AutoCAD Shortcut Keyboard
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Toggle General Features
| Toggle Key | Description |
| Ctrl+d | Toggle coordinate display |
| Ctrl+g | Toggle Grid |
| Ctrl+e | Cycle isometric planes |
| Ctrl+f | Toggle running object snaps |
| Ctrl+h | Toggle Pick Style |
| Ctrl+Shift+h | Toggle Hide pallets |
| Ctrl+i | Toggle Coords |
| Ctrl+Shift+i | Toggle Infer Constraints |
Manage Screen |
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| Toggle Key | Description |
| Ctrl+0 | (zero) Clean Screen |
| Ctrl+1 | Property Palette |
| Ctrl+2 | Design Center Palette |
| Ctrl+3 | Tool Palette |
| Ctrl+4 | Sheet Set Palette |
| Ctrl+6 | DBConnect Manager |
| Ctrl+7 | Markup Set Manager Palette |
| Ctrl+8 | Quick Calc |
| Ctrl+9 | Command Line |
Manage Drawings |
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| Toggle Key | Description |
| Ctrl+n | New Drawing |
| Ctrl+s | Save drawing |
| Ctrl+o | Open drawing |
| Ctrl+p | Plot dialog box |
| Ctrl+Tab | Switch to next |
| Ctrl+Shift+Tab | Switch to previous drawing |
| Ctrl+PgUp(Page Up) | Switch to previous tab in current drawing |
| Ctrl+PgDn(Page Down) | Switch to next tab in current drawing |
| Ctrl+q | Exit |
| Ctrl+a | Select all objects |
Toggle Drawing Modes |
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| Toggle Key | Description |
| F1 | Display Help |
| F2 | Toggle text screen |
| F3 | Toggle object snap mode |
| F4 | Toggle 3DOsnap |
| F5 | Toggle Isoplane |
| F6 | Toggle Dynamic UCS |
| F7 | Toggle grid mode |
| F8 | Toggle ortho mode |
| F9 | Toggle snap mode |
| F10 | Toggle polar mode |
| F11 | Toggle object snap tracking |
| F12 | Toggle dynamic input mode |
Manage Workflow |
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| Toggle Key | Description |
| Ctrl+c | Copy object |
| Ctrl+x | Cut object |
| Ctrl+v | Paste object |
| Ctrl+Shift+c | Copy to clipboard with base point |
| Ctrl+Shift+v | Paste data as block |
| Ctrl+z | Undo last action |
| Ctrl+y | Redo last action |
| ESC | Cancel current command |
Command Line
One Key
| Short Command | Full Command Line | Description |
| A | ARC | Creates an arc. |
| B | BLOCK | Creates a block definition from selected objects. |
| C | CIRCLE | Creates a circle. |
| D | DIMSTYLE | Creates and modifies dimension styles. |
| E | ERASE | Removes objects from a drawing. |
| F | FILLET | Rounds and fillets the edges of objects. |
| G | GROUP | Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups. |
| H | HATCH | Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern |
| I | INSERT | Inserts a block or drawing into the current drawing. |
| J | JOIN | Joins similar objects to form a single |
| L | LINE | Creates straight line segments. |
| M | MOVE | Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction. |
| O | OFFSET | Creates concentric circles |
| P | PAN | Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition. |
| Q | QSAVE | Saves the current drawing. |
| R | REDRAW | Refreshes the display in the current viewport. |
| S | STRETCH | Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or polygon. |
| T | MTEXT | Creates a multiline text object. |
| V | VIEW | Saves and restores named views |
| W | WBLOCK | Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file. |
| X | EXPLODE | Breaks a compound object into its component objects. |
| Z | ZOOM | Increases or decreases the magnification of the view in the current viewport. |
AutoCAD Command line
A |
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| Short Command | Full Command Line | Description |
| A | ARC | Creates an arc. |
| AA | AREA | Calculates the area and perimeter of objects or of defined areas. |
| ADC | ADCENTER | Manages and inserts content such as blocks xrefs and hatch patterns. |
| AL | ALIGN | Aligns objects with other objects in 2D and 3D. |
| AP | APPLOAD | Load Application. |
| AR | ARRAY | Creates multiple copies of objects in a pattern. |
| ARR | ACTRECORD | Starts the Action Recorder. |
| ARM | ACTUSERMESSAGE | Inserts a user message into an action macro. |
| ARU | ACTUSERINPUT | Pauses for user input in an action macro. |
| ARS | ACTSTOP | Stops the Action Recorder and provides the option of saving the recorded actions to an action macro file. |
| ATI | ATTIPEDIT | Changes the textual content of an attribute within a block. |
| ATT | ATTDEF | Redefines a block and updates associated attributes. |
| ATE | ATTEDIT | Changes attribute information in a block. |
