Autodesk CIVIL3D - CIVILDESIGNCOMP 2007 SLM CD Tutorials Manual page 290

You will use the circles in the profile view as a guide to draw a layout
profile.
2 Click Home tab
Creation Tools
3 Select the profile view that you created.
4 In the Create Profile - Draw New dialog box, specify the following
parameters:
Name: Finished Grade Centerline - First Street
Profile Style: Design Profile
Profile Label Set: Complete Label Set
Click OK.
The Profile Layout Tools toolbar is displayed. This toolbar enables you
to lay out a finished grade profile, using either points of vertical intersection
(PVIs) or constraint-based tangent and curve entities. For this exercise,
you will create PVIs at specified points. Tangents will be created between
the PVIs, and curves will be created at each PVI.
5 On the Profile Layout Tools toolbar, in the Draw Tangents list
Draw Tangents With Curves.
The command line prompts you to specify a start point.
Before selecting a start point, verify that Object Snap (OSNAP) is on and
Endpoint and Center modes are selected.
6 On the status bar, right-click Object Snap
7 In the Drafting Settings dialog box, on the Object Snap tab, click Clear
All, then select Endpoint and Center. Click OK.
8 Moving from left to right, click the circle center points to place PVIs.
9 Press Enter to complete the layout profile.
The blue Finished Grade Centerline profile and its labels are displayed
in the profile view.
10 Close the Profile Layout Tools toolbar.
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Create Design panel
.
Profile drop-down Profile
, select
. Click Settings.