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A to Z AutoCAD Keyboard Commands & Shortcuts Guide

A, B, C

A

A ARC / Creates an arc
ADC ADCENTER / Manages and inserts content such as blocks, xrefs, and hatch 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
ARS ACTSTOP / Stops the Action Recorder and provides the option of saving the 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

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
BH HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill
BO BOUNDARY / Creates a region or a polyline from an enclosed area
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

C CIRCLE / Creates a circle
CAM CAMERA / Sets a camera and target location to create and save a 3D perspective view of objects
CBAR CONSTRAINTBAR / A toolbar-like UI element that displays the available geometric constraints on an object
CH PROPERTIES / Controls properties of existing objects
CHA CHAMFER / Bevels the edges of objects
CHK CHECKSTANDARDS / Checks the current drawing for standards violations
CLI COMMANDLINE / Displays the Command Line window
COL COLOR / Sets the color for new objects
CO COPY / Copies objects a specified distance in a specified direction
CT CTABLESTYLE / Sets the name of the current table style
CUBE NAVVCUBE / Controls the visibility and display properties of the ViewCube tool
CYL CYLINDER / Creates a 3D solid cylinder

D, E, F

D

D DIMSTYLE / Creates and modifies dimension styles
DAN DIMANGULAR / Creates an angular dimension
DAR DIMARC / Creates an arc length dimension
DBA DIMBASELINE / Creates a linear, angular, or ordinate dimension from the baseline of the previous or selected dimension
DBC DBCONNECT / Provides an interface to external database tables
DCE DIMCENTER / Creates the center mark or the centerlines of circles and arcs
DCO DIMCONTINUE / Creates a dimension that starts from an extension line of a previously created dimension
DCON DIMCONSTRAINT / Applies dimensional constraints to selected objects or points on objects
DDA DIMDISASSOCIATE / Removes associativity from selected dimensions
DDI DIMDIAMETER / Creates a diameter dimension for a circle or an arc
DED DIMEDIT / Edits dimension text and extension lines
DI DIST / Measures the distance and angle between two points
DIV DIVIDE / Creates evenly spaced point objects or blocks along the length or perimeter of an object
DJL DIMJOGLINE / Adds or removes a jog line on a linear or aligned dimension
DJO DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged dimensions for circles and arcs
DL DATALINK / The Data Link dialog box is displayed
DLU DATALINKUPDATE / Updates data to or from an established external data link
DO DONUT / Creates a filled circle or a wide ring
DOR DIMORDINATE / Creates ordinate dimensions
DOV DIMOVERRIDE / Controls overrides of system variables used in selected dimensions
DR DRAWORDER / Changes the draw order of images and other objects
DRA DIMRADIUS / Creates a radius dimension for a circle or an arc
DRE DIMREASSOCIATE / Associates or re-associates selected dimensions to objects or points on objects
DRM DRAWINGRECOVERY / Displays a list of drawing files that can be recovered after a program or system failure
DS DSETTINGS / Sets grid and snap, polar and object snap tracking, object snap modes, Dynamic Input, and Quick Properties
DT TEXT / Creates a single-line text object
DV DVIEW / Defines parallel projection or perspective views by using a camera and target
DX DATAEXTRACTION / Extracts drawing data and merges data from an external source to a data extraction table or external file

E

E ERASE / Removes objects from a drawing
ED DDEDIT / Edits single-line text, dimension text, attribute definitions, and 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

F

F FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges of objects
FI FILTER / Creates a list of requirements that an object must meet to be included in a selection set
FS FSMODE / Creates a selection set of all objects that touch the selected object
FSHOT FLATSHOT / Creates a 2D representation of all 3D objects based on the current view

G, H, I

G

G GROUP / Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups
GCON GEOCONSTRAINT / Applies or persists geometric relationships between objects or points on objects
GD GRADIENT / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a gradient fill
GEO GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies the geographic location information for a drawing file

H

H HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill
HE HATCHEDIT / Modifies an existing hatch or fill
HI HIDE / Regenerates a 3D wireframe model with hidden lines suppressed

