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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

Compatibility with Previous Versions

Plans and layout files produced in the can be read in the Mac version, and vice
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following programs can all be read by Chief versa.
Architect X10.
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• Chief Architect 10.0 through X9 Opening Chief Architect Plans
in Home Designer Programs
• All Better Homes and Gardens Home
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Designer products, Interior Designer, Plans created in Chief Architect Versions 10
and Landscaping and Deck Designer, Ver- through X8 can be opened in the latest Home
sions 7 and 8. Designer programs for viewing and
annotating, but not for general editing or
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• All Chief Architect Home Designer drawing of architectural objects.
products, Interior Designer, and Land-
scaping and Deck Designer, Versions 9 Plans created in build 11.4 or later of Chief
through 2018. Architect X1, or in later program versions,
can be set to allow limited editability in
Only the .plan and .layout files from prior Home Designer programs. When this
versions can be opened in Chief Architect permission is enabled, a Home Designer user
X10. A number of steps are recommended can use all of their program’s drawing tools
when migrating plans created in an earlier and can edit objects in the plan that those
program version into Chief Architect X10. tools can create. If an object cannot be
Before doing so, see “Getting Started created in the Home Designer program,
CheckList” on page 1361. however, it will not be editable.

Please note, too, that if a plan has more floors
Chief Architect automatically archives than the Home Designer program supports,
plans created in prior versions. See the entire plan can be viewed and annotated
“Auto Archive” on page 61.
only.
Files that have been opened and saved in To protect some objects from being edited
Chief Architect X10 cannot be read by any of when a file with editing permission is opened
the program versions listed above. To in a Home Designer program, consider
continue to read files in the program in which locking their layers. See “Locking Layers”
they were created, be sure to create copies of on page 186.
your files before opening them in Chief Allow Editing in Select Home Designer
Architect X10.
Products can be enabled or disabled only
Plans and layout files produced in the when the file is opened in Chief Architect.
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Windows version of Chief Architect X10 See “General Plan Defaults Dialog” on page
101.

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