AUTOCAD SHORTCUTS

Command Shortcuts

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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 MOVE / Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction

MA MATCHPROP / Applies the properties of a selected object to other objects

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

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 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 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

PCATTACH POINTCLOUDATTACH / Inserts an indexed point cloud file into the current drawing

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

PU PURGE / Removes unused items, such as block definitions and layers, from the drawing

PYR PYRAMID / Creates a 3D solid pyramid

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 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 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 MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object

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

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

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 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 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 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.

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.