B |
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| Short Command | Full Command Line | Description |
| B | BLOCK | Creates a block definition from selected objects. |
| BC | BCLOSE | Closes the Block Editor. |
| BE | BEDIT | Opens the block definition in the Block Editor. |
| BH | HATCH | Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern solid fill or gradient fill. |
| BO | BOUNDARY | Creates a region or a polyline from an enclosed area. |
| BR | BREAK | Breaks the selected object between two points. |
| BS | BSAVE | Saves the current block definition. |
| BVS | BVSTATE | Creates sets or deletes a visibility state in a dynamic block. |
C |
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| Short Command | Full Command Line | Description |
| C | CIRCLE | Creates a circle. |
| CAM | CAMERA | Sets a camera and target location to create and save a 3D perspective view of objects. |
| CBAR | CONSTRAINTBAR | A toolbar-like UI element that displays the available geometric constraints on an object. |
| CH | PROPERTIES | Controls properties of existing objects. |
| CHA | CHAMFER | Bevels the edges of objects. |
| CHK | CHECKSTANDARDS | Checks the current drawing for standards violations. |
| CLI | COMMANDLINE | Displays the Command Line window. |
| COL | COLOR | Sets the color for new objects. |
| CO | COPY | Copies objects a specified distance in a specified direction. |
| CT | CTABLESTYLE | Sets the name of the current table style. |
| CUB | NAVVCUBE | Controls the visibility and display properties of the ViewCube tool. |
| CYL | CYLINDER | Creates a 3D solid cylinder. |
D |
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| Short Command | Full Command Line | Description |
| D | DIMSTYLE | Creates and modifies dimension styles. |
| DAN | DIMANGULAR | Creates an angular dimension. |
| DAR | DIMARC | Creates an arc length dimension. |
| DBA | DIMBASELINE | Creates a linear angular or ordinate dimension from the baseline of the previous or selected dimension. |
| DBC | DBCONNECT | Provides an interface to external database tables. |
| DCE | DIMCENTER | Creates the center mark or the centerlines of circles and arcs. |
| DCO | DIMCONTINUE | Creates a dimension that starts from an extension line of a previously created dimension. |
| DCON | DIMCONSTRAINT | Applies dimensional constraints to selected objects or points on objects. |
| DDA | DIMDISASSOCIATE | Removes associativity from selected dimensions. |
| DDI | DIMDIAMETER | Creates a diameter dimension for a circle or an arc. |
| DED | DIMEDIT | Edits dimension text and extension lines. |
| DI | DIST | Measures the distance and angle between two points. |
| DIV | DIVIDE | Creates evenly spaced point objects or blocks along the length or perimeter of an object. |
| DJL | DIMJOGLINE | Adds or removes a jog line on a linear or aligned dimension. |
| DJO | DIMJOGGED | Creates jogged dimensions for circles and arcs. |
| DL | DATALINK | The Data Link dialog box is displayed. |
| DLU | DATALINKUPDATE | Updates data to or from an established external data link. |
| DO | DONUT | Creates a filled circle or a wide ring. |
| DOR | DIMORDINATE | Creates ordinate dimensions. |
| DOV | DIMOVERRIDE | Controls overrides of system variables used in selected dimensions. |
| DR | DRAWORDER | Changes the draw order of images and other objects. |
| DRA | DIMRADIUS | Creates a radius dimension for a circle or an arc. |
| DRE | DIMREASSOCIATE | Associates or re-associates selected dimensions to objects or points on objects. |
| DRM | DRAWINGRECOVERY | Displays a list of drawing files that can be recovered after a program or system failure. |
| DS | DSETTINGS | Sets grid and snap polar and object snap tracking object snap modes Dynamic Input and Quick Properties. |
| DT | TEXT | Creates a single-line text object. |
| DV | DVIEW | Defines parallel projection or perspective views by using a camera and target. |
| DX | DATAEXTRACTION | Extracts drawing data and merges data from an external source to a data extraction table or external file. |
E–F |
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| Short Command | Full Command Line | Description |
| E | ERASE | Removes objects from a drawing. |
| ED | DDEDIT | Edits single-line text dimension text attribute definitions and feature control frames. |
| EL | ELLIPSE | Creates an ellipse or an elliptical arc. |
| EPDF | EXPORTPDF | Exports drawing to PDF. |
| ER | EXTERNALREFERENCES | Opens the External References palette. |
