I have written several referencing tools. These tools allow you to work independently from the reference editor.

Reference from Browser

References selected files from our browser.

Remove Reference

Remove selected referenced objects from the scene.

Duplicate Reference

Duplicates selected referenced objects with correct namespace.

Reload Reference

Reloads selected referenced objects.

Open Referenced File

Open the file that contains referenced objects in the scene.

Import from Reference

Imports selected referenced objects into the scene.