Are you still placing your reference image directly on the ground floor and struggling to navigate your project?
If you're tired of jumping between views and losing your place, Trace & Reference is the smarter, more efficient way to work in Archicad.
What is Trace & Reference?
Trace & Reference lets you overlay another view (such as a floor plan, section, or elevation) onto your current workspace, helping you compare and align drawings more easily without switching back and forth. All the necessary settings are available from the Trace and Reference Palette which is accessible from the Window> Palettes menu.
How does it work?
Choose your reference view
Open a view, a viewpoint, a layout (or basically any Navigator item) this will be the "Active" content
You can select a "Reference" from the Navigator or using the Palette
Reference can be any item in the Project Map, View Map and Layout Book
Changing position
Toggle between your current drawing and the reference using the Trace button
Changing the relative position of the reference
Drag Reference
Rotate Reference
Reset to Default Position
Temporarily displace Reference
Customize visibility
Use the Splitter tool to show or hide portions of the reference.
Toggle visibility of specific element types.
Make fills and zones transparent to focus on key components.
Set the color and the intensity for both the active content and for reference.
Bonus Tip
Use the Pick Up Parameters tool to interact with objects on the reference view. This means you can:
