DIFFERENT COMMANDS IN AUTOCAD

& THEIR SHORTCUT KEYS

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 Toggle General Features

Ctrl+G Toggle Grid

Ctrl+E Cycle isometric planes

Ctrl+F Toggle running object snaps

Ctrl+H Toggle Pick Style

Ctrl+Shift+H Toggle Hide pallets

Ctrl+I Toggle Coords

Ctrl+Shift+I Toggle Infer Constraints

Manage Screen

Ctrl+0 (zero) Clean Screen

Ctrl+1 Property Palette

Ctrl+2 Design Center Palette

Ctrl+3 Tool Palette

Ctrl+4 Sheet Set Palette

Ctrl+6 DBConnect Manager

Ctrl+7 Markup Set Manager Palette

Ctrl+8 Quick Calc

Ctrl+9 Command Line

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 Manage Drawings

Ctrl+N New Drawing

Ctrl+S Save drawing

Ctrl+O Open drawing

Ctrl+P Plot dialog box

Ctrl+Tab Switch to next

Ctrl+Shift+Tab Switch to previous drawing

Ctrl+Page Up Switch to previous tab in current drawing

Ctrl+Page Down Switch to next tab in current drawing

Ctrl+Q Exit

Ctrl+Shift+S Save drawing as

Toggle Drawing Modes

F1 Display Help

F2 Toggle text screen

F3 Toggle object snap mode

F4 Toggle 3DOsnap

F5 Toggle Isoplane

F6 Toggle Dynamic UCS

F7 Toggle grid mode

F8 Toggle ortho mode

F9 Toggle snap mode

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 F10 Toggle polar mode

F11 Toggle object snap tracking

F12 Toggle dynamic input mode

Manage Workflow

Ctrl+A Select all objects

Ctrl+C Copy object

Ctrl+K Insert hyperlink

Ctrl+X Cut object

Ctrl+V Paste object

Ctrl+Shift+C Copy to clipboard with base point

Ctrl+Shift+V Paste data as block

Ctrl+Z Undo last action

Ctrl+Y Redo last action

Ctrl+[ Cancel current command (or ctrl+\)

ESC Cancel current command

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ABBREVIATED COMMANDS:

A ARC / Creates an arc

ADCENTER / Manages and inserts content such as blocks, xrefs, and hatch
ADC
patterns

AA AREA / Calculates the area and perimeter of objects or of defined areas

AL ALIGN / Aligns objects with other objects in 2D and 3D

AP APPLOAD / Load Application

AR ARRAY / Creates multiple copies of objects in a pattern

ARR ACTRECORD / Starts the Action Recorder

ARM ACTUSERMESSAGE / Inserts a user message into an action macro

ARU ACTUSERINPUT / Pauses for user input in an action macro

ACTSTOP / Stops the Action Recorder and provides the option of saving the
ARS
recorded actions to an action macro file

ATI ATTIPEDIT / Changes the textual content of an attribute within a block

ATT ATTDEF / Redefines a block and updates associated attributes

ATE ATTEDIT / Changes attribute information in a block

B BLOCK / Creates a block definition from selected objects

BC BCLOSE / Closes the Block Editor

BE BEDIT / Opens the block definition in the Block Editor

HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid
BH
fill, or gradient fill

BO BOUNDARY / Creates a region or a polyline from an enclosed area

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BR BREAK / Breaks the selected object between two points

BS BSAVE / Saves the current block definition

BVS BVSTATE / Creates, sets, or deletes a visibility state in a dynamic block

C CIRCLE / Creates a circle

CAMERA / Sets a camera and target location to create

CAM
and save a 3D perspective view of objects

CONSTRAINTBAR / A toolbar-like UI element that

CBAR displays the available geometric constraints on an
object

CH PROPERTIES / Controls properties of existing objects

CHA CHAMFER / Bevels the edges of objects

CHECKSTANDARDS / Checks the current drawing for

CHK
standards violations

COMMANDLINE / Displays the Command Line

CLI
window

COL COLOR / Sets the color for new objects

COPY / Copies objects a specified distance in a

CO
specified direction

CTABLESTYLE / Sets the name of the current table

CT
style

NAVVCUBE / Controls the visibility and display

CUBE
properties of the ViewCube tool

CYL CYLINDER / Creates a 3D solid cylinder

DIMSTYLE / Creates and modifies dimension

D
styles

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 DIMANGULAR / Creates an angular
DAN
dimension

