I have built a model and successfully save it into a .skp file, however, after I reopen it, I got an “Unexpected File Format” error. I tried everything I know, including importing/renaming etc but the error still exists. Is there anyone who can help me find why it happens, and even fix it? Thank yo…

Hi Colin, Thanks for getting back to me, I have 3 file formats that are listed but cant seem to upload. I have uploaded to wetransfer and you should be able to access them though the following link. https://we.tl/t-CqiqQwe36o If this is not acceptable please advise.

As usual, I only recovered the components. There won’t be anything in the scene, but the file includes 4,546 components. https://we.tl/t-iY0Fx6Ffm2

Thanks Colin that’s very helpful. Any Idea what caused this to happen? all files that I was working on were on the local drive not network or external drive. Thanks

URGENT HELP REQUIRED! Submission in less than 24 hours! Same error, is it possible to recover components?? @colin [image] DESIGN.skp Shared with Dropbox

See my reply here: [image] "Unexpected file format" SketchUp

Hey, @colin I’ve encountered a similar problem. I would really appreciate it if you help me recovering this file. Thanks. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YCzU4RMFdLZSCJFkJSkvVZ9w4epT5IvS/view?usp=sharing

The model seems to only have a few dynamic components in it, and a few people recently have had the same components in their file. Are you following a course, where many people are doing the same exercise? I could only recover the components and materials. Here’s the file: https://we.tl/t-AGsvTHBf…

Hey, @colin I’ve encountered a similar problem. both my SketchUp and auto save files arent opening due to this error. I would really appreciate it if you could help me recover this file. Thank you. Autosave file Recovery

I think most components and materials are recovered, but the scene is empty: https://we.tl/t-6RVIJjYHS1

Unexpected File Format after saving and reopening a .skp file

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colin May 1, 2021, 7:38pm 14

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