Monitoring Elements in the Current Project

You can establish and monitor relationships between 2 elements of the same type in the current project without copying the elements. (See Monitor Elements in the Current Project.) When a monitored element changes, a warning message displays.

You establish relationships between pairs of corresponding elements. For example, select a grid line, and then select another grid line to form a relationship between them. You cannot monitor unlike pairs, such as a grid line and a level. If you select an opening in a wall or floor, you can monitor other openings or inserts.

To monitor elements in the current project without copying

Open a project.
Open a project view where you can see the elements to be monitored.
Click Collaborate tabCoordinate panelCopy/Monitor drop-down (Use Current Project).
Click Copy/Monitor tabTools panel (Monitor).
Select one element.
Select another element of the same type to create a relationship between those elements.
The monitor icon displays next to the element to indicate that it has a relationship with another element.

An architectural column and a structural column (plan view) with a monitoring relationship
Continue selecting as many element pairs as desired.
Click Copy/Monitor tabCopy/Monitor panel (Finish).

If you modify one of the elements in a pair, a warning indicates that a monitored element has changed. These warnings also display in a coordination review. See Coordination Review.