• Click theReference Models button in the side pane on the right side of the Tekla Structures main window.

• Click the eye buttonnext to the model you want to hide.

  The button changes toand the reference model is hidden in the 3D view.

• Click the eye button again to show the model.

• Click the eye buttonnext to the group you want to hide. The group eye button and the reference model eye buttons all change to, and all the reference models included in the group are hidden in the Tekla Structures model.
• Click the eye button again to show all the models in the group.
• If a group contains both hidden and visible models, the eye button for the group looks like this.
• If there are no reference models in a group, the eye button looks like this.

• Click the reference model in the Reference Models list.

• Double-click the reference model in the Reference Models list.

1. Double-click the reference model in the Reference Models list.
2. Ensure that theSelect assemblies selection switch (for assemblies) orSelect objects in assemblies selection switch (for parts) is active.
3. Point the reference model in the model view, hold down Shift and scroll to the hierarchy level where the desired reference model object is located.
4. Point the object and double-click it to open the reference model object details.

• In the reference model details, enter the desired value in the Rotation box. You can also pick the rotation.

1. Double-click the reference model in the Reference Models list to open the details.
2. Click the small arrow on the Layers row to show the list of layers.
3. You can show and hide individual layers or all layers:
   • To hide all layers, click the eye buttonon the Layers row.
   • To hide individual layers, click the eye buttonsof the individual layers.
   • To hide several layers, holding down Ctrl , click the desired layers and then click the eye button of one of the selected layers.
   • If the Layers list contains both hidden and visible layers, the eye button for the Layers row looks like this.
   • If you hide all layers, the eye button for the Layers row changes to.
   • If you hide individual layers, the eye button for the hidden layers changes to.

For details about change detection, see Detect changes between reference model versions.

For details about comparison sets, see Define a comparison set for reference model change detection.

• If the file name or path has not changed, open the Reference Models list and click theRefresh button.

  All models that are not up to date are reloaded. If a reference model is not found, a warning signis displayed.

• If the file name or path has not changed, open reference model details, browse for the new file and click Modify.

You can also refresh locked reference models, if you have set the advanced option XS_REFRESH_ALSO_LOCKED_REFERENCE_MODELS to TRUE in File > Settings > Advanced options > Import.

1. Double-click the reference model in the Reference Models list to open the details.
2. Click theRefresh button.

   The model is reloaded. If the reference model is not found, a warning signis displayed.

1. Double-click the reference model in the Reference Models list to open the details.
2. Click the small arrow on the User-defined attributes row to show the list of user-defined attributes.
3. The user-defined attributes that are specified for reference models in the objects.inp file are listed in the User-defined attributes list. Enter or select a value from the list. By default, the objects.inp is located in ..\ProgramData\Trimble\Tekla Structures\<version>\environments\common\inp. You may also have some objects.inp files that you modify and keep in firm or project folders. These files are read in certain order.

Clip reference models only with clip plane tool

Set the advanced option XS_DO_NOT​​_CLIP_NATIVE​​_OBJECTS_WITH​​_CLIP_PLANE to TRUE to only clip reference models and point clouds with the clip plane tool. If you do this, the native objects are not clipped.

Redraw the model views after changing the value.

This advanced option is located in the Model View category in the Advanced Options dialog box.