| EX | EXTEND | Extends objects to meet the edges of other objects. |
| EXIT | QUIT | Exits the program. |
| EXP | EXPORT | Saves the objects in a drawing to a different file format. |
| EXT | EXTRUDE | Extends the dimensions of a 2D object or 3D face into 3D space. |
| F | FILLET | Rounds and fillets the edges of objects. |
| FI | FILTER | Creates a list of requirements that an object must meet to be included in a selection set. |
| FS | FSMODE | Creates a selection set of all objects that touch the selected object. |
| FSHOT | FLATSHOT | Creates a 2D representation of all 3D objects based on the current view. |
G–H |
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| Short Command | Full Command Line | Description |
| G | GROUP | Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups. |
| GCON | GEOCONSTRAINT | Applies or persists geometric relationships between objects or points on objects. |
| GD | GRADIENT | Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a gradient fill. |
| GEO | GEOGRAPHICLOCATION | Specifies the geographic location information for a drawing file. |
| H | HATCH | Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern solid fill or gradient fill. |
| HE | HATCHEDIT | Modifies an existing hatch or fill. |
| HI | HIDE | Regenerates a 3D wireframe model with hidden lines suppressed. |
I–K |
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| Short Command | Full Command Line | Description |
| I | INSERT | Inserts a block or drawing into the current drawing. |
| IAD | IMAGEADJUST | Controls the image display of the brightness contrast and fade values of images. |
| IAT | IMAGEATTACH | Inserts a reference to an image file. |
| ICL | IMAGECLIP | Crops the display of a selected image to a specified boundary. |
| ID | ID | Displays the UCS coordinate values of a specified location. |
| IM | IMAGE | Displays the External References palette. |
| IMP | IMPORT | Imports files of different formats into the current drawing. |
| IN | INTERSECT | Creates a 3D solid surface or 2D region from overlapping solids surfaces or regions. |
| INF | INTERFERE | Creates a temporary 3D solid from the interferences between two sets of selected 3D solids. |
| IO | INSERTOBJ | Inserts a linked or embedded object. |
| J | JOIN | Joins similar objects to form a single unbroken object. |
| JOG | DIMJOGGED | Creates jogged dimensions for circles and arcs. |
L–M |
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| Short Command | Full Command Line | Description |
| L | LINE | Creates straight line segments. |
| LA | LAYER | Manages layers and layer properties. |
| LAS | LAYERSTATE | Saves restores and manages named layer states. |
| LE | QLEADER | Creates a leader and leader annotation. |
| LEN LENGTHEN | Changes the length of objects and the included angle of arcs. | |
| LESS | MESHSMOOTHLESS | Decreases the level of smoothness for mesh objects by one level. |
| LI | LIST | Displays property data for selected objects. |
| LO | LAYOUT | Creates and modifies drawing layout tabs. |
| LT | LINETYPE | Loads sets and modifies linetypes. |
| LTS | LTSCALE | Changes the scale factor of linetypes for all objects in a drawing. |
| LW | LWEIGHT | Sets the current lineweight lineweight display options and lineweight units. |
| M | MOVE | Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction. |
| MA | MATCHPROP | Applies the properties of a selected object to other objects. |
| MAT | MATERIALS | Shows or hides the Materials window. |
| ME | MEASURE | Creates point objects or blocks at measured intervals along the length or perimeter of an object. |
| MEA | MEASUREGEOM | Measures the distance radius angle area and volume of selected objects or sequence of points. |
| MI | MIRROR | Creates a mirrored copy of selected objects. |
| ML | MLINE | Creates multiple parallel lines. |
| MLA | MLEADERALIGN | Aligns and spaces selected multileader objects. |
| MLC | MLEADERCOLLECT | Organizes selected multileaders that contain blocks into rows or columns and displays the result with a single leader. |
| MLD | MLEADER | Creates a multileader object. |
| MLE | MLEADEREDIT | Adds leader lines to or removes leader lines from a multileader object. |
| MLS | MLEADERSTYLE | Creates and modifies multileader styles. |
| MO | PROPERTIES | Controls properties of existing objects. |
| MORE | MESHSMOOTHMORE | Increases the level of smoothness for mesh objects by one level. |
| MS | MSPACE | Switches from paper space to a model space viewport. |
