Complete AutoCAD Commands Command ABOUT APERTURE ARC or A

AREA

ARRAY

ATTDEF

ATTDISP

ATTEDIT ATTEXT

AUDIT

BASE BHATCH BLIPMODE

BLOCK BPOLY BREAK CHAMFER

CHANGE

CHPROP

CIRCLE or C

COLOR or COLOUR

COMPILE CONFIG

COPY or CP DBLIST DDATTDEF

DDATTE DDATTEXT

DDCHPROP

DDEDIT DDEMODES DDGRIPS DDIM DDINSERT DDLMODES DDOSNAP DDRMODES DDRENAME DDSELECT DDUCS DDUNITS DELAY DIM DIM1 DIM ALIGNED DIM ANGULAR DIM BASELINE DIM CENTER DIM CONTINUE DIM DIAMETER DIM EXIT DIM

HOMETEXT DIM HORIZONTAL DIM LEADER DIM NEWTEXT DIM OBLIQUE DIM ORDINATE DIM OVERRIDE DIM RADIUS DIM REDRAW DIM RESTORE DIM ROTATE DIM SAVE DIM STATUS DIM STYLE DIM TEDIT DIM TROTATE

DIM UNDO DIM UPDATE DIM VARIABLES DIM VERTICAL DIST DIVIDE DONUT or DOUGHNUT DRAGMODE

DTEXT

DVIEW

DXBIN DXFIN DXFOUT

EDGESURF ELEV ELLIPSE

END ERASE or E EXPLODE EXTEND FILES FILL

FILLET

FILMROLL GRAPHSCR GRID

HANDLES

HATCH

HELP or ? HIDE ID IGESIN IGESOUT INSERT

ISOPLANE

LAYER or LA

LAYER or LA (Continued) LIMITS

LINE or L LINETYPE

LIST LOAD LTSCALE MEASURE

MENU MINSERT

MIRROR MOVE or M MSLIDE MSPACE MULTIPLE MVIEW

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L R

V NEW OFFSET

OOPS OPEN ORTHO OSNAP

IN

PAN PEDIT

PEDIT (Continued)

PEDIT Mesh

X PFACE PLAN

PLINE

PLOT POINT POLYGON

PSDRAG

PSFILL

PSIN PSOUT PSPACE PURGE

QSAVE QTEXT

QUIT RECOVER REDEFINE REDO REDRAW REDRAWALL REGEN REGENALL REGENAUTO

REINIT RENAME

RESUME REVSURF ROTATE RSCRIPT SAVE

SAVEAS SCALE SCRIPT SELECT SETVAR

SH SHADE SHAPE SHELL SKETCH

SNAP

SOLID STATUS STRETCH STYLE

TABLET

TABSURF TEXT

TEXTSCR TIME

TRACE TREESTAT TRIM U UCS

UCSICON

UNDEFINE UNDO

UNITS VIEW

VIEWPORTS or VPORTS

VIEWRES VPLAYER

VPOINT

VSLIDE

WBLOCK

XBIND

XREF

ZOOM

3DFACE 3DMESH 3DPOLY

AutoCAD Commands Description Displays a dialogue box with AutoCAD version & serial numbers Controls the size of the Object Snap "OSNAP") target box -- should set to 7 Draws an arc. The default method of drawing arcs is selecting three points (so-called "3 point arc"), which are the two endpoi

Computes the area of any shape by selecting points at the corners of the shape, or by selecting a circle or polyline after typin

Makes multiple copies of selected objects in a rectangular (parallel with the snap rotation) or circular pattern

Creates an attribute definition entity for textual information to be associated with a block definition

Controls the visibility of attribute entities on a global basis

Permits editing of attributes Extracts attribute data from drawings

Invokes drawing integrity audit

Specifies origin of current drawing for subsequent insertion into another drawing -- is normally set to point 0,0,0 Fills an automatically defined boundary with a hatch pattern through the use of dialogue boxes. Also allows previewing and re Controls display of marker blips for point selection

Forms a single compound entity from a group of entities within the current drawing Creates a closed polyline of a boundary by picking an open area within a area enclosed by lines, arcs or circles. Erases part of a line, arc or circle, or splits it into two lines or arcs Creates a chamfer (a angled line connection) at the intersection of two lines

A multifunctioning command which can be used to alter the following: 1. location of individual endpoints of lines 2. radius of a circle 3. properties: layer, elevation, thickness, color and linetype of lines, polylines, arcs and circles 4. style, font, size, location, rotation, and wording of text entities

Modifies properties of selected objects: layer, thickness, color and linetype -- but not elevation

Draws a circle of any size. The default method is to pick a center point and pick a point on the radius or type the radius dimen

Sets the current color for subsequently drawn objects (objects drawn after the command is invoked). The default current colo

Compiles shape and font files More than likely, you will never use this command, unless you are creating your own letter des Displays options to allow you to reconfigure the video display, digitizer, plotter, and operating parameters.

You should not have to use this command, since the configuration of your system has already been done and you will have no Draws a copy of selected objects using two methods -- "base point" method, or "displacement" method.

Lists database information for every entity in the drawing Displays a dialogue box that allows creation of an attribute definition for textual information to be associated with a block de

Allows attribute editing via a dialogue box Displays a dialogue box that extracts data from a drawing.

