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I would like to be able to incorporate layers from one document in another but with a scale and rotation in the target document different to that of the source document.

The task is to have detailed 2D/Plan building drawings appear on a separate site map rotated into position at the correct location and scale and have them be updatable from the source when necessary without too much manual intervention.

Rotation is desirable as the buildings in plan are much easier to draw on a non-rotated grid and the map is constrained to OS co-ordinates.

WGR brings in the layer as it appears in the source and would have to to be scaled, rotated and placed before/after every update. Copying and pasting would be just as easy and just as inefficient.

WGR cannot reference viewports in the source so cannot return rotated and scaled elements in this way.

Layer linking works only within the one document and modifications to the linked layer are prohibited.

Is there a way to do this with Fundamentals 12.5?

TIA

Joel.

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WGR the plan from the source file to the target file. In the target file, make the new reference file invisible and create a new, visible layer. In that layer create a Layer Link (View menu) - choose the reference layer and select Project 2D Objects.

Set the scale of the layer w/ the Layer Link to what you want. Unlock the Layer link to move, rotate, etc., it.

Not using Viewports, are probably other ways to do this.

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