I did find a work around. Show your trace on your layout, then go to the print menu, and under the archicad tab- hit print reference, then save as pdf through that print menu. That worked, although I am aware that this could be relatively problematic down the road, but it looks really good right now.
You can also insert the trace reference level in the layout using two drawings one with the level you want to print another with the level you want to use as the trace reference level with different pen sets.