AutoCAD Keyboard Shortcuts

CADDManager on July 29th, 2008 Here is a list of the shortcuts that can be used in AutoCAD (or ACA) ALT+F8 ALT+F11 VBA Run VBA Editor

CTRL+1 Properties Palette CTRL+2 DesignCenter Palette CTRL+3 Tool Palette CTRL+4 Sheet Set Manager Palette CTRL+5 Info Palette CTRL+6 DBConnect Manager CTRL+7 Markup Set Manager Palette CTRL+A Selects objects in drawing CTRL+B Toggles Snap CTRL+C Copies objects to Clipboard CTRL+SHFT+C Copies objects to Clipboard with Base Point CTRL+D Toggles coordinate display CTRL+E Cycles through isometric planes CTRL+F Toggles running object snaps CTRL+G Toggles Grid CTRL+H Toggles PICKSTYLE on/off CTRL+J Executes last command CTRL+K Hyperlink CTRL+L Toggles Ortho mode CTRL+M (No action) CTRL+N Creates a new drawing CTRL+O Opens existing drawing CTRL+P Prints current drawing CTRL+Q Exit CTRL+R Cycles layout viewports CTRL+S Saves current drawing CTRL+SHFT+S Saveas CTRL+T Toggles Tablet mode CTRL+V Pastes data from Clipboard CTRL+SHFT+V Pastes data from Clipboard as Block CTRL+X Cuts objects to Clipboard CTRL+Y Repeats last action CTRL+Z Reverses last action CTRL+[ Cancels current command CTRL+\ Cancels current command

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Displays Help Toggles text window on/off Toggles OSNAP Toggles TABMODE Toggles ISOPLANE Toggles COORDS Toggles GRIDMODE Toggles ORTHO MODE Toggles SNAP MODE Toggles POLAR Toggles OTRACK

3A 3DARRAY 3DO 3DORBIT 3DW 3DWALK 3F 3DFACE 3M 3DMOVE 3P 3DPOLY 3R 3DROTATE A ARC AC BACTION ADC ADCENTER AA AREA AL ALIGN 3AL 3DALIGN AP APPLOAD AR ARRAY -AR -ARRAY ATI ATTIPEDIT ATT ATTDEF -ATT -ATTDEF ATE ATTEDIT -ATE -ATTEDIT ATTE -ATTEDIT B BLOCK -B -BLOCK BC BCLOSE BE BEDIT BH HATCH BO BOUNDARY -BO -BOUNDARY BR BREAK BS BSAVE BVS BVSTATE C CIRCLE CAM CAMERA

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PROPERTIES CHANGE CHAMFER CHECKSTANDARDS COMMANDLINE COLOR COPY COPY CTABLESTYLE CYLINDER DIMSTYLE DIMALIGNED DIMANGULAR DIMARC DIMJOGGED DIMBASELINE DBCONNECT ADCENTER DIMCENTER DIMCONTINUE DIMDISASSOCIATE DIMDIAMETER DIMEDIT DIST DIVIDE DIMJOGLINE DIMJOGGED DATALINK DIMLINEAR DATALINKUPDATE DONUT DIMORDINATE DIMOVERRIDE DRAWORDER DIMRADIUS DIMREASSOCIATE DRAWINGRECOVERY DSETTINGS DIMSTYLE TEXT DVIEW DATAEXTRACTION ERASE DDEDIT ELLIPSE EXTERNALREFERENCES

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EXTEND QUIT EXPORT EXTRUDE FILLET FILTER GROUP -GROUP GRADIENT DDGRIPS HATCH -HATCH HATCHEDIT HIDE INSERT -INSERT IMAGEADJUST IMAGEATTACH IMAGECLIP IMAGE -IMAGE IMPORT INTERSECT INTERFERE INSERTOBJ JOIN LINE LAYER -LAYER LAYERSTATE QLEADER LENGTHEN LIST -LAYOUT LIST LINETYPE -LINETYPE LTSCALE LWEIGHT MOVE MATCHPROP MATERIALS MEASURE MIRROR MLINE MLEADERALIGN

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RR RENDER RW RENDERWIN S STRETCH SC SCALE SCR SCRIPT SE DSETTINGS SEC SECTION SET SETVAR SHA SHADEMODE SL SLICE SN SNAP SO SOLID SP SPELL SPL SPLINE SPLANE SECTIONPLANE SPE SPLINEDIT SSM SHEETSET ST STYLE STA STANDARDS SU SUBTRACT T MTEXT -T -MTEXT TA TABLET TB TABLE TH THICKNESS TI TILEMODE TO TOOLBAR TOL TOLERANCE TOR TORUS TP TOOLPALETTES TR TRIM TS TABLESTYLE UC UCSMAN UN UNITS -UN -UNITS UNI UNION V VIEW -V -VIEW VP DDVPOINT -VP VPOINT VS VSCURRENT VSM VISUALSTYLES -VSM -VISUALSTYLES W WBLOCK -W -WBLOCK WE WEDGE

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EXPLODE XATTACH XBIND -XBIND XCLIP XLINE XREF -XREF ZOOM

List of shortcut keys Shortcut Keys Command How useful(?)

