AutoCAD Shortcuts

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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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.

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 / 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.

PRINT / 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.

PU / PURGE / Removes unused items, such as block definitions and layers, from the drawing.

PYR / PYRAMID / Creates a 3D solid pyramid.

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.

QSAVE / 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 / 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 / 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 splinefit 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.

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 / MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object.

TA / TEXTALIGN / Aligns multiple text objects vertically, horizontally, or obliquely.

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.

UC / UCSMAN / Manages defined user coordinate systems.

UN / UNITS / Controls coordinate and angle display formats and precision.

UNHIDE / UNISOLATE / UNISOLATEOBJECTS / Displays 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 / 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.

ZEBRA / ANALYSISZEBRA / Projects stripes onto a 3D model to analyze surface continuity.

ZIP / ETRANSMIT / Creates a Self-Extracting or Zipped Transmittal Package.