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Whether you are saving, exporting, or • File> Save saves the current state of
backing up your data, it is important that you your plan or layout file without changing
select a location on your computer for the its name and should normally be used for
files you create, and also specify a short, saving your work.
meaningful name that you will be able to
identify in the future. • File> Save As opens the Save File
dialog, allowing you to save the plan or
To save an untitled plan or layout file layout file using a different name or loca-
tion on your computer.
1. Select File> Save to open the Save
File dialog. Initially, all Open and Save As
operations go to the “My Documents” folder
2. Specify a location on your computer of your computer. After that, the location last
where you would like to save the file. visited is remembered and subsequent
See “Organizing Your Files” on page 55.
Open or Save As commands default
3. In the File name text field, type a name to the directory last used for that operation.
for the file.
This path is saved when the program exits.
4. Chief Architect automatically assigns The next time Chief Architect is launched,
the File of type and file extension .plan these defaults are used.
to plan files and .layout to layout files.
If you prefer, you can instead specify a
5. When both the Save in location and File
name are correct, click Save. directory to be used for all Open or Save
As operations in the Preferences
dialog. See “New Plans Panel” on page 116.
Although the program warns you if you
try to exit without saving, you should get
in the habit of saving plan files before exiting Saved Views
the program.
All saved camera views, plan views, and
Saving Plan and Layout Files CAD Details are saved with their plan file.
See “View Windows” on page 153.
When you first save a new, When saving a layout, the program saves all
untitled file, you must select a
location for it on your computer and give it a pages of the layout, all the links to the
various views saved in the layout, and all the
name. There are two options for saving plan CAD objects added to the .layout file.
and layout files: File> Save and File> Save
As. By default, a new layout file is assigned the
same name as the first plan file from which a
Both Save and Save As can be used view is sent to it. It is also saved in the same
to save your plan and layout files; however, directory as the plan file. If no view has been
they accomplish this in two different ways. sent to a layout, it remains untitled until you
save it.

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