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picture files, metafiles, .pdf files, and • Navigate to a folder on your system
texture, image, backdrop, normal map, and select it.
and bump map graphics files. • With the destination folder for the
• Choose Backup Plan Files Only to backup selected, click OK.
copy all associated plan files and any 4. If the destination folder already contains
externally linked files and inserted pic- files, the program will confirm whether
ture files, but no graphics or texture you want to overwrite them.
files. This is best used only when trans-
ferring a file to a computer that already The resulting folder contains a copy of the
has the graphics files installed. plan or layout file and all referenced files,
• Check Send Backup Files to Zip and can be moved to a new computer
Archive to save the files in a zipped
folder instead of a regular folder. Returning Viewer Files
• Click OK. When customers review and annotate files
3. The Select the Plan or Project Backup using the Chief Architect Viewer, they only
Folder or Choose Zip Archive to need to return the .plan and/or .layout files.
Backup dialog opens next. This is a typ- The associated files do not need to be
ical Save File dialog. See “Saving, returned.
Exporting, and Backing Up Files” on
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Select File> Exit to exit the program. If you On a Mac, if you click the program window’s
have not saved any open files, you will be red Close button, the window will close but
reminded to do so. It is better to save your the program itself will continue to run. To
work before exiting than to save on exit. See close it down completely, right-click on its
“Closing Views and Files” on page 164. icon on the Dock and select Quit from the
contextual menu.
When you exit from the program using File>
Exit, all Autosave files and Undo files are
automatically deleted.

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