No one can. Your file is totally empty, only zeroes. Is there a backup file (.skb) that you can try renaming with the .skp extension and opening?
There must be some kind of bug on Google Drive, here is a new link
There are SKP and SKB files but get same error
The .skp file contains nothing but zeroes. The .skb file is about 75% filled with zeroes.
Where have you been saving the file while working on it?
Thank you, I’ve managed to recover some version of a file with data recovering software
@DaveR my file seems to be corrupted, it just suddenly crashed while i was working, and now not responding. What should i do?
Share the file here. We can’t do more than guess without looking at it.
Yes, @slbaumgartner is right. There’s nothing we can do without the file. Sunding me a private message without the file doesn’t help either.
A quick test that tells you how badly destroyed a SketchUp file is is to try zipping it. As a SketchUp file is already compressed, zipping shouldn’t reduce its size much, so reduction of, say, more than 10% would tell that part of the file is zeros. Of course, this doesn’t capture all the ways that the file can have gone wrong. Most of the partially empty files are such that even @colin with his special tools cannot retrieve anything from them.
Hlo
I have the same problem with a huge file sized more than 700 MB
It was created by V 2023
But now I cannot open it in any version, even 2025 says it cannot be opened?
Share the .skp file. Maybe there’s something that can be done. Upload it to DropBox or WeTransfer and share the link.
What version of SketchUp are you really using? There is no Classic license for SketchUp 2025 as you put in your profile. Are you using a cr acked version?
Where are you saving the file while you’ve been working on it? To an extrnal drive? The cloud?
hey hey, i seem to have a corrupted file too, my laptop crashed after saving with sketchup opened and now the file wont open where it says its not a sketchup file, here is the the link to the .skp .skb Unique Download Link | WeTransfer
The .skp file contains nothing but zeroes. Here it is in a Hex editor.
The .skb file is about 50% zeroes. Looks like nothing to recover in either one.
Your profile indicates you have a Pro subscription for SketchUp. That includes unlimited storage on Trimble Connect. Were you also saving a copy of the file there?
Is there any chance you have already started a LayOut file using this SketchUp file?
nope was just modeling and i never save on trimble connect actually everything is saved locally
You should take advantage of also saving to Trimble Connect to create an additional backup copy. Still save locally, too. Also every time you save your file to your Trimble Connect storage there’s an incremental save created meaning you could go back to an earlier version of your model if needed.
Hi, I also facing same problem..I accidentaly open my skp 2024 file in another pc oldest version, and it can’t open, after that i back to my own pc open it in skp 2024 it can’t open and show “This does not appear in Sketchup Model”, even i try my backup file skb to skp also can’t open. Can help me to solve it? Thanks. @colin
Here is the dropbox link with the skp file and skb file:
https://www.dropbox.com/t/28J6aSii1zPjRtVf
Both files are only 1 MB in size, and are missing something from the end of the file. It’s not possible to tell how much stuff is missing.
Buenas, estoy teniendo problemas con este archivo al momento de abrir el enscape, carga un rato y se me cierra al iniciar el enscape, necesito reparar el archivo nose si será a causa de los componentes del warehouse, intenté purgando y nada. Ayuda! Enlace del archivo: Enlace de descarga único | WeTransfer
El problema es cuando quiero renderizar, al abrir enscape
I was able to open your model in SU 2022. It is 81 Megs.
I purged it and it size went down to 76.9 Megs.
You have a few components, plants and other objects that are bleeding through the long wall on the left.
You put a lot of details but you forgot safety. There is no balustrade along the open edge of the upper floor.