DAR DIMARC / Creates an arc length dimension

DIMBASELINE / Creates a linear, angular, or

DBA ordinate dimension from the baseline of the
previous or selected dimension

DBCONNECT / Provides an interface to

DBC
external database tables

DIMCENTER / Creates the center mark or the

DCE
centerlines of circles and arcs

DIMCONTINUE / Creates a dimension that

DCO starts from an extension line of a previously
created dimension

DIMCONSTRAINT / Applies dimensional

DCON constraints to selected objects or points on
objects

DIMDISASSOCIATE / Removes associativity

DDA
from selected dimensions

DIMDIAMETER / Creates a diameter

DDI
dimension for a circle or an arc

DIMEDIT / Edits dimension text and extension

DED
lines

DIST / Measures the distance and angle

DI
between two points

DIVIDE / Creates evenly spaced point objects

DIV or blocks along the length or perimeter of an
object

DIMJOGLINE / Adds or removes a jog line on

DJL
a linear or aligned dimension

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 DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged dimensions for
DJO
circles and arcs

DATALINK / The Data Link dialog box is

DL
displayed

DATALINKUPDATE / Updates data to or from

DLU
an established external data link

DO DONUT / Creates a filled circle or a wide ring

DOR DIMORDINATE / Creates ordinate dimensions

DIMOVERRIDE / Controls overrides of system

DOV
variables used in selected dimensions

DRAWORDER / Changes the draw order of

DR
images and other objects

DIMRADIUS / Creates a radius dimension for

DRA
a circle or an arc

DIMREASSOCIATE / Associates or re-

DRE associates selected dimensions to objects or
points on objects

DRAWINGRECOVERY / Displays a list of

DRM drawing files that can be recovered after a
program or system failure

DSETTINGS / Sets grid and snap, polar and

DS object snap tracking, object snap modes,
Dynamic Input, and Quick Properties

DT TEXT / Creates a single-line text object

DVIEW / Defines parallel projection or

DV perspective views by using a camera and
target

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 DATAEXTRACTION / Extracts drawing data
DX and merges data from an external source to a
data extraction table or external file

E ERASE / Removes objects from a drawing

DDEDIT / Edits single-line text, dimension text, attribute definitions, and

ED
feature control frames

EL ELLIPSE / Creates an ellipse or an elliptical arc

EPDF EXPORTPDF / Exports drawing to PDF

ER EXTERNALREFERENCES / Opens the External References palette

EX EXTEND / Extends objects to meet the edges of other objects

EXIT QUIT / Exits the program

EXP EXPORT / Saves the objects in a drawing to a different file format

EXT EXTRUDE / Extends the dimensions of a 2D object or 3D face into 3D space

FILLET / Rounds and

F fillets the edges of
objects

FILTER / Creates a list

of requirements that an
FI object must meet to be
included in a selection
set

FSMODE / Creates a
selection set of all
FS
objects that touch the
selected object

FLATSHOT / Creates a
2D representation of all
FSHOT
3D objects based on the
current view

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 GROUP / Creates and manages
G
saved sets of objects called groups

GEOCONSTRAINT / Applies or
persists geometric relationships
GCON
between objects or points on
objects

GRADIENT / Fills an enclosed area

GD or selected objects with a gradient
fill

GEOGRAPHICLOCATION /
GEO Specifies the geographic location
information for a drawing file

HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid
H
fill, or gradient fill

HE HATCHEDIT / Modifies an existing hatch or fill

HI HIDE / Regenerates a 3D wireframe model with hidden lines suppressed

I INSERT / Inserts a block or drawing into the current drawing

IMAGEADJUST / Controls the image display of the brightness, contrast, and

IAD
fade values of images

IAT IMAGEATTACH / Inserts a reference to an image file

ICL IMAGECLIP / Crops the display of a selected image to a specified boundary

ID ID / Displays the UCS coordinate values of a specified location

IM IMAGE / Displays the External References palette

IMP IMPORT / Imports files of different formats into the current drawing

INTERSECT / Creates a 3D solid, surface, or 2D region from overlapping solids,

IN
surfaces, or regions

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 INTERFERE / Creates a temporary 3D solid from the interferences between two
INF
sets of selected 3D solids

IO INSERTOBJ / Inserts a linked or embedded object

J JOIN / Joins similar objects to form a single, unbroken object

JOG DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged dimensions for circles and arcs

