SHORTCUT COMMAND COMMENT

A ARC Draw an arc

AL ALIGN Align an object with another

AP APPLOAD Opens application load dialogue box

AR ARRAY Opens array dialogue box

AUDIT AUDIT Audit drawing for errors

AV DSVIEWER Opens ariel view of drawing

B BLOCK Opens block dialogue box

C CIRCLE Draw a circle

CO COPY Copy an object

CHA CHAMFER Chamfer between 2 non-parallel lines

COL COLOR Opens select color dialogue box

CUI Opens customise user interface dialogue

D DIMSTYLE Opens dimstyle manager

DC ADCENTER Opens designcenter

DI DIST Check a distance

DIV DIVIDE Inserts point node a set division

DO DONUT Draw a solid donut shape

DV DVIEW Perspective view

E ERASE Erase a selection

EX EXTEND Extend a selection

F FILLET Draw an arc between 2 intersecting lines

FI FILTER Opens filter dialogue box

FLATTEN FLATTEN Converts 3D to 2D

G GROUP Launches the group dialogue box

H HATCH Opens hatch and gradient dialogue box

I INSERT Insert a block

IM IMAGE Launches image manager

J JOIN Joins 2 objects to form single object

JPGOUT JPGOUT Creates a JPEG file of current drawing

L LINE Draw a line

LA LAYER Opens layer manager

LE QLEADER Draw a leader line (may need to adjust settings)