Displays a dialogue box that modifies the color, layer, linetype, and thickness of selected objects

Allows text and attribute definition editing

Sets current entity properties (layer, linetype, elevation, thickness, and text style) via a dialogue box Allows you to enable grips and set their colors and size via a dialogue box Controls dimensioning variables through a series of dialogue boxes Allows you to insert a previously made block or file into the current drawing, select X- and Y- scale factors, rotation angle, pre Sets layer properties and allows you to set the current layer, create a new layer, freeze and thaw layers, freeze and thaw laye Allows you to set running OSNAPS and set the size of the target box aperture through a dialogue box. Allows you to set drawing aids variables through a dialogue box Allows you to rename layers, text styles, linetypes, blocks, views, User Coordinate Systems, viewport configurations, and dim Allows you to set entity selection modes, size of the pickbox, and entity sort method through a dialogue box Allows you to save the current User Coordinate System and give it a name for future retrieval, or to select a UCS that is alread Allows you to set the unit type (Architectural or Decimal), angle display format (degrees-minutes-seconds, or decimal degree This command is used with SCRIPT files. It will delay the execution of the next command for the time in milliseconds specified Takes you out of the drawing editor and into the semi-automatic dimensioning program built into AutoCAD. Will display a Dim Same as above, but only allows one dimensioning command to be used, and then takes you automatically back to the drawin Dimensioning sub-command:

Draws a linear dimension with the dimension line parallel to the selected dimension origin points. This lets you align a dimens Dimensioning sub-command:

Draws an arc and calculates the angle between two non-parallel lines, and draws the text and arrowheads. Arrowheads are th Dimensioning sub-command:

Continues a linear dimension from the baseline (the so-called "first extension line") of the previous or selected dimension. Th Dimensioning sub-command: Draws a pair of crossed lines at the center of a circle or arc on the current layer Dimensioning sub-command:

Continues a linear dimension from the second extension line of the previous or selected dimension. It is used to create a so-c Dimensioning sub-command: Draws a dimension through the center of a circle or arc, calculating the diameter, with one of the arrow heads located at the Dimensioning sub-command: Exits the dimensioning program and returns from the Dim: prompt to the normal Command: prompt Dimensioning sub-command:

Restores the text of an associative dimension to its default (home) location if you have moved it. Dimensioning sub-command: Draws a horizontal linear dimension line Dimensioning sub-command:

Draws an a line or series of lines with an arrow head (commonly called a "leader") to point to an object to notate it. This com Dimensioning sub-command:

Permits changing text of an associative dimension without exploding it. However, once the text has been changed, the dimen Dimensioning sub-command: Adjusts the obliquing angle of a linear associative dimensions extension lines. Useful in dimensioning isometric drawings. Dimensioning sub-command:

Draws the X and Y coordinates within a box with a leader line attached to the point, for a selected point. Automatically calcul Dimensioning sub-command: Overrides the dimension variable settings on a selected dimension. Dimensioning sub-command: Draws the radius dimension of an arc or circle from the center to the point on its locus where the arc or circle was selected. Dimensioning sub-command: Redraws the viewport, just like the regular REDRAW command. Dimensioning sub-command: Makes a dimension style current Dimensioning sub-command:

Draws a linear dimension with the distance measured origin points, but with the actual dimension line set at a different angle Dimensioning sub-command:

Saves the currently set dimension variables under a dimension style name for future retrieval through the RESTORE command Dimensioning sub-command: Lists all dimension variables with their current status. Dimensioning sub-command: Switches to a new Text Style for all future dimensions. Dimensioning sub-command: Allows moving text in associative dimensions without having to explode the dimensions. Dimensioning sub-command: Allows rotation of the text of several associative dimensions at once.

Dimensioning sub-command: Undoes any changes made by the most recent dimensioning command. Dimensioning sub-command: Changes selected associative dimensions to use the current dimension variables, the current text style, and the current units Dimensioning sub-command: Lists the settings of dimension variables associated with a particular dimension style. Dimensioning sub-command: Draws a vertical linear dimension line Finds distance between two points Places points along a line, polyline, arc, or circle, dividing it into the specified number of equal parts Draws filled rings with specified inside and outside diameters

Allows control of dynamic dragging feature for copy and move commands

Draws text "Dynamically" so that as you enter text letters or numbers, they are visible on the screen

R Right-justifies text

BL Bottom-left justifica

BC Bottom-center justi

BR Bottom-right justific

ML Middle-left justifica

MC Middle-center justi

MR Middle-right justific

TL Top-left justification

Allows perspective viewing of drawing

Inserts specially coded binary files into the drawing Loads a drawing interchange file (DXF file) to be able to read a drawing file created by another CAD program Writes a drawing interchange file (DXF file) to be able to use an AutoCAD drawing in another CAD program

Constructs a 3d Polygon mesh approximating a Coons surface patch interpolated between 4 adjoining edges Sets Elevation (distance above the ground plane) and Thickness (extruded distance from the bottom of an object to the top) f Draws ellipses

Saves the drawing and exits AutoCAD back to DOS or WINDOWS Erases selected entities from the drawing

Separates a block, dimension or hatch pattern into its constituent entities or makes a polyline into a series of straight lines. In Lengthens a line, arc, or polyline to meet a specified "boundary edge"

Allows DOS disk and file utility tasks to be done through a dialogue box Controls whether solids, traces, wide polylines, and donuts will be filled with ink. Note that fill is only visible when viewing the

Constructs an arc of specified radius between two lines, arcs, circles, or will create arcs of the specified radius at the vertices

Generates a file for rendering by AutoShade, a separate program A "toggle." Flips the display on single-screen systems (most of them) from text-screen to graphics-screen, and vice-versa. Displays a rectangular grid of white dots on the screen at a specified X- and Y- spacing

Assigns a unique, permanent number to each entity of the drawing

Allows drawing of cross-hatching and pattern filling

Displays a list of all valid commands and data entry options, or obtains help for a specific command or prompt

Regenerates a 3d visual image of the drawing with hidden lines removed Displays the X,Y, and Z coordinates of a point selected Loads an IGES interchange file Writes an IGES interchange file Inserts a previously created block or drawing file into the current drawing