L LINE / Creates straight line segments

LA LAYER / Manages layers and layer properties

LAS LAYERSTATE / Saves, restores, and manages named layer states

LE QLEADER / Creates a leader and leader annotation

LEN LENGTHEN / Changes the length of objects and the included angle of arcs

MESHSMOOTHLESS / Decreases the level of smoothness for mesh objects by

LESS
one level

LI LIST / Displays property data for selected objects

LO LAYOUT / Creates and modifies drawing layout tabs

LT LINETYPE / Loads, sets, and modifies linetypes

LTS LTSCALE / Changes the scale factor of linetypes for all objects in a drawing

LWEIGHT / Sets the current lineweight, lineweight display options, and

LW
lineweight units

MOVE / Moves objects a specified distance in a

M
specified direction

MATCHPROP / Applies the properties of a selected

MA
object to other objects

MEASURE / Joins similar objects to form a single,

ME
unbroken object

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 MEASUREGEOM / Measures the distance, radius,
MEA angle, area, and volume of selected objects or
sequence of points

MI MIRROR / Creates a mirrored copy of selected objects

ML MLINE / Creates multiple parallel lines

MLEADERALIGN / Aligns and spaces selected

MLA
multileader objects

MLEADERCOLLECT / Organizes selected multileaders

MLC that contain blocks into rows or columns, and displays
the result with a single leader

MLD MLEADER / Creates a multileader object

MLEADEREDIT / Adds leader lines to, or removes

MLE
leader lines from, a multileader object

MLEADERSTYLE / Creates and modifies multileader

MLS
styles

MO PROPERTIES / Controls properties of existing objects

MESHSMOOTHMORE / Increases the level of

MORE
smoothness for mesh objects by one level

MSPACE / Switches from paper space to a model space

MS
viewport

MSM MARKUP / Opens the Markup Set Manager

MT MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object

MV MVIEW / Creates and controls layout viewports

GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies the geographic location information for

NORTH
a drawing file

NEWSHOT / Creates a named view with motion that is played back when
NSHOT
viewed with ShowMotion

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NVIEW NEWVIEW / Creates a named view with no motion

OFFSET / Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel

O
curves

SURFOFFSET/ Creates a parallel surface or solid by setting an offset

OFFSETSRF
distance from a surface

OP OPTIONS / Customizes the program settings

3DORBIT / Rotates the view in 3D space, but constrained to horizontal

ORBIT / 3DO
and vertical orbit only

OS OSNAP / Sets running object snap modes

PAN / Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block

P
definition

PASTESPEC / Pastes objects from the Clipboard into the

PA
current drawing and controls the format of the data

PARAMETERS / Controls the associative parameters used

PAR
in the drawing

BPARAMETER / Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic

PARAM
block definition

SURFPATCH / Creates a new surface by fitting a cap over a

PATCH
surface edge that forms a closed loop

POINTCLOUDATTACH / Inserts an indexed point cloud file

PCATTACH
into the current drawing

PE PEDIT / Edits polylines and 3D polygon meshes

PL PLINE / Creates a 2D polyline

PO POINT / Creates a point object

HIDEPALETTES / Hides currently displayed palettes

POFF
(including the command line)

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 POL POLYGON / Creates an equilateral closed polyline

PON SHOWPALETTES / Restores the display of hidden palettes

PR PROPERTIES / Displays Properties palette

PRE PREVIEW / Displays the drawing as it will be plotted

PRINT PLOT / Plots a drawing to a plotter, printer, or file

PSPACE / Switches from a model space viewport to paper

PS
space

PSOLID POLYSOLID / Creates a 3D wall-like polysolid

PURGE / Removes unused items, such as block definitions

PU
and layers, from the drawing

PYR PYRAMID / Creates a 3D solid pyramid

QC QUICKCALC / Opens the QuickCalc calculator

QUICKCUI / Displays the Customize User Interface Editor in

QCUI
a collapsed state

QUICKPROPERTIES / Displays open drawings and layouts in

QP
a drawing in preview images

Q QSAVE / Saves the current drawing

QVDRAWING / Displays open drawings and layouts in a

QVD
drawing using preview images

QVDRAWINGCLOSE / Closes preview images of open

QVDC
drawings and layouts in a drawing

QVLAYOUT / Displays preview images of model space and

QVL
layouts in a drawing

QVLAYOUTCLOSE / Closes preview images of model space

QVLC
and layouts in the current drawing

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 R REDRAW / Refreshes the display in the current viewport