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ALT+F8 ALT+F11 CTRL+1 CTRL+2 CTRL+3 CTRL+4 CTRL+5 CTRL+6 CTRL+7 CTRL+A CTRL+B CTRL+C CTRL+SHFT+C CTRL+D VBA Run VBA Editor Properties Palette DesignCenter Palette Tool Palette Sheet Set Manager Palette Info Palette DBConnect Manager Markup Set Manager Palette Selects objects in drawing Toggles Snap Copies objects to Clipboard Copies objects to Clipboard with Base Point Toggles coordinate display + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Shortcut CTRL+E CTRL+F CTRL+G CTRL+H CTRL+J

Command Cycles through isometric planes Toggles running object snaps Toggles Grid Toggles PICKSTYLE on/off Executes last command

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CTRL+K CTRL+L CTRL+M CTRL+N CTRL+O CTRL+P CTRL+Q CTRL+R CTRL+S CTRL+SHFT+S CTRL+T CTRL+V CTRL+SHFT+V CTRL+X CTRL+Y CTRL+Z

Hyperlink Toggles Ortho mode (No action) Creates a new drawing Opens existing drawing Prints current drawing Exit Cycles layout viewports Saves current drawing Saveas Toggles Tablet mode Pastes data from Clipboard Pastes data from Clipboard as Block Cuts objects to Clipboard Repeats last action Reverses last action

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Shortcut CTRL+[ CTRL+\ F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11

Command Cancels current command Cancels current command Displays Help Toggles text window on/off Toggles OSNAP Toggles TABMODE Toggles ISOPLANE Toggles COORDS Toggles GRIDMODE Toggles ORTHO MODE Toggles SNAP MODE Toggles POLAR Toggles OTRACK

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Aliases

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3A 3DMIRROR 3DNavigate 3DO 3DW *3DARRAY *MIRROR3D *3DWALK *3DORBIT *3DWALK + + + + +

3F 3M 3P 3R A AC ADC AECTOACAD AA AL 3AL AP AR -AR ATI ATT -ATT ATE -ATE ATTE B -B BC

*3DFACE *3DMOVE *3DPOLY *3DROTATE *ARC *BACTION *ADCENTER *-ExportToAutoCAD *AREA *ALIGN *3DALIGN *APPLOAD *ARRAY *-ARRAY *ATTIPEDIT *ATTDEF *-ATTDEF *ATTEDIT *-ATTEDIT *-ATTEDIT *BLOCK *-BLOCK *BCLOSE

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BE BH BO -BO BR BS BVS C CAM CH -CH CHA CHK CLI COL COLOUR CO CP CT CYL D DAL DAN

*BEDIT *HATCH *BOUNDARY *-BOUNDARY *BREAK *BSAVE *BVSTATE *CIRCLE *CAMERA *PROPERTIES *CHANGE *CHAMFER *CHECKSTANDARDS *COMMANDLINE *COLOR *COLOR *COPY *COPY *CTABLESTYLE *CYLINDER *DIMSTYLE *DIMALIGNED *DIMANGULAR

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DAR JOG DBA DBC DC DCE DCENTER DCO DDA DDI DED DI DIV DJL DJO DL DLI DLU DO DOR DOV DR DRA

*DIMARC *DIMJOGGED *DIMBASELINE *DBCONNECT *ADCENTER *DIMCENTER *ADCENTER *DIMCONTINUE *DIMDISASSOCIATE *DIMDIAMETER *DIMEDIT *DIST *DIVIDE *DIMJOGLINE *DIMJOGGED *DATALINK *DIMLINEAR *DATALINKUPDATE *DONUT *DIMORDINATE *DIMOVERRIDE *DRAWORDER *DIMRADIUS

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DRE DRM DS DST DT DV DX E ED EL ER EX EXIT EXP EXT F FI FREEPOINT FSHOT G -G GD GEO

