Exercise 1: Setting Up A Data Shortcut Folder - Autodesk CIVIL3D - CIVILDESIGNCOMP 2007 SLM CD Tutorials Manual

referenced object is changed in the source drawing, changes are updated in
any drawings that reference the object.
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Using Data
Shortcuts.

Exercise 1: Setting Up a Data Shortcut Folder

In this exercise, you will set up a folder in which to store objects that are
referenced through data shortcuts.
The data shortcut folder contains all the source drawings and data shortcut
objects in a project.
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Using Data
Shortcuts.
Access the project management tools in Prospector
1 Open drawing Project Management-1.dwg, which is available in the
drawings folder
This drawing contains an existing ground surface, alignments that
represent intersecting road centerlines, and parcel objects that represent
property boundaries. In the following exercises, you will create data
shortcuts to the surface and alignments in this drawing, and then
reference them in a new drawing.
184 | Chapter 7 Project Management Tutorials
(page 819).
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