Enumerate and discuss the following:

1. Autocad Basic Keys

a. F1

This function key opens the AutoCAD Help window. It allows the user to take help online if
he/she is facing any functional issue in this software. If a user is working offline, then by pressing
this key, all the functionalities of this software will be opened in PDF format.

2. F2

This key opens a pop-up screen showing the command line on the bottom. This command is
useful to the user who feels difficulty in seeing the command window on the bottom of the
screen.

3. F3

This command automatically activates the O snap feature of AutoCAD. O Snap feature of this
software helps to draw your drawing accurately. This will allow you to snap at the specific
location of your object while you are picking any point. For example, a user can accurately pick
up two points of the line, the center of a circle, etc. If you again press this key, the software will
come out from this command.

4. F4

This key will open the O snap feature while working in 3 dimensional. This command will allow
us to accurately pinpoint on the particular position of a body.

5. F5

ISOPLANE is the plane with an angle of 30 degrees from horizontal. By using this shortcut key,
we can create any drawing in ISOPLANE.

ISOPLANE provides the following modes when working with a 2D isometric view of 3D models:

1. Ortho Direction

2. Snap Orientation

3. Grid Orientation

4. Polar Tracking Angles

5. The orientation of Isometric circles

This command will affect the cursor movement only when the snap style is set as isometric. If
the snap style is set as Isometric, Ortho mode will use the appropriate axis pair from 30, 90, and
150 degrees.
2. Autocad shortcut keys

ALT+F4 Closes the application window

ALT+F8 Displays the Macros dialog box (AutoCAD only)

ALT+F11 Displays the Visual Basic Editor (AutoCAD only)

CTRL+F2 Displays the Text window

CTRL+F4 Closes the current drawing

CTRL+F6 Moves to the next file tab

CTRL+0 Toggles Clean Screen

CTRL+1 Toggles Properties palette

CTRL+2 Toggles DesignCenter

CTRL+3 Toggles the Tool Palettes window

CTRL+4 Toggles Sheet Set Manager

CTRL+6 Toggles dbConnect Manager (AutoCAD only)

CTRL+7 Toggles Markup Set Manager

CTRL+8 Toggles the QuickCalc palette

CTRL+9 Toggles the Command Line window

CTRL+A Selects all the objects in drawing that are not locked or frozen

CTRL+SHIFT+A Toggles Groups

CTRL+B Toggles Snap

CTRL+C Copies objects to the Windows Clipboard

CTRL+SHIFT+C Copies objects to the Windows Clipboard with Base Point

CTRL+D Toggles Dynamic UCS (AutoCAD only)

CTRL+E Cycles through isometric planes

CTRL+SHIFT+E Enables the use of implied faces and allow for the extrusion of a
selected face

CTRL+F Toggles running object snaps

CTRL+G Toggles grid display mode

CTRL+H Toggles PICKSTYLE

CTRL+SHIFT+H Toggles the display of palettes with HIDEPALETTES and

SHOWPALETTES

CTRL+I Toggles the Coordinates display (AutoCAD only)

CTRL+SHIFT+I Toggles Infer Constraints (AutoCAD only)

CTRL+J Repeats last command

CTRL+K Inserts a hyperlink

CTRL+L Toggles Ortho mode

CTRL+SHIFT+L Selects the previously selected objects

CTRL+M Repeats last command

CTRL+N Creates a new drawing

CTRL+O Opens an existing drawing

CTRL+P Plots the current drawing

CTRL+SHIFT+P Toggles the Quick Properties interface

CTRL+Q Quits the application

CTRL+R Cycles through the tiled viewports on the Model tab or the
floating viewports on the current named layout

CTRL+S Saves the current drawing

CTRL+SHIFT+S Displays the Save As dialog box

CTRL+T Toggles Tablet mode

CTRL+U Toggles Polar Tracking

CTRL+V Pastes data from the Windows Clipboard

CTRL+SHIFT+V Pastes data from the Windows Clipboard as a Block

CTRL+W Toggles selection cycling

CTRL+X Cuts objects from the current drawing to the Windows

Clipboard

CTRL+Y Cancels the preceding Undo action

CTRL+SHIFT+Y Toggles 3D Object Snap mode (AutoCAD only)

CTRL+Z Reverses the last action

CTRL+[ Cancels current command

CTRL+\ Cancels current command

CTRL+HOME Moves focus to the Start tab

CTRL+PAGE UP Moves to the previous layout

CTRL+PAGE DOWN Moves to the next layout tab

CTRL+TAB Moves to the next file tab

CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Moves to the previous file tab

3. Autocad Drawing Commands (Essentials)

A/ ARC Create an arc

AREA Find the area of closed or open shapes in a drawing

AR/ ARRAY Make a rectangle, polar, or path array

B/ BLOCK Create a block

BCOUNT Count the number of blocks in your drawing

C/ CIRCLE Create a circle

DS/ Open the Drafting Settings window

DDOSNAP

ELLIPSE Make an ellipse with the major and minor axis

GROUP Group multiple objects into a single unit

HIDEOBJECT Hide selected objects in a drawing

S

HIGHLIGHT Highlight a selected object in a drawing

ISOLATE Hide all objects in a drawing except the one you have selected

L/ LINE Create a simple line

MI/ MIRROR Produce a mirror copy of an object

MLINE Create multiple parallel lines

 PL/ PLINE Make a polyline

PO/ POINT Create a single point within a drawing

POL/ Produce a polygon (you select the number of sides, from 3 to 1024)
POLYGON

QSELECT Make a particular selection from your drawing according to applied

filters, i.e – select all lines below a particular length

REC/ Create a rectangle

RECTANGLE

SKETCH Draw a freehand sketch within a piece of work

SPLINE Create a smooth curve that passes through or near specified points

XLINE/XL Create a line of infinite length

4. Autocad Basic Actions