Selects the plane of an isometric grid to be the current plane for an orthogonal drawing

Creates named drawing layers, assigns color and linetype properties to those layers, allows layers to be frozen and thawed, lo

Changes the imaginary boundaries of the drawing, and controls whether drawing can be made outside of the boundaries. If L

Draws straight lines

A linetype is a series of lines and spaces -- dots and dashes --

Sets the current linetype to be used for all subsequent entities to be drawn, allows creation of new linetype definitions, and a

Lists all information about selected object, such as what type of entity it is (Line, Arc, Circle, Block, etc.), what layer it is on, w Loads a file of user-defined shapes to be used with the Shape command

Sets scale factor to be applied to all linetypes within the drawing Places points (or, optionally, Blocks) at intervals along a selected line, polyline, arc or circle. The interval distance is given by t

Loads a Menu file into the menu areas (Screen, pull-down, tablet, and button) Inserts multiple copies of a Block in a rectangular pattern (word stands for "Multiple Insert." The entire array created then be

Reflects designated entities about a user-specified axis Moves designated entities to another location

Makes a slide from the current display. Slide shows the drawing only, and not the UCSICON, the Toolbar, the Aerial View or m Switches to Model Space Causes the next command to repeat until cancelled Creates and controls Viewports

Fit Creates a single View

2 Creates 2 Viewports i

3 Creates 3 Viewports i

4 Creates 4 Viewports i

Restore Translates view <first Point> Creates a Sub-options to the "2"

Horizontal Creates a ho

Vertical Creates a verti Sub-options to the "3"

Above Specifies placem

Below Specifies placem

Horizontal Splits area in

Left Specifies placemen Right Specifies placeme

Vertical Splits area into

Creates a new drawing. When selected from a menu or typed in at the Command: prompt, this command brings up a dialogu Creates a new line, polyline arc or circle parallel to the entity and at a specified distance from it.

restores erased entities, or entities made into a Block Opens an existing drawing Constrains drawing so that only lines aligned with the grid can be drawn -- usually means only horizontal or vertical lines, how Enables points to be precisely located on reference points of existing objects. This is the so-called "Running Mode" of OSNAP, OSNAP <RET> END,INT <RET>

INT INTersection of line

MID MIDpoint of line, a

NEA NEArest point sele

NOD NODe (another na

NON NONe -- used whe

PER PERpendicular poin

QUA QUAdrant point o

QUI QUIck mode -- this

Moves the display window without changing the magnification factor Allows editing of polylines which are already drawn

Allows editing of Meshes which are already drawn E Edits mesh vertices

M Opens (or closes) the

N Opens (or closes) the

S Fits a smooth surface

U Undoes one editing o

X Exits Pedit command

Vertex Editing Options:

D Makes previous verte

L Makes previous verte

M Moves the marked v

N Makes the Next verte

P Makes the Previous v

R Makes next vertex to

RE Redisplays the polyg

U Makes the next verte X Exits vertex editing

Creates a 3D mesh of arbitrary complexity and surface characteristics Puts the display in "Plan" view, with Vpoint set to 0,0,1, relative to either the current UCS, a specified UCS, or the World Coor

Draws a 2D polyline, which are connected line or arc segments with user-determined width and taper

A Switches to the Arc m

C Closes the polyline w

L Segment length (cont

The following options a A Included angle CE Center Point

CL Closes with arc segm D Starting direction

Plots a drawing to a plotting device, a printer, or to a "Plot File." Draws single points. Appearance of the points is set by the Variable PDMODE Draws regular polygons with a specified number of sides. Polygons are Polyline entities.

Controls the appearance of an imported Postscript image that is being "dragged" (that is, positioned and scaled) into place by

Fills 2D Polyline outlines with PostScript fill patterns defined in the ACAD.PSF file

Imports Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files Exports the current view of your drawing to an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file Switches to Paper Space -- this will work only if the Variable TILEMODE is set to 0. Removes unused Blocks, Text Styles, Layers, Linetypes, and Dimension Styles from current drawing

Saves the current drawing "Quickly" without requesting a filename (as long as file has already been given a name) Controls display of text -- command stands for "QuickTEXT"

Exits AutoCAD -- if the current drawing has not been Saveds in its current state, a dialogue box will appear asking if you want Attempts to recover damaged or corrupted drawings Restores a built-in command which may have been deleted by the command UNDEFINE Reverses a previous command if it was U or UNDO Refreshed or cleans up the current Viewport Redraws all viewports Regenerates the current Viewport by recalculating the vector locations of all endpoints Regenerates all Viewports Controls automatic regeneration performed by other commands

Allows the I/O ports, the digitizer, the display, the plotter, and the ACAD.PGP file to be reinitialized. This command allows sele Changes the names associated with Text Styles, Layers, Linetypes, Blocks, Views, User Coordinate Systems, Viewport Configur

Resumes an interrupted command script Creates a 3D polygon mesh approximating a surface of revolution, by rotating a curve around a selected axis Rotates existing objects parallel to the current UCS Restarts a command script from the beginning Requests a filename and saves the drawing

Same as SAVE, but also renames the current drawing and keeps the new name current Alters the size of existing objects

Runs a command script. A script is a an ASCII file which contains various commands that when executed operates just as if yo Groups objects into selection sets for use in subsequent commands Allows you to display or change the setting of system variables. This command is no longer necessary to change the value of s

Short for "SHell." Allows access to internal operating system (DOS) commands. Once SH is invoked, followed by two <RET>s, t Shades 3D model in current Model Space Viewport Draws predefined Shapes

Allows access to internal operating system (DOS) commands. Once SH is invoked, followed by two <RET>s, the DOS Prompt w Permits freehand sketching simulation

Specified a round-off interval for point entry so that entities can be placed at precise locations

Draws filled polygons. Fill can be turned ON or OFF with the FILL command Displays drawing statistics and modes on the Text Screen Allows moving a portion of a drawing while retaining their connections to other parts of the drawing. You cannot stretch Bloc Creates named Text styles, with user-selected combinations of font, height, mirroring, obliging, and horizontal scaling.

Aligns the digitizing tablet with coordinates of a paper drawing to accurately copy it with AutoCAD

Creates a polygon mesh approximating a general tabulated surface defined by a path and a direction vector Draws text characters of any size with selected styles

F Fits text between two

M Centers text horizon R Right-justifies text

BL Bottom Left justifica

BC Bottom Center justi

BR Bottom Right justifi

ML Middle Left justifica

MC Middle Center justi

A "toggle." Flips the display on single-screen systems (most of them) from text-screen to graphics-screen, and vice-versa. Displays drawing creation and update times, and permits control of an elapsed timer.

Draws solid filled lines of specified width. Has mostly been superseded by the PLINE command. Displays information on the drawing's current spatial index, such as the number and depth of nodes in the drawing database. Erases a portion of selected entities that cross a specified "cutting edge" Reverses the effect of the previous command Defines or modifies the current User Coordinate System

R ("Restore") Restores

S ("Save") Saves the cu

V ("View") Establishes a

W ("World") Sets the c

X Rotates the current U

Y Rotates the current U

Z Rotates the current U

ZA Defines a UCS using

Controls visibility and placement of the User Coordinate System Icon, which graphically indicates the origin and orientation o

Deletes the definition of a built-in AutoCAD command Reverses the effect of multiple commands, and provides control over the "Undo" facility

A ("Auto") Controls tre

B ("Back") Undoes back

C ("Control") Enables/d

E ("End") Terminates a

G ("Group") Begins an U

M ("Mark") Places "ma Control Sub-Options

All Enables the full UND

Selects coordinate and angle display formats and precision Saves the current graphic display and space as a named view, or restores a saved view and space to the display

Used in Model Space only, and has been superseded by Paper Space Vports, created with the MVIEW command. Divides the

Allows you to control the precision and speed of circle and arc drawing on the monitor by specifying the number of sides in a Sets viewport visibility for new and existing layers

Selects the viewpoint for a 3D visualization

Displays a previously created slide file

Writes selected entities or previously created Block to a drawing file

Makes portions of an Xref a permanent part of your drawing

Allows you to work with other AutoCAD drawings without adding them permanently to your drawing and without altering the

Enlarges or reduces the display magnification of the drawing, without changing the actual size of the entities

Draws flat planes in 3D space with either 3 corners or 4 corners (3 sided or 4 sided flat planes). These are used to hide objects

Draws a 3D polygon mesh by specifying its size, in terms of the number of faces in each direction (called M and N directions), Creates a 3D polyline

Options can be transparent can be transparent A Included angle C Center point of arc D Direction angle of a line tangent to the arc E Endpoint of arc L Length of chord passing thru both endpoints of the arc R Radius S Start point of arc <RET> uses the end of the last line or arc as the start point for the arc A sets "Add" mode S sets "Subtract" mode E computes area of selected circle or polyline R rectangular array type

P "polar" array type in circular pattern, you must indicate number of items and angle to fill, and whether the objects get rotat

C "circular" array type in a circular pattern, you must indicate angle between items, angle to fill, and whether objects get rota I Controls attribute visibility C Controls Constant/variable mode V Controls verify mode P Controls preset mode can be transparent ON Makes all attributes visible OFF Makes all attributes invisible N Visibility of attributes set individually

C CDF comma delimited format extract D DXF format extract S SDF format extract E Extracts attributes from selected entities Y Fixes errors encountered N Reports, but does not fix errors encountered

can be transparent boxes. Also allows previewing and replacing adjustments without starting over each time. can be transparent ON Enables temporary marker blips OFF Disables temporary marker blips ? Lists names of already-defined blocks in the current drawing

lines, arcs or circles. F allows respecification of first point D Sets chamfer distances P Chamfers an entire polyline P Changes properties of objects C Color E Elevation LA Layer LT Linetype T Thickness C Color LA Layer LT Linetype

T Thickness 2P Specifies circle by picking 2 points on the diameter 3P Specifies circle by picking 3 points through which the circle will pass

D Allows entering the diameter dimension instead of radius dimension TTR Specifies circle by picking two lines, arcs or circles for the circle to be tangent to, and entering the dimension of the radiu <RET> Enters radius of circle (the default) can be transparent <number> sets current color to color number entered <name> sets current color to color name entered BYBLOCK sets floating entity color BYLAYER sets current color to whatever color is assigned to the current layer

ou are creating your own letter design or are creating "shapes" to be used as commonly used symbols in the drawing. These are not typica ting parameters.

ady been done and you will have no need to change it. M Allows multiple copies to be made of an object

I Controls attribute visibility C Controls Constant/variable mode V Controls verify mode P Controls preset mode

C CDF comma delimited format extract D DXF format extract S SDF format extract E Extracts attributes from selected entities

C Color LA Layer LT Linetype T Thickness Undo Undoes edit to return to the previous value

can be transparent can be transparent can be transparent Y- scale factors, rotation angle, pre-explode the block, and select the insertion point, through a dialogue box can be transparent can be transparent can be transparent s, viewport configurations, and dimension styles can be transparent eval, or to select a UCS that is already saved can be transparent can be transparent uilt into AutoCAD. Will display a Dim: prompt on the command prompt line. To get back to the drawing editor and the Command: prompt u automatically back to the drawing editor and the Command: prompt.

