Autodesk CIVIL3D - CIVILDESIGNCOMP 2007 SLM CD Tutorials Manual page 203

Create an object from the referenced objects
1 Click Home tab
Surface Profile
2 In the Create Profile From Surface dialog box, specify the following
parameters:
Alignment: First Street
Select Surfaces: EG
3 Click Add.
4 Click Draw In Profile View.
5 In the Create Profile View wizard, on the General page, for Profile View
Style, select Major Grids.
6 Click Create Profile View.
7 In the drawing, click to place the profile view grid.
The referenced surface and alignment are read-only objects in the drawing
and require little storage space. You can use the referenced object data
Create Design panel
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Exercise 3: Referencing Data Shortcuts | 191
Profile drop-down Create