Revert to earlier version of a file

[BryanXG]

I know CA incrementally saves versions of files, and I know where they're saved.

What is the correct procedure to revert to one of these prior versions.

[joey_martin]

There isn't one. Chief doesn't do backwards compatibility. Once a plan or layout is opened and saved in a newer version, the older version can't ready it. You can go to the older version archive folder and find your last plan used in that version, but not the newer ones.

[BryanXG]

14 minutes ago, joey_martin said:

There isn't one. Chief doesn't do backwards compatibility. Once a plan or layout is opened and saved in a newer version, the older version can't ready it. You can go to the older version archive folder and find your last plan used in that version, but not the newer ones.

Joey,

I'm not talking about software version... I'm talking about the PLAN file.

 

A customer has had me make numerous changes to a kitchen layout, and now wants to go back to an earlier version.

I can see the file in I want the Archives folder... that is the correct way to make this archived file the current file?

[Joe_Carrick]

Yes, just open that file and save as (append the date to the name).  That way you can always know what version you are using.

[rwdozier]

Try this: make a copy of your plan and layout file, named something different and place them in a different directory. Open the newly named layout file and check the reference plan files to make sure they point to the new named plan file. Then take that plan file from the archives folder and place it in the new directory. You can rename it to the file name you put in there or just reference that archive file in the layouts reference plan files. That way you can have as current built kitchen and then a previous kitchen version on a different page in the layout file. Does that make sense?

 

Moving forward, consider using Date/Time stamped PLAN/LAYOUT filenames saved periodically for historical revisions and remember to change the LAYOUT's Referenced Plan Files.

 

[BryanXG]

2 minutes ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Yes, just open that file and save as (append the date to the name).  That way you can always know what version you are using.

Thank you Joe.