---
title: ReferenceObject
framework: arkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Structure
path: arkit/referenceobject
---

# ReferenceObject

An object the framework can track.

## Declaration

```swift
struct ReferenceObject
```

## Topics

### Creating reference objects

- [init(from:)](arkit/referenceobject/init(from:).md)
- [init(named:from:)](arkit/referenceobject/init(named:from:).md)
- [init(from:configuration:)](arkit/referenceobject/init(from:configuration:).md)
- [init(named:from:configuration:)](arkit/referenceobject/init(named:from:configuration:).md)

### Inspecting a reference object

- [id](arkit/referenceobject/id-swift.property.md)
- [ReferenceObject.ID](arkit/referenceobject/id-swift.typealias.md)
- [inputFile](arkit/referenceobject/inputfile.md)
- [usdzFile](arkit/referenceobject/usdzfile.md)
- [name](arkit/referenceobject/name.md)
- [description](arkit/referenceobject/description.md)

### Structures

- [ReferenceObject.Configuration](arkit/referenceobject/configuration.md)

### Operators

- [==(_:_:)](arkit/referenceobject/==(_:_:).md)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Identifiable](swift/identifiable.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)

## See Also

### Inspecting an object anchor

- [boundingBox](arkit/objectanchor/boundingbox.md)
- [ObjectAnchor.AxisAlignedBoundingBox](arkit/objectanchor/axisalignedboundingbox.md)
- [description](arkit/objectanchor/description.md)
- [isTracked](arkit/objectanchor/istracked.md)
- [originFromAnchorTransform](arkit/objectanchor/originfromanchortransform.md)
- [referenceObject](arkit/objectanchor/referenceobject.md)
- [inputFile](arkit/referenceobject/inputfile.md)
- [usdzFile](arkit/referenceobject/usdzfile.md)