AutoCAD Command Shortcuts

CONTROL KEY
SHORTCUT COMMAND COMMENT
CTRL+S Saves current drawing

CTRL+N Creates a new drawing

CTRL+SHFT+S Save as

CTRL+Y REDO Performs the operation cancelled by UNDO

CTRL+Z UNDO Undoes the last operation

CTRL+X CUTCLIP Removes select object from drawing to

clipboard

CTRL+V PASTECLIP Pastes data from clipboard to drawing

CTRL+P PLOT Opens the plot dialogue box

CTRL+A Select all

CTRL+TAB Switches between open drawings

CTRL+SHFT+C Copies objects to Clipboard with Base Point

CTRL+SHFT+V Pastes data from Clipboard as Block

FUNCTION KEYS
SHORTCUT COMMAND COMMENT
F3 OSNAP Switches osnap on/off

F1 HELP Opens Autocad help

F8 ORTHO Turns ortho on/off

F7 GRID Turns grid on/off

F9 SNAP Turns snap on/off

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DRAWING OBJECTS
SHORTCUT COMMAND COMMENT
A ARC Draw an arc with 3 points

BO BOUNDARY Draw a boundary

C CIRCLE Draw a circle

L LINE Draw a line

PL PLINE Draw a polyline

REC RECTANG Draw a rectangle

EL ELLIPSE Draw an ellipse

POL POLYGON Draw a regular polygon 3 to 1024 sides

SPL SPLINE Spline or smooth curve along points

PO POINT Point marker or node - DDPTYPE to change

pointstyle

PL PLINE Draw a polyline - a complex line

T MTEXT

DT DYNAMIC TEXT

H HATCH Opens hatch dialogue box

DIV DIVIDE Inserts point node a set division

TB TABLE DRAW TABLE

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MODIFY COMMANDS
SHORTCUT COMMAND COMMENT
CO COPY Copy object

E ERASE Erase selection

BR BREAK Break a line by defining 2 points

AR ARRAY Make multiple copies of an object

EX EXTEND Extend a line to meet another

TR TRIM Trim objects

F FILLET Draw an arc between 2 intersecting lines

M MOVE Move an object

MI MIRROR Mirror an object

O OFFSET Offset an object by distance

RO ROTATE Rotate an object

SC SCALE Scale an object

X EXPLODE Explode single entity to component parts

S STRETCH Stretch an object

AL ALIGN Align an object with another

B BLOCK MAKE OBJECTS AS ONE OBJECT

J JOIN

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FORMATTING COMMANDS
SHORTCUT COMMAND COMMENT
LA LAYER Opens layer manager

PR PROPERTIES Opens properties dialogue box

UN UNITS Opens drawing units dialogue box

OP OPTIONS Opens OPTIONS dialogue box

RE REGEN

PU PURGE

ED DDEDIT Edit text

HE HATCHEDIT Edit HATCH PROPERITES

DDPTYPE DDPTYPE Opens point style dialogue box

ST DDSTYLE Opens text style dialogue box

OS DDOSNAP Opens drafting settings object snap dialogue

TS TABLESTYLE Opens table style dialogue box

MA MATCHPROPERTIES Match properties of an object

BE BEDIT Opens the edit block definition dialogue box

AA AREA DETERMINE AREA OR LENGTH FOR SHAPES

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DIMENSION COMMANDS
SHORTCUT COMMAND COMMENT
D DIMSTYLE Opens dimension style manager dialogue
box

DAL DIMALIGNED Aligned linear dimension line

DAN DIMANGULAR Angular dimension line

DAR DIMARC Arc length dimension

DDI DIMDIAMETER Diameter dimension for circles and arcs

DI DIST Check a distance

DIMCENTER DIMCENTER Creates center mark

DLI DIMLINEAR Linear dimension

DRA DIMRADIUS Radial dimension for circles and arcs

DCO DIMCONTINUE Ordinate dimension from 2nd extension line

of previous dimension

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