AutoCAD (and ACA) Keyboard Shortcuts

ALT+F8 VBA Run

ALT+F11 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

The “dashed” commands open the command line options (no dialog box) © 2008 by CADDManager.com
F1 Displays Help -CH CHANGE
F2 Text window on/off CHA CHAMFER
F3 Toggles OSNAP CHK CHECKSTANDARDS
F4 Toggles TABMODE CLI COMMANDLINE
F5 Toggles ISOPLANE COL COLOR
F6 Toggles COORDS CO COPY
F7 Toggles GRIDMODE CP COPY
F8 Toggles ORTHO MODE CT CTABLESTYLE
F9 Toggles SNAP MODE CYL CYLINDER
F10 Toggles POLAR
F11 Toggles OTRACK

D DIMSTYLE
DAL DIMALIGNED
DAN DIMANGULAR
3A 3DARRAY DAR DIMARC
3DO 3DORBIT JOG DIMJOGGED
3DW 3DWALK DBA DIMBASELINE
3F 3DFACE DBC DBCONNECT
3M 3DMOVE DC ADCENTER
3P 3DPOLY DCE DIMCENTER
3R 3DROTATE DCO DIMCONTINUE
DDA DIMDISASSOCIATE
DDI DIMDIAMETER
DED DIMEDIT
DI DIST
A ARC DIV DIVIDE
AC BACTION DJL DIMJOGLINE
ADC ADCENTER DJO DIMJOGGED
AA AREA DL DATALINK
AL ALIGN DLI DIMLINEAR
3AL 3DALIGN DLU DATALINKUPDATE
AP APPLOAD DO DONUT
AR ARRAY DOR DIMORDINATE
-AR -ARRAY DOV DIMOVERRIDE
ATI ATTIPEDIT DR DRAWORDER
ATT ATTDEF DRA DIMRADIUS
-ATT -ATTDEF DRE DIMREASSOCIATE
ATE ATTEDIT DRM DRAWINGRECOVERY
-ATE -ATTEDIT DS DSETTINGS
ATTE -ATTEDIT DST DIMSTYLE
DT TEXT
DV DVIEW
DX DATAEXTRACTION

B BLOCK
-B -BLOCK
BC BCLOSE
BE BEDIT
BH HATCH
BO BOUNDARY
-BO -BOUNDARY E ERASE
BR BREAK ED DDEDIT
BS BSAVE EL ELLIPSE
BVS BVSTATE ER EXTERNALREFERENCES
C CIRCLE EX EXTEND
CAM CAMERA EXIT QUIT
CH PROPERTIES EXP EXPORT

The “dashed” commands open the command line options (no dialog box) © 2008 by CADDManager.com
REG
EXT REGION
EXTRUDE V
MAT VIEW
MATERIALS
REN RENAME ME
-V MEASURE
-VIEW
-REN -RENAME MI
VP MIRROR
DDVPOINT
REV REVOLVE ML
-VP MLINE
VPOINT
F
RO FILLET
ROTATE MLA
VS MLEADERALIGN
VSCURRENT
FI
RP FILTER
RENDERPRESETS MLC
VSM MLEADERCOLLECT
VISUALSTYLES
RPR RPREF MLD
-VSM MLEADER
-VISUALSTYLES
RR RENDER MLE MLEADEREDIT
RW RENDERWIN MLS MLEADERSTYLE
G GROUP MO PROPERTIES
-G -GROUP MS MSPACE
GD GRADIENT MSM
W MARKUP
WBLOCK
GR DDGRIPS MT
-W MTEXT
-WBLOCK
MV
WE MVIEW
WEDGE
S STRETCH
SC SCALE
SCR SCRIPT
H
SE HATCH
DSETTINGS
-H
SEC -HATCH
SECTION X EXPLODE
HE
SET HATCHEDIT
SETVAR XA XATTACH
HI
SHA HIDE
SHADEMODE XB
O XBIND
OFFSET
SL SLICE -XB
OP -XBIND
OPTIONS
SN SNAP XC
ORBIT XCLIP
3DORBIT
SO SOLID XL
OS XLINE
OSNAP
SP
I SPELL
INSERT XR
-OS XREF
-OSNAP
SPL
-I SPLINE
-INSERT -XR -XREF
SPLANE
IAD SECTIONPLANE
IMAGEADJUST
SPE
IAT SPLINEDIT
IMAGEATTACH
SSM
ICL SHEETSET
IMAGECLIP
ST STYLE P PAN
IM IMAGE
STA STANDARDS -P
Z -PAN
ZOOM
-IM -IMAGE
SU SUBTRACT PA PASTESPEC
IMP IMPORT
PE PEDIT
IN INTERSECT
PL PLINE
INF INTERFERE
PO POINT
IO INSERTOBJ
POL POLYGON
PR PROPERTIES
PROPS PROPERTIES
PRE PREVIEW
T MTEXT PRINT PLOT
-T -MTEXT PS PSPACE
J
TA JOIN
TABLET PSOLID POLYSOLID
TB TABLE PTW PUBLISHTOWEB
TH THICKNESS PU PURGE
TI TILEMODE -PU -PURGE
L
TO LINE
TOOLBAR
LA LAYER PYR PYRAMID
TOL TOLERANCE
-LA
TOR -LAYER
TORUS
LAS
TP LAYERSTATE
TOOLPALETTES
LE
TR QLEADER
TRIM
LEN
TS LENGTHEN
TABLESTYLE
LI LIST
LO -LAYOUT
LS LIST QC QUICKCALC
LT LINETYPE QCUI QUICKCUI
-LT -LINETYPE
LTS LTSCALE
UC
LW UCSMAN
LWEIGHT
UN UNITS R REDRAW
-UN -UNITS RA REDRAWALL
UNI UNION RC RENDERCROP
RE REGEN
REA REGENALL
M MOVE REC RECTANG
MA MATCHPROP

The “dashed” commands open the command line options (no dialog box) © 2008 by CADDManager.com