AutoCAD Basic Keys

- PAN: Adds a parameter with grips to a

P
dynamic block definition
Function Keys

F1 - Display Help A - ARC: Creates an arc

F2 - Toggle Text Screen - STRETCH: Stretches objects crossed by

S
a selection window or polygon
F3 - Toggle Object Snap Mode - DIMSTYLE: Creates and modifies
D
dimension styles
F4 - Toggle 3D Osnap - FILLET: Rounds and fillets the edges of
F objects.
F5 - Toggle Isoplane
- GROUP: Creates and manages saved
G
sets of objects called groups
F6 - Toggle Dynamic UCS
- HATCH: Fills an enclosed area or
H
selected objects with a hatch pattern,
F7 - Toggle Grid Mode solid fill, or gradient fill

- Toggle Ortho Mode - JOIN: Joins similar objects to form a

F8 J
single, unbroken object

F9 - Toggle Snap Mode - LINE: Creates a straight line segments

L

F10 - Toggle Polar Mode - ZOOM: Increases or decreases the

Z
magnification of the view in the current
F11 - Toggle Object Snap Tracking viewport
X - EXPLODE: Breaks a compound object
F12 - Toggle Dynamic Input Mode into its component objects
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C - CIRCLE: Creates a circle
Typewriter Keys - VIEW: Saves and restores named views,
V
camera views, layout views, and preset
Q - QSAVE: Saves the current drawing views

- WBLOCK: Writes objects or a block to - BLOCK: Creates a block definition

W B
a new drawing file from selected objects

- ERASE: Removes object from a - MOVE: Moves objects a specified

E M
drawing distance in a specified direction

- REDRAW: Refreshes the display in the

R
current viewport - Cancel current command
ESC
- MTEXT: Creates a multiline text object
T
I
- INSERT: Inserts a block or drawing into AutoCAD Shortcut Keys
the current drawing
- OFFSET: Creates concentric circles, Toggle General Features
O
parallel lines, and parallel curves
Ctrl E + - Cycle isometric planes

- Toggle
+ running object
Ctrl F
Snaps

Ctrl G + - Toggle Grid

 Command
Ctrl + H - Toggle Pick Style
Ctrl + Shift + C - Copy to
clipboard with base
Ctrl + I - Toggle Coordinates
point
- Toggle Hide - Paste data as
Ctrl + Shift + H Ctrl + Shift + V
Pallets block

+ + - Toggle Infer
Ctrl Shift I
Constraints
AutoCAD Drawing Commands
Manage Screen
Manage Drawings
Ctrl + 0 - Clean Screen
Ctrl + N - New drawing
Ctrl + 1 - Property Palette
Ctrl + O - Open drawing
Ctrl + 2 - Design Center Palette
Ctrl + P - Plot dialog box
Ctrl + 3 - Tool Palette
Ctrl + Q - Exit
Ctrl + 4 - Sheet Set Palette
Ctrl + S - Save Drawing
Ctrl + 6 - DB Connect Manager
- +Switch to previous tab in
- Markup Set Manager Ctrl
Ctrl 7 + current drawing
Palette
- +Switch to next tab in
Ctrl
Ctrl + 8 - Quick Calc current drawing

Ctrl + Tab - Switch to next

Ctrl + 9 - Command Line

+ + - Switch to
Ctrl Shift Tab
Manage Workflow previous
drawing
Ctrl + A - Select all objects

Ctrl + C - Copy object AutoCAD Basic Actions

A Ctrl + K - Insert hyperlink

+ - Paste object Ctrl V Manages and inserts content

ADC ADCENTER: such as blocks, xrefs, and
+ - Cut object Ctrl X hatch patterns

Calculates the area and

+ - Redo last action Ctrl Y
AA AREA: perimeter of objects or of
defined areas
+ - Undo last action Ctrl Z

- +Cancel current AP APPLOAD: Load Application

Ctrl [
Command
- +Cancel current Ctrl \
 Creates, sets, or deletes a
ARR ACTRECORD: Starts the Action Recorder BVS BVSTATE: visibility state in a dynamic
block

ACTUSER Inserts a user message into

ARM C
MESSAGE: an action macro

Sets a camera and target

ACTUSERINP Pauses for user input in an
ARU location to create and save a
UT: action macro CAM CAMERA:
3D perspective view of
objects
Stops the Action Recorder
and provides the option of A toolbar-like UI element
ARS ACTSTOP: CBA CONSTRAINT that displays the available
saving the recorded actions
to an action macro file R BAR: geometric constraints on an
object
Changes the textual content
ATI ATTIPEDIT: of an attribute within a Controls properties of
block CH PROPERTIES:
existing objects

Redefines a block and

ATT ATTDEF:
updates associated attributes CHA CHAMFER: Bevels the edges of objects

