Opening Home Design In Chief Architect

[Rytikom25]

I have a 2014 home designer file but I need to open it in chief archtiect 2015. Is that possible? Is there a way for this to happen?

 

[DavidJPotter]

Yes, same file format (.plan) BUT! Once opened and saved in Chief Architect X5, it cannot be opened in any Home Designer or Chief Architect Premier title after X5 HD 2014. Older files can be upgraded to newer ones but NOT backwards.

 

DJP

[Rytikom25]

But if I have both same year home designer and chief architect, will I be able to open back and forth?

[DavidJPotter]

Home Designer .plan files can be edited back and forth between X5 and 2014 titles only if when opened in X5, the file is inabled to do so in "Plan Defaults- Allow Editing in Home Designer Titles" by placing a check-mark by that atttribute. Once that is done then yes but until it is done in X5 such plans can only be viewed but not edited. After so marking the file in X5 you can thereafter share the plan file back and forth between X5 and 2014 Home Designer titles.

 

X6 and HD 2015 tiltes, X5 and 2014 titles, X4 and 2012 titles and etc on back is what works

 

DJP

[lbuttery]

After so marking the file in X5 you can thereafter share the plan file back and forth between X5 and 2014 Home Designer titles

 

However, the HD titles may only view "elements" that used features in Chief Premier that the HD titles

don't have -  edits would not be possible for those "elements"

 

Lew