I just started learning to use SketchUp, and I had no idea that you could purge all of the unused components in a file. By the time I figured that out I had a document with the failed to open message popping up. If I can’t recover that file I’ll lose a ton of progress on an assignment for school. I’ve seen a few other threads wherein people have helped recover a project from the .skb file. If anyone would be willing to take a look at my file and see if they can recover it I would really appreciate it! Please let me know if there are any other known solutions.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fwXf0h_eF0rzoSqKJosWWzkPasU5GDig?usp=sharing
Unfortunately, both files are about 50% filled with zeros.
The file is completely filled with zeros. Do you have an SKB copy of the file, in the same folder?
Try making a copy of that file, change the extension to .skp, and see if SketchUp can open the file.
Looks like it’s all zeroes, too. Where were you saving the file while working on it?
I didn’t ask if you saved it. I asked WHERE you saved it.
And what version of SketchUp are you using? The “Free Plan” is a web based version.
It might be a good idea to check the local disk to make sure it’s OK.
You have a folder called “Crack”. Is your version of Sketchup a cracked version? That might explain why it’s not working.
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Hi, I’m not sure where to post this but I’m also having trouble with a ‘failed to open file’
its 38MB so cant upload here?
I was just saving it to trimble cloud…
And you’re using SketchUp Free? Go to connsect.trimble.com and download the file to your computer. Then upload it to DropBox or We Transfer and share the link.
Out of curiosity, what are you modeling?
Thanks for quick reply!
landscape mostly, I usually use Vectorworks but wanted to create a quick 3D with sketchup 
This link? Dropbox - Bald Street 3D.skp - Simplify your life
I"m using the free trial as of yesterday
Of SketchUp Pro? That would not be the Free Plan of SketchUp.
I couldn’t open it but maybe @colin can with his magic wand.
Fingers crossed for Colin.
Yes correct, the free trial of Sketchup Pro
Please correct your forum profile. That information is important for us to help you.
Thanks, I’ll keep checkign back here for any updates 
Not a good update…
I have seen files like that before, that are missing important bits of information. I still don’t know how that happens, but I can’t recover anything from the file without those missing bits.
Ah well! thanks for looking into it.
Whats the best approach moving forward after the free trial if I purhcase a plan what’s the best way to not lose or break files?
For any computer software you could have some sort of backup system in place, in case something bad happens. For example, I use Time Machine on macOS, and so every file I have has a backup for each hour over the last day, and each day over the last month. Then there are backups for each month going back a long time.
For SketchUp in particular, your subscription, even a Free one, comes with Trimble Connect. You can save your models there, and it also keeps a history of the changes in the file.
Alguém ja recebeu a mensagem: Este Modelo não parece ser do Sketchup.
Mas continuo vendo os arquivos na pasta de arquivo e o mesmo ainda esta com 78mb
