diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/pset/Psets_BBIM_Annotation.ifc b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/pset/Psets_BBIM_Annotation.ifc
index 451c890536..d1fedddef8 100644
--- a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/pset/Psets_BBIM_Annotation.ifc
+++ b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/pset/Psets_BBIM_Annotation.ifc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ FILE_NAME('Psets_BBIM_Annotation.ifc','2020-01-01T00:00:00',$,$,'Psets_BBIM_Anno
 FILE_SCHEMA(('IFC4'));
 ENDSEC;
 DATA;
-#1=IFCPROPERTYSETTEMPLATE('3VuPUwdCD2Qx3XDDRs0R1N',$,'EPset_Annotation','',.PSET_TYPEDRIVENOVERRIDE.,'IfcAnnotation,IfcTypeProduct',(#4,#33,#29,#32,#3,#2));
+#1=IFCPROPERTYSETTEMPLATE('3VuPUwdCD2Qx3XDDRs0R1N',$,'EPset_Annotation','',.PSET_TYPEDRIVENOVERRIDE.,'IfcAnnotation,IfcTypeProduct',(#4,#33,#29,#32,#3,#2,#34));
 #2=IFCSIMPLEPROPERTYTEMPLATE('2P7JN79n96Q9pElZ83LKe4',$,'ZIndex','',.P_SINGLEVALUE.,'IfcInteger',$,$,$,$,$,.READWRITE.);
 #3=IFCSIMPLEPROPERTYTEMPLATE('1Wpx_r2xj1_9w5JpI0QRJy',$,'Symbol','',.P_SINGLEVALUE.,'IfcLabel',$,$,$,$,$,.READWRITE.);
 #4=IFCSIMPLEPROPERTYTEMPLATE('3q0oxMUKP47vZ4jnyG$dDb',$,'Classes','Classes separated by spaces that end up in classes for this element in svg. Can be used to specify the text font size: small - 1.8mm; regular - 2.5mm; large - 3.5mm; header - 5mm; title - 7mm. By default regular size is used.',.P_SINGLEVALUE.,'IfcLabel',$,$,$,$,$,.READWRITE.);
@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@ DATA;
 #31=IFCPROPERTYENUMERATION('CustomUnit',(IFCTEXT('Feet and Inches - Fractional'),IFCTEXT('Feet - Decimal'),IFCTEXT('Inches - Fractional'),IFCTEXT('Inches - Decimal'),IFCTEXT('Meters'),IFCTEXT('Decimeters'),IFCTEXT('Centimeters'),IFCTEXT('Millimeters')),$);
 #32=IFCSIMPLEPROPERTYTEMPLATE('0gjJzDYBX8P85qn1xcAOOo',$,'Reverse_List','',.P_SINGLEVALUE.,'IfcBoolean',$,$,$,$,$,.READWRITE.);
 #33=IFCSIMPLEPROPERTYTEMPLATE('22TrcxF8jFNB4buSmzjGEF',$,'List_Separator','',.P_SINGLEVALUE.,'IfcText',$,$,$,$,$,.READWRITE.);
+#34=IFCSIMPLEPROPERTYTEMPLATE('0FauxIsAnnotFaux0001aB',$,'IsManualDrawingReference','Marks this annotation as a manually placed drawing reference, exempt from automatic drawing regeneration.',.P_SINGLEVALUE.,'IfcBoolean',$,$,$,$,$,.READWRITE.);
 ENDSEC;
 END-ISO-10303-21;
diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/drawing.py b/src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/drawing.py
index a78fd67ed2..1f0aa43c85 100644
--- a/src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/drawing.py
+++ b/src/bonsai/bonsai/tool/drawing.py
@@ -1532,7 +1532,11 @@ class Drawing(bonsai.core.tool.Drawing):
 
     @classmethod
     def is_auto_annotation(cls, element: ifcopenshell.entity_instance):
-        return element.is_a("IfcAnnotation") and element.ObjectType in ("GRID", "SECTION", "ELEVATION", "SECTION_LEVEL")
+        if not (element.is_a("IfcAnnotation") and element.ObjectType in ("GRID", "SECTION", "ELEVATION", "SECTION_LEVEL")):
+            return False
+        if ifcopenshell.util.element.get_pset(element, "EPset_Annotation", "IsManualDrawingReference"):
+            return False
+        return True
 
     @classmethod
     def get_drawing_reference_annotation(