Reference Drawing Properties

Change the visibility of the reference drawing in the drawing. The properties of all reference drawings added to the drawing are displayed in a dialog box, the functions of which you can use to modify the properties.

1. Select Drafting | Tools | Reference Drawings > Properties.
2. Select properties in the Read Reference drawing dialog box.
   • Set the reference drawing either visible, or not visible.
   • Click the Description field on the desired row, and enter a new Description text for the reference drawing.
   • Click the Layer field on the desired row, and select another layer from the list for the reference drawing.
   • You can change the reference drawing by activating the desired row and clicking Change drawing.
3. Select OK.

Dialog Box Options

Visibility

You can toggle the visibility of a reference drawing by clicking its checkbox in the first column of the dialog box.

Reference drawing is visible

Reference drawing is not visible

If you change the visibility of a reference drawing, it will be immediately updated in the drawing.

Description

You can edit the description of a reference drawing by clicking the Description column.

Reference Drawing

If you click the Reference Drawing column on a certain row, the Description and Layer fields of that row become active, allowing you to edit their contents.

Layer

You can select the layer on which you wish to place the reference drawing from a list.

If you place the reference drawing on layer which has not been set to be visible in the drawing, this function will not automatically set the selected layer as visible.

Follows revision

The feature is available when the reference drawing is loaded from Vertex Sync. There are two options to choose from:

• Latest - When this option is selected, the reference drawing always updates to the latest revision in Sync when you update the reference drawing or open the building from Sync. The second option REV[number] in the list is updated to the latest revision number in the Sync service.
• REV[number] - The current revision of the reference drawing in the drawing. When this option is selected, the reference drawing follows this revision. The reference drawing is not updated even if the Sync service has a newer revision.

Note:

• The revision history is not saved in the list.
• Revisions are numbered according to the numbering system selected in the Sync service, and may be in the form REV[number], r[number], or mere [number].

Change drawing

Change the reference drawing to another drawing. Select the drawing file in the dialog box.

When you are logged in to Vertex Sync service, you can select the option Read from Sync in the dialog box. When this option is selected, you can select a reference drawing from the Vertex Sync service. The reference drawings used in the building must be connected to the building in Vertex Sync. Click the button to open a browser where you can search for a drawing from Sync using the search criteria you enter. For example, you can search for a drawing by label. Labels are defined for drawings in the Sync service. To search for vxp, dwg, or dxf files in the Sync service, select the sub folder of that file type in the left-hand browser pane.