X17 Managed Projects — archive or revision history location?

[DefinedDesign]

In Chief Architect X17 using Project Management, where are archived or revision versions of a .plan file stored or accessed?

 

I understand how to manually create revision copies inside the Project Browser, but I am trying to understand whether Chief automatically creates archive or backup versions of managed plan files and where those can be found or opened.

 

Is there a revision history or archive location for managed plans?

Edited 4 hours ago by DefinedDesign

[DefinedDesign]

I found my archive plan files in X17 (Mac + Project Management)

 

I wanted to share a clarification that may help other users who are trying to locate archived versions of their .plan files while using Project Management in Chief Architect X17.

 

The Knowledge Base article Accessing Your Archive Files explains that when using Project Management you must go to:

 

Chief Architect → File → Open Plan/Layout → Browse under the Unmanaged Files section.

 

What confused me initially as a Mac user is what happens after clicking Browse.

 

Chief opens a standard macOS Finder window at whatever folder was last used.

In my case it opened at the Downloads folder, which made it appear that the archive location was incorrect or missing.

 

For Mac users, you must then manually navigate in Finder to:

 

Users → your username → Documents → Chief Architect Premier X17 Data → Archives

 

Inside the Archives folder you will find subfolders named after each plan, containing multiple archived versions saved automatically according to your archive interval settings.

 

I hope this helps anyone else who is confused about where archived versions of managed plans are located.