Auto Cad Keyboard Shortcuts - 1

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The standard AutoCAD menu (MNU/MNS/CUI) defines the following

hotkeys: 

F1 displays help

F2 displays text window 

F3 switches object snaps 

F4 toggles table mode

F5 toggles isometric planes 

F6 toggles DUCS (switches coordinate display, till A2006)

F7 toggles grid display 

F8 toggles ortho mode

F9 toggles snap

F10 toggles polar tracing

F11 toggles object tracing

F12 toggles dynamic input (2006+)

ESC cancel changes, cancel grips

TAB cycles osnaps

SHIFT (on object selection) removes objects

DEL erases objects (hold when pointing)

Ctrl+0 toggles clean-screen mode (2004+) 

Ctrl+1 displays Properties window

Ctrl+2 displays DesignCenter window

Ctrl+3 displays Tool palette (2004+) 

Ctrl+4 displays Sheet Set Manager, or Content Manager (2005+, ADT2004) 

Ctrl+5 displays Info Palette, or Project Navigator (2005-2007, ADT2004) 

Ctrl+6 displays dBConnect window

Ctrl+7 displays Markup Manager (2005) 

Ctrl+8 displays Quick Calculator (2006+) 

Ctrl+9 shows/hides Command line (2006+) 

Ctrl+A selects all thawed objects (2002)

Ctrl+Shift+A toggles group selection (group/single)

Ctrl+B toggles snap

Ctrl+C copies content to Clipboard

Ctrl+Shift+C copies with reference point

Ctrl+D toggles coordinates display (dynamic UCS, till 2009)

Ctrl+E switches isoplanes

Ctrl+F toggles osnaps

Ctrl+G toggles grid display 

Ctrl+H toggles Pickstyle (group and hatch selection)

Ctrl+Shift+H toggles Palettes display (2009+) 

Ctrl+I toggles coordinate display (2009+) 

Ctrl+J repeats the last command (Enter) 

Ctrl+K displays the Hyperlink dialog

Ctrl+L toggles Ortho mode

Ctrl+N starts new drawing

Ctrl+O opens a drawing

Ctrl+P print a drawing

Ctrl+Shift+P toggles Quick Properties display (2009+) 

Ctrl+Q quits AutoCAD (2004+) 

Ctrl+R switches to the next viewport 

Ctrl+S saves drawing

Ctrl+Shift+S saves drawing as (2004+) 

Ctrl+T toggles the Tablet mode

Ctrl+U switches polar tracing 

Ctrl+V pastes the Clipboard contents

Ctrl+Shift+V pastes contents as block 

Ctrl+W toggles object tracing 

Ctrl+X cuts contents to the Clipboard 

Ctrl+Y redoes the undone action

Ctrl+Z undoes the last action 

Ctrl+PgDn switches to the next layout (2004+) 

Ctrl+PgUp switches to the previous layout (2004+) 

Alt+F8 VBA macros

Alt+F11 VBA editor

temporary override keys (2006+):

Shift switches ortho mode

Shift+- switches dynamic UCS mode (2007+) 

Shift+) switches object tracing mode (2007+) 

Shift+. switches polar mode 

Shift+A switches osnaps 

Shift+E switches endpoint osnap 

Shift+C switches center osnap

Shift+D disables osnaps and tracing 

Shift+M switches middle osnap

Shift+Q switches object tracing osnap 

Shift+S enables osnap override

Shift+W starts SteeringWheel (A2009+) 

Shift+X switches polar tracing 

CTRL+mouse cycles selection of overlapping objects (till 2006) 

Shift+space cycles selection of overlapping objects in 2D (2007+) 

CTRL+space cycles selection of overlapping sub-objects in 3D (2007+)

CTRL+ALT extrudes the selected region into 3D -(2007+) 

CTRL+arrow moves cursor

Arrow up/down - command history

CTRL+SHIFT+letter goes to the property in the Properties window 

ALT+down arrow opens a list in the Properties window

ALT+up arrow closes a list in the Properties window 

Of course all the Windows shortcut keys remain active as well (Ctrl+Tab,

Ctrl+F3, Ctrl+F6 etc.). Other shortcuts may be defined as user keys in the

ACCELERATORS section of your AutoCAD menu. Since AutoCAD version

2006 you can also use CUI to define so called temporary override keys.

Auto Cad Keyboard Shortcuts - 2Posted by Ankit Chugh on 4:27 AM0 Comments and 0 Reactions

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ALT+F8 VBA Run

ALT+F11 VBA Editor

CTRL+1Properties Palette

CTRL+2 DesignCenter

Palette

CTRL+3 Tool Palette

CTRL+4Sheet Set Manager Palette

CTRL+5 Info Palette

CTRL+6DBConnect Manager

CTRL+7Markup Set Manager Palette

CTRL+ASelects objects in drawing

CTRL+B Toggles Snap

CTRL+CCopies objects to Clipboard

CTRL+SHFT+C

Copies objects to Clipboard with Base Point

CTRL+DToggles coordinate display

CTRL+E

Cycles through isometric planes

CTRL+FToggles running object snaps

CTRL+G Toggles Grid

CTRL+H Toggles PICKSTYLE

on/off

CTRL+JExecutes last command

CTRL+K Hyperlink

CTRL+LToggles Ortho mode

CTRL+M (No action)

CTRL+NCreates a new drawing

CTRL+OOpens existing drawing

CTRL+PPrints current drawing

CTRL+Q Exit

CTRL+RCycles layout viewports

CTRL+SSaves current drawing

CTRL+SHFT+S Saveas

CTRL+TToggles Tablet mode

CTRL+VPastes data from Clipboard

CTRL+SHFT+V

Pastes data from Clipboard as Block

CTRL+XCuts objects to Clipboard

CTRL+YRepeats last action

CTRL+ZReverses last action

CTRL+[Cancels current command

CTRL+\Cancels current command

F1 Displays Help

F2Toggles text window on/off

F3Toggles OSNAP

F4Toggles TABMODE

F5Toggles ISOPLANE

F6Toggles COORDS

F7Toggles GRIDMODE

F8Toggles ORTHO MODE

F9Toggles SNAP MODE

F10Toggles POLAR

F11Toggles OTRACK

Aliases

AutoCad 20123A *3DARRAY

3DMIRROR *MIRROR3D

3DNavigate *3DWALK

3DO *3DORBIT

3DW *3DWALK

3F *3DFACE

3M *3DMOVE

3P *3DPOLY

3R *3DROTATE

A *ARC

AC *BACTION

ADC *ADCENTER

AECTOACAD *-ExportToAutoCAD

AA *AREA

AL *ALIGN

3AL *3DALIGN

AP *APPLOAD

AR *ARRAY

-AR *-ARRAY

ATI *ATTIPEDIT

ATT *ATTDEF

-ATT *-ATTDEF

ATE *ATTEDIT

-ATE *-ATTEDIT

ATTE *-ATTEDIT

B *BLOCK

-B *-BLOCK

BC *BCLOSE

BE *BEDIT

BH *HATCH

BO *BOUNDARY

-BO *-BOUNDARY

BR *BREAK

BS *BSAVE

BVS *BVSTATE

C *CIRCLE

CAM *CAMERA

CH *PROPERTIES

-CH *CHANGE

CHA *CHAMFER

CHK *CHECKSTANDARDS

CLI *COMMANDLINE

COL *COLOR

COLOUR *COLOR

CO *COPY

CP *COPY

CT *CTABLESTYLE

CYL *CYLINDER

D *DIMSTYLE

DAL *DIMALIGNED

DAN *DIMANGULAR

DAR *DIMARC

JOG *DIMJOGGED

DBA *DIMBASELINE

DBC *DBCONNECT

DC *ADCENTER

DCE *DIMCENTER

DCENTER *ADCENTER

DCO *DIMCONTINUE

DDA *DIMDISASSOCIATE

DDI *DIMDIAMETER

DED *DIMEDIT

DI *DIST

DIV *DIVIDE

DJL *DIMJOGLINE

DJO *DIMJOGGED

DL *DATALINK

DLI *DIMLINEAR

DLU *DATALINKUPDATE

DO *DONUT

DOR *DIMORDINATE

DOV *DIMOVERRIDE

DR *DRAWORDER

DRA *DIMRADIUS

DRE *DIMREASSOCIATE

DRM *DRAWINGRECOVERY

DS *DSETTINGS

DST *DIMSTYLE

DT *TEXT

DV *DVIEW

DX *DATAEXTRACTION

E *ERASE

ED *DDEDIT

EL *ELLIPSE

ER *EXTERNALREFERENCES

EX *EXTEND

EXIT *QUIT

EXP *EXPORT

EXT *EXTRUDE

F *FILLET

FI *FILTER

FREEPOINT *POINTLIGHT

FSHOT *FLATSHOT

G *GROUP

-G *-GROUP

GD *GRADIENT

GEO *GEOGRAPHICLOCATION

GR *DDGRIPS

H *HATCH

-H *-HATCH

HE *HATCHEDIT

HI *HIDE

I *INSERT

-I *-INSERT

IAD *IMAGEADJUST

IAT *IMAGEATTACH

ICL *IMAGECLIP

IM *IMAGE

-IM *-IMAGE

IMP *IMPORT

IN *INTERSECT

INF *INTERFERE

IO *INSERTOBJ

J *JOIN

L *LINE

LA *LAYER

-LA *-LAYER

LAS *LAYERSTATE

LE *QLEADER

LEN *LENGTHEN

LI *LIST

LINEWEIGHT *LWEIGHT

LMAN *LAYERSTATE

LO *-LAYOUT

LS *LIST

LT *LINETYPE

-LT *-LINETYPE

LTYPE *LINETYPE

-LTYPE *-LINETYPE

LTS *LTSCALE

LW *LWEIGHT

M *MOVE

MA *MATCHPROP

MAT *MATERIALS

ME *MEASURE

MI *MIRROR

ML *MLINE

MLA *MLEADERALIGN

MLC *MLEADERCOLLECT

MLD *MLEADER

MLE *MLEADEREDIT

MLS *MLEADERSTYLE

MO *PROPERTIES

MS *MSPACE

MSM *MARKUP

MT *MTEXT

MV *MVIEW

NORTH *GEOGRAPHICLOCATION

NORTHDIR *GEOGRAPHICLOCATION

O *OFFSET

OP *OPTIONS

ORBIT *3DORBIT

OS *OSNAP

-OS *-OSNAP

P *PAN

-P *-PAN

PA *PASTESPEC

PARAM *BPARAMETER

PARTIALOPEN *-PARTIALOPEN

PE *PEDIT

PL *PLINE

PO *POINT

POL *POLYGON

PR *PROPERTIES

PRCLOSE *PROPERTIESCLOSE

PROPS *PROPERTIES

PRE *PREVIEW

PRINT *PLOT

PS *PSPACE

PSOLID *POLYSOLID

PTW *PUBLISHTOWEB

PU *PURGE

-PU *-PURGE

PYR *PYRAMID

QC *QUICKCALC

QCUI *QUICKCUI

R *REDRAW

RA *REDRAWALL

RC *RENDERCROP

RE *REGEN

REA *REGENALL

REC *RECTANG

REG *REGION

REN *RENAME

-REN *-RENAME

REV *REVOLVE

RO *ROTATE

RP *RENDERPRESETS

RPR *RPREF

RR *RENDER

RW *RENDERWIN

S *STRETCH

SC *SCALE

SCR *SCRIPT

SE *DSETTINGS

SEC *SECTION

SET *SETVAR

SHA *SHADEMODE

SL *SLICE

SN *SNAP

SO *SOLID

SP *SPELL

SPL *SPLINE

SPLANE *SECTIONPLANE

SPE *SPLINEDIT

SSM *SHEETSET

ST *STYLE

STA *STANDARDS

SU *SUBTRACT

T *MTEXT

-T *-MTEXT

TA *TABLET

TB *TABLE

TH *THICKNESS

TI *TILEMODE

TO *TOOLBAR

TOL *TOLERANCE

TOR *TORUS

TP *TOOLPALETTES

TR *TRIM

TS *TABLESTYLE

UC *UCSMAN

UN *UNITS

-UN *-UNITS

UNI *UNION

V *VIEW

-V *-VIEW

VP *DDVPOINT

-VP *VPOINT

VS *VSCURRENT

VSM *VISUALSTYLES

-VSM *-VISUALSTYLES

W *WBLOCK

-W *-WBLOCK

WE *WEDGE

X *EXPLODE

XA *XATTACH

XB *XBIND

-XB *-XBIND

XC *XCLIP

XL *XLINE

XR *XREF

-XR *-XREF

Z *ZOOM

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