Autodesk CIVIL3D - CIVILDESIGNCOMP 2007 SLM CD Tutorials Manual page 199

For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Creating Data
Shortcuts.
This exercise continues from
(page 184).
Save the source drawing with the project
NOTE This exercise uses Project Management-1.dwg with the modifications you
made in the previous exercise.
1 Click Save As.
2 In the Save Drawing As dialog box, navigate to the
(page 819) \Tutorial Data Shortcuts Project\Source Drawings folder. Click
Save.
Source drawings that contain objects that are referenced in other drawings
should be saved with the data shortcuts project.
Create data shortcuts
1 Click Manage tab
NOTE As a best practice, each object should reside in a separate drawing.
To save time in this exercise, all the reference objects are in the current
drawing.
2 In the Create Data Shortcuts dialog box, select the following check boxes:
Surfaces
Alignments
This action selects the EG surface and both alignments in the drawing.
3 Click OK.
Now that the data shortcuts have been created, the current drawing is
associated with the data shortcuts project. Notice that, in the AutoCAD
Civil 3D title bar, [Tutorial Data Shortcuts Project] is displayed after the
drawing name.
Exercise 1: Setting Up a Data Shortcut Folder
Data Shortcuts panel
Exercise 2: Creating Data Shortcuts | 187
Civil 3D Projects folder
Create Data Shortcuts .