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AUTOCAD
SHORTKEYS:
F8 – Orthogonal/Orthographic Snapping

F3 – Object Snapping

F10 – Polar Tracking

F12 – Dynamic Input

F5 – Isometric Drafting

F11 – Object Snapping Tracking

Ctrl+ P – Plot

Shift+ Right Click – Shows Object Snapping Commands during edition

Shift+ Scroll and Drag – To Orbit

Ctrl+ 9 – Appearance of command tab

COMMANDS:
Ribbonclose – Close ribbon in home tab

Ribbon – Appearance of ribbons in home tab

UCSICON – To shift origin

UN - Units

L – Draw line (After putting the length of the line press “TAB” key to input the angle of the line)

PL – Draw Polyline

PE – Polyline Edit (After drawing a polyline you can select “Polyline Edit” and then select fit to make
smooth curves)

A – Draw Arc

C – Draw Circle

EL – Ellipse (Mostly used for isometric views)

REC – Draw Rectangle

EXPLODE – Polyline to Line

JOIN – Line to Polyline

M – Move a shape from one point to another (Centre Snapping can be used define the center of
movable shape)
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CO – Copy

SC – Scale (Increase or decrease size)

LTS – Line type Scale

MI – Mirror shape

TR – Trim

E - Erase

EX – Extend

F – Fillet (Extends two-line segments to meet at a corner) (“radius” option can be used to make round
edges)

Z – Zoom (Z ->Enter ->E = Zoom Extents) (Z ->Enter ->O = Zoom to selected object) (Z ->Enter ->A = Zoom
All)

O – Offset (Creates a copy at specific distance)

RO – Rotate object

DIST – Measure Distance

FILLET – Make extended lines into one polyline (For sharp edges use radius “0”)

D – Dimension Styles

DIMED – Dimension Edit (To perfectly align dimensions) → Select “Oblique” →Select dimensions
→Press Enter→Select the preferred line like which you want the dimensions

XLine – Construction Line

TEXT – Write Text

H – Hatch (Only can be done on closed surface)

PR – Properties

MA – Match Properties (Used to match property of another object e.g. matching layers)

Polar Array – To make spike centering any circle

UNION – Solid Union

PressPull – To make 3D object

PLOT – To publish/make PDF of the diagram

**Pressing Enter repeats the last command**

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Snapping Instructions (Object Snapping):

** Snapping tools are in bottom right side

** Node snapping is used for points

** Intersection Snapping is used in intersections

** Perpendicular Snapping is used to draw a perpendicular line from a point

** Tangent Snapping is used to draw tangent line from one point

** Nearest Snapping tool helps to find the nearest point on a shape to use that point to draw any new
shape

Layout:

**COLOR

255 – Will Print White

White – Will Print Black

** VP Color refers to the color which will print out