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One-key shortcuts
Below, you'll find the AutoCAD one-key shortcuts. Click on the image for a larger view.
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Manage Screen
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Manage Drawings
Ctrl+Q Exit
F1 Display Help
F4 Toggle 3DOsnap
F5 Toggle Isoplane
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Manage Workflow
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A, B, C
A
ADCENTER / Manages and inserts content such as blocks, xrefs, and hatch
ADC
patterns
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ACTSTOP / Stops the Action Recorder and provides the option of saving the
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HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill,
BH
or gradient fill
CAMERA / Sets a camera and target location to create and save a 3D perspective
CAM
view of objects
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D
DCE DIMCENTER / Creates the center mark or the centerlines of circles and arcs
DIVIDE / Creates evenly spaced point objects or blocks along the length or
DIV
perimeter of an object
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DIMREASSOCIATE / Associates or re-associates selected dimensions to objects or
DRE US
points on objects
DSETTINGS / Sets grid and snap, polar and object snap tracking, object snap
DS
modes, Dynamic Input, and Quick Properties
DDEDIT / Edits single-line text, dimension text, attribute definitions, and feature
ED
control frames
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FSHOT
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HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill,
H
or gradient fill
IMAGEADJUST / Controls the image display of the brightness, contrast, and fade
IAD
values of images
IMP IMPORT / Imports files of different formats into the current drawing
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surfaces, or regions
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INTERFERE / Creates a temporary 3D solid from the interferences between two
INF
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FREE INSERTOBJ / Inserts a linked or embedded object
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LEN LENGTHEN / Changes the length of objects and the included angle of arcs
LTS LTSCALE / Changes the scale factor of linetypes for all objects in a drawing
LWEIGHT / Sets the current lineweight, lineweight display options, and lineweight
LW
units
M, N, O
M
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STUDENT & EDUCATORS MIRROR / Creates a mirrored copy of selected objects
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CONTACT MLINE / Creates multiple parallel lines
MLEADEREDIT / Adds leader lines to, or removes leader lines from, a multileader
MLE
object
NEWSHOT / Creates a named view with motion that is played back when viewed
NSHOT
with ShowMotion
OFFSETSRF SURFOFFSET/ Creates a parallel surface or solid by setting an offset distance from
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OP OPTIONS / Customizes the program settings
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3DORBIT / Rotates the view in 3D space, but constrained to horizontal and
ORBIT / 3DO
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PASTESPEC / Pastes objects from the Clipboard into the current drawing and
PA
controls the format of the data
SURFPATCH / Creates a new surface by fitting a cap over a surface edge that forms
PATCH
a closed loop
PCATTACH POINTCLOUDATTACH / Inserts an indexed point cloud file into the current drawing
POFF HIDEPALETTES / Hides currently displayed palettes (including the command line)
PURGE / Removes unused items, such as block definitions and layers, from the
PU
drawing
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QCTRIALS QUICKCALC / Opens the QuickCalc calculator
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QCUI QUICKCUI / Displays the Customize User Interface Editor in a collapsed state
STUDENT & EDUCATORS QUICKPROPERTIES / Displays open drawings and layouts in a drawing in preview
QP
images
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Q QSAVE / Saves the current drawing
QVL QVLAYOUT / Displays preview images of model space and layouts in a drawing
REG REGION / Converts an object that encloses an area into a region object
RENAME / Changes the names assigned to items such as layers and dimension
REN
styles
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RW RENDERWIN / Displays the Render window without starting a rendering operation
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S STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or polygon
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SCALE / Enlarges or reduces selected objects, keeping the proportions of the
SC
object the same after scaling
SECTION / Uses the intersection of a plane and solids, surfaces, or mesh to create
SEC
a region
SL SLICE / Creates new 3D solids and surfaces by slicing, or dividing, existing objects
SPL SPLINE / Creates a smooth curve that passes through or near specified points
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TA TEXTALIGN / Aligns multiple text objects vertically, horizontally, or obliquely
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TB SHORTCUTS TABLE / Creates an empty table object
TED
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TH
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TI TILEMODE / Controls whether paper space can be accessed
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TOL TOLERANCE / Creates geometric tolerances contained in a feature control frame
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V
VIEW / Saves and restores named views, camera views, layout views, and preset
V
views.
VISUALSTYLES / Creates and modifies visual styles and applies a visual style to a
VSM
viewport.
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W WBLOCK / Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file.
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WE WEDGE / Creates a 3D solid wedge.
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WHEEL NAVSWHEEL / Displays a wheel that contains a collection of view navigation tools.
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X
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X EXPLODE / Breaks a compound object into its component objects.
XBIND / Binds one or more definitions of named objects in an xref to the current
XB
drawing.
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