points. This lets you align a dimension with an angled line that is not either exactly horizontal or vertical.

and arrowheads. Arrowheads are the standard AutoCAD filled triangles, regardless of your defined Arrow Block.

previous or selected dimension. This is not frequently used in architectural dimensions. The spacing between each dimension line is contr

imension. It is used to create a so-called "string" of dimensions. This is used quite a bit in architectural drawings.

e of the arrow heads located at the point on the circle or arc which is picked.

t to an object to notate it. This command will also prompt you for the note at the end of the leader line, but it will allow only one line of te

e text has been changed, the dimension will no longer be associative.

mensioning isometric drawings.

selected point. Automatically calculates the coordinates.

ere the arc or circle was selected.

mension line set at a different angle.

eval through the RESTORE command.

nt text style, and the current units setting.

can be transparent B Uses a specified Block to divide the object instead of a point

can be transparent ON Makes dragging of object visible OFF Disables visual dragging A Auto mode -- enables dragging when possible J Prompts for Justification options S Allows you to select text styles that are already created

A Aligns text between two points, with style-specified width factor, AutoCAD adjusts height to keep letter proportion as desig C Centers text horizontally F Fits text between two points, with a specified height, AutoCAD adjusts width of letters to fit M Centers text horizontally and vertically R Right-justifies text BL Bottom-left justification BC Bottom-center justification BR Bottom-right justification ML Middle-left justification

MC Middle-center justification MR Middle-right justification TL Top-left justification TC Top-center justification TR Top right justification CA Sets CAmera angle relative to the Target T Sub-option, toggles between angle in the X-Y plane, and angle from the X-Y plane CL Sets Front and Back CLipping planes D Sets Camera to Target distance and turns on Perspective viewing H Removes hidden lines on the selection set OFF Turns Perspective viewing off PA PAns drawing across the screen PO Allows specification of Camera and Target points TA Rotates the TArget point about the Camera T Sub-option, toggles between angle in the X-Y plane, and angle from the X-Y plane TW Twists the view around the line of sight U Undoes a DVIEW sub-command X Exits the DVIEW command Z Sets lens length

ther CAD program B Writes binary DXF file E Outputs selected entities only (0-16) Floating point precision

4 adjoining edges he bottom of an object to the top) for subsequently drawn entities C Allows specification of Center point of ellipse rather than first axis endpoint R Allows specification of eccentricity rotation rather than length of second axis

I Draws Isometric circle in current isoplane

line into a series of straight lines. In the case of a block that is exploded, if it was originally drawn on the 0 layer, it returns to that layer, re U Undoes effect of last Extend command can be transparent can be transparent ON entities visually filled with solid ink OFF entities not visually filled but are shown in outline only P Fillets an entire Polyline at the vertices R Allows setting of the fillet radius. Default value is 0. Radius remains set until changed again

can be transparent can be transparent ON Turns grid display on OFF Turns grid display off S Locks grid spacing to SNAP resolution A Sets grid aspect (different X- and Y- spacings <number> Sets grid spacing for both X- and Y- coordinates <number X> Sets grid spacing to multiple "X" of snap spacing ON Enables Handles DESTROY Discards all entity Handles

<pattern-name> uses hatch pattern name from library file to fill designated area with a pseudo-block hatch entity -- can be re

<*pattern-name> uses hatch pattern name from library file to fill designated area with individual lines and points, not a block

U "User-defined" hatch pattern drawn of parallel lines with a specified distance between, at a specified angle, and either sing

? Lists names of available hatch patterns <pattern-name> or U can be followed by a comma and the following sub-commands: I Ignores any boundaries inside the outermost boundary N Normal style of selecting boundaries with alternating hatched and unhatched nested areas O Hatches outermost boundary area only can be transparent if invoked while another command is in process, it will assume that you want help on that command

can be transparent

<filename> Inserts a filename from the default directory into the current drawing, assuming that there is no block by that nam <blockname>=<filename> Creates a block in the current drawing with the same name as the file <*name> Inserts a block in its constituent entities rather than as a block -- also called a "Star Block" or Pre-exploded block C Reply to X scale prompt -- allows scale to be specified by two points (Corner specification of scale) XYZ Reply to X scale prompt -- allows specification of X, Y, and Z scales ~ Displays a file dialogue box ? Lists names of defined blocks within the current drawing can be transparent L Left plane R Right plane T Top plane <RET> Toggle to next plane in series, Left, Right, and Top can be transparent C Assigns color to named layer F Freezes named layers (comma separates a list of layers to be frozen, * can be used as a wildcard) -- current layer cannot be L Assigns linetype to named layer

LO Locks named layer M Makes a layer -- creates a new layer and makes it the current layer N Creates new layers with named names (comma separates a list of layers to be created, * can be used as a wildcard)

ON Turns named layers on if they were turned off (comma separates a list of layers to be turned on, * can be used as a wildca

OFF Turns named layers off if they were turned on (comma separates a list of layers to be turned off, * can be used as a wildc S Sets named layer as the current layer T Thaws named layers which are frozen (comma separates a list of layers to be frozen, * can be used as a wildcard) U Unlocks named layer ? Gives information about named layers, * can be used as a wildcard can be transparent <2 points> Sets lower-left and upper -right drawing limits ON Enables limit-checking OFF Disables limit-checking <RET> In reply to From Point: prompt, line begins at end of previous line or arc C In reply to To point: prompt, closes the polygon back to first "From Point" U In reply to To point: prompt, undoes last line segment can be transparent ? Lists a linetype library , or named linetypes which are loaded C Creates a linetype definition L Loads a previously creatred linetype definition S Set current linetype -- note that the current linetype should always be set to the logical linetype "BYLAYER"

e, Block, etc.), what layer it is on, what color it is, the location of its endpoints, what its Z-axis (elevation), what its thickness is, etc. ? Lists the names of loaded Shape files can be transparent B specifies that a defined Block is to be used as a marker instead of a point.

fname Loads fname and forms a rectangular array of the resulting Block fname=f Creates Block fname from file f and forms a rectangular array ? Lists names of defined Blocks within the drawing C (as a reply to X scale prompt) specifies scale via two selected points ("Corner" specification of scale) XYZ (as a reply to X scale prompt) readies Minsert for X, Y, and Z scales) - displays a file dialogue box

N, the Toolbar, the Aerial View or menus.