Changes attribute
ATE ATTEDIT: CHECK Checks the current drawing
information in a block CHK
STANDARDS: for standards violations

B COMMAND Displays the Command

CLI
LINE: Line window

BC BCLOSE: Closes the Block Editor Sets the color for new
COL COLOR:
objects

Opens the block definition

BE BEDIT: CTABLESTYL Sets the name of the current
in the Block Editor CT
E: table style
Fills an enclosed area or
selected objects with a hatch Controls the visibility and
BH HATCH: CUB
pattern, solid fill, or NAVVCUBE: display properties of the
gradient fill. E
ViewCube tool
Creates a region or a
BO BOUNDARY: polyline from an enclosed CYL CYLINDER: Creates a 3D solid cylinder
area

Breaks the selected object

DBR BREAK:
between two points

Saves the current block

BS BSAVE: DIMANGULAR Creates an angular
definition DAN
: dimension
 Updates data to or from an
Creates an arc length DATALINK
DAR DIMARC: DLU established external data
dimension UPDATE:
link
Creates a linear, angular,
or ordinate dimension from Creates a filled circle or a
DIMBASELINE DO DONUT:
DBA the baseline of the wide ring
:
previous or selected
dimension
DIMORDINAT Creates ordinate
DOR
E: dimensions
Provides an interface to
DBC DBCONNECT:
external database tables
Controls overrides of
DIMOVERRID
DOV system variables used in
Creates the center mark or E:
selected dimensions
DCE DIMCENTER: the centerlines of circles
and arcs
Changes the draw order of
Creates a dimension that DR DRAWORDER:
images and other objects
DIMCONTINU starts from an extension
DCO
E: line of a previously created
dimension Creates a radius dimension
DRA DIMRADIUS:
for a circle or an arc
Applies dimensional
DIM
DCON constraints to selected
CONSTRAINT: DIM Associates or re-associates
objects or points on objects
DRE REASSOCIAT selected dimensions to
DIM E: objects or points on objects
Removes associativity
DDA DISASSOCIAT Displays a list of drawing
from selected dimensions
E: DRAWING files that can be recovered
DRM
RECOVERY: after a program or system
Creates a diameter failure
DIMDIAMETE
DDI dimension for a circle or
R: Sets grid and snap, polar
an arc and object snap tracking,
DS DSETTINGS: object snap modes,
Edits dimension text and Dynamic Input, and Quick
DED DIMEDIT:
extension lines Properties

Creates a single-line text

Measures the distance and DT TEXT:
DI DIST: object
angle between two points

Creates evenly spaced Defines parallel projection

point objects or blocks DV DVIEW: or perspective views by
DIV DIVIDE: using a camera and target
along the length or
perimeter of an object Extracts drawing data and
Adds or removes a jog line merges data from an
DATA
DJL DIMJOGLINE: on a linear aligned DX external source to a data
EXTRACTION:
dimension extraction table or external
file
Creates jogged dimensions
DJO DIMJOGGED:
E for circles and arcs

The Data Link dialog box Edits single-line text,

DL DATALINK: dimension text, attribute
is displayed ED DDEDIT:
definitions, and feature
control frames
 Creates an ellipse or an Modifies an existing hatch
EL ELLIPSE: HE HATCHEDIT:
elliptical arc or fill

EPD Regenerates a 3D wireframe

EXPORTPDF: Exports drawing to PDF HI HIDE: model with hidden lines
F
suppressed

EXTERNAL Opens the External

ER
REFERENCES: References palette

EXIT QUIT: Exits the program

I
Saves the objects in a
EXP EXPORT: drawing to a different fie
format
Controls the image display
IMAGEADJUS
IAD of the brightness, contrast,
T:
F and fade values of images

IMAGEATTAC Inserts a reference to an

Creates a list of IAT
H: image file
requirements that an object
FI FILTER:
must meet to be included in
Crops the display of a
a selection set
ICL IMAGECLIP: selected image to a
Creates a selection set of all specified boundary
FS FSMODE: objects that touch the
selected object Displays the UCS
ID ID: coordinate values of a
Creates a 2D representation specified location
FSHO
FLATSHOT: of all 3D objects based on
T
the current view
Displays the External
IM IMAGE:
References palette
G
Import files of different
IMP IMPORT: formats into the current
Applies or persists drawing
GEOCONSTRAIN geometric relationships
GCON Creates a 3D solid, surface,
T: between objects or
points on objects or 2D region from
IN INTERSECT:
overlapping solids,
Fills an enclosed area surfaces, or regions
GD GRADIENT: or selected objects with
Creates a temporary 3D
a gradient fill
solid from the interferences
Specifies the INF INTERFERE:
between two sets of
GEOGRAPHIC geographic location selected 3D solids
GEO
LOCATION: information for a
drawing file Inserts a linked or
IO INSERTOBJ:
embedded object
H

J
 Applies the properties of
MA MATCHPROP: a selected object to other
Creates jogged dimensions objects
JOG DIMJOGGED:
for circles and arcs
Joins similar objects to
ME MEASURE: form a single, unbroken
object
Measures the distance,
radius, angle, area, and
MEASUREGEO
MEA volume of selected
M:
objects or sequence of
L points.