I

I INSERT / Inserts a block or drawing into the current drawing
IAD IMAGEADJUST / Controls the image display of the brightness, contrast, and 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
IN INTERSECT / Creates a 3D solid, surface, or 2D region from overlapping solids, surfaces, or regions
INF INTERFERE / Creates a temporary 3D solid from the interferences between two sets of selected 3D solids
IO INSERTOBJ / Inserts a linked or embedded object

J, K, L

J

J JOIN / Joins similar objects to form a single, unbroken object
JOG DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged dimensions for circles and arcs

K

L

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
LESS MESHSMOOTHLESS / Decreases the level of smoothness for mesh objects by 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
LW LWEIGHT / Sets the current lineweight, lineweight display options, and lineweight units


M, N, O

M

M MOVE / Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction
MA MATCHPROP / Applies the properties of a selected object to other objects
MAT MATERIALS / Shows or hides the Materials window
ME MEASURE / Joins similar objects to form a single, unbroken object
MEA MEASUREGEOM / Measures the distance, radius, 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
MLA MLEADERALIGN / Aligns and spaces selected multileader objects
MLC MLEADERCOLLECT / Organizes selected multileaders that contain blocks into rows or columns, and displays the result with a single leader
MLD MLEADER / Creates a multileader object
MLE MLEADEREDIT / Adds leader lines to, or removes leader lines from, a multileader object
MLS MLEADERSTYLE / Creates and modifies multileader styles
MO PROPERTIES / Controls properties of existing objects
MORE MESHSMOOTHMORE / Increases the level of smoothness for mesh objects by one level
MS MSPACE / Switches from paper space to a model space viewport
MSM MARKUP / Opens the Markup Set Manager
MT MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object
MV MVIEW / Creates and controls layout viewports

N

NORTH GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies the geographic location information for a drawing file
NSHOT NEWSHOT / Creates a named view with motion that is played back when viewed with ShowMotion
NVIEW NEWVIEW / Creates a named view with no motion

O

O OFFSET / Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel curves
OBJECTSELECTION LIMIT OPTIONS / Customizes the program settings
OFFSETSRF SURFOFFSET/ Creates a parallel surface or solid by setting an offset distance from a surface
OP OPTIONS / Customizes the program settings
OPENPROJECT SURFOFFSET / Creates a parallel surface or solid by setting an offset distance from a surface
ORBIT 3DORBIT / Rotates the view in 3D space, but constrained to horizontal and vertical orbit only
OS OSNAP / Sets running object snap modes

P, Q, R

P

P PAN / Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition
PA PASTESPEC / Pastes objects from the Clipboard into the current drawing and controls the format of the data
PAR PARAMETERS / Controls the associative parameters used in the drawing
PARAM BPARAMETER / Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition
PATCH SURFPATCH / Creates a new surface by fitting a cap over a surface edge that forms a closed loop
PC POINTCLOUD / Provides options to create and attach point cloud files
PCATTACH POINTCLOUDATTACH / Inserts an indexed point cloud file into the current drawing
PCINDEX POINTCLOUDINDEX / Creates an indexed point cloud (PCG or ISD) file from a scan file
PE PEDIT / Edits polylines and 3D polygon meshes
PL PLINE / Creates a 2D polyline
PO POINT / Creates a point object
POFF HIDEPALETTES / Hides currently displayed palettes (including the command line)
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
PS PSPACE / Switches from a model space viewport to paper space
PSOLID POLYSOLID / Creates a 3D wall-like polysolid
PTW PUBLISHTOWEB / Creates HTML pages that include images of selected drawings
PU PURGE / Removes unused items, such as block definitions and layers, from the drawing
PYR PYRAMID / Creates a 3D solid pyramid

Q

QC QUICKCALC / Opens the QuickCalc calculator
QCUI QUICKCUI / Displays the Customize User Interface Editor in a collapsed state
QP QUICKPROPERTIES / Displays open drawings and layouts in a drawing in preview images
QSAVE QSAVE / Saves the current drawing
QVD QVDRAWING / Displays open drawings and layouts in a drawing using preview images
QVDC QVDRAWINGCLOSE / Closes preview images of open drawings and layouts in a drawing
QVL QVLAYOUT / Displays preview images of model space and layouts in a drawing
QVLC QVLAYOUTCLOSE / Closes preview images of model space and layouts in the current drawing

R

R REDRAW / Refreshes the display in the current viewport
RA REDRAWALL / Refreshes the display in all viewports
RC RENDERCROP / Renders a specified rectangular area, called a crop window, within a viewport
RE REGEN / Regenerates the entire drawing from the current viewport
REA REGENALL / Regenerates the drawing and refreshes all viewports
REC RECTANG / Creates a rectangular polyline
REG REGION / Converts an object that encloses an area into a region object
REN RENAME / Changes the names assigned to items such as layers and dimension styles
REV REVOLVE / Creates a 3D solid or surface by sweeping a 2D object around an axis
RO ROTATE / Rotates objects around a base point
RP RENDERPRESETS / Specifies render presets, reusable rendering parameters, for rendering an image
RPR RPREF / Displays or hides the Advanced Render Settings palette for access to advanced rendering settings
RR RENDER / Creates a photorealistic or realistically shaded image of a 3D solid or surface model
RW RENDERWIN / Displays the Render window without starting a rendering operation

S, T, U

S

S STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or polygon
SC SCALE / Enlarges or reduces selected objects, keeping the proportions of the object the same after scaling
SCR SCALESCRIPT / Executes a sequence of commands from a script file
SEC SECTION / Uses the intersection of a plane and solids, surfaces, or mesh to create a region
SET SETVAR / Lists or changes the values of system variables
SHA SHADEMODE / Starts the VSCURRENT command
SL SLICE / Creates new 3D solids and surfaces by slicing, or 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
SPL SPLINE / Creates a smooth curve that passes through or near specified points
SPLANE SECTIONPLANE / Creates a section object that acts as a cutting plane through 3D objects
SPLAY SEQUENCEPLAY / Plays named views in one category
SPLIT MESHSPLIT / Splits a mesh face into two faces
SPE SPLINEDIT / Edits a spline or spline-fit polyline
SSM SHEETSET / Opens the Sheet Set Manager
ST STYLE / Creates, modifies, or specifies text styles
STA STANDARDS / Manages the association of standards files with drawings
SU SUBTRACT / Combines selected 3D solids, surfaces, or 2D regions by subtraction

T

T MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object
TA TABLET / Calibrates, configures, and turns on and off an attached digitizing tablet
TB TABLE / Creates an empty table object
TEDIT TEXTEDIT / Edits a dimensional constraint, dimension, or text object
TH THICKNESS / Sets the default 3D thickness property when creating 2D geometric objects
TI TILEMODE / Controls whether paper space can be accessed
TO TOOLBAR / Displays, hides, and customizes toolbars
TOL TOLERANCE / Creates geometric tolerances contained in a 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

U

UC UCSMAN / Manages defined user coordinate systems.
UN UNITS / Controls coordinate and angle display formats and precision.
UNHIDE / UNISOLATE UNISOLATEOBJECTS / Displays objects previously hidden with the ISOLATEOBJECTS or HIDEOBJECTS command.
UNI UNION / Unions two solid or two region objects.

V, W, X

V

V VIEW / Saves and restores named views, camera views, layout views, and preset views.
VGO VIEWGO / Restores a named view.
VP DDVPOINT / Sets the 3D viewing direction.
VPLAY VIEWPLAY / Plays the animation associated to a named view.
VS VSCURRENT / Sets the visual style in the current viewport.
VSM VISUALSTYLES / Creates and modifies visual styles and applies a visual style to a viewport.

W

W WBLOCK / Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file.
WE WEDGE / Creates a 3D solid wedge.
WHEEL NAVSWHEEL / Displays a wheel that contains a collection of view navigation tools.

X

X EXPLODE / Breaks a compound object into its component objects.
XA XATTACH / Inserts a DWG file as an external reference (xref).
XB XBIND / Binds one or more definitions of named objects in an xref to the current drawing.
XC XCLIP / Crops the display of a selected external reference or block reference to a specified boundary.
XL XLINE / Creates a line of infinite length.
XR XREF / Starts the EXTERNALREFERENCES command.

Y – Z

Y

Z

Z ZOOM / Increases or decreases the magnification of the view in the current viewport.
ZEBRA ANALYSISZEBRA / Projects stripes onto a 3D model to analyze surface continuity.
ZIP ETRANSMIT / Creates a Self-Extracting or Zipped Transmittal Package.

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