BASIC COMMANDS SHORTCUTS

Ctrl+Tab Switch to next

Toggle General Features
Ctrl+Shift+Tab Switch to previous drawing

Ctrl+G Toggle Grid Switch to previous tab in

Ctrl+Page Up
current drawing
Ctrl+E Cycle isometric planes
Ctrl+Page Switch to next tab in current
Toggle running object Down drawing
Ctrl+F
snaps
Ctrl+Q Exit
Ctrl+H Toggle Pick Style
Ctrl+Shift+S Save drawing as
Ctrl+Shift+H Toggle Hide pallets

Ctrl+I Toggle Coords

Toggle Drawing Modes
Ctrl+Shift+I Toggle Infer Constraints
F1 Display Help
Manage Screen F2 Toggle text screen

Ctrl+0 F3 Toggle object snap mode

Clean Screen
(zero)
F4 Toggle 3DOsnap
Ctrl+1 Property Palette
F5 Toggle Isoplane
Ctrl+2 Design Center Palette
F6 Toggle Dynamic UCS
Ctrl+3 Tool Palette
F7 Toggle grid mode
Ctrl+4 Sheet Set Palette
F8 Toggle ortho mode
Ctrl+6 DBConnect Manager
F9 Toggle snap mode
Markup Set Manager
Ctrl+7
Palette F10 Toggle polar mode

Ctrl+8 Quick Calc F11 Toggle object snap tracking

Ctrl+9 Command Line F12 Toggle dynamic input mode

Manage Drawings

Ctrl+N New Drawing

Ctrl+S Save drawing

Ctrl+O Open drawing Manage Workflow

Ctrl+P Plot dialog box Ctrl+A Select all objects

Ctrl+C Copy object message into an action macro

Ctrl+K Insert hyperlink

ACTUSERINPUT / Pauses for user
ARU
input in an action macro
Ctrl+X Cut object

Ctrl+V Paste object ACTSTOP / Stops the Action Recorder

and provides the option of saving the
ARS
Copy to clipboard with base recorded actions to an action macro
Ctrl+Shift+C
point file

Ctrl+Shift+V Paste data as block

ATTIPEDIT / Changes the textual
ATI
Ctrl+Z Undo last action content of an attribute within a block

Ctrl+Y Redo last action ATTDEF / Redefines a block and

ATT
updates associated attributes
Cancel current command (or
Ctrl+[
ctrl+\)
ATTEDIT / Changes attribute
ATE
ESC Cancel current command information in a block

B
A

BLOCK / Creates a block definition from

A ARC / Creates an arc B
selected objects

ADCENTER / Manages and inserts

BC BCLOSE / Closes the Block Editor
ADC content such as blocks, xrefs, and
hatch patterns
BEDIT / Opens the block definition in
BE
the Block Editor
AREA / Calculates the area and
AA perimeter of objects or of defined
areas HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or
BH selected objects with a hatch pattern,
solid fill, or gradient fill
ALIGN / Aligns objects with other
AL
objects in 2D and 3D
BOUNDARY / Creates a region or a
BO
polyline from an enclosed area
AP APPLOAD / Load Application

BREAK / Breaks the selected object

ARRAY / Creates multiple copies of BR
AR between two points
objects in a pattern

BSAVE / Saves the current block

ACTRECORD / Starts the Action BS
ARR definition
Recorder

BVS BVSTATE / Creates, sets, or deletes a

ARM ACTUSERMESSAGE / Inserts a user
 visibility state in a dynamic block D, E, F
D
C
DIMSTYLE / Creates and modifies
D
C CIRCLE / Creates a circle dimension styles