| MSM | MARKUP | Opens the Markup Set Manager. |
| MT | MTEXT | Creates a multiline text object. |
| MV | MVIEW | Creates and controls layout viewports. |
N–O |
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| Short Command | Full Command Line | Description |
| NORTH | GEOGRAPHICLOCATION | Specifies the geographic location information for a drawing file. |
| NSHOT | NEWSHOT | Creates a named view with motion that is played back when viewed with ShowMotion. |
| NVIEW | NEWVIEW | Creates a named view with no motion. |
| O | OFFSET | Creates concentric circles parallel lines and parallel curves. |
| OP | OPTIONS | Customizes the program settings. |
| ORBIT | 3DORBIT | Rotates the view in 3D space but constrained to horizontal and vertical orbit only. |
| OS | OSNAP | Sets running object snap modes. |
P |
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| Short Command | Full Command Line | Description |
| P | PAN | Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition. |
| PA | PASTESPEC | Pastes objects from the Clipboard into the current drawing and controls the format of the data. |
| PAR | PARAMETERS | Controls the associative parameters used in the drawing. |
| PARAM | BPARAMETER | Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition. |
| PATCH | SURFPATCH | Creates a new surface by fitting a cap over a surface edge that forms a closed loop. |
| PC | POINTCLOUD | Provides options to create and attach point cloud files. |
| PCATTACH | POINTCLOUDATTACH | Inserts an indexed point cloud file into the current drawing. |
| PCINDEX | POINTCLOUDINDEX | Creates an indexed point cloud (PCG or ISD) file from a scan file. |
| PE | PEDIT | Edits polylines and 3D polygon meshes. |
| PL | PLINE | Creates a 2D polyline. |
| PO | POINT | Creates a point object. |
| POFF | HIDEPALETTES | Hides currently displayed palettes (including the command line). |
| POL | POLYGON | Creates an equilateral closed polyline. |
| PON | SHOWPALETTES | Restores the display of hidden palettes. |
| PR | PROPERTIES | Displays Properties palette. |
| PRE | PREVIEW | Displays the drawing as it will be plotted. |
| PLOT | Plots a drawing to a plotter printer or file. | |
| PS | PSPACE | Switches from a model space viewport to paper space. |
| PSOLID | POLYSOLID | Creates a 3D wall-like polysolid. |
| PTW | PUBLISHTOWEB | Creates HTML pages that include images of selected drawings. |
| PU | PURGE | Removes unused items such as block definitions and layers from the drawing. |
| PYR | PYRAMID | Creates a 3D solid pyramid. |
Q |
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| Short Command | Full Command Line | Description |
| QC | QUICKCALC | Opens the QuickCalc calculator. |
| QCUI | QUICKCUI | Displays the Customize User Interface Editor in a collapsed state. |
| QP | QUICKPROPERTIES | Displays open drawings and layouts in a drawing in preview images. |
| Q | QSAVE | Saves the current drawing. |
| QVD | QVDRAWING | Displays open drawings and layouts in a drawing using preview images. |
| QVDC | QVDRAWINGCLOSE | Closes preview images of open drawings and layouts in a drawing. |
| QVL | QVLAYOUT | Displays preview images of model space and layouts in a drawing. |
| QVLC | QVLAYOUTCLOSE | Closes preview images of model space and layouts in the current drawing. |
R |
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| Short Command | Full Command Line | Description |
| R | REDRAW | Refreshes the display in the current viewport. |
| RA | REDRAWALL | Refreshes the display in all viewports. |
| RC | RENDERCROP | Renders a specified rectangular area called a crop window within a viewport. |
| RE | REGEN | Regenerates the entire drawing from the current viewport. |
| REA | REGENALL | Regenerates the drawing and refreshes all viewports. |
| REC | RECTANG | Creates a rectangular polyline. |
| REG | REGION | Converts an object that encloses an area into a region object. |
| REN | RENAME | Changes the names assigned to items such as layers and dimension styles. |
| REV | REVOLVE | Creates a 3D solid or surface by sweeping a 2D object around an axis. |
| RO | ROTATE | Rotates objects around a base point. |
| RP | RENDERPRESETS | Specifies render presets reusable rendering parameters for rendering an image. |
| RPR | RPREF | Displays or hides the Advanced Render Settings palette for access to advanced rendering settings. |
| RR | RENDER | Creates a photorealistic or realistically shaded image of a 3D solid or surface model. |
