Exercise 3: Referencing Data Shortcuts - Autodesk CIVIL3D - CIVILDESIGNCOMP 2007 SLM CD Tutorials Manual

Examine the data shortcuts in the project
1 In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the
collection. Expand the
Notice that data shortcuts have been created for the objects you selected
in Step 4. In the next exercise, you will reference these objects in another
drawing.
2 Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the
819)\Tutorial Data Shortcuts Project. Examine the contents of the
subfolders:
_Shortcuts\Alignments: This folder contains an XML file for each
alignment in the source drawing. The XML files identify the path to
the drawing that contains the alignment, the name of the source
drawing, and the name of the alignment.
_Shortcuts\Profiles: This folder contains an XML file for each profile
in the source drawing. The XML files identify the path to the drawing
that contains the profile, the name of the source drawing, and the
name of the profile.
_Shortcuts\Surfaces: This folder contains an XML file for the EG surface.
Source Drawings: This folder contains the source drawing, which you
saved in Step 6. The source drawings should always be saved with the
data shortcut project. In a real project, you would save the drawings
that contain each object in the subfolders.
While it is useful to know that the data shortcut XML files exist, you do
not work directly with them in normal data referencing operations.
Management of data references is done in Toolspace on the Prospector
tab.
NOTE Leave Project Management-1.dwg open for the next exercise.
To continue this tutorial, go to
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Exercise 3: Referencing Data Shortcuts

In this exercise, you will reference several shortcuts in a new drawing.
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Surfaces and Alignments collections.
Civil 3D Projects folder
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