AutoCAD Keyboard Shortcuts

ALT+F8
ALT+F11

VBA Run
VBA Editor

CTRL+0
CTRL+1
CTRL+2
CTRL+3
CTRL+4
CTRL+5
CTRL+6
CTRL+7
CTRL+8
CTRL+9
CTRL+A
CTRL+B
CTRL+C
CTRL+SHIFT+C
CTRL+D
CTRL+E
CTRL+F
CTRL+G
CTRL+H
CTRL+SHIFT+H
CTRL+I
CTRL+SHIFT+I
CTRL+J
CTRL+K
CTRL+L
CTRL+M
CTRL+N
CTRL+O
CTRL+P
CTRL+SHIFT+P
CTRL+Q
CTRL+R
CTRL+S
CTRL+SHIFT+S
CTRL+T
CTRL+V
CTRL+SHIFT+V
CTRL+X
CTRL+Y
CTRL+Z
CTRL+[
CTRL+\

Clean Screen
Properties Palette
DesignCenter Palette
Tool Palette
Sheet Set Manager Palette
Info Palette (removed)
DBConnect Manager
Markup Set Manager Palette
QuickCalc
Command Line
Select all objects in drawing
Toggles Snap (removed)
Copies objects to Clipboard
Copies objects to Clipboard with Base Point
Toggles dynamic UCS
Cycles through isometric planes
Toggles running object snaps
Toggles Grid
Toggles PICKSTYLE on/off
Toggle Hide Palettes
Toggle Coords
Toggle Infer Constraints
Executes last command
Hyperlink
Toggles Ortho mode
(No action)
Creates a new drawing
Opens existing drawing
Plot current drawing
Toggle QPMODE
Exit
Cycles layout viewports (removed)
Saves current drawing
Saveas
Toggles Tablet mode (removed)
Pastes data from Clipboard
Pastes data from Clipboard as Block
Cuts objects to Clipboard
Repeats last action
Reverses last action
Cancels current command
Cancels current command

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F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
F10
F11
F12

Displays Help
Text window on/off
Toggles OSNAP
Toggles TABMODE
Toggles ISOPLANE
Toggles COORDS
Toggles GRIDMODE
Toggles ORTHO MODE
Toggles SNAP MODE
Toggles POLAR
Toggles OTRACK
Suppress Dynamic Input

SHIFT
SHIFT+'
SHIFT+,
SHIFT+.
SHIFT+/
SHIFT+;
SHIFT+]
SHIFT+A
SHIFT+C
SHIFT+D
SHIFT+E
SHIFT+F1
SHIFT+F2
SHIFT+F3
SHIFT+F4
SHIFT+F5
SHIFT+L
SHIFT+M
SHIFT+P
SHIFT+Q
SHIFT+S
SHIFT+V
SHIFT+X
SHIFT+Z

Toggles Orthogonal Mode

TogglesObject Snap Mode
Object Snap Override: Center
Toggles Polar Mode
Toggles Dynamic UCS Mode
Enables Object Snap Enforcement
Toggles Object Snap Tracking Mode
Toggles Object Snapmode
Object Snap Override: Center
Disable All Snapping and Tracking
Object Snap Override: Endpoint
Subobject Selection, No filter
Subobject Selection, Vertex
Subobject Selection, Edge
Subobject Selection, Face
Solid History
Disable All Snapping and Tracking
Object Snap Override: Midpoint
Object Snap Override: Endpoint
Toggles Object Snap Tracking Mode
Enables Object Snap Enforcment
Object Snap Override: Midpoint
Toggles Polar Mode
Toggles Dynamic UCS Mode

Temporary Override
Temporary
Temporary
Temporary
Temporary
Temporary

Override
Override
Override
Override
Override

Temporary
Temporary
Temporary
Temporary
Temporary
Temporary
Temporary
Temporary
Temporary
Temporary
Temporary

Override
Override
Override
Override
Override
Override
Override
Override
Override
Override
Override

Temporary
Temporary
Temporary
Temporary
Temporary
Temporary
Temporary
Temporary

Override
Override
Override
Override
Override
Override
Override
Override

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3DO
3DP
3DW
3F
3M
3P
3R
3S

3DARRAY
3DORBIT
3DPRINT
3DWALK
3DFACE
3DMOVE
3DPOLY
3DROTATE
3DSCALE

A
AC
ADC
AA
AL
3AL
AP
AR
-AR
ARR
ARM
-ARM
ARU
ARS
-ARS
ATI
ATT
-ATT
ATE
-ATE
ATTE

ARC
BACTION
ADCENTER
AREA
ALIGN
3DALIGN
APPLOAD
ARRAY
-ARRAY
ACTRECORD
ACTUSERMESSAGE
-ACTUSERMESSAGE
ACTUSERINPUT
ACTSTOP
-ACTSTOP
ATTIPEDIT
ATTDEF
-ATTDEF
ATTEDIT
-ATTEDIT
-ATTEDIT

