonlyaaron/32/9436_2.png) [@TheOnlyAaron](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/TheOnlyAaron)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/17 "2017-04-13T18:58:25Z")
Do you have a saved file of the building before the bench came in, them? Because the only thing in that file (which is named Wood Garden Bench), is the bench… ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlyAaron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/theonlyaaron/32/9436_2.png) [@TheOnlyAaron](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/TheOnlyAaron)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/18 "2017-04-13T18:59:31Z")
Can you walk us though the process you were trying to use when the bench made your model disappear? What command were you using to attempt to load the bench? Import? Open? ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/19 "2017-04-13T19:10:15Z")
What steps did you go through to insert the bench into your building file? Is it possible you downloaded the bench model from Dynascape and it opened as a new file? Perhaps you have a different file for the building? ---
**Author:** ![frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@frank](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/frank)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910/20 "2017-04-13T19:10:22Z")
the file - Yost 3D 2.skp was the file I was working in. [Next page](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/my-drawing-disappeared/42910.md?page=2)