CAD-COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING

Research work 101

AUTOCAD COMMANDS

COMMANDS SHORTCUT/KEY- USE/FUNCTION

STROKE
1 LINES L USED FOR MAKING LINES IN DRAWING
2 CIRCLE C USED FOR MAKING A CIRCLE
3 POLYLINE PL USED TO MAKE A POLYLINE
4 RECTANGLE REC THIS COMMAND WILL MAKE A RECTANGLE
5 ARC ARC CAN BE USED TO MAKE AN ARC
6 ZOOM Z INCREASE OR DECREASE THE
MAGNIFICATION OF THE VIEW
7 QSAVE Q SAVES THE CURRENT DRAWING
8 WBLOCK W WRITES OBJECTS OR A BLOCK TO A NEW
DRAWING FILE
9 STRETCH S STRETCHES THE OBJECT CROSSED BY A
SELECTION WINDOW OR POLYGON
10 EXPLODE X BREAKS A COMPOUND OBJECT INTO A
COMPONENT OBJECTS
11 ERASE E REMOVES OBJETS FROM THE DRAWING
12 DIMSTYLE D CREATES AND MODIFIES DIMENSION STYLE
13 REDRAW R REFRESHES THE DISPLAY IN THE CURRENT
VIEWPOINT
14 FILLET F ROUNDS AND FILLETS THE EDGES OF
OBJECTS
15 VIEW V SAVES AND RESTORE NAMED
VIEWS,CAMERA VIEWS
16 MTEXT T CREATES A MULTILINE TEXT OBJECTS
17 GROUP G CREATES THE MANAGES SAVED SETS OF
OBJECTS
18 BLOCK B CREATES A BLOCK DEFINITION FROM
SELECTED OBJECTS
19 HATCH H FILLS AN ENCLOSED AREA OR SELECTED
OBJECTS WITH A HATCH PATTERN,SOLID
FILL,OR GRADIENT FILL
20 JOIN J JOINS SIMILAR OBJECTS TO FORM A
SINGLE,UNBROKEN OBJECTS
21 MOVE M MOVES A OBJECT A SPECIFIED DISTANCE IN
A SPECIFIED DIRECTION
22 OFFSET O CREATED CONCENTRIC CIRCLES,PARALLEL
LINES,AND PARALLEL CURVES
23 INSERT I INSERT A BLOCK OR DRAWING INTO THE
CIRRENT DRAWING
24 PAN P ADDS A PARAMETER WITH GRIPS TO A
DYNAMIC BLOCK DEFINITION
25 ARRAY AR CREATES MULTIPLE COPIES OF OBJECTS IN
A PATTERN
26 TRIM TR TRIMS OBJECT TO MEET THE EDGES OF
OTHER OBJECTS
27 NEW N CREATE NEW DRAWING
28 BOUNDARY BO CREATES A REGION OR A POLYLINE FROM
AN ENCLOSED AREA
29 COPY CO COPIES OBJECTS A SPECIFIED DISTANCE IN
A SPECIFIED DIRECTION
30 IMAGE IM DISPLAY THE EXTERNAL REFERENCES
PALETTE
31 LAYER LA MANAGE LAYERS AND LAYERS PROPERTIES
32 LIST LI DISPLAY PROPERTY DATA FOR SELECTED
OBJECTS
33 MIRROR MI CREATES A MIRRORED COPY OF SELECTED
OBJECTS
34 OPTIONS OP CUSTOMIZE THE PROGRAM SETTING
35 PARAMETER PAR CONTROLS THE ASSOCIATIVE PARAMETERS
USED IN THE DRAWING
36 POLYGON POL CREATES AN EQUALATERAL CLOSED
POLYLINE
37 PREVIEW PRE DISPLAY THE DRAWING AS IT WILL
PLOTTED
38 RENAME REN CHANGES THE NAMES ASSIGNED TO ITEMS
SUCH AS LAYERS AND DIMENSION STYLE
39 ROTATE RO ROTATES THE OBJECTS AROUND A BASE
POINTS
40 SCALE SC ENLARGES OR REDUCES SELECTED OBJECTS
41 SOLID SO CREATES SOLID FILLED TRIANGLES AND
QUADRILATERALS
42 SNAP SN RESCTRICT CURSOR A MOVEMENT TO
SPECIFIED INTERVALS
43 SPELL SP CHECKS SPELLING IN THE DRAWING
44 STYLE ST CREATES,MODIFIES,OR SPECIFIES TEXT
STYLES
45 TEXT ALIGN TA ALIGN MULTIPLE TEXT OBJECTS
VERTICALLY,HORIZONTALY,OR OBLIQUELY
46 TABLE TB CREATES AN EMPTY TABLE OBJECT
47 TABLESTYLE TS CREATES,MODIFIES,OR SPECIFIES TABLE
STYLE
48 UNITS UN CONTROLS COORDINATE AND ANGLE
DISPLAY FORMATS AND PERCISION
49 AREA AA CALCULATES THE AREA AND PERIMETER
OF OBJECTS OR DEFINED AREAS
50 BCLOSE BC CLOSES THE BLOCK EDITOR
51 BREAK BR BREAK THE SELECTED OBJECTS BETWEEN