B
-B
BC
BE
BH
BO
-BO
BR
BS
BVS

BLOCK
-BLOCK
BCLOSE
BEDIT
HATCH
BOUNDARY
-BOUNDARY
BREAK
BSAVE
BVSTATE

C
CAM
CBAR
CH
-CH
CHA
CHK
CLI
COL
CO
CP
CT
CUBE
CYL

CIRCLE
CAMERA
CONSTRAINTBAR
PROPERTIES
CHANGE
CHAMFER
CHECKSTANDARDS
COMMANDLINE
COLOR
COPY
COPY
CTABLESTYLE
NAVVCUBE
CYLINDER

D
DAL
DAN
DAR
JOG
DBA
DBC
DC
DCE
DCO
DCON
DDA
DDI
DED
DI
DIV
DJL
DJO
DL
DLI
DLU
DO
DOR
DOV
DR
DRA
DRE
DRM
DS
DST
DT
DV
DX

DIMSTYLE
DIMALIGNED
DIMANGULAR
DIMARC
DIMJOGGED
DIMBASELINE
DBCONNECT
ADCENTER
DIMCENTER
DIMCONTINUE
DIMCONSTRAINT
DIMDISASSOCIATE
DIMDIAMETER
DIMEDIT
DIST
DIVIDE
DIMJOGLINE
DIMJOGGED
DATALINK
DIMLINEAR
DATALINKUPDATE
DONUT
DIMORDINATE
DIMOVERRIDE
DRAWORDER
DIMRADIUS
DIMREASSOCIATE
DRAWINGRECOVERY
DSETTINGS
DIMSTYLE
TEXT
DVIEW
DATAEXTRACTION

E
ED
EL
ER
ESHOT
EX
EXIT
EXP
EXT

ERASE
DDEDIT
ELLIPSE
EXTERNALREFERENCES
EDITSHOT
EXTEND
QUIT
EXPORT
EXTRUDE

F
FI
FSHOT

FILLET
FILTER
FLATSHOT

G
-G
GCON
GD
GEO
GR

GROUP
-GROUP
GEOCONSTRAINT
GRADIENT
GEOGRAPHICLOCATION
DDGRIPS

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H
-H
HB
HE
HI

HATCH
-HATCH
HATCHTOBACK
HATCHEDIT
HIDE

I
-I
IAD
IAT
ICL
IM
-IM
IMP
IN
INF
IO

INSERT
-INSERT
IMAGEADJUST
IMAGEATTACH
IMAGECLIP
IMAGE
-IMAGE
IMPORT
INTERSECT
INTERFERE
INSERTOBJ

JOIN

L
LA
-LA
LAS
LE
LEN
LESS
LI
LMAN
LO
LS
LT
-LT
LTYPE
-LTYPE
LTS
LW

LINE
LAYER
-LAYER
LAYERSTATE
QLEADER
LENGTHEN
MESHSMOOTHLESS
LIST
LAYERSTATE
-LAYOUT
LIST
LINETYPE
-LINETYPE
LINETYPE
-LINETYPE
LTSCALE
LWEIGHT

M
MA
MAT
ME
MEA
MI
ML
MLA
MLC
MLD
MLE
MLS
MO
MORE
MS
MSM
MT
MV

MOVE
MATCHPROP
MATERIALS
MEASURE
MEASUREREGION
MIRROR
MLINE
MLEADERALIGN
MLEADERCOLLECT
MLEADER
MLEADEREDIT
MLEADERSTYLE
PROPERTIES
MESHSMOOTHMORE
MSPACE
MARKUP
MTEXT
MVIEW

NORTH
NSHOT
NVIEW

GEOGRAPHICLOCATION
NEWSHOT
NEWVIEW

O
OP
ORBIT
OS
-OS

OFFSET
OPTIONS
3DORBIT
OSNAP
-OSNAP

P
-P
PA
PAR
-PAR
PARAM
PATCH
PC
PCATTACH
PCINDEX
PE
PL
PO
POFF
POL
PON
PR
PROPS
PRE
PRINT
PS
PSOLID
PTW
PU
-PU
PYR

PAN
-PAN
PASTESPEC
PARAMETERS
-PARAMETERS
BPARAMETER
SURFPATCH
POINTCLOUD
POINTCLOUDATTACH
POINTCLOUDINDEX
PEDIT
PLINE
POINT
HIDEPALETTES
POLYGON
SHOWPALETTES
PROPERTIES
PROPERTIES
PREVIEW
PLOT
PSPACE
POLYSOLID
PUBLISHTOWEB
PURGE
-PURGE
PYRAMID

QC
QCUI
QP
QVD
QVDC
QVL
QVLC

QUICKCALC
QUICKCUI
QUICKPROPERTIES
QVDDRAWING
QVDDRAWINGCLOSE
QVLAYOUT
QVLAYOUTCLOSE

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R
RA
RC
RE
REA
REC
REG
REN
-REN
REV
RO
RP
RPR
RR
RW

REDRAW
REDRAWALL
RENDERCROP
REGEN
REGENALL
RECTANG
REGION
RENAME
-RENAME
REVOLVE
ROTATE
RENDERPRESETS
RPREF
RENDER
RENDERWIN

