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Change the active location
5 On the Settings menu, click Manage Place and Locations.
Notice that Lot A is the current active location.
6 Select Lot B, and click Make Current.
7 Click OK.
Notice that the condo complex link has repositioned itself as though the townhouse was on
Lot B.
NOTE If you intend to complete the next exercise of this lesson, you need this project file open and
in this view.
In this exercise, you worked within a project that is linked within another project. You loaded a linked file
into the townhouse project and then changed the active location to see how the project reacts to the changes.
In the next exercise, you manage the shared locations.
Managing Shared Locations
The Manage Place and Locations command allows you to quickly create new location names or rename
existing ones. These new locations can be assigned later within a host file. In this exercise, you create a new
location, orient a view to true north, and use the Report Shared Coordinates tool.
NOTE This exercise requires the completion of the previous exercises within this lesson and the resulting project
files. If you have not completed the exercises, do so before continuing.
Manage locations
1 On the Settings menu, click Manage Place and Locations.
2 In the Manage Place and Locations dialog, click Duplicate.
3 In the Name dialog, enter Lot C, and click OK.
4 In the Manage Place and Locations dialog, click OK.
Lot C now exists as a location although it has not been specified as an instance. In the host file,
you can select Lot C if necessary.
Orient a view to true north
5 On the View menu, click View Properties.
6 In the Element Properties dialog, under Graphics, select True North for Orientation, and click
OK.
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