BLOCKS SHORTCUT | COMMAND ‘COMMENT ATT ATTOEF ‘Opens attribute definition dialogue box ATTEDIT ATTEDIT [Edit attribute values for a specific block 8 BLOCK ‘Opens block dialogue box in order to make a block BATTMAN BATTMAN ‘Opens block attribute manager BATTORDER | BATTORDER [Displays attribute order dialogue box BC BCLOSE ‘Closes the block editor BCOUNT BCOUNT ‘Counts the blocksin a drawing BE BEDIT ‘Opens the edit block definition dialogue box EATTEXT EATTEXT [Enhanced attribute extraction wizard to count blocks: GATTE GATIE Global attribute edit of muttiple blocks 1 INSERT ‘Opens insert dialogue to insert a block 4 INSERT Insert a block by name MINSERT MINSERT Insert block in rectangular array REFEDIT REFEDIT Edit a block referencein place REN RENAME ‘Opens rename dialogue box to rename blocks, layers, etc w WBLOCK ‘Write a block - for use in other drawings: XLIST XLIST Lists type/block namellayer name/colorilinetype of a nested abject in a block or an xref Page tot 13 (© 7007 HOMEMIC RO ‘AutoCAD Command ShertcuteCOMMON COMMANDS SHORTCUT COMMAND COMMENT A ARC Draw an arc A ALIGN ‘Align an object with another Ea APPLOAD Opens application load dialogue box aR ARRAY Opens array dialogue box AUDIT AUDIT Audit drawing for errors a DSVIEWER Opens ariel view of drawing B BLOCK Opens block dialogue box © oIRCLE Draw acircle co copy Copy an object CHA CHAMFER Chamfer between 2 non-parallel lines coL COLOR Opens select color dialogue box cu Opens customise user interface dialogue D DIMSTYLE Opens dimstye manager be ADCENTER Opens designcenter o bist Check a distance pv DIVIDE Inserts point node a set division Do DONUT Draw a solid donut shape bv view Perspective view E ERASE Erase a selection x EXTEND Extenda selection F FILLET Draw an arc between 2 intersecting lines FL FILTER Opens fiter dialogue box FLATTEN FLATTEN Converts 3D to2D s GROUP Launches the group dialogue box H HATCH ‘Opens hatch and gradient 1 INSERT Inserta block iM IMAGE Launches image manager J JOIN Joins 2 objects to form single object Page 2012 ‘e2007 HoMEMCERO |AulsCAD Command ShartouteCAET JPGouT JPgouT (Creates a JPEG file of currant drawing L LINE. Drawa line LA Le Draw a leader line (may need to adjust settings) LEAD Loris, Lo Point marker ar nada - DDPTYPE to change pointstyle Opens properties dialogue box Preview a plot ‘Opens purge dialogue box to remove unused elements Regenerate the display Draw a rectange ‘Opens rename dialogue ba torename blocks, layers, atc Rotate a selection ‘Spell check a selection ~ALL to check entire drawing Insert multiline text ‘Opens insar a table dilague bax Displays tooipaletia Trimm a selection =f /s|=|a|s [a |= [le |g lala lz |g [aa |g |e ||” (8 |° [mF |gTABS Displays who has a drawing open Explode a selection Opens x-reference manager z Zoom Zoom in display - A=Al, E=EXTENTS, W=WINDOW CONTROL KEYS cTRL+O CLEANSCREEN Turns user interface eloments oniott CTRL PROPERTIES Turns properties onfoff Turns design canter onvoff ‘Tums tool palettes window onioftf Launches calculator window Select al Copies objects to clipboard Tums a group on or off Repeats last command Opens create new drawing dialogue box Opens the select fle dialogue bax Opens the plot dialogue bax Pastes data from clipboard to drawing Removes select object trom drawing to clipboard Performs tha operation cancelled by UNDO Undoes the last operation ‘Switches between open drawings ‘Switch up between layout tabs ‘Switch dawn between layout tabs Recall last commandCOORDINATE ENTRY. distance Location direct from current positon in direction of movement angie An angle override from current point DIMENSIONING SHORTCUT | COMMAND COMMENT CTRL+8 quickcaLc Displays the calculator D DIMSTYLE (Opens dimension ayle manager dialogue box DAL DIMALIGNED Aligned linear dimension line DAN DIMANG ULAR Angular dimension fine DAR DIMARC Are length dimension Ba DIMBASELINE Ordinate dimension from baseline of previous dimension pco DIMCONTINUE, (Ordinate dmansion from 2 extension line of pravieus dimension bot DIMDIAMETER Diameter dimension for circles and arcs DED DIMEDIT Edit dimension taxton dimension objects bl bist Check a distance DIMCENTER | DIMCENTER Creates center mark bu DIMLINEAR, Linear dimension DOR DIMORDINATE Ordinate point dimension Dov DIMOVERRIDE Override dimension style DRA DIMRADIUS Radial dimension for circles and ares 10 10 Display