X5 After Downloading X6

[Dennis]

After I download X6 can I still use X5?
Thanks
Denny

[Joe Carrick]

Yes, you can have as many versions of Chief as you want on your system. However, you should remember to keep the Plan & Layout Files for prior versions so that you can open them with those versions. If you carry a Plan forward to X6 then you should save it in the X6 Data Folder to keep it separate from the X5 Data Folder, etc.

[David J. Potter]

I have Chief Architect Premier versions 7-X6 on my PC and Home Designer versions 7-2014 as well, all live happily separate and functional lives as themselves.

DJP

[mctabish]

You can use it, yes, but it seems that you can no longer D/L x5 after downloading x6! I installed x6 and was having problems, but I needed a sketchup file. All I had was x5 (64b) went to my digital locker and I no longer have any x5 versions, yet was there in the morning (yesterday)
I need to call em up tomorrow and see if I can d/l x5 32bit

HTH,
Bruce

[lbuttery]

yes, for some "silly" reason CA removes the prior version from your digital locker

It would be nice if they would leave it there

for this and many other reasons I have always copied the program files and the library content and just about "everything" else to my hard drives as archives

just in case I ever need them after CA gets rid of them

Lew

[mctabish]

I wish I knew that before! I have the 6 bit, but not the 32bit.
Also they should warn you about not being able to open the file in the previous version

I am not trying to hijack this thread, but I want to add to it. My intent, and hope I am not stepping outta bounds!

Bruce

[perryh]

If you had search this forum, its all over the place. You cannot use a plan in a previous version if it was opened and saved in a new version. You need to copy the plan first to preserve the old version. Chief has never hid that fact. Just your bad luck. For what its worth I usually always bring forward a plan between versions. There is some clean-up for new features but all in all it works good and I usually save some time doing it.

[Doug Park]

We also save a backup copy of your older version plan in the archive folder so you can go back if you accidentally save over the old plan.