I created a sketchup file a couple of years ago on different computer and in a different version of SketchUp. I would now like to return to the project, however when I try to open the file I get an “unexpected file format” error.
It was orginally created on a mac and I’m now trying to open on a PC. I know this usually isn’t an issue, but just thought I’d put all the parameters out there in case.
Desperately hoping there is a way I will be able to open it. One of the files (which must be the mac backup file) even shows a thumbnail of my project, so I’m hoping that means its still there somewhere!
If you upload it here someone could try and open it. The files are interchangeable between Mac and Windows, so that shouldn’t be an issue. It may just be corrupted.
Have you tried renaming the backup file and opening that? It might work.
This unexpected file format thing used to happen to me with earlier versions of SketchUp. Haven’t seen it in five or six years, though. One thing I found by accident that helped was to e-mail the file to myself. You might try that.
I tried emailing it to myself as suggested…and for a moment I thought I was in for a win! Unfortunately though when it opened the file was empty. I also noticed after that it said the attachment file size was only 143 bytes and not the 23mb the original file size was.
Well, that would certainly be a problem. Unfortunately it may be that the file is corrupted. If you look at your Sent folder, how big is the attachment?
Unfortunately I get the same Unexpected File Format on both. It may be that the files are just plain old corrupted. Do you have anything else from this project? A LayOut file, perhaps?