ON Turns selected Viewports on and causes the Model to be regenerated in the selected Viewports. OFF Turns selected Viewports off and causes Model to be not displayed in the selected Viewports. Hideplot Causes hidden lines to be removed in selected Viewports during Paper Space plotting. Fit Creates a single Viewport to fit the current Paper Space view 2 Creates 2 Viewports in specified area or fit to the current Paper Space view. 3 Creates 3 Viewports in specified area or fit to the current Paper Space view. 4 Creates 4 Viewports in specified area or fit to the current Paper Space view.

Restore Translates viewport configurations saved with the VPORTS command into individual Viewport entities in Paper Space <first Point> Creates a new Viewport within the area specified by 2 points. Sub-options to the "2" Option: Horizontal Creates a horizontal division between the 2 new Viewports Vertical Creates a vertical division between the 2 new Viewports. Sub-options to the "3" Option:

Above Specifies placement of larger Viewport above the other 2 Below Specifies placement of larger Viewport below the other 2 Horizontal Splits area into thirds horizontally Left Specifies placement of larger Viewport to the left of the other 2 Right Specifies placement of the larger Viewport to the right of the other 2 Vertical Splits area into thirds vertically

, this command brings up a dialogue box which allows setting a name for the new drawing by typing the name in the box, selection of a "p <number> specifies offset distance T "Through" allows specification of a point through which the offset line, polyline, arc or circle is to pass

can be transparent can be transparent CEN CENter of arc or circle END closest ENDpoint of arc or line INS INSertion point of Text or Block INT INTersection of line, arc, or circle MID MIDpoint of line, arc, rectangle side, or polygon side NEA NEArest point selected by aperture on line, polyline, arc, or circle NOD NODe (another name for a Point) NON NONe -- used when a "Running OSNAP" is on to temporarily turn off OSNAP selection

PER PERpendicular point to line, arc or circle -- when used with an arc or circle it will draw a line to the surface of the arc or ci QUA QUAdrant point of arc or circle (top, bottom, right or left side)

QUI QUIck mode -- this is a modifier to one of the other OSNAP options -- it will find the first point that meets the requiremen TAN TANgent point to arc or circle can be transparent C Closes an open polyline

D Decurves, or returns a Spline curve to its control frame or series of connected straight lines E Edit vertices F Fits curve to a polyline -- makes a series of straight lines into a curve which will pass through the vertices J Joins a line or arc or another polyline to an open polyline

L Toggles linetype generation to be either a continuous pattern of dashes passing through the vertices, or a pattern which sta O Opens a closed polyline S Uses the polyline vertices as a frame for a Spline Curve -- type of Spline Curve is set by the Variable "Splinetype." U Undoes one editing operation W Sets a uniform width for the Polyline Vertex Editing Options: B Sets first vertex for Break G "Go" -- performs a Break or Straighten operation I Inserts a new vertex after current one M Moves current vertex N Makes the Next vertex current P Makes the Previous vertex current R Regenerates the Polyline S Sets first vertex for Straighten T Sets tangent direction for current vertex W Sets new width for the following segment X Exits vertex editing, or cancels Break and Straighten D De-smooth -- restores original mesh E Edits mesh vertices

M Opens (or closes) the mesh in the M direction N Opens (or closes) the mesh in the N direction S Fits a smooth surface as defined by the Variable SURFTYPE U Undoes one editing operation X Exits Pedit command Vertex Editing Options: D Makes previous vertex Down in M direction current L Makes previous vertex to Left in N direction current M Moves the marked vertex N Makes the Next vertex current P Makes the Previous vertex current R Makes next vertex to Right in N direction current RE Redisplays the polygon mesh U Makes the next vertex Up in M direction current X Exits vertex editing

C Establishes the Plan view of the Current UCS U Establishes the Plan view of a specified UCS W Establishes the Plan view of the World Coordinate System H sets the half-width of the polyline segments U Undoes previous segment W sets the width of polyline segments <RET> Exits the Pline command The following options are available only as long as you are drawing in Line mode: A Switches to the Arc mode to allow integration of arcs into the polyline

C Closes the polyline with straight segment L Segment length (continues previous segment) The following options are available only as long as you are in the Arc mode: A Included angle CE Center Point CL Closes with arc segment D Starting direction L Chord length, or switches to line mode R Radius S Second point of 3-point arc

E Specifies size and rotation of polygon by picking endpoints of one edge C Circumscribes polygon around a circle I Inscribes polygon within a circle 0 Only the images bounding box is displayed as you drag it into place 1 The complete rendered PostScript image is displayed as you drag it into place . Entering a period results in no fill pattern ? Lists the fill patterns defined in ACAD.PSF file

A Purges All unused named objects B Purges unused Blocks D Purges unused Dimstyles LA Purges unused LAyers

