SketchUp file converter pricing
The first small file is free. Sign in for one more. One large file is $2.99. Pro is $5.99 a month or $39 a year.
FAQs
Questions before you downgrade SketchUp files
How do I downgrade a SketchUp file?
Drop the .skp, pick a year from 2017 through 2025, and download the older file. SketchUp 2024 removed that year list from File, Save As. One file up to 100MB is free without an account. Sign in for one more that day.
Can I convert my SketchUp file to a lower version online?
Yes. Drop one .skp, pick a year from 2017 through 2025, and download the converted file. SketchUp Pro and a plugin are not required.
How do I downgrade a .skp file?
Add the file, choose 2017 if the other person uses SketchUp Make 2017, or choose the year they name. One file up to 100MB is free without an account. Sign in for one more that day.
How do I convert a SketchUp file to an older version?
Pick the older year on the version menu. It lists 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. The default is 2017. Conversion downloads a new .skp for that year and leaves the original file unchanged.
How do I open a 2024 or 2025 model in SketchUp 2017?
SketchUp 2017 cannot open a 2024 or 2025 .skp directly. Choose 2017 and download the converted file. Newer materials, scenes, and styles are the first details an older format can omit.
How do I open a new SketchUp file in SketchUp Make 2017?
SketchUp Make 2017 opens models saved for 2017 or earlier. A 3D Warehouse model from 2024 or later fails with a version error. Set the target to 2017 and download the converted file. No account is required for a file inside the free limit.
How do I save a SketchUp file as an older version?
In SketchUp 2023 and earlier, File, Save As still offered an older year. SketchUp 2024 removed that control. Drop the file here, pick the year, and download the older .skp. You do not need a Ruby console or a plugin.
How do I save a SketchUp file in a lower version in 2026?
A SketchUp 2026 file is newer than every year on the menu. Choose the year the recipient actually has, often 2017 or 2020. Saving down from 2026 can omit features that year did not store. Download the new file and keep the 2026 original.
Why can't older SketchUp versions open newer SKP files?
The .skp format is not backward compatible. A newer year can add materials, line styles, annotations, and scene data that the older application does not understand, so it refuses the file. That is a version mismatch, not a broken download.
Why is my SketchUp file not opening?
A version mismatch is one common cause: a 2024, 2025, or 2026 file opened in 2017 or 2020. Convert it to the year that computer runs. This does not repair a corrupt file, a missing component, or a model that opens and then clips when you zoom.
How do I lower the SketchUp version of a file?
Lower the file year, not the SketchUp subscription. Select a target from 2017 through 2025. 2017 is the usual choice when the other computer is old. One file is $2.99. Pro is $5.99 a month, or $39 a year, for files up to 150MB.
How do I downgrade SketchUp 2024 without changing my subscription?
Downgrade SketchUp files, not the Trimble plan. SketchUp 2024 is the release that removed Save As for older years. Picking 2017, 2020, or 2023 here does not cancel, refund, or change a SketchUp subscription.
How do I prepare a SketchUp 2025 model for a 2020 install?
Choose 2020 on the version menu if the contractor still runs SketchUp 2020. A 2025 model will not open there until it is saved as 2020. Keep the original 2025 file. An older save can drop styles and annotations that 2020 never had.
Is the free conversion actually free?
Yes. One .skp up to 100MB is free without an account. Sign in and that day includes one more free conversion. Files over 100MB use the $2.99 Emergency Pass, or Pro at $5.99 a month or $39 a year, up to 150MB.
Can I convert a .skp without SketchUp Pro or a plugin?
Yes. You do not install SketchUp, the Dezmo extension, the Eneroth extension, or a desktop converter. Convert the .skp in the browser. A file inside the free limit does not require an account.
How do I downgrade SketchUp files on a Mac?
Use the same page on macOS or Windows. There is no separate Mac app. The free conversion is still one .skp up to 100MB, and the target years are still 2017 through 2025.