When you are working in a drawing in a data shortcut project that is stored in BIM 360, and a project team member updates a file that is referenced by that drawing, you won't be notified that a reference in your drawing need to be updated. Instead, use the Check Reference Status command to check for updates.
- References such as xrefs and data shortcut references are checked and updated automatically whenever you open a drawing.
- References are not checked automatically when you are currently editing a drawing that is part of a BIM 360 project. To check for updates, use the Check Reference Status command.
You can display the following columns on the BIM 360 page of the Start tab to view reference status:
- Has references: Displays Yes or No depending on whether the document has references to another file such as an xref or a data shortcut.
- Date references refreshed: Displays the date and time that the files that are referenced by the document were last refreshed from BIM 360 by Desktop Connector.
To check for updates of referenced files
- In
Civil 3D, ensure that the data shortcut synchronization notifications are turned on.
- When notifications are turned on, the synchronization icon appears as
at the bottom-right side of the application window.
- When notifications are turned off, the icon appears as
. Click this icon to turn on notifications.
For more information, see To Synchronize a Reference Object.
- When notifications are turned on, the synchronization icon appears as
- Click Collaborate tab
Cloud Collaboration panel Check Reference Status
.
A message dialog box is displayed to inform you whether updates were found, and each referenced file that has been updated is listed.
- Click OK.
If the Check Reference Status command identified updates to data shortcuts or xrefs, you will be prompted to synchronize the references.
You may not be immediately prompted to update xrefs due to the default XNOTIFYTIME.
Note: In most cases, it is not necessary to close and reopen a host drawing to update its references. But sometimes the reference files may not download and you will need to close and reopen the host drawing.