S
SC
SCR
SE
SEC
SET
SHA
SL
SN
SO
SP
SPL
SPLANE
SPLAY
SPLIT
SPE
SSM
ST
STA
SU

STRETCH
SCALE
SCRIPT
DSETTINGS
SECTION
SETVAR
SHADEMODE
SLICE
SNAP
SOLID
SPELL
SPLINE
SECTIONPLANE
SEQUENCEPALY
MESHSPLIT
SPLINEDIT
SHEETSET
STYLE
STANDARDS
SUBTRACT

T
-T
TA
TB
TEDIT
TH
TI
TO
TOL
TOR
TP
TR
TS

MTEXT
-MTEXT
TABLET
TABLE
TEXTEDIT
THICKNESS
TILEMODE
TOOLBAR
TOLERANCE
TORUS
TOOLPALETTES
TRIM
TABLESTYLE

UC
UN
-UN
UNHIDE
UNI
UNISOLATE

UCSMAN
UNITS
-UNITS
UNISOLATEOBJECTS
UNION
UNISOLATEOBJECT

V
-V
VGO
VP
-VP
VPLAY
VS
VSM
-VSM

VIEW
-VIEW
VIEWGO
DDVPOINT
VPOINT
VIEWPLAY
VSCURRENT
VISUALSTYLES
-VISUALSTYLES

W
-W
WE
WHEEL

WBLOCK
-WBLOCK
WEDGE
NAVSWHEEL

X
XA
XB
-XB
XC
XL
XR
-XR

EXPLODE
XATTACH
XBIND
-XBIND
XCLIP
XLINE
XREF
-XREF

Z
ZEBRA

ZOOM
ANALYSISZEBRA

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Alternate Shortcuts in AutoCAD13

AV
CP
DIMALI
DIMANG
DIMBASE
DIMCONT
DIMDIA
DIMED
DIMTED
DIMLIN
DIMORD
DIMRAD
DIMSTY
DIMOVER
LEAD
TM

DSVIEWER
COPY
DIMALIGNED
DIMANGULAR
DIMBASELINE
DIMCONTINUE
DIMDIAMETER
DIMEDIT
DIMTEDIT
DIMLINEAR
DIMORDINATE
DIMRADIUS
DIMSTYLE
DIMOVERRIDE
LEADER
TILEMODE

Aliases for Hyperlink/URL Release 14

SAVEURL
OPENURL
INSERTURL
Discontinued
AAD
AEX
ALI
ASQ
ARO
ASE
DDATTDEF
DDATTEXT
DDCHPROP
DDCOLOR
DDLMODES
DDLTYPE
DDMODIFY
DDOSNAP
DDUCS

SAVE
OPEN
INSERT
in AutoCAD 2000
DBCONNECT
DBCONNECT
DBCONNECT
DBCONNECT
DBCONNECT
DBCONNECT
ATTDEF
ATTEXT
PROPERTIES
COLOR
LAYER
LINETYPE
PROPERTIES
OSNAP
UCS

Discontinued in AutoCAD
ACADBLOCKDIALOG
ACADWBLOCKDIALOG
ADCENTER
BMAKE
BMOD
BPOLY
CONTENT
DDATTE
DDIM
DDINSERT
DDPLOTSTAMP
DDRMODES
DDSTYLE
DDUCS
DDUCSP
DDUNITS
DDVIEW
DIMHORIZONTAL
DIMROTATED
DIMVERTICAL
DOUGHNUT
DTEXT
DWFOUT
DXFIN
DXFOUT
PAINTER
PREFERENCES
RECTANGLE
SHADE
VIEWPORTS
EDWFX
EDWF
EPDF
-QPUB

Discontinued
RMAT
FOG
FINISH
SETUV
SHOWMAT
RFILEOPT
RENDSCR

2004
BLOCK
WBLOCK
ADCENTER
BLOCK
BLOCK
BOUNDARY
ADCENTER
ATTEDIT
DIMSTYLE
INSERT
PLOTSTAMP
DSETTINGS
STYLE
UCSMAN
UCSMAN
UNITS
VIEW
DIMLINEAR
DIMLINEAR
DIMLINEAR
DONUT
TEXT
PLOT
OPEN
SAVEAS
MATCHPROP
OPTIONS
RECTANG
SHADEMODE
VPORTS
EXPORTDWFX
EXPORTDWF
EXPORTPDF
EXPORT

in AutoCAD 2007
MATBROWSEROPEN
RENDERENVIRONMENT
MATERIALS
MATERIALMAP
LIST
RENDERPRESETS
RENDERWIN

Discontinued in AutoCAD 2009

DASHBOARD
RIBBON
DASHBOARDCLOSE RIBBONCLOSE

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