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Hello, I do Viewport references in the project file. If the reference file settings is not "correctly" set up before creating the project file, it seems impossible to update the reference settings itself inside a project file. Example if the reference path is set to absoulte not relative, and i want to change this. In my working file i edit reference, and this popup "Edit Reference" appears, here i change the settings for Absolute -> Relative patch and locates the file. If i also change settings for "Save references cache to disk" , "Automatically update out of date reference during file open" and "Update class definitions". Then i hit OK, and then "Save & Commit" my changes. Everything now looks okay. I can close my working file, reopen the working file and this settings is saved. If I instead (or another user) opens the project file the settings for the referenced file is not changed, and have resetted back to previous settings - the same setting as when the project file was created. Other settings for the viewport like classes and layer visibilities do changes if i edit these. Same happens if i want to change the reference to another file, lets say it was referenced with a file called "drawing v1" and now "Drawing v2" have been made, i want to swap the file inside the reference, not make a new reference. This is also impossible inside the project file. Is this expected behaviour or is this a bug? If this expected, is this the way it should work, or can this be edited to be possible to change?

Trying to work with GIS info. So, I've downloaded a city wide map of parcels. I'm keeping these in a separate VW file to manage geometry and file size. I then reference the files with the parcel boundaries to my main file. The origin of the parcel imported information corresponds to some GIS mapping origin and doesn't relate to anything in my main file. But I think it's best to keep everything in the refenced file as is so that incase I wish to import new information, everything will land appropriately. So, in my main file, how do I move the referenced file closer to the file origin where I need it? Thanks, Rudy Beuc