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What is a .skp file?
A .skp file is a SketchUp Document. This is a document format, so it holds text and layout meant to be read. Confusingly, this extension has been used by 16 different formats over the years — they're all listed below.
This extension has been used by more than one format
16 different formats have claimed .skp over the years, so two files with the same extension aren't necessarily the same kind of thing.
- SketchUp DocumentNo version recorded · x-fmt/451
- SketchUp DocumentVersion 1 · fmt/1259
- SketchUp DocumentVersion 2 · fmt/1260
- SketchUp DocumentVersion 3 · fmt/1261
- SketchUp DocumentVersion 4 · fmt/1262
- SketchUp DocumentVersion 5 · fmt/1263
- SketchUp DocumentVersion 6 · fmt/1264
- SketchUp DocumentVersion 7 · fmt/1265
- SketchUp DocumentVersion 8 · fmt/1266
- SketchUp DocumentVersion 13 · fmt/1267
- SketchUp DocumentVersion 14 · fmt/1268
- SketchUp DocumentVersion 15 · fmt/1269
- SketchUp DocumentVersion 16 · fmt/1270
- SketchUp DocumentVersion 17 · fmt/1271
- SketchUp DocumentVersion 18 · fmt/1272
- SketchUp DocumentVersion 19 · fmt/1273
How to open a .skp file
- Try LibreOffice (free, Windows/Mac/Linux) — it opens an enormous range of current and historic document formats.
- Microsoft Word and Google Docs handle most mainstream document types.
- If nothing opens it, open it in a text editor: many older document formats have readable text inside.
The registry records this extension against SketchUp Document, SketchUp Document, SketchUp Document and others, so software from that family is the most likely match.
How to convert a .skp file
- Once it opens in LibreOffice or Word, Save As .docx or .pdf to get it into a format you can use anywhere.
The technical record
For archivists, developers and the merely curious: these are the PRONOM registry entries for .skp.
| Format name | Version | MIME type | PUID |
|---|---|---|---|
| SketchUp Document | — | — | x-fmt/451 |
| SketchUp Document | 1 | — | fmt/1259 |
| SketchUp Document | 2 | — | fmt/1260 |
| SketchUp Document | 3 | — | fmt/1261 |
| SketchUp Document | 4 | — | fmt/1262 |
| SketchUp Document | 5 | — | fmt/1263 |
| SketchUp Document | 6 | — | fmt/1264 |
| SketchUp Document | 7 | — | fmt/1265 |
| SketchUp Document | 8 | — | fmt/1266 |
| SketchUp Document | 13 | — | fmt/1267 |
| SketchUp Document | 14 | — | fmt/1268 |
| SketchUp Document | 15 | — | fmt/1269 |
| SketchUp Document | 16 | — | fmt/1270 |
| SketchUp Document | 17 | — | fmt/1271 |
| SketchUp Document | 18 | — | fmt/1272 |
| SketchUp Document | 19 | — | fmt/1273 |