Designing in 2D Using Alignments - AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015 Essentials - page 98

FiGuRE 5.13 The Alignment Entities tab of Panorama showing the
tabular data of the alignment
5. Save and close the drawing.
You can view the results of successfully completing this exercise by
opening Alignment Grid View - Complete.dwg .
Another method for editing the alignment design numerically is referred to as
component-level editing . With this approach, you open the numerical data for a
piece of the alignment (such as a line, curve, or spiral) in a separate window. You do
so by clicking the Sub-entity Editor button on the Alignment Layout Tools toolbar
and then using the Pick Sub-entity tool to choose the part of the alignment you
want to edit.
Exercise 5.6: Edit Alignments using
Component-level Editing
In this exercise, you'll edit the Jordan Court alignment using component-level
editing.
If you haven't already done so, go to the topic's web page at www.sybex.com/
go/civil3d2015essentials and download the files for Chapter 5. Unzip the files
to the correct location on your hard drive according to the instructions in the
introduction. Then, follow these steps:
1. Open the drawing named Component Level Editing.dwg located in
the Chapter 05 class data folder.
2. Close Panorama if it's open. Click the Jordan Court alignment, and
then click Geometry Editor on the ribbon.
3. Click Sub-entity Editor on the Alignment Layout Tools toolbar to dis-
play the Alignment Layout Parameters dialog box. (This dialog box is
blank when it first appears.)