Create Alignment curve direction report from Civil 3D 2022

STEP BY STEP GUIDANCE BELOW

Step 1: Select the Alignment

Open your drawing in Civil 3D.

Click on the alignment for which you want to extract the curve directions.

This should highlight the alignment.

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Step 2: Open Alignment Grid View

Go to the Alignment contextual ribbon.

Follow this path:

Alignment → Geometric Editor → Alignment Grid View

Click Alignment Grid View.

This opens a table showing:

• Tangents
• Curves
• Spirals (if any)

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Step 3: Show the Clockwise Column

Inside the Grid View, look for a column called Clockwise.

This column tells whether the curve is:

• Clockwise
• Counterclockwise

Example:

• True = Clockwise
• False = Counterclockwise

or sometimes it directly shows text.

According to your transcript, this feature is available in Civil 3D 2022.1 update.

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Step 4: If the Column Is Missing

If you cannot see the Clockwise column:

Right-click on any column heading in the grid.

A list of columns will appear.

Tick Clockwise

This will turn the column ON.

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Step 5: Select All Data

Click the first row.

Then hold Shift

Click the last row

This selects all alignment elements.

Alternative:
Right-click inside the grid and choose:

• Copy Selected
• or Copy All

I recommend Copy All.

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Step 6: Paste into Excel

Open Excel

Click cell A1

Paste the copied data using:

Right Click → Paste
or
Ctrl + V

Now all grid data will appear in Excel columns.

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Step 7: Keep Only Required Columns

Delete unnecessary columns and keep only these:

• Entity Type
• Radius
• Start Station
• End Station
• Clockwise

Recommended report columns:

Curve No	Radius	Start Ch	End Ch	Direction
C1	725	420.18	520.18	Clockwise

This makes it cleaner.

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Step 8: Remove Tangent / Line Rows

The pasted data will include lines/tangents as well.

We only need curves.

Sort the Entity Type column.

In Excel:

Home → Sort & Filter → Sort A to Z

Choose Expand Selection

This is important.

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Step 9: Delete Non-Curve Rows

Delete rows that contain:

• Line
• Tangent
• Spiral (if not needed)

Keep only rows where the type is:

Curve

Now your report becomes a pure curve direction report.

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Step 10: Final Clean Report

Your final table should look like this:

Curve	Radius	Start Station	End Station	Direction
Curve 1	725	420.18	520.18	Clockwise
Curve 2	700	520.18	620.18	Counterclockwise