Imagine that you work with very large model and have a lot of object in every area of your interest ...
How does this work in AutoCAD?
You usually create a drawing with one area, then other dwg with second area etc. In the end, you XREF all your drawings and have your coordination plan...
How could it work in Infraworks?
Let´s create 4 different independent models - SQlite database. Then I create the fifth one where I will connect all SQLite database - XREF them.
PROS
Working with your model will be much smoother ...
NOW
It is possible to connect (xref) the database nowadays but the problem is that objects do not recognize styles aplied in XREF database. The program know that this is road, and this is building but it know nothing about the style - height, texture, widht...
The workaround is to export model into IMX and reimport the data again.
* importing IMX does not recognize roundabouts - they transform into classic crossroad
