Windows 10 update has deleted my sketchup model!

[Geo]

@Will1Carp

I had been getting warnings about the re-start but had forgotten about it.
I hadn’t saved my SU file (was leaving the autosave feature to do this for me).

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I always save at the end but while I’m in the ‘modelling frenzy’ I just leave it to SU.

That’s not the way it works.
The auto-save file is merely a temporary file on the system.

The only time the auto-save file is saved to disc (permanently) is when SketchUp closes abnormally.
Closing abnormally would be when SU crashes or stops responding and you force it to close.

Otherwise, the auto-save file is automatically deleted the moment SketchUp closes.
I believe an automatic restart is unlikely to preserve the auto-save file.

See this post:

SketchUp Pro 2019 = Let's talk about Saving

With SketchUp Pro 2019, we have made some changes to how we execute Auto-saves. Let’s go over Saves, Backups, and Auto-saves with SketchUp to make sure there’s a good understanding. Save - When you save a SketchUp model, you are saving a .skp file. This file contains everything used to make your model, from geometry to components and materials. It’s all in there. If you have a bunch of really large images or textures in your model, they will be there too AND they will impact the size of your .s…