CAMERA / Sets a camera and target DIMANGULAR / Creates an angular

DAN
CAM location to create and save a 3D dimension
perspective view of objects
DAR DIMARC / Creates an arc length dimension
CONSTRAINTBAR / A toolbar-like UI
CBAR element that displays the available DIMBASELINE / Creates a linear, angular, or
geometric constraints on an object DBA ordinate dimension from the baseline of
the previous or selected dimension
PROPERTIES / Controls properties of
CH
existing objects DBCONNECT / Provides an interface to
DBC
external database tables
CHAMFER / Bevels the edges of
CHA
objects DIMCENTER / Creates the center mark or
DCE
the centerlines of circles and arcs
CHECKSTANDARDS / Checks the
CHK current drawing for standards DIMCONTINUE / Creates a dimension that
violations DCO starts from an extension line of a previously
created dimension
COMMANDLINE / Displays the
CLI
Command Line window DIMCONSTRAINT / Applies dimensional
DCON constraints to selected objects or points on
COLOR / Sets the color for new objects
COL
objects
DIMDISASSOCIATE / Removes associativity
DDA
COPY / Copies objects a specified from selected dimensions
CO
distance in a specified direction
DIMDIAMETER / Creates a diameter
DDI
CTABLESTYLE / Sets the name of the dimension for a circle or an arc
CT
current table style
DIMEDIT / Edits dimension text and
DED
NAVVCUBE / Controls the visibility extension lines
CUBE and display properties of the
ViewCube tool DIST / Measures the distance and angle
DI
between two points
CYLINDER / Creates a 3D solid
CYL
cylinder DIV DIVIDE / Creates evenly spaced point
objects or blocks along the length or
 perimeter of an object DVIEW / Defines parallel projection or
DV perspective views by using a camera and
target
DIMJOGLINE / Adds or removes a jog line
DJL
on a linear or aligned dimension
DATAEXTRACTION / Extracts drawing data
DX and merges data from an external source to
DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged dimensions a data extraction table or external file
DJO
for circles and arcs

DATALINK / The Data Link dialog box is

DL
displayed E

DATALINKUPDATE / Updates data to or ERASE / Removes objects from a

DLU E
from an established external data link drawing

DONUT / Creates a filled circle or a wide DDEDIT / Edits single-line text,

DO ED dimension text, attribute definitions,
ring
and feature control frames

DIMORDINATE / Creates ordinate

DOR ELLIPSE / Creates an ellipse or an
dimensions EL
elliptical arc

DIMOVERRIDE / Controls overrides of

DOV system variables used in selected EPDF EXPORTPDF / Exports drawing to PDF
dimensions
EXTERNALREFERENCES / Opens the
ER
DRAWORDER / Changes the draw order of External References palette
DR
images and other objects
EXTEND / Extends objects to meet the
EX
DIMRADIUS / Creates a radius dimension edges of other objects
DRA
for a circle or an arc
EXIT QUIT / Exits the program
DIMREASSOCIATE / Associates or re-
DRE associates selected dimensions to objects
EXPORT / Saves the objects in a
or points on objects EXP
drawing to a different file format

DRAWINGRECOVERY / Displays a list of

EXTRUDE / Extends the dimensions of
DRM drawing files that can be recovered after a EXT
a 2D object or 3D face into 3D space
program or system failure

DSETTINGS / Sets grid and snap, polar and F

DS object snap tracking, object snap modes,
Dynamic Input, and Quick Properties
FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges of
F
objects
DT TEXT / Creates a single-line text object
FI FILTER / Creates a list of requirements
 that an object must meet to be display of the brightness, contrast, and
included in a selection set fade values of images

FSMODE / Creates a selection set of all IMAGEATTACH / Inserts a reference to

FS IAT
objects that touch the selected object an image file

FLATSHOT / Creates a 2D IMAGECLIP / Crops the display of a

ICL
FSHOT representation of all 3D objects based selected image to a specified boundary
on the current view

ID / Displays the UCS coordinate values

G, H, I ID
of a specified location

G
IMAGE / Displays the External
IM
References palette
GROUP / Creates and manages saved
G
sets of objects called groups
IMPORT / Imports files of different
IMP
formats into the current drawing
GEOCONSTRAINT / Applies or persists
GCON geometric relationships between
objects or points on objects INTERSECT / Creates a 3D solid, surface,
IN or 2D region from overlapping solids,
surfaces, or regions
GRADIENT / Fills an enclosed area or
GD
selected objects with a gradient fill
INTERFERE / Creates a temporary 3D
INF solid from the interferences between
GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies the two sets of selected 3D solids
GEO geographic location information for a
drawing file
INSERTOBJ / Inserts a linked or
IO
embedded object
H
J, K, L
HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects
H
with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill J

JOIN / Joins similar objects to form a

HE HATCHEDIT / Modifies an existing hatch or fill J
single, unbroken object

HIDE / Regenerates a 3D wireframe model with

HI DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged
hidden lines suppressed JOG
dimensions for circles and arcs

I
K

INSERT / Inserts a block or drawing into L

I
the current drawing

L LINE / Creates straight line segments

IAD IMAGEADJUST / Controls the image
 LAYER / Manages layers and layer form a single, unbroken object
LA
properties

MEASUREGEOM / Measures the

LAYERSTATE / Saves, restores, and distance, radius, angle, area, and
LAS MEA
manages named layer states volume of selected objects or
sequence of points

QLEADER / Creates a leader and leader

LE
annotation MIRROR / Creates a mirrored copy
MI
of selected objects

LENGTHEN / Changes the length of

LEN
objects and the included angle of arcs MLINE / Creates multiple parallel
ML
lines

MESHSMOOTHLESS / Decreases the level

LESS of smoothness for mesh objects by one MLEADERALIGN / Aligns and spaces
MLA
level selected multileader objects

LIST / Displays property data for selected MLEADERCOLLECT / Organizes

LI
objects selected multileaders that contain
MLC blocks into rows or columns, and
displays the result with a single
LAYOUT / Creates and modifies drawing leader
LO
layout tabs

MLEADER / Creates a multileader

LINETYPE / Loads, sets, and modifies MLD
LT object
linetypes

MLEADEREDIT / Adds leader lines to,

LTSCALE / Changes the scale factor of MLE or removes leader lines from, a
LTS
linetypes for all objects in a drawing multileader object

LWEIGHT / Sets the current lineweight, MLEADERSTYLE / Creates and

LW lineweight display options, and lineweight MLS
modifies multileader styles
units

PROPERTIES / Controls properties of

M, N, O MO
existing objects

M
MESHSMOOTHMORE / Increases the
MORE level of smoothness for mesh
MOVE / Moves objects a specified
M objects by one level
distance in a specified direction

MSPACE / Switches from paper

MATCHPROP / Applies the MS
space to a model space viewport
MA properties of a selected object to
other objects
MARKUP / Opens the Markup Set
MSM
Manager
ME MEASURE / Joins similar objects to
 MTEXT / Creates a multiline text PASTESPEC / Pastes objects from
MT
object the Clipboard into the current
PA
drawing and controls the format
of the data
MVIEW / Creates and controls layout
MV
viewports
PARAMETERS / Controls the
PAR associative parameters used in
N the drawing

GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies BPARAMETER / Adds a parameter

NORTH the geographic location information PARAM with grips to a dynamic block
for a drawing file definition

NEWSHOT / Creates a named view SURFPATCH / Creates a new

NSHOT with motion that is played back when surface by fitting a cap over a
PATCH
viewed with ShowMotion surface edge that forms a closed
loop

NEWVIEW / Creates a named view

NVIEW
with no motion POINTCLOUDATTACH / Inserts an
PCATTACH indexed point cloud file into the
current drawing
O
PEDIT / Edits polylines and 3D
PE
OFFSET / Creates concentric circles, polygon meshes
O
parallel lines, and parallel curves

PL PLINE / Creates a 2D polyline

SURFOFFSET/ Creates a parallel surface
OFFSETSRF or solid by setting an offset distance from
PO POINT / Creates a point object
a surface

HIDEPALETTES / Hides currently

OPTIONS / Customizes the program
OP POFF displayed palettes (including the
settings
command line)

3DORBIT / Rotates the view in 3D space,

ORBIT / POLYGON / Creates an equilateral
but constrained to horizontal and verticalPOL
3DO closed polyline
orbit only

SHOWPALETTES / Restores the

OS OSNAP / Sets running object snap modes PON
display of hidden palettes

P, Q, R
PROPERTIES / Displays Properties
PR
palette
P

PAN / Adds a parameter with PREVIEW / Displays the drawing

P PRE
grips to a dynamic block definition as it will be plotted
 PLOT / Plots a drawing to a current viewport
PRINT
plotter, printer, or file

REDRAWALL / Refreshes the display in

RA
PSPACE / Switches from a model all viewports
PS
space viewport to paper space

RENDERCROP / Renders a specified

POLYSOLID / Creates a 3D wall- RC rectangular area, called a crop window,
PSOLID
like polysolid within a viewport

PURGE / Removes unused items, REGEN / Regenerates the entire drawing

RE
PU such as block definitions and from the current viewport
layers, from the drawing

REGENALL / Regenerates the drawing

REA
PYRAMID / Creates a 3D solid and refreshes all viewports
PYR
pyramid

RECTANG / Creates a rectangular

REC
polyline
Q

REGION / Converts an object that

QC QUICKCALC / Opens the QuickCalc calculator REG
encloses an area into a region object

QUICKCUI / Displays the Customize User

QCUI RENAME / Changes the names assigned
Interface Editor in a collapsed state
REN to items such as layers and dimension
styles
QUICKPROPERTIES / Displays open drawings and
QP
layouts in a drawing in preview images
REVOLVE / Creates a 3D solid or surface
REV
by sweeping a 2D object around an axis
Q QSAVE / Saves the current drawing

ROTATE / Rotates objects around a base

RO
QVDRAWING / Displays open drawings and point
QVD
layouts in a drawing using preview images

RENDERPRESETS / Specifies render

QVDRAWINGCLOSE / Closes preview images ofRP presets, reusable rendering parameters,
QVDC
open drawings and layouts in a drawing for rendering an image

QVLAYOUT / Displays preview images of model RENDER / Creates a photorealistic or

QVL
space and layouts in a drawing RR realistically shaded image of a 3D solid
or surface model

QVLAYOUTCLOSE / Closes preview images of

QVLC
model space and layouts in the current drawing RENDERWIN / Displays the Render
RW window without starting a rendering
operation
R

R REDRAW / Refreshes the display in the

S, T, U through 3D objects

S
SEQUENCEPLAY / Plays named views
SPLAY
in one category
STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed
S
by a selection window or polygon
MESHSPLIT / Splits a mesh face into
SPLIT
two faces
SCALE / Enlarges or reduces selected
SC objects, keeping the proportions of
the object the same after scaling SHEETSET / Opens the Sheet Set
SSM
Manager

SCRIPT / Executes a sequence of

SCR
commands from a script file STYLE / Creates, modifies, or specifies
ST
text styles

SECTION / Uses the intersection of a

SEC plane and solids, surfaces, or mesh to STANDARDS / Manages the
create a region STA association of standards files with
drawings

SETVAR / Lists or changes the values

SET
of system variables SUBTRACT / Combines selected 3D
SU solids, surfaces, or 2D regions by
subtraction
SHADEMODE / Starts the VSCURRENT
SHA
command
T
SLICE / Creates new 3D solids and
SL surfaces by slicing, or dividing, existing T MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object
objects

TEXTALIGN / Aligns multiple text objects

SNAP / Restricts cursor movement to TA
SN vertically, horizontally, or obliquely
specified intervals

TB TABLE / Creates an empty table object

SOLID / Creates solid-filled triangles
SO
and quadrilaterals
TEXTEDIT / Edits a dimensional
TED
constraint, dimension, or text object
SP SPELL / Checks spelling in a drawing

THICKNESS / Sets the default 3D

SPLINEDIT / Edits a spline or spline-fit TH thickness property when creating 2D
SPE
polyline geometric objects

SPLINE / Creates a smooth curve that TILEMODE / Controls whether paper

SPL passes through or near specified TI
space can be accessed
points

TOL TOLERANCE / Creates geometric

SPLANE SECTIONPLANE / Creates a section tolerances contained in a feature control
object that acts as a cutting plane
 frame VSCURRENT / Sets the visual style in the current
VS
viewport.

TORUS / Creates a donut-shaped 3D

TOR
solid VISUALSTYLES / Creates and modifies visual
VSM
styles and applies a visual style to a viewport.

TOOLPALETTES / Opens the Tool Palettes

TP
window

TRIM / Trims objects to meet the edges

TR
of other objects
W
TABLESTYLE / Creates, modifies, or
TS WBLOCK / Writes objects or a block
specifies table styles W
to a new drawing file.

U WE WEDGE / Creates a 3D solid wedge.

UCSMAN / Manages defined user

UC NAVSWHEEL / Displays a wheel that
coordinate systems.
WHEEL contains a collection of view
navigation tools.
UNITS / Controls coordinate and angle
UN
display formats and precision.
X
UNISOLATEOBJECTS / Displays objects
UNHIDE / previously hidden with the EXPLODE / Breaks a compound object
X
UNISOLATE ISOLATEOBJECTS or HIDEOBJECTS into its component objects.
command.
XATTACH / Inserts a DWG file as an
XA
UNION / Unions two solid or two region external reference (xref).
UNI
objects.
XBIND / Binds one or more definitions of
V, W, X XB named objects in an xref to the current
drawing.
V
XCLIP / Crops the display of a selected
VIEW / Saves and restores named views, camera
XC external reference or block reference to
V
views, layout views, and preset views. a specified boundary.

VGO VIEWGO / Restores a named view. XL XLINE / Creates a line of infinite length.

VP VPOINT / Sets the 3D viewing direction. XREF / Starts the EXTERNALREFERENCES

XR
command.

VIEWPLAY / Plays the animation associated to a

VPLAY
named view.
Y-Z
Y

ZOOM / Increases or decreases the

Z magnification of the view in the current
viewport.

ANALYSISZEBRA / Projects stripes onto a 3D

ZEBRA
model to analyze surface continuity. REFERENCE:
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ETRANSMIT / Creates a Self-Extracting or Zipped
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