Reference Items

[SketchB]

Is there any way to reference items from one floor to another, like referencing walls with the F9 key?

[Alaskan_Son]

Yes

[SketchB]

Thanks. how, please?

 

[Alaskan_Son]

Turn on your Reference Display, select reference floor, select your desired reference layer set.  Save as a new Plan View and you can switch to it with a single click next time.  

 

You can also toggle your reference display stuff using hotkeys and a macro recorder to make it a single click operation.  Don’t have time to go over that one though.  

[DRAWZILLA]

You can only reference 1 floor at a time, a lot of people here want multiple floor references for referencing floors 1 and 2 from the 3rd floor.

[SketchB]

That's not the issue I am referring to. What I want is, referencing other items, other than just the walls from floor 1 to floor 2.

[Joe_Carrick]

4 minutes ago, SketchB said:

That's not the issue I am referring to. What I want is, referencing other items, other than just the walls from floor 1 to floor 2.

Michael had your answer.  You just need to use a different "Reference Layer Set", one that includes the items you want to display.

 

Note that a "Saved Plan View" remembers the "Referenced Layer Set", including the referenced floor.

[solver]

2 minutes ago, SketchB said:

referencing other items

 

What is "referencing"? Do you want to see certain items, be able to snap to them etc?

 

Reference display is controlled by a layer set. You can change what is displayed and how.

[Dermot]

Please see this article:

 

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00795/displaying-and-printing-objects-that-exist-on-another-floor.html

 

[Alaskan_Son]

 

3 minutes ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Michael had your answer.  You just need to use a different "Reference Layer Set", one that includes the items you want to display.

 

Ed Zachary, thank you. 

 

To the OP,  These are the settings you need to familiarize yourself with...

[Joe_Carrick]

2 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

Ed Zachary, thank you. 

 

Who is Ed Zachary? 

[Alaskan_Son]

2 minutes ago, Joe_Carrick said:

Who is Ed Zachary? 

 

You were...Ed Zachary Wright that is.

[SketchB]

Thank you all. Was helpful.