<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[SketchUp 2021 file corrupted via Google Drive sync — header intact, 3 small localized zero-byte blocks identified — need help repairing it...]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hi all,<br />
I have a corrupted .skp file from SketchUp 2021 and I've done some binary-level diagnostics myself. Hoping someone with knowledge of the internal SKP format can help patch it — I'm on a tight deadline.<br />
Symptoms:</p>
<p dir="auto">File triggers BugSplat immediately on File &gt; Open in SketchUp 2021 Desktop<br />
File was stored in a Google Drive-synced folder (likely cause: sync process interrupted a write)<br />
No autosave (.skb) or Windows Previous Versions available<br />
A Drive "version history" copy exists but is significantly outdated (~30% of the work)</p>
<p dir="auto">Binary diagnostics (done via Python, byte-level inspection):</p>
<p dir="auto">File size: 189,946,064 bytes (~181 MB)<br />
Header is fully intact and valid: identifies correctly as "SketchUp Model", version {21.0.339}<br />
File is NOT a zip container (confirmed — this format doesn't use zip)<br />
No truncation: high-entropy (compressed-looking) data continues consistently all the way to the last byte — this does not look like a file that was cut off mid-save<br />
Exactly 3 zero-byte runs found, each 10,479 bytes long, total ~31KB out of 181MB (~0.016% of the file):</p>
<p dir="auto">Offset 52,117,304 (27.44% into the file)<br />
Offset 54,164,814 (28.52% into the file)<br />
Offset 56,330,073 (29.66% into the file)</p>
<p dir="auto">Notably, the 200 bytes immediately preceding each of the three zero-runs are byte-for-byte identical across all three locations, and the data immediately following each zero-run also starts identically. This doesn't look like random corruption — it looks like a repeated/duplicated write pattern, possibly from the Drive sync process re-writing the same buffer multiple times with gaps left zeroed.</p>
<p dir="auto">Given how small and localized the damage is relative to the file size, I'm hoping this is recoverable. I don't have tooling to parse the internal SKP structure myself. Would really appreciate help from anyone who's dealt with this kind of corruption before.<br />
File (181MB) available here: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/10b83OPyXvXJR0ye1WnDF7evvtJPkdKuE/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">https://drive.google.com/file/d/10b83OPyXvXJR0ye1WnDF7evvtJPkdKuE/view?usp=sharing</a><br />
Thanks in advance — happy to provide any additional diagnostic info needed.</p>
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Your best bet at SKP 'repair' is through @ colin on <a href="http://SketchUp.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">SketchUp.com</a> forum.<br />
He's a SketchUp team member and has access to specialized tools, that others don't have.<br />
PM him there and mention me [TIG] if you want to...</p>
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