LEAD LEADER Leader line with annotation

LI or LS LIST Display information about objects in a text window

LO -LAYOUT Creates a new layout tab

LTS LTScale Change the linetype scale

M MOVE Move a selection

MA MATCHPROPERTIES Match properties of an object

ME MEASURE Inserts point node at input distance

O OFFSET Offset a selection

OP OPTIONS Launches options dialogue box

P PAN Pan in drawing

PE POLYEDIT Edit a polyline

PL PLINE Draw a polyline

PLOT PLOT Opens plot/print dialogue box

PO POINT Point marker or node – DDPTYPE to change pointstyle

PR PROPERTIES Opens properties dialogue box

PRE PREVIEW Preview a plot

PU PURGE Opens purge dialogue box to remove unused elements

RE REGEN Regenerate the display

REC RECTANG Draw a rectangle

REN RENAME Opens rename dialogue box to rename blocks, layers, etc

RO ROTATE Rotate a selection

SP SPELL Spell check a selection – ALL to check entire drawing

T MTEXT Insert multiline text

TB TABLE Opens insert a table dialogue box

TP TOOLPALETTES Displays toolpalette

TR TRIM Trim a selection

U UNDO Undo last command

UN UNITS Opens units dialogue box

V VIEW Opens view dialogue box

W WBLOCK Write a block

WHOHAS WHOHAS Displays who has a drawing open

X EXPLODE Explode a selection

XR XREF Opens x-reference manager

Z ZOOM Zoom in display – A=All, E=EXTENTS, W=WINDOW

CTRL+0 CLEANSCREEN Turns user interface elements on/off

CTRL+1 PROPERTIES Turns properties on/off

CTRL+2 ADCENTER Turns design center on/off

 CTRL+3 TOOLPALETTES Turns tool palettes window on/off

CTRL+8 QUICKCALC Launches calculator window

CTRL+A Select all

CTRL+C COPYCLIP Copies objects to clipboard

CTRL+H Turns a group on or off

CTRL+J Repeats last command

CTRL+N NEW Opens create new drawing dialogue box

CTRL+O OPEN Opens the select file dialogue box

CTRL+P PLOT Opens the plot dialogue box

CTRL+R CVPORT Switches between viewports

CTRL+S QSAVE Opens the save drawing as dialogue box

CTRL+SHIFT+ S Save as

CTRL+V PASTECLIP Pastes data from clipboard to drawing

CTRL+X CUTCLIP Removes select object from drawing to clipboard

CTRL+Y REDO Performs the operation cancelled by UNDO

CTRL+Z UNDO Undoes the last operation

CTRL+TAB Switches between open drawings

CTRL+PAGE UP Switch up between layout tabs

CTRL+PAGE DOWN Switch down between layout tabs

ARROW
Recall last command
UP/Down

AutoCAD BLOCKS Commands

SHORTCUT COMMAND COMMENT

ATT ATTDEF Opens attribute definition dialogue box

ATTEDIT ATTEDIT Edit attribute values for a specific block

B 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 blocks in a drawing

BE BEDIT Opens the edit block definition dialogue box

EATTEXT EATTEXT Enhanced attribute extraction wizard to count blocks

GATTE GATTE Global attribute edit of multiple blocks

I INSERT Opens insert dialogue to insert a block

-I INSERT Insert a block by name

MINSERT MINSERT Insert block in rectangular array

REFEDIT REFEDIT Edit a block reference in 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 name/layer name/color/linetype of a nested object in a block or an xref
AutoCAD CONTROL KEYS Commands

Ctrl+G Toggle Grid

Ctrl+E Cycle isometric planes

Ctrl+F Toggle running object snaps

Ctrl+H Toggle Pick Style

Ctrl+Shift+H Toggle Hide pallets

Ctrl+I Toggle Coords

Ctrl+Shift+I Toggle Infer Constraints

Toggle General Features

Ctrl+0 (zero) Clean Screen

Ctrl+1 Property Palette

Ctrl+2 Design Center Palette

Ctrl+3 Tool Palette

Ctrl+4 Sheet Set Palette

Ctrl+6 DBConnect Manager

Ctrl+7 Markup Set Manager Palette

Ctrl+8 Quick Calc

Ctrl+9 Command Line

Manage Screen

Ctrl+N New Drawing

Ctrl+S Save drawing

Ctrl+O Open drawing

Ctrl+P Plot dialog box

Ctrl+Tab Switch to next

Ctrl+Shift+Tab Switch to previous drawing

Ctrl+Page Up Switch to previous tab in current drawing

Ctrl+Page Down Switch to next tab in current drawing

Ctrl+Q Exit

Ctrl+Shift+S Save drawing as

Manage Drawings

Toggle Drawing Modes

F1 Display Help

F2 Toggle text screen

F3 Toggle object snap mode

F4 Toggle 3DOsnap

F5 Toggle Isoplane

F6 Toggle Dynamic UCS

F7 Toggle grid mode

F8 Toggle ortho mode

F9 Toggle snap mode

 F10 Toggle polar mode

F11 Toggle object snap tracking

F12 Toggle dynamic input mode

Manage Workflow

Ctrl+A Select all objects

Ctrl+C Copy object

Ctrl+K Insert hyperlink

Ctrl+X Cut object

Ctrl+V Paste object

Ctrl+Shift+C Copy to clipboard with base point

Ctrl+Shift+V Paste data as block

Ctrl+Z Undo last action

Ctrl+Y Redo last action

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

ESC Cancel current command

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

ACTSTOP / Stops the Action Recorder and provides the option of saving the recorded actions to an action macro
ARS
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, E, F
D
D DIMSTYLE / Creates and modifies dimension styles

DAN DIMANGULAR / Creates an angular dimension

DAR DIMARC / Creates an arc length dimension

DIMBASELINE / Creates a linear, angular, or ordinate dimension from the baseline of the previous or selected
DBA
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

DSETTINGS / Sets grid and snap, polar and object snap tracking, object snap modes, Dynamic Input, and Quick
DS
Properties

DT TEXT / Creates a single-line text object

DV DVIEW / Defines parallel projection or perspective views by using a camera and target

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

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

ME MEASURE / Joins similar objects to form a single, unbroken object

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

MI MIRROR / Creates a mirrored copy of selected objects

ML MLINE / Creates multiple parallel lines

MLA MLEADERALIGN / Aligns and spaces selected multileader objects

MLEADERCOLLECT / Organizes selected multileaders that contain blocks into rows or columns, and displays the
MLC
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
O OFFSET / Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel curves

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

OP OPTIONS / Customizes the program settings

ORBIT / 3DO 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

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

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

Q 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

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 SCRIPT / 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

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

TED 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

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, W, X
V

V VIEW / Saves and restores named views, camera views, layout views, and preset views.

VGO VIEWGO / Restores a named view.

VP VPOINT / 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.

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.