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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      I've looked in the file and it is a SKP in the header... [v?]
      BUT it won't open... 'unrecognized file format' - must be some corruption in the database... 😢
      It's probably fatal - sorry...

      TIG

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      • Alan FraserA Offline
        Alan Fraser
        last edited by

        You could try contacting Google. If it's fixable, they may be able to do it for you. Obviously, they don't have time to do this on a regular basis, but it may be useful from their developmental point of view to perform a post-mortem on it, to see what went wrong. It would depend on whether the data corruption was the fault of the program or just a glitch on your home PC.

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        • W Offline
          wrielarchi
          last edited by

          Hola alguien ahí me puede ayudar, tengo el mismo problema con "unexpected file format" pero ya intente abrir el skb y me aparece el mismo viso, ya tenia un buen avance y necesito abrirlo ayuda!

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          • J Offline
            JuanV.Soler
            last edited by

            Hola wrielarchi

            Intenta mandarnos el archivo , vas a tu Panel de Control y pinchas en Upload attachment . Hay un límite que son 4 mb , si el tuyo es mayor intenta comprimirlo .


            Hello anyone there who can help me, I have the same problem with "unexpected file format" I try to open the skb and I get the same , and I had a good progress and need help!


            Try to send us the file ¡

            ,))),

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              SketchUp files are named .SKP.
              Backup files are named .SKB.
              SketchUp opens .SKP files.
              SketchUp does not open .SKB files.
              If you rename a file with a .SKB suffix with a .SKP suffix it will open in SketchUp.
              Otherwise, what is your problem?
              Archivos de SketchUp se nombran .SKP.
              Archivos de 'copia de seguridad' se nombran .SKB.
              SketchUp abre archivos .SKP.
              SketchUp no abra los archivos de .SKB.
              Si cambia el nombre de un archivo de una sufijo '.SKB' con una sufijo '.SKP' que se abrirá en SketchUp.
              ¿De lo contrario, cuál es tu problema?

              TIG

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              • N Offline
                Nelsonallen
                last edited by

                @tig said:

                SketchUp files are named .SKP.
                Backup files are named .SKB.
                SketchUp opens .SKP files.
                SketchUp does not open .SKB files.
                If you rename a file with a .SKB suffix with a .SKP suffix it will open in SketchUp.
                Otherwise, what is your problem?
                Archivos de SketchUp se nombran .SKP.
                Archivos de 'copia de seguridad' se nombran .SKB.
                SketchUp abre archivos .SKP.
                SketchUp no abra los archivos de .SKB.
                Si cambia el nombre de un archivo de una sufijo '.SKB' con una sufijo '.SKP' que se abrirá en SketchUp.
                ¿De lo contrario, cuál es tu problema?

                I've uploaded another dreaded "UFF" fail. Any suggestions? Thx.


                cindy.skp

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Nelson
                  I can see it's a v8 SKP BUT there is an UFF error.
                  I can't recover it - perhaps someone at SketchUp itself could have a look, if the data is important...
                  It's also good to report such errors, in case it's something up with SketchUp, rather than with you processes/OS/PC etc...

                  TIG

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                  • S Offline
                    samhouthoofd
                    last edited by

                    Hello guys!

                    I'm a Belgian architectural student and have been working for 1 week with a model on sketchup.
                    Never had a problem saving it or restarting it since today!?
                    unexpected file format is my problem... I've put the files underneath in the attachment!

                    I realy HOPE someone can help me!

                    Greets

                    Sam

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      You can't add attachments until you have made a few posts.


                      Before then... do you have SketchUp set to auto-save and/or to make automatic backups?
                      If so you might find an AutoSave SKP with the model's SKP ?
                      Or if you have backups then a SKB file.
                      The SKB can be renamed as a SKP which will open in SketchUp once again.
                      The SKB is one save behind the current SKP so you only loose work since the last save ??

                      TIG

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                      • S Offline
                        samhouthoofd
                        last edited by

                        Yes i have set up sketchup to auto-save every 5 minutes but when i locate this file in the documents folder it's a old file from 2014 which i don't need..
                        Also i have SKB files but here the same problem: unexpected file format!
                        I've tried to rename the SKB to a SKP but still not working.
                        Any1 got suggestions!?

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          You must set the Windows Explorer > Tools > 'Folder options...' to NOT hide the file-type endings of ALL types.Capture.PNG
                          Otherwise the 'xxx.skb' file is displayed as 'xxx' and when you add '.skp' if becomes 'xxx.skp.skb'
                          Which is still NOT a SKP file.
                          You need to rename 'xxx.skb' to be 'xxx.skp', then SketchUp will open it because it IS a SKP file.

                          It SketchUp won't even open that SKP file it's somehow corrupted...

                          TIG

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                          • ntxdaveN Offline
                            ntxdave
                            last edited by

                            Even if the file type is a true .skp file (like Tig said), you can always go into Explorer, right click on a .skb file and then click on the Open With link and point to SU 2015.

                            Windows 8.1 will not let me set up SU 2015 as the default for .skp files so that is how I have been opening SU 2015 .skb files.

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                              samhouthoofd
                              last edited by

                              I have already tried to change a SKB into a SKP or opening SKP directly with SU but this gives the same problem... I have saved my files always but I think the problem is that i had 0 battery and my computer 'glitched' the files..... can I upload the files?

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                The attached-file size limit is ~4Mb - so ZIP them if necessary.
                                Direct attachment of SKPs is allowed but if you upload a SKB it needs to be inside a ZIP anyway, as there are only certain types of files allowed for direct uploading...

                                Zipping will optimize the file size uploaded...

                                I know you can't purge the SKP because you can't open it 😒 , but bear that in mind for the future.
                                A SKP can shrink considerably when purged in Model Info > Statistics...

                                TIG

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