*DIMREASSOCIATE *DRAWINGRECOVERY *DSETTINGS *DIMSTYLE *TEXT *DVIEW *DATAEXTRACTION *ERASE *DDEDIT *ELLIPSE *EXTERNALREFERENCES *EXTEND *QUIT *EXPORT *EXTRUDE *FILLET *FILTER *POINTLIGHT *FLATSHOT *GROUP *-GROUP *GRADIENT *GEOGRAPHICLOCATION

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GR H -H HE HI I -I IAD IAT ICL IM -IM IMP IN INF IO J L LA -LA LAS LE LEN

*DDGRIPS *HATCH *-HATCH *HATCHEDIT *HIDE *INSERT *-INSERT *IMAGEADJUST *IMAGEATTACH *IMAGECLIP *IMAGE *-IMAGE *IMPORT *INTERSECT *INTERFERE *INSERTOBJ *JOIN *LINE *LAYER *-LAYER *LAYERSTATE *QLEADER *LENGTHEN

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LI LINEWEIGHT LMAN LO LS LT -LT LTYPE -LTYPE LTS LW M MA MAT ME MI ML MLA MLC MLD MLE MLS MO

*LIST *LWEIGHT *LAYERSTATE *-LAYOUT *LIST *LINETYPE *-LINETYPE *LINETYPE *-LINETYPE *LTSCALE *LWEIGHT *MOVE *MATCHPROP *MATERIALS *MEASURE *MIRROR *MLINE *MLEADERALIGN *MLEADERCOLLECT *MLEADER *MLEADEREDIT *MLEADERSTYLE *PROPERTIES

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MS MSM MT MV NORTH NORTHDIR O OP ORBIT OS -OS P -P PA PARAM PARTIALOPEN PE PL PO POL PR PRCLOSE PROPS

*MSPACE *MARKUP *MTEXT *MVIEW *GEOGRAPHICLOCATION *GEOGRAPHICLOCATION *OFFSET *OPTIONS *3DORBIT *OSNAP *-OSNAP *PAN *-PAN *PASTESPEC *BPARAMETER *-PARTIALOPEN *PEDIT *PLINE *POINT *POLYGON *PROPERTIES *PROPERTIESCLOSE *PROPERTIES

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PRE PRINT PS PSOLID PTW PU -PU PYR QC QCUI R RA RC RE REA REC REG REN -REN REV RO RP RPR

*PREVIEW *PLOT *PSPACE *POLYSOLID *PUBLISHTOWEB *PURGE *-PURGE *PYRAMID *QUICKCALC *QUICKCUI *REDRAW *REDRAWALL *RENDERCROP *REGEN *REGENALL *RECTANG *REGION *RENAME *-RENAME *REVOLVE *ROTATE *RENDERPRESETS *RPREF

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RR RW S SC SCR SE SEC SET SHA SL SN SO SP SPL SPLANE SPE SSM ST STA SU T -T TA

*RENDER *RENDERWIN *STRETCH *SCALE *SCRIPT *DSETTINGS *SECTION *SETVAR *SHADEMODE *SLICE *SNAP *SOLID *SPELL *SPLINE *SECTIONPLANE *SPLINEDIT *SHEETSET *STYLE *STANDARDS *SUBTRACT *MTEXT *-MTEXT *TABLET

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TB TH TI TO TOL TOR TP TR TS UC UN -UN UNI V -V VP -VP VS VSM -VSM W -W WE

*TABLE *THICKNESS *TILEMODE *TOOLBAR *TOLERANCE *TORUS *TOOLPALETTES *TRIM *TABLESTYLE *UCSMAN *UNITS *-UNITS *UNION *VIEW *-VIEW *DDVPOINT *VPOINT *VSCURRENT *VISUALSTYLES *-VISUALSTYLES *WBLOCK *-WBLOCK *WEDGE

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*EXPLODE *XATTACH *XBIND *-XBIND *XCLIP *XLINE *XREF *-XREF *ZOOM

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Aliases (Alternative from Release 13)

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AV CP DIMALI DIMANG DIMBASE DIMCONT DIMDIA DIMED DIMTED DIMLIN DIMORD *DSVIEWER *COPY *DIMALIGNED *DIMANGULAR *DIMBASELINE *DIMCONTINUE *DIMDIAMETER *DIMEDIT *DIMTEDIT *DIMLINEAR *DIMORDINATE + + + + + + + + + + +

DIMRAD DIMSTY DIMOVER LEAD TM

*DIMRADIUS *DIMSTYLE *DIMOVERRIDE *LEADER *TILEMODE

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Aliases (Hyperlink/URL Release 14 compatibility)

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