How to Change the Orientation of a Reference Attachment?

                Sometimes we need to change the orientation of a reference attachment on a sheet, may be from one floor plan to another or from east elevation to north elevation. The traditional method is to delete that attachment and manually attach a new one. MicroStation V8i introduces a quick tool to seamlessly swap the orientation of an attachment.
                 In Figure 1, Look at the new column in the References dialog, titled Orientation. This is similar to the Orientation options in the "Reference Attachment Settings" dialog (Figure 2) when you attach a new reference.

                 The Orientation column gives you the flexibility to switch to different orientations of the attached model. Orientation column is the place where you have options for switching to different views of a reference viz. Standards Views, Saved Views and Named Fences. There are eight Standard views viz. Top, Front, Right, Isometric, Bottom, Back, Left and Right Isometric.

A word about reference clipping:
               When you clip a reference by an element and switch from one Standard view to another, the clip boundary is retained. However, when you switch to a Saved View or Named Fence, the clip boundary is not retained. The reason is, saved views and named fences come with their own clipping.

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