Here's a quick info from Civil 3D help files (I would supply a link, but online help stopped working for the time being):
Use line/curve tables to consolidate information about the line and arc segments in your drawing.
Tables provide an alternative to labels for information management. Tables keep the information organized and separate from the drawing, but cross-referenced by small labels known as tags.
When segment information is displayed in table rows, table tags uniquely identify the segments in the drawing and in the initial cells of table rows. For example, if a line segment is labeled L234, its corresponding table row is also labeled L234.
The line and curve table creation commands are available from the Labels & Tables panel on the Annotate tab.
You create and edit tables for most objects using the same common procedures and standard dialog boxes.
The Add Table commands are available from the Annotate tab.
Click Annotate tab / Labels & Tables panel / Add Tables menu<feature> / Add <feature-specific> Table.
In the Table Creation dialog box, select the table style, layer, and behavior properties.
Select the data for the table:
For alignment segment tables, select By Alignment and click to select an alignment. Or, select Multiple Selection and select the check boxes or click to select tags.
For alignment line, curve, or spiral tables click to select tags.
To add data to a table
Right-click a table, and click Selection < Add.
In the Selection dialog box, select the data by doing the following:
- Alignment tables: Click and select alignment tags in the drawing. Click OK.
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