ClintonM

While I would expect importing the same project multiple times to produce duplicates in the Project Browser, it should not cause broken links or fail to transfer your work. Please contact our tech support team (https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/) so that we can gather more information and get this issue resolved.

If you're talking about the Preferences > File Magagement > Copy Externally Referenced Material Files to My Data Folder preference, this copies files like textures and material maps over to 'My Data' fodler (defaulted to Chief Architect Premier X18 Data/) when importing things like symbols, which can reference external files. If you're talking about a different checkbox, attach a picture or provide some more information, and I'll do my best explain it!

I'll try to clarify some things here: With Chief Architect Project Management turned on, you cannot directly save plans, layouts, or Projects to DropBox or another cloud service. These files are managed by Chief and stored outside of the typical X17 Data Folder. What can be saved to DropBoxor another cloud service are exported Project (.caproj) files. Exporting a Project makes a copy of the project files stored within Chief and bundles together all plans, layouts, and referenced asset files used within a Project. You can think of a Project (.caproj) file as equivalent to the output produced by 'Back Up Entire Plan/Layout' in X16 and other previous versions of Chief. Backups--which contain all Projects and their associated files, as well as libraries, preferences, and other settings--can also be stored on a cloud service. You can make a backup at any time using File > Back Up and Restore... > Back Up Managed Resources.... Chief is also set up to create these backups at midnight, by default. Depending on your use case, storing Project files and backups on a cloud service may be sufficient for your needs. Like @ComputerMaster86said, with Chief Architect Project Management turned off, plans and layouts can be saved to DropBox just like in previous versions. If you work in a highly collaborative environment, this may be the right choice for you. I would encourage you (and other users) to give Chief Architect Project Management a try and see if it is compatible with your workflow. If it doesn't, turning Project Management off allows you to manage files just like previous versions.

@glennw Sorry for the confusion. Like you noted, accessing the Create Orbital Walkthrough Path via 3D>Walkthroughs>Create Orbital Walkthrough Path is unavailable in plan view. However, you can also access the tool for a given camera by selecting the camera in a plan view. The tool is available in the camera's edit menu.

In plan view, the Create Orbital Walkthrough Path tool is available in Perspective Full Overview's edit menu. The same steps @glennwenumerated should work for all perspective camera views, including the Perspective Full Overview, Perspective Floor Overview, and Perspective Framing Overview.

One possibility is that the Import Drawing dialog is appearing on a secondary screen, possibly one that is no longer connected to your machine. This would give the appearance of Chief locking up or being frozen, when in reality, the dialog box just isn't visible. If that is the case, Edit > Preferences > Reset Options > Reset Dialog Sizes may solve the problem.