Creates multiple parallel

ML MLINE:
lines
Manages layers and layer
LA LAYER:
properties Organizes selected
multileaders that contain
MLEADER
Saves, restores, and MLC blocks into rows or
LAS LAYERSTATE: COLLECT:
manages named layer states columns, and displays the
result with a single leader

Creates a leader and leader Creates a multileader

LE QLEADER: MLD MLEADER:
annotation object

Changes the length of Adds leader lines to, or

MLEADEREDIT
LEN LENGTHEN: objects and the included MLE removes leader lines
:
angle of arcs from, a multileader object

MESH Decreases the level of MLEADERSTYL Creates and modifies

LESS SMOOTHLESS smoothness for mesh MLS
E: multileader styles
: objects by one level

Displays property data for Controls properties of

LI LIST: MO PROPERTIES:
selected objects existing objects

Increases the level of

Creates and modifies MOR MESHSMOOTH
LO LAYOUT: smoothness for mesh
drawing layout tabs E MORE:
objects by one level

Switches from paper

Loads, sets, and modifies
LT LINETYPE: MS MSPACE: space to a model space
linetypes
viewport

Changes the scale factor of

Opens the Markup Set
LTS LTSCALE: linetypes for all objects in a MSM MARKUP:
Manager
drawing

Sets the current lineweight,

Creates a multiline text
LW LWEIGHT: lineweight display options, MT MTEXT:
object
and lineweight units

Creates and controls

MV MVIEW:
M layout viewports
 dynamic block
definition
Creates a new
surface by fitting a
NPATCH SURFPATCH: cap over a surface
edge that forms a
closed loop
Specifies the geographic
NORT GEOGRAPHIC Inserts an indexed
location information for a PCATTAC POINTCLOUD
H LOCATION: point cloud file into
drawing file H ATTACH:
the current drawing
Creates a named view with
NSHO motion that is played back Edits polylines and
NEWSHOT: PE PEDIT:
T when viewed with 3D polygon meshes
ShowMotion

NVIE Creates a named view with

NEWVIEW: PL PLINE: Creates a 2D polyline
W no motion

O PO POINT: Creates a point object

Creates a parallel Hides currently

surface or solid by HIDEPALETTE displayed palettes
OFFSETS POFF
SURFOFFSET: setting an offset S: (including the
RF
distance from a command line)
surface
Creates an equilateral
Customizes the POL POLYGON:
OP OPTIONS: closed polyline
program settings

Rotates the view in SHOWPALETT Restores the display

3D space, but PON
ORBIT/ ES: of hidden palettes
3DORBIT: constrained to
3DO
horizontal and vertical
orbit only Displays Properties
PR PROPERTIES:
palette
Sets running object
OS OSNAP:
snap modes
Displays the drawing
PRE PREVIEW:
as it will be plotted

P
Plots a drawing to a
PRINT PLOT:
plotter, printer, or file
Pastes objects from
the Clipboard into Switches from a
PA PASTESPEC: the current drawing model space
PS PSPACE:
and controls the viewport to paper
format of the data space
Controls the
Creates a 3D wall-
associative PSOLID POLYSOLID:
PAR PARAMETERS: like polysolid
parameters used in
the drawing
Removes unused
BPARAMETER Adds a parameter PU PURGE: items, such as block
PARAM
: with grips to a definitions and
 layers, from the
drawing Regenerates the drawing
REA REGENALL:
and refreshes all viewports
Creates a 3D solid
PYR PYRAMID:
pyramid
Creates a rectangular
REC RECTANG:
polyline

Q Converts an object that

REG REGION: encloses an area into a
region object

Opens the QuickCalc Changes the names

QC QUICKCALC: REN RENAME: assigned to items such as
calculator
layers and dimension styles
Displays the Customize Creates a 3D solid or
QCUI QUICKCUI: User Interface Editor in a REV REVOLVE: surface by sweeping a 2D
collapsed state object around an axis
Displays open drawings
QUICK Rotates objects around a
QP and layouts in a drawing in RO ROTATE:
PROPERTIES: base point
preview images

