TBC CAD Command Line Quick Reference Guide

Create Linestring DE​ - Tangent (delta angle, arc Fillet F, f S​ - ​Selected segments
Command Alias Keyword shortcuts
(continued) length) E​ - Entire line
EN​ - Tangent (end tangent) T​ - Trim
Break Line BR, br na
TA​ - Tangent (tangent tangent)
SM​ - Smooth curve Join Lines J, j na
Chamfer CHA, cha S​ -​ ​ Selected segments
BF​ - Best fit arc
E​ - Entire line
PI ​- PI arc Match Properties MA, ma ALL​ - Match all properties
T​ ​-​ Trim ​(toggle)
ST​ - ​Straight SH​ - Show properties dialog
O​ ​-​ One distance
D​ ​-​ D
​ election angle
W​ - Two distances
LE​ - Perpendicular left Mirror Objects MI, mi D​ - Delete source objects
A​ - Distance with angle
R​ - Perpendicular right R​ - Retain source objects
AH​ - Straight ahead
Clip Lines CL, cl I​ - ​Remove (lines) inside
SP​ - Specified angle Move Objects M, m 2​ - 2D
O​ - Remove (lines) outside
FO​ - Foresight 3​ - 3D
B​ - Break (lines) at crossing
BS​ - Backsight N​ - No drag
Copy Objects CO, co 2​ - 2D D​ - Drag
Create Point PO, po G​ - ​Grid W​ - Drag with dependents
3​ - 3
​ D
N​ - No drag L​ - Local
D​ - ​Drag GL​ - Global Offset Line O, o E​ - Entire object
W​ - Drag with dependents S​ - Segment
EL​ - Auto-advance elevation
E​ - ​Enabled
Create Arc A, a SME ​-​ ​Start, middle, end Rotate Objects RO, ro M​ - Move (rotate)
CH​ - Enabled as check C​ - Copy
SCE​ - Start, center, end
D​ - Disabled 2​ - 2D
CSA​ - Start, center, angle
C​ - Control 3​ - 3D
SEA​ - Start, end, angle
S​ - Survey N​ - No drag
SER​ - Start, end, radius
M​ - Mapping D​ - Drag
UN​ - Unknown W​ - Drag with dependents
Create Boundary BO, bo GE​ -​ ​Generic (boundary)
BO​ - Borrow pit
DU​ - Dump zone/waste site
Create Polygon POL, pol EL​ - Auto-advance elevation Scale Objects SC, sc na
E​ - Extend vertical mode
AV​ - Avoidance zone
L​ - Line Select Similar Objects SS, ss SH​ - Show properties dialog
ST​ - Stockpile
A​ - Arc
CU​ - Cut zone
PI​ - PI arc
FI ​- Fill zone Trim Lines TR, tr B​ - ​Trim to a bounding line
ST​ - Straight
PR​ - Project D​ - Trim by a distance
D​ - Deflection angle
SE​ - Section Press ​[Control]​ - Extend mode
CO​ - Compaction
Create Polyline PL, pl C​ - Close line
UT​ - Utilities
Control + Z​ - Undo last polyline
Exit command Escape na
P​ - ​Polygon
A​ - Alignment corridor
D​ - ​Diagonal
Rerun command Spacebar na
F​ - From a line
Create Rectangle REC, rec
T​ - Three point
Accept default Enter na
Create Circle C, c C​ - ​Center and radius
T​ - Three point Delete Objects E, e na
Show alias list ? na
?​ - Undefined elevation
Divide Line DIV, div L​ - ​Divide entire line
S​ - Divide a line segment
CAD Command Line F3 na
Create Linestring L, l C​ - C​ oordinate
P​ - Point ID N​ - Number of segments
L​ - Length of segments Coordinate Pickers Keyword shortcuts
S​ - Station offset
EL​ - auto-advance elevation 2d​ - 2D
3d​ - 3D Angle/Distance ‘AD
E​ - Extend vertical
L​ - ​Line Bearing/Distance ‘BD
A​ - Arc Explode Objects X, x D​ - ​Delete block after exploding Lat/Long ‘LL
AR​ - Arc R​ - Retain blocks after exploding Northing/Easting ‘NE
T​ - Tangent arc Point ID ‘PN
BE​ - Tangent (coordinate) Extend Lines EX, ex B​ - ​Extend to a bounding line
Station/Offset ‘SO
BEA​ - Tangent (bearing, arc length) D​ - Extend by a distance
[Control] ​- Trim mode
Azimuth/Distance ‘ZD
RA​ - Tangent (radius, arc length)

Trimble Default values are​ ​bold​ and italicized​; press Enter to accept the default option (or last used value) For easiest use, print to 11x17” or A3 (or larger) Version 5.30+