TWO POINTS
52 BSAVE BS SAVES THE CURRENT BLOCK DEFINITION
53 CHAMFER CHA BEVELS THE EDGES OF THE OBJECTS
54 PROPERTIES CH CONTROLS PROPERTIES OF EXISTING
OBJECTS
55 COMMANDLINE CLI DISPLAYS THE COMMAND LINE WINDOW
56 COLOR COL SETS THE COLOR FOR NEW OBJECTS
57 DIMARC DAR CREATES AN ARC LENGTH DIMENSION
58 DIMCENTER DCE CREATES THE CENTER OF MARK OR THE
CENTERLINES OF CIRCLES AND ARCS
59 DIST DI MEASURES THE DISTANCE AND ANGLE
BETWEEN TWO POINTS
60 DIVIDE DIV CREATES EVENLY SPACED POINT OBJECTS
61 TEXT DT CREATES A SINGLE LINE TEXT OBJECTS
62 ELLIPSE EL CREATES AN ELLIPSE OR AN ELLIPTICAL ARC
63 EXPORTPDF EPDF EXPORT DRAWING TO PDF
64 EXTEND EX EXTEND OBJECTS TO MEET THE EDGES OF
OTHER OBJECTS
65 QUIT EXIT EXITS THE PROGRAM
66 EXPORT EXP SAVES TGE OBJECTS IN A DRAWING TO A
DIFFERENT FILE FORMAT
67 GRADIENT GRAD FILLS AN ECLOSED AREA OR SELECTED
OBJECTS WITH A GRADIENT FILL
68 HATCHEDIT HE MODIFIES AN EXISTING HATCH OR FILL
69 INTERSECT IN CREATES AN 2D REGION OBJECT FROM THE
OVERLAPPING AREA OF TWO OR MORE
EXISTING REGIONS
70 INSERTOBJ IO INSERTS A LINKED OR EMBEDDED OBJECT
71 LAYERSTATE LAS SAVES,RESTORE,AND MANAGES NAMED
LAYER STATES
72 LENGHTEN LEN CHANGE THE LENGTH OF THE OBJECTS
AND INCLUDED ANGLE OF ARCS
73 QLEADER LE CREATES A LEADER AND LEADER
ANNOTATION
74 LAYOUT LO CREATES AND MODIFIES DRAWING
LAYOUTS TABS
75 LINETYPE LT LOADS,SETS,AND MODIFIES LINE TYPES
76 LWEIGHT LW SETS THE CURRENT LINEWEIGHT
77 MATCHPROP MA APPLIES THE PROPERTIES OF A SELECTED
OBJECT TO OTHER OBJECTS
78 MLEADER MLE ADDS A LEADER LINES TO,OR REMOVES A
LEADER LINES FROM,A MULTILEADER
OBJECTS
79 MSPACE MS SWITCHES FROM A PAPER SPACE TO A
MODEL SPACE VIEWPORT
80 MARKUP MSM OPENS THE MARKUP SET MANAGER
 81 MVIEW MV CREATES AND CONTROLS LAYOUT
VIEWPORT
82 OSNAP OS SET RUNNING OBJECT SNAP MODES
83 PASTESPEC PA PASTE OBJECTS FROM THE CLIPBOARD
INTO THE CURRENT DRAWING AND
CONTROLS THE FORMAT OF THE DATA
84 BPARAMETER PARAM ADDS A PARAMETER WITH GRIPS TO A
DYNAMIC BLOCK DEFINITION
85 PEDITS PE EDITS POLYLINES,OBJECTS TO BE JOINED
TO POLYLINES AND RELATED OBJECTS
86 POINT PO CREATES A POINT OBJECT
87 PLINE PL CREATES A 2D POLYLINE
88 SHOWPALETTES PON RESTORES THE DISPLAY OF HIDDEN
PALETTE
89 PURGE PU REMOVES UNUSED ITEMS,SUCH AS BLOCK
DEFINITIONS AND LAYERS,FORM THE
DRAWING
90 QUICKCALC QC OPENS THE QUICKCALC CALCULATOR
91 QUICKPROPERTIES QP DISPLAYS OPEN DRAWING AND LAYOUT IN
A DRAWING IN PREVIEW IMAGES
92 REGION REG CONVERTS AN OBJECT THAT ENCLOSES AN
AREA INTO A REGION OBJECT
93 SCRIPT SCR EXECUTES A SEQUENCE OF COMMANDS
FROM A SCRIPT FILE
94 SHEETSET SSM OPEN THE SHEET SET MANAGER
95 TEXTEDIT TEDIT EDITS A DIMENSIONAL
CONSTRAINT,DIMENSION,OR TEXT OBJECT
96 XATTACH XA INSERT A DWG FILE AS AN EXTERNAL
REFERENCE
97 XBIND XB BINDS ONE OR MORE DEFINITIONS OF
NAMED OBJECTS IN AN XREF TO THE
CURRENT DRAWING
98 XLINE XL CREATES A LINE OF INFINITE LENGTH
99 XREF XR STARTS THE EXTERNAL REFERENCES
COMMANDS
100 EXTRANSMIT ZIP CREATES A SELF EXTRACTING OR ZIPPED
TRANSMITTAL PACKAGE

REFERENCES: https://www.autodesk.com/shortcuts/autocad