LT Purges unused Linetypes SH Purges unused Shape files ST Purges unused Text Styles

ady been given a name) ON Lines of text displayed as rectangles OFF Lines of text displayed as text box will appear asking if you want to Save the drawing, Discard the changes, or Cancel the Exit command

can be transparent can be transparent

can be transparent ON Allows automatic regens OFF Prevents automatic regens

nitialized. This command allows selection of what you want to reinitialize through a dialogue box. It is most useful when you make change B Renames Blocks D Renames Dimension Styles LA Renames Layers LT Renames Linetypes S Renames Text Styles U Renames UCS VI Renames Views VP Renames Viewports

can be transparent und a selected axis

R Resizes with respect to a reference size can be transparent can be transparent ? Lists specified (or all) system variables and their settings

invoked, followed by two <RET>s, the DOS Prompt will be displayed, so you can enter any DOS command. To get back to AutoCAD, simply ? Lists available Shape names

d by two <RET>s, the DOS Prompt will be displayed, so you can enter any DOS command. To get back to AutoCAD, simply type EXIT at the C Connect: restarts SKETCH at endpoint E Erases (backs up over) temporary lines P Raises/lowers sketching pen Q Discards temporary lines, remains in SKETCH R Records temporary lines, remains in SKETCH X Records temporary lines, exits SKETCH . Draws line to current point can be transparent <number> sets snap alignment resolution ON aligns designated points OFF does not align designatged points A sets aspect ratio (differing X and Y spacing) R Rotates the snap grid and crosshairs, and turns on SNAP after, if not already turned on S Selects either Standard (rectangular) or Isometric Snap grid

can be transparent he drawing. You cannot stretch Blocks, Hatch patterns, or Text entities, however. can be transparent ? Lists specified (or all) currently defined text styles

ON Turns Tablet Mode ON (but it has to be CALibrated first) OFF Turns Tablet Mode OFF CAL Calibrates Tablet for use -- sets the distance to be used to copy the drawing to an accurate scale CFG Configures tablet menus and pointing area

a direction vector J Prompts for justification options S Lists or selects text style

A Aligns text between two points, with style-specified width factor, AutoCAD computes approximate height proportional to le C Centers text horizontally about a defined point

F Fits text between two points, with specified height, AutoCAD computes approximate width factor to fill the distance betwee M Centers text horizontally and vertically about a defined point R Right-justifies text BL Bottom Left justification BC Bottom Center justification BR Bottom Right justification ML Middle Left justification MC Middle Center justification MR Middle Right justification TL Top Left justification TC Top Center justification TR Top Right justification can be transparent can be transparent D Displays current times ON Starts user elapsed timer

OFF Stops user elapsed timer R Resets user elapsed timer

h of nodes in the drawing database. U Undoes last trim operation

D ("Delete") Deletes one or more saved coordinate systems E ("Entity") Sets a UCS with the same extrusion direction as that of the selected entity O ("Origin") Shifts the origin of the current coordinate system P ("Previous") Restores the Previous UCS R ("Restore") Restores a previously saved UCS S ("Save") Saves the current UCS V ("View") Establishes a new UCS whose Z-axis is parallel to the current viewing direction W ("World") Sets the current UCS to the World Coordinate System X Rotates the current UCS around the X-axis Y Rotates the current UCS around the Y-axis Z Rotates the current UCS around the Z-axis ZA Defines a UCS using an origin point and a point on the positive portion of the Z-axis

3 Defines a UCS using an origin point, a point on the positive portion of the X-axis, and a point on the positive Y-portion of the ? Lists specified saved coordinate systems A Changes settings of all active viewports N ("NoOrigin") Displays the UCSICON at the lower-left corner of the viewport (i.e., not at the Origin)

OR ("ORigin") Displays the UCSICON at the origin of the current UCS, if possible (if the origin point is not within the current vie OFF Turns the UCSICON off ON Turns the UCSICON on

<number> Undoes the <number> of most recent commands in reverse order A ("Auto") Controls treatment of menu items as UNDO "Groups" B ("Back") Undoes back to previous UNDO "Mark" C ("Control") Enables/disables the UNDO feature E ("End") Terminates an UNDO Group (a sequence to be treated as one command) G ("Group") Begins an UNDO Group (a sequence to be treated as one command) M ("Mark") Places "marker" in UNDO file (for use with "Back") Control Sub-Options All Enables the full UNDO feature None Disables U and UNDO entirely, and discards any previous UNDO information saved earlier in the editing session One Limits U and UNDO to a single operation can be transparent can be transparent D Deletes a named view R Restores named view to screen S Saves current display as named view W Saves specified Window as named view ? Lists specified named views D Deletes a saved viewport configuration J Joins (merges) two viewports R Restores a saved viewport configuration S Saves the current viewport configuration SI ("SIngle") Displays a SIngle viewport filling the entire graphics area 2 Divides the current viewport into 2 viewports

3 Divides the current viewport into 3 viewports 4 Divides the current viewport into 4 viewports ? Lists the current and saved viewport configurations

specifying the number of sides in a circle. Acts like an AutoCAD variable. Recommend that it be set to 2000. ? Lists layers frozen in a selected viewport F ("Freeze") Freezes specified layers in selected viewports T ("Thaw") Thaws specified layers in selected viewports R ("Reset") Resets specified layers to their default visibility N ("Newfrz") Creates new layers that are frozen in all viewports V ("Vpvisdflt") Sets the default viewport visibility for existing layers R Selects viewpoint via two rotation angles <RET> Selects viewpoint via a graphic compass and axis tripod which appears on the screen <x,y,z> Specifies x, y, and z relative coordinates of viewpoint <filename> views slide with name of "filename.SLD" *filename preloads slide which the next command VSLIDE will view <filename> writes specified entities to "filename.DWG" #NAME?

