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orson
August 12th, 2011, 04:55 PM
Is there any way to recover a plan you closed without saving by accident?

afkama
August 12th, 2011, 04:57 PM
Is there any way to recover a plan you closed without saving by accident?

yes.
Chief has an auto back up file look in the folder you save it in. I don't remember the file extension but it should be obvious.

afkama
August 12th, 2011, 05:04 PM
When a plan or layout is first saved, Chief Architect creates an Archive folder in the Chief Architect Data folder...........

As you work, Chief Architect automatically creates Auto Save files at regular intervals when changes are made to a file but not saved by selecting File> Save http://www.remodelcrazy.com/forum/filesave.jpg.
These Auto Save files are appended _auto_save.plan or _auto_save.layout and are saved in the Archive folder.
When you close a file normally, its Auto Save file is retained until the next time the file is opened and the Auto Save file is overwritten.

http://www.remodelcrazy.com/forum/az1ca305.jpg
You can enable Auto Save and set its frequency in the Preferences http://www.remodelcrazy.com/forum/preferences.jpgdialog. See General Panel (http://www.remodelcrazy.com/forum/ba4480113.htm#Rba58705).
Auto save files created as a result of an improper program shutdown are appended _auto_save_bak.plan or _auto_save_bak.layout.

AndyGump
August 13th, 2011, 10:46 AM
Check your archive folder in X3 under the Chief Arch. folder in 'My Documents'.

Andy.