Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SKB file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert SKB to another file type
To convert SKB backups to another format, you need SketchUp or other 3D software.
Convert a file to SKB
To convert other file formats to the "3D Model Backup File" file type, you need software like SketchUp or a similar tool.
About SKB files
The .SKB file format is an automatic backup file created by SketchUp, a popular 3D modeling software developed by Trimble. When a user works on a standard SKP 3D model, SketchUp automatically generates an .SKB file to prevent data loss in the event of a crash or power failure. While useful for recovery, the .SKB format has significant disadvantages for daily use. It is a closed, proprietary format that is essentially an exact copy of a SKP file, but operating systems do not associate it with the main application by default. This means you cannot simply double-click an .SKB file to open it. Furthermore, because the format contains complex, proprietary 3D geometry, standard online converters fail to process it into universal formats like DWG or OBJ. The most practical workaround to use an .SKB file is not a traditional conversion, but rather renaming the file extension from .SKB to SKP. Once renamed, the file can be opened directly in SketchUp and exported to more versatile formats like STL, DXF, or DAE. Because this file format is difficult to open or convert without the original application, third-party tools struggle to interpret the 3D data. Our platform can inspect the file, and if our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SKB file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert SKB file to SKP, PDF, DWG, STL, OBJ, JPG, FBX, BAK, BACKUP, OLD, TMP or TEMP, you can use SketchUp or similar software from the "3D Model Backup Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SNAPSHOT, OLD, IMG, RESTORE, ISO, COPY, VMDK, TMP, VHD, BAK, ARCHIVE or BACKUP files to SKB, try SketchUp or another comparable tool in the "3D Model Backup Storage" category.
The SKB Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our SKB converter.