* writes entire drawing to the filename.DWG and purges all unreferenced blocks, layers, linetypes, text and dimensioning sty <RET> writes selected objects B ("Block") Makes a block in the Xref a permanent part of your drawing D ("Dimstyle") Makes a dimstyle in the Xref a permanent part of your drawing L ("Layer") Makes a layer in the Xref a permanent part of your drawing LT ("LType") Makes a Ltype in the Xref a permanent part of your drawing S ("Style") Makes a text style in the Xref a permanent part of your drawing

A ("Attach") "Attaches" a new Xref to the drawing or updates an Xref that is already attached B ("Bind") Makes an Xref a permanent part of your drawing D ("Detach") Removes an Xref from your drawing

P ("Path") Allows you to view and edit the filename path (directory and sub-directory) that AutoCAD searches when loading a R ("Reload") Updates one or more Xrefs at any time ? Lists Xrefs in your drawing and the drawing associated with each one can be transparent <number> multiplier from original magnification <number X> multiplier from current magnification <number XP>multiplier of magnification relative to paper space -- used for plotting to get right plot scale in each viewport A ("All") fills limits of drawing to screen C ("Center") makes picked point the center of the screen

D ("Dynamic") makes an adjustible rectangular lens appear on the screen which is capable of being made smaller or larger an E ("Extents") makes the farthest edges of the actual visible drawing fill up the graphics screen L ("Lower-Left") makes the point picked become shoved to the lower-left corner of the graphics screen

P ("Previous") zooms back to whatever the last zoom, previous to the current zoom was -- AutoCAD stores about 10 of these,

V ("Virtual Screen") makes the largest area available to the graphics card fill the graphics screen -- this varies with the quantit

W ("Window") asks you to pick the lower left corner and the upper right corner of a zoom window and then fits that window

I ("Invisible") this is used by typing in the letter "I" just before picking a corner point for the 3DFACE, and it will make the edge

rection (called M and N directions), and the location in 3D space of each vertex (the corner of a face) in the mesh. C Closes the polyline back to the first point U Undoes (deletes) the last segment entered <RET> Exits 3DPOLY command

her the objects get rotated with the angle

whether objects get rotated with the angle

dimension of the radius

ing. These are not typically used in architectural drawings

the Command: prompt, type the <Esc> key.

h dimension line is controlled by the AutoCAD variable DIMDLI ("Dimension Line Increment"), which you should set at 0 normally, but if yo

allow only one line of text. The most useful method of using this command is to simply draw leaders between the object to be notated an

tter proportion as designated in the style.

returns to that layer, regardless of the layer it was inserted on, and it loses its referential connection to the original block. In the case of a

hatch entity -- can be reduced to individual lines and points by EXPLODEing it.

s and points, not a block

d angle, and either single-hatching or double (cross)-hatching

e is no block by that name in the current drawing

r Pre-exploded block

current layer cannot be frozen

d as a wildcard) can be used as a wildcard)

* can be used as a wildcard)

as a wildcard)

thickness is, etc.

t entities in Paper Space.

he box, selection of a "prototype" drawing or typing a name of the new drawing and then an = sign and then the name of a drawing to be

e surface of the arc or circle heading toward the center point

at meets the requirements, not necessarily the closest point to the aperture.

s, or a pattern which starts and ends at each vertex

"Splinetype."

when you make changes "on the fly" to the ACAD.PGP file and want to immediately make use of those changes without having to exit Au

back to AutoCAD, simply type EXIT at the DOS prompt.

simply type EXIT at the DOS prompt.

height proportional to length of text line

o fill the distance between the two points

positive Y-portion of the XY plane

ot within the current viewport, the location of the UCSICON defaults to the lower-left corner of the viewport)

editing session

xt and dimensioning styles

earches when loading a particular Xref

ale in each viewport

ade smaller or larger and moved to different positions over the drawing and once set by the user, the drawing will quickly zoom to the loc

tores about 10 of these, so you can walk backward in zoom magnification 10 times varies with the quantity of graphics RAM that your graphics card has

d then fits that window to the graphics screen

nd it will make the edge of the 3DFACE drawn from that point to the next one "Invisible" (that is, it will not be shown as a line on the draw

should set at 0 normally, but if you use the baseline command, you should reset to 1/8".

tween the object to be notated and text that you create with the DTEXT command.

the original block. In the case of a dimension or hatch pattern that has been exploded, their parts go back to the 0 layer, and are assigned

then the name of a drawing to be used as a prototype.

changes without having to exit AutoCAD and get back into it.

awing will quickly zoom to the location and magnification set for the lens. This sub-command is no longer useful because all computers h

not be shown as a line on the drawing). This is important when joining several 3DFACEs together to cover a complex, multi-faceted surfac

ck to the 0 layer, and are assigned the logical color (BYBLOCK) regardless of the layer they were drawn on. In the case of an exploded poly

er useful because all computers have very fast zooms naturally now.

er a complex, multi-faceted surface, where you do not want the "seams" of the 3DFACEs to show in the final drawing. The visibility of edg

on. In the case of an exploded polyline, it loses any width it may have had.

final drawing. The visibility of edges of 3DFACEs can further be turned on or off by the AutoCAD variable "SPLFRAME." When SPLFRAME is

"SPLFRAME." When SPLFRAME is set to 1 ("on"), both edges which have been made "Invisible" as well as normal, visible edges are show

as normal, visible edges are shown on the drawing. When SPLFRAME is set to 0 ("off"), Invisible edges are not shown. The purpose of som

re not shown. The purpose of sometimes wanting to see invisible edges is that you may want to move, stretch, or copy the 3DFACE and if

tretch, or copy the 3DFACE and if its edges are invisible, you cannot select them fopr modification. You can only select a 3DFACE by pickin

can only select a 3DFACE by picking on a visible edge.