When you create a table in your drawing, you have full control over which data is included in it. You can choose to provide table data for the entire alignment, you can tell Civil 3D to seek out certain label styles and include them in your table, or you can handpick the labels from the drawing by selecting them directly.
As you will find with all Civil 3D tables, they are dynamically linked to the objects for which they display data. In the case of alignments, as the alignment is modified, the table updates automatically. There is even an option to create additional table entries as new tangents, curves, or spirals are created in the process of editing. Imagine how much time is saved by not having to go back and check all of the numbers in a table each time an alignment is tweaked.
Complete the following steps to create an alignment table in a drawing:
- Open the drawing named Create Table.dwg located in the Chapter 06 class data folder.
- Click the Jordan Court alignment. Then click Add TablesAdd Segments on the contextual ribbon tab.
- In the Alignment table creation dialog box, click the Select by label or style option.
- If you are unable to read the label style names, click and drag the lower-right corner of the dialog box to increase its size. Then click and drag the line between the Label Style Name and Selection Rule column headings to widen the Label Style Name column. Repeat these actions as needed until you can see the full names of the label styles listed.
- Check the boxes in the Apply column for Alignment curve: Circle Tag and Alignment line: Circle Tag.
- Click OK. Click a point in an open area of the drawing to insert the table. The table reflects the geometric data for the alignment (see Figure 6.9).
Figure 6.9 An alignment segment table for Jordan Court.