| RW | RENDERWIN | Displays the Render window without starting a rendering operation. |
S |
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| Short Command | Full Command Line | Description |
| S | STRETCH | Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or polygon. |
| SC | SCALE | Enlarges or reduces selected objects keeping the proportions of the object the same after scaling. |
| SCR | SCRIPT | Executes a sequence of commands from a script file. |
| SEC | SECTION | Uses the intersection of a plane and solids surfaces or mesh to create a region. |
| SET | SETVAR | Lists or changes the values of system variables. |
| SHA | SHADEMODE | Starts the VSCURRENT command. |
| SL | SLICE | Creates new 3D solids and surfaces by slicing or dividing existing objects. |
| SN | SNAP | Restricts cursor movement to specified intervals. |
| SO | SOLID | Creates solid-filled triangles and quadrilaterals. |
| SP | SPELL | Checks spelling in a drawing. |
| SPE | SPLINEDIT | Edits a spline or spline-fit polyline. |
| SPL | SPLINE | Creates a smooth curve that passes through or near specified points. |
| SPLANE | SECTIONPLANE | Creates a section object that acts as a cutting plane through 3D objects. |
| SPLAY | SEQUENCEPLAY | Plays named views in one category. |
| SPLIT | MESHSPLIT | Splits a mesh face into two faces. |
| SPE | SPLINEDIT | Edits a spline or spline-fit polyline. |
| SSM | SHEETSET | Opens the Sheet Set Manager. |
| ST | STYLE | Creates modifies or specifies text styles. |
| STA | STANDARDS | Manages the association of standards files with drawings. |
| SU | SUBTRACT | Combines selected 3D solids surfaces or 2D regions by subtraction. |
T |
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| Short Command | Full Command Line | Description |
| T | MTEXT | Creates a multiline text object. |
| TA | TABLET | Calibrates configures and turns on and off an attached digitizing tablet. |
| TB | TABLE | Creates an empty table object. |
| TEDIT | TEXTEDIT | Edits a dimensional constraint dimension or text object. |
| TH | THICKNESS | Sets the default 3D thickness property when creating 2D geometric objects. |
| TI | TILEMODE | Controls whether paper space can be accessed. |
| TO | TOOLBAR | Displays hides and customizes toolbars. |
| TOL | TOLERANCE | Creates geometric tolerances contained in a feature control frame. |
| TOR | TORUS | Creates a donut-shaped 3D solid. |
| TP | TOOLPALETTES | Opens the Tool Palettes window. |
| TR | TRIM | Trims objects to meet the edges of other objects. |
| TS | TABLESTYLE | Creates modifies or specifies table styles. |
U–W |
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| UC | UCSMAN | Manages defined user coordinate systems. |
| UN | UNITS | Controls coordinate and angle display formats and precision. |
| UNHIDE | UNISOLATEOBJECTS | Displays UNISOLATE objects previously hidden with the ISOLATEOBJECTS or HIDEOBJECTS command. |
| UNI | UNION | Unions two solid or two region objects. |
| V | VIEW | Saves and restores named views camera views layout views and preset views. |
| VGO | VIEWGO | Restores a named view. |
| VP | DDVPOINT | Sets the 3D viewing direction. |
| VPLAY | VIEWPLAY | Plays the animation associated to a named view. |
| VS | VSCURRENT | Sets the visual style in the current viewport. |
| VSM | VISUALSTYLES | Creates and modifies visual styles and applies a visual style to a viewport. |
| W | WBLOCK | Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file. |
| WE | WEDGE | Creates a 3D solid wedge. |
| WHEEL | NAVSWHEEL | Displays a wheel that contains a collection of view navigation tools. |
X–Z |
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| X | EXPLODE | Breaks a compound object into its component objects. |
| XA | XATTACH | Inserts a DWG file as an external reference (xref). |
| XB | XBIND | Binds one or more definitions of named objects in an xref to the current drawing. |
| XC | XCLIP | Crops the display of a selected external reference or block reference to a specified boundary. |
| XL | XLINE | Creates a line of infinite length. |
| XR | XREF | Starts the EXTERNALREFERENCES command. |
| Z | ZOOM | Increases or decreases the magnification of the view in the current viewport. |
| ZEBRA | ANALYSISZEBRA | Projects stripes onto a 3D model to analyze surface continuity. |
| ZIP | ETRANSMIT | Creates a Self-Extracting or Zipped Transmittal Package. |
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