Displays open drawings Specifies render presets,

QVD QVDRAWING: and layouts in a drawing RENDERPRESE reusable rendering
RP
using preview images TS: parameters, for rendering
an image
Close preview images of Creates a photorealistic or
QVDRAWING
QVDC open drawings and layouts realistically shaded image
CLOSE: RR RENDER:
in a drawing of a 3D solid or surface
model
Displays preview images
QVL QVLAYOUT: of model space and layouts Dsiplays the Render
in a drawing RW RENDERWIN: window without starting a
rendering operation
Closes preview images of
QVLAYOUT
QVLC model space and layouts in
CLOSE:
the current drawing

S
R

Enlarges or reduces
selected objects,
Refreshes the display in all SC SCALE: keeping the proportions
RA REDRAWALL: of the object the same
viewports
after scaling
Renders a specified Exectues a sequence of
rectangular area, called a SCR SCRIPT: commands from a script
RC RENDERCROP:
crop window, within a file
viewport
Uses the intersection of
Regenerates the entire a plane and solids,
RE REGEN: drawing from the current SEC SECTION:
surfaces, or mesh to
viewport create a region
T Lists or changes the
SET SETVAR: values of system
variables
Aligns multiple text
Starts the VSCURRENT TA TEXTALIGN: objects vertically,
SHA SHADEMODE:
command horizontally, or obliquely
Creates new 3D solids
and surfaces by slicing, Creates an empty table
SL SLICE: TB TABLE:
or dividing, existing object
objects
Edits a dimensional
Creates solid-filled
TED TEXTEDIT: constraint, dimension, or
SO SOLID: triangles and
text object
quadrilaterals
Sets the default 3D
thickness property when
Checks spelling in a TH THICKNESS:
SP SPELL: creating 2D geometric
drawing
objects

Controls whether paper

Edits a spline or spline- TI TILEMODE:
SPE SPLINEDIT: space can be accessed
fit polyline

Creates geometric
Creates a smooth curve TOL TOLERANCE: tolerances contained in a
SPL SPLINE: that passes through or feature control frame
near specified points
Creates a section object Creates a donut-shaped 3D
SPLAN SECTIONPLAN that acts as a cutting TOR TORUS:
solid
E E: plane through 3D
objects
TOOLPALETT Opens the Tool Palettes
SEQUENCEPLA Plays named views in TP
SPLAY ERS: window
Y: one category

Trims objects to meet the

Splits a mesh face into TR TRIM:
SPLIT MESHSPLIT: edges of other objects
two faces

Creates, modifies, or
Opens the Sheet Set TS TABLESTYLE:
SSM SHEETSET: specifies table styles
Manager

Creates, modifies, or
ST STYLE: U
specifies text styles

Manages the association

STA STANDARDS: of standards files with Manages defined user
drawings UC UCSMAN:
coordinate systems
Combines selected 3D
SU SUBTRACT: solids, surfaces, or 2D Controls coordinate and
regions by subtraction UN UNITS: angle display formats
and precision
UNHIDE/ UNISOLATE Displays objects
 previously hidden with definitions of named
the objects in an xref to the
UNISOLA
OBJECTS: ISOLATEOBJECTS or current drawing
TE
HIDEOBJECTS Crops the display of a
command selected external
XC XCLIP: reference or block
Unions two solid or two reference to a specified
UNI UNION:
region objects boundary

Creates a line of infinite

XL XLINE:
length
V
Starts the
XR XREF: EXTERNALREFERENC
ES command
VGO VIEWGO: Restores a named view

Z
Sets the 3D viewing
VP VPOINT:
direction
Projects stripes onto a 3D
Plays the animation ZEBR ANALYSISZEBR
VPLA model to analyze surface
VIEWPLAY: associated to a named A A:
Y continuity
view
Creates a Self-Extracting
Sets the visual style in the ZIP ETRANSMIT: or Zipped Transmittal
VS VSCURRENT: Package
current viewport

Creates and modifies

VSM
VISUALSTYLE
visual styles and applies a AutoCAD Moving, Copying and
S:
visual style to a viewport Extending

W
Aligns objects with other
AL ALIGN:
objects in 2D and 3D

WE WEDGE: Creates a 3D solid wedge

Creates multiple copies
AR ARRAY:
of objects in a pattern
Displays a wheel that
WHE Copies objects a specified
NAVSWHEEL: contains a collection of
EL CO COPY: distance in a specified
view navigation tools
direction

X Extends objects to meet

EX EXTEND:
the edges of other objects

Extends the dimensions

Inserts a DWG file as an EXT EXTRUDE of a 2D object or 3D face
XA XATTACH:
external reference (xref). into 3D space

XB XBIND: Binds one or more

 Moves objects a specified
M MOVE: distance in a specified
direction

Creates a mirrored copy

MI MIRROR:
of selected objects

Aligns and spaces

MLEADERALIG
MLA selected multileader
N:
objects
Stretches objects crossed
S STRETCH: by a selection window or
polygon
Restricts cursor
SN SNAP movement to a specified
intervals