the co-ordinate values of a point UN UNITS Opens drawing units dialogue box DRAWING OBJECTS SHORTCUT | COMMAND COMMENT A Draw an arc with 3 points 8 BLOCK (Opens black dialogue box in order tomake a block BO BOUNDARY Draw aboundaryc CIRCLE Draw a circle bo DONUT [Draw a solid donut shape or Text ‘Single fine text ow OIMDE Inserts point node a set division EL ELLIPSE Draw an elipse F FILLET [Draw an arc between 2 intersecting lines 6 GROUP ‘Opens object grouping dialogue H HATCH ‘Opens haich and gradient dislogue box L LINE (Draw a line Le QLEADER [Draw a leader line (may need to adjust settings) LEAD LEADER Leader line with annotation mM MLINE [Draw mutitines Q OFFSET ‘Offset an abject by distance PL PLINE [Draw a polyline -a complex fine PO POINT Point marker or node - DDPTYPE to change pointstyle POL. POLYGON [Draw a regular polygon 3 to 1024 sides RAY, RAY ‘Construction line in one direction REC RECTANG Draw a rectange RES REGION [Region - for shading for example REVCLOUD _| REVCLOUD Revision oud - note can select a potyline SPL SPLINE ‘Spline or smooth curve along points T MTEXT Multi-ine text WIPEOUT WIPEOUT Masks part of drawing for clarity ea XLINE ‘Construction line of infinite length TP 1. Use PO to create node paint - i you do not see anything try changing the node properties: DOPTYPE. 2. Alternatively set PDMODE to 3 to display an Xat id point eet POMODE to Oto clear. EXTERNAL REFERENCE - XREF SHORTCUT | COMMAND ‘COMMENT REFEDIT REFEDIT Edit an extemal referencein place oe ATTACH ‘Opens select reference file dialogue for attaching Xref 6 XBINO ‘Opens Xtind dialogue - allows import only of symbols etc xc XCUIP ‘Create aborder in an xref to hide outside area OPEN OPEN ‘Opens a selected.xref in a new windowFUNCTION KEYS SHORTCUT | COMMAND: COMMENT FA HELP Opens Autocad help 2 TEXTSCR ‘Switches between text soraen and graphic area GRAPHSCR 3. OsNAP Switches osnap onfoff FSorCTRL+E | ISOPLANE Cycles through isoplanes Foor CTRL*D | COORDS Turns coordinate display onJott FrorCTRL+G | GRID Turns grid onoff F8orCTRL+L | ORTHO Turns ortho onvotf FoorCTRL#B | SNAP Turns snap anioff FA0 or CTRL*U | POLAR Turns polar on/off Alor OSNAP TRACK Turns object snap tracking on/off ‘CTRLEW Fi2 DYNMODE. Turns dynamic input onfatt INQUIRY SHORTCUT | COMMAND: COMMENT AA AREA Calculate the area ol bist Calculate a distance and angle DDFTYPE DDPTYPE Opens paint style dialogue box iD 1D Display the co-ordinate values of a point Loris ust Display information about objects in a text window MASSPROP | MASSPROP Calculate the region/mass properties of a sdid PR PROPERTIES Opens properties dialogue box WHOHAS WHOHAS Displays who has a drawing open SaisT XLIST ists typelblock nameflayer namelcolor/linetype of a nested object in a block or an xref TIP 1. It you wish to identify a known location use ID and enter co-ordinates an command line to mark that location with a node point- if you do not see anything ty changing the nods properties DDFTYPE 2. Alternatively set PDMODE to 3 to display an X at id point set POMODE to 0 to dear.wa LAYERS SHORTCUT | COMMAND COMMENT A LAYER Opens layer manager LAYCUR Change objects to current layer LAYDEL Delete a layer by selecting object LAYFRZ Freeze a layer by selecting object LayISO Isolates a layer by selecting object LAYLOK Lock alayer by selecting object LAYMCH Match properties of a layer LAYMRG Maves cbjects trom first layer to second and detetes first LAYOFF Switehes a layer off LAYON layers on except frozen layers LAYERP Restores previous layer sate LAYTHW LAYWALK Walk through layers LUMAN ‘Access Layer manager to save and restore layer states, mP Layer States - Create a layer datein Layer Manager (LA then Alt+S) to quickly switch between differantlayer property settings. MODIFYING OBJECTS SHORTCUT | COMMAND COMMENT AL ALIGN Align an object with another AR ARRAY ‘Make muitiple copies of an atject BR BREAK Break alina by defining 2 points C0 orcP cory Copy object SOPYTOLAYE | COPYTOLATER Copy object from one layer to another CHA CHAMFER Chamfer between 2 non-parallel lines E ERASE Erase selection ex EXTEND Extend a line to meet another FE FILLET Draw an arc between 2 intersecting lines s = M Move an object Mi Micror an object5 -a|*/a/g | [alo 2. ORO MOVEICOPYIROTAT Copy move and rotate an dbject with one command ‘OFFSET Offset an object by distance ROTATE Rotate an object ‘STRETCH Stretch an object, SCALE ‘Seale an abject TRIM Trim objects EXPLODE Explode single entity to component parts When a gtip points selected cycie through command options using keyboard spacebar- sequence STRETCH, MOVE, ROTATE, SCALE, MIRROR. Switch between Group and Ungroup using CTRL+H, yes H!! OBJECT SELECTION (use with editing commands) SHORTCUT | COMMAND COMMENT A aoD ‘Adds each successive object, switches from remove ALL ALL All objects on thawed layers cP ‘CPOLYGON Objects touching or enciosed by selection polygon c ‘CROSSING Objects touched or enclosed by window - Move right to left F FENCE Objects touch by single selection fence G GROUP Opens object grouping dialogue - use with copy/movelete L Last Most recently created visible object Pp PREVIOUS: Most recent selection set R REMOVE Objects to remove from selection set SNAPANG ‘SSNAPANGLE Change the snap angle from default 0° w WINDOW Objects enclosed by window- Mave left to right we WPOLYGON Objects within a window polygon Use SHIFT+LEFT MOUSE BUTTON to deselectan When 9 gp pobits selected cyte rough commando using keyboard spacebar- Object Cycling - hold down the Control key while picking, AutoCAD will cycle through all the: that fall under the pickbox as you continue to pick. When the correct object is highlighted, simply hit Enter. You dont need ts continue ts hold dawn the Cont! key after the first pick.OBJECT SNAP - OSNAP SHORTCUT | COMMAND 3 OSNAP ‘Switehes osnap onott For CTRL+B | SNAP Turns snap oniott Fitor OSNAP TRACK Tums object snap tracking aniatt ‘CTRLEW APP APPARENT INT ‘Apparent intersection of 2 objects CEN ‘CENof ‘Snap to cantre point bs [DDOSNAP Opens drafting settings‘object snap dialogue END ENDPOINT ‘Snap to end of fine etc ext EXTENSION Extends ines beyond endpoint FRO FROM Snap to an offset distance from an object snap INS INSERTION ‘Snap to insertion paint of text or block INT INTERSECTION ‘Snap to intersection of lines, circles arcs MD MIDPOINT ‘Snap to midpoint of line etc MTP ‘Snap midpoint between two paints NEA NEAREST ‘Snap nearto an abject NOD NODE ‘Snap to point node NON NONE Turns off object snap modes PAR PARALLEL Continues a line parallel to existing PER PERPENDICULAR —_| Snap to perpendicular of line etc QUA QUADRANT ‘Snap to quadrant of circe, are, ellipse TAN TANGENT ‘Snap to tangent of circle, arc, ellipse % TRACK Locate points without drawing nes 7 7 iGHT MOUSE BUT TON to veal Osnap options TEXT, SHORTCUT | COMMAND COMMENT 8% 2 Diameter dimensioning symbol 6560. . Degrees symboi %%O, OVERSCORE Toggles oversoore mode on/off 66 + Plusiminus symbol 6960 UNDERSCORE Toggles underscore on/offDTEXT Single ine dynamic text-Justiy/Algnto ftwithin text e ED DDEDIT Edit toxt FIND FIND, Opens find and replace dialogue box JUSTIFYTEXT | JUSTIFYTEXT Change the justification point withaut moving text MIRRTEXT | MIRRTEXT Mirttaxt 0 to tum off ‘Scales text without moving the text insertion point Perforns spalicheck -ALL checksall text in drawing Opens toxt style dalogue box Mutiline/paragraph text Places cirde, slot, or rectangle around each selected text object ‘Single lina dynamic text TORIENT ‘Stretches/shrinks text by selecting new start andlor end points Rotates text, mtext, and attribute definition objects TXT2MTXT WIPEQUT Converts DTEXT to MTEXT Masks part of drawing for clarity Tes 1 To fit or align text in a defined area use DTEXT and select JUSTIFY/ALIGN ar FIT - very usoful text is enclosed by arectar nglel circlefatc. NOTES 1. ‘Text entered in panerspace is 1:1, e.g. 5mm high textwill print mm high. Command line 30 solid eptions Draw acube Draw aeylinder Opens uss daogue Opens ucs dalogue at orthographic tab Extude a face Intersect an abject Revolves an abject about an axis (Open render dialogue bax Slice asolid ‘Subtract ealeetion from solidTADS Displays UCS manag dialogue bex ucs: UCS command line options UNI Union solids VPORTS Opens viewport dialogue box We WEDGE Draw a wedge COMMENT Align UCS with an abject, first select UCS Change the UCS icon appearance Retum to the WES ‘Switch up between layout tabs ‘Switch down between layout tabs ‘Switch to modelspace in a viewport Make a viewpon in paperspace Switch to paperspace from viewport Opens viewports dialogue bax Create a viewport using command line To prevent a viewport from editing right mouse chick on the viewport and select DISPLAY LOCKED/VES