RA REDRAWALL / Refreshes the display in all viewports

RENDERCROP / Renders a specified rectangular area, called

RC
a crop window, within a viewport

REGEN / Regenerates the entire drawing from the current

RE
viewport

REGENALL / Regenerates the drawing and refreshes all

REA
viewports

REC RECTANG / Creates a rectangular polyline

REGION / Converts an object that encloses an area into a

REG
region object

RENAME / Changes the names assigned to items such as

REN
layers and dimension styles

REVOLVE / Creates a 3D solid or surface by sweeping a 2D

REV
object around an axis

RO ROTATE / Rotates objects around a base point

RENDERPRESETS / Specifies render presets, reusable

RP
rendering parameters, for rendering an image

RENDER / Creates a photorealistic or realistically shaded

RR
image of a 3D solid or surface model

RENDERWIN / Displays the Render window without starting a

RW
rendering operation

STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or

S
polygon

SCALE / Enlarges or reduces selected objects, keeping the

SC
proportions of the object the same after scaling

SCR SCRIPT / Executes a sequence of commands from a script file

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 SECTION / Uses the intersection of a plane and solids, surfaces,
SEC
or mesh to create a region

SET SETVAR / Lists or changes the values of system variables

SHA SHADEMODE / Starts the VSCURRENT command

SLICE / Creates new 3D solids and surfaces by slicing, or

SL
dividing, existing objects

SN SNAP / Restricts cursor movement to specified intervals

SO SOLID / Creates solid-filled triangles and quadrilaterals

SP SPELL / Checks spelling in a drawing

SPE SPLINEDIT / Edits a spline or spline-fit polyline

SPLINE / Creates a smooth curve that passes through or near

SPL
specified points

SECTIONPLANE / Creates a section object that acts as a cutting

SPLANE
plane through 3D objects

SPLAY SEQUENCEPLAY / Plays named views in one category

SPLIT MESHSPLIT / Splits a mesh face into two faces

SSM SHEETSET / Opens the Sheet Set Manager

ST STYLE / Creates, modifies, or specifies text styles

STANDARDS / Manages the association of standards files with

STA
drawings

SUBTRACT / Combines selected 3D solids, surfaces, or 2D

SU
regions by subtraction

T MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object

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 TEXTALIGN / Aligns multiple text objects vertically, horizontally,
TA
or obliquely

TB TABLE / Creates an empty table object

TEXTEDIT / Edits a dimensional constraint, dimension, or text

TED
object

THICKNESS / Sets the default 3D thickness property when

TH
creating 2D geometric objects

TI TILEMODE / Controls whether paper space can be accessed

TOLERANCE / Creates geometric tolerances contained in a

TOL
feature control frame

TOR TORUS / Creates a donut-shaped 3D solid

TP TOOLPALETTES / Opens the Tool Palettes window

TR TRIM / Trims objects to meet the edges of other objects

TS TABLESTYLE / Creates, modifies, or specifies table styles

UC UCSMAN / Manages defined user coordinate systems.

UNITS / Controls coordinate and angle display formats

UN
and precision.

UNISOLATEOBJECTS / Displays objects previously

UNHIDE / UNISOLATE hidden with the ISOLATEOBJECTS or HIDEOBJECTS
command.

UNI UNION / Unions two solid or two region objects.

VIEW / Saves and restores named views, camera views, layout

V
views, and preset views.

VGO VIEWGO / Restores a named view.

VP VPOINT / Sets the 3D viewing direction.

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 VPLAY VIEWPLAY / Plays the animation associated to a named view.

VS VSCURRENT / Sets the visual style in the current viewport.

VISUALSTYLES / Creates and modifies visual styles and applies a

VSM
visual style to a viewport.

W WBLOCK / Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file.

WE WEDGE / Creates a 3D solid wedge.

NAVSWHEEL / Displays a wheel that contains a collection of view

WHEEL
navigation tools.

X EXPLODE / Breaks a compound object into its component objects.

XA XATTACH / Inserts a DWG file as an external reference (xref).

XBIND / Binds one or more definitions of named objects in an xref to the

XB
current drawing.

XCLIP / Crops the display of a selected external reference or block

XC
reference to a specified boundary.

XL XLINE / Creates a line of infinite length.

XR XREF / Starts the EXTERNALREFERENCES command.

ZOOM / Increases or decreases the magnification of the view in the current

Z
viewport.

ANALYSISZEBRA / Projects stripes onto a 3D model to analyze surface

ZEBRA
continuity.

ZIP ETRANSMIT / Creates a Self-Extracting or Zipped Transmittal Package.

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