BillsburgChief Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Is there any con's (or pro's) to using save as to start new plans that are of similar designs? Should I instead be saving different design styles as a template and start each file using the template (i.e. Craftsman, Colonial, Contemporary)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 "Save As" works fine. Just make sure you save it to a different folder. There are some ramifications regarding Layout and Links that need to be dealt with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 54 minutes ago, BillsburgChief said: Is there any con's (or pro's) to using save as to start new plans that are of similar designs? Should I instead be saving different design styles as a template and start each file using the template (i.e. Craftsman, Colonial, Contemporary)? I call that the SAM. I have been using this method for 17 years. It works for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 has it been 17 years, just that much closer to you know what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 9 minutes ago, DRAWZILLA said: just that much closer to you know what Are you guys going to still hang around after retiring so all of us peons can still benefit from your "vast knowledge of CA?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I think I'll be drawing until I'm dead b/c I like it and wouldn't know what to do without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 2 minutes ago, DRAWZILLA said: I think I'll be drawing until I'm dead b/c I like it and wouldn't know what to do without it. That's what my wife says about me. I do hope I can at least slow down some with the project load. Maybe the coming "pop" in the housing bubble will do it for me...do you think? Maybe then I can only work on McMansions for the Millennials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 5 minutes ago, DRAWZILLA said: I think I'll be drawing until I'm dead b/c I like it and wouldn't know what to do without it. ditto, I threaten to retire a least once a week but I don't think Lynn would want me around that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I'm 76 and don't plan to ever stop practicing architecture. But I do think CA should provide me with a pension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 2 hours ago, dshall said: ditto, I threaten to retire a least once a week but I don't think Lynn would want me around that much. SCOTT YOU CAN RETIRE AND STILL DRAW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jscussel Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I think SSA should be free after 75. At the very least a senior discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkwest Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Senior discounts on CA would probably cut Chief’s annual revenue in half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I am retired and still use Chief for personal modeling of historical buildings that my family owned during the 1800's that were "world-famous" I would love to be doing modeling as a "job" but my health prevents me from meeting deadlines and appointments If I could only do things on my schedule Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly_K Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 On 8/24/2018 at 2:21 PM, parkwest said: Senior discounts on CA would probably cut Chief’s annual revenue in half. I hate to admit it but that is a rather astute observation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvoyeDesign Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Some things that make the "save as" method less appealing to me: I develop a lot of plans in parallel, so which do I use as a template? I might add a new anno set to plan 1 that I don't need on plan 2, but plan 2 I added a new defauly that i didnt really need on plan 1. But both of these developments to my "template" are things I want to have ready for my next new plan. Every few releases of Chief I will start an entire brand new template, using the OOB default template as a starting point. I will build it up by importing defaulsts, layersets and anno sets from my old template after going through and stripping things that have fallen out of use. This ensures that my default plan isn't accumulating waste over the years. During my workflow, I will now and then add something to my plan in terms of a default, anno set, etc. When I decide that I want it on my template I open the template file and add. That is how I've built it out over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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