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AUTOCAD KEYBOARD
SHORTCUTS

AutoCAD Shortcuts & Hotkey Guide

Work faster and more efficiently by using the AutoCAD shortcuts below. You can find
a downloadable list of shortcuts and commands in the AutoCAD Keyboard Shortcuts
PDF.

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One-Key Shortcuts  |  Toggles and Screen Management

Hot Keys:  A-C  |  D-F  |  G-I  |  J-L  | M-O  |  P-R  |  S-U  |  V-X  |  Y-Z

One-Key Shortcuts
Below, you'll find the AutoCAD one-key shortcuts. Click on the image for a larger
view.

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Toggles and Screen Management

Below, you'll find an abbreviated list of commands that can be used in AutoCAD.

Toggle General Features

Ctrl+E Toggle coordinate display

Ctrl+G Toggle Grid

Ctrl+E Cycle isometric planes

Ctrl+F Toggle running object snaps

Ctrl+H Toggle Pick Style

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Ctrl+Shift+H Toggle Hide pallets

Ctrl+I Toggle Coords

Ctrl+Shift+I Toggle Infer Constraints

Manage Screen

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

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

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Ctrl+Page Up Switch to previous tab in current drawing

Ctrl+Page Down Switch to next tab in current drawing

Ctrl+Q Exit

Ctrl+A Select all objects

Toggle Drawing Modes

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

Ctrl+C Copy object

Ctrl+X Cut object

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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

Ctrl+[ Cancel current command (or ctrl+\)

ESC Cancel current command

A, B, C
A

A ARC / Creates an arc

ADCENTER / Manages and inserts content such as

ADC
blocks, xrefs, and hatch patterns

AREA / Calculates the area and perimeter of objects or

AA
of defined areas

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

ACTUSERMESSAGE / Inserts a user message into an

ARM
action macro

ACTUSERINPUT / Pauses for user input in an action

ARU
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ARU macro

ACTSTOP / Stops the Action Recorder and provides the

ARS option of saving the recorded actions to an action
macro file

ATTIPEDIT / Changes the textual content of an

ATI
attribute within a block

ATTDEF / Redefines a block and updates associated

ATT
attributes

ATE ATTEDIT / Changes attribute information in a block

BLOCK / Creates a block definition from selected

B
objects

BC BCLOSE / Closes the Block Editor

BE BEDIT / Opens the block definition in the Block Editor

HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with

BH
a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill

BOUNDARY / Creates a region or a polyline from an

BO
enclosed area

BREAK / Breaks the selected object between two

BR
points

BS BSAVE / Saves the current block definition

BVSTATE / Creates, sets, or deletes a visibility state in a

BVS
dynamic block

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C CIRCLE / Creates a circle

CAMERA / Sets a camera and target location to create

CAM
and save a 3D perspective view of objects

CONSTRAINTBAR / A toolbar-like UI element that

CBAR displays the available geometric constraints on an
object

CH PROPERTIES / Controls properties of existing objects

CHA CHAMFER / Bevels the edges of objects

CHECKSTANDARDS / Checks the current drawing for

CHK
standards violations

CLI COMMANDLINE / Displays the Command Line window

COL COLOR / Sets the color for new objects

COPY / Copies objects a specified distance in a

CO
specified direction

CT CTABLESTYLE / Sets the name of the current table style

NAVVCUBE / Controls the visibility and display

CUBE
properties of the ViewCube tool

CYL CYLINDER / Creates a 3D solid cylinder

D, E, F
D

D DIMSTYLE / Creates and modifies dimension styles

DAN DIMANGULAR / Creates an angular dimension

DAR DIMARC / Creates an arc length dimension

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DIMBASELINE / Creates a linear, angular, or ordinate

DBA dimension from the baseline of the previous or
selected dimension

DBCONNECT / Provides an interface to external

DBC
database tables

DIMCENTER / Creates the center mark or the

DCE
centerlines of circles and arcs

DIMCONTINUE / Creates a dimension that starts from

DCO
an extension line of a previously created dimension

DIMCONSTRAINT / Applies dimensional constraints to

DCON
selected objects or points on objects

DIMDISASSOCIATE / Removes associativity from

DDA
selected dimensions

DIMDIAMETER / Creates a diameter dimension for a

DDI
circle or an arc

DED DIMEDIT / Edits dimension text and extension lines

DIST / Measures the distance and angle between two

DI
points

DIVIDE / Creates evenly spaced point objects or blocks

DIV
along the length or perimeter of an object

DIMJOGLINE / Adds or removes a jog line on a linear or

DJL
aligned dimension

DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged dimensions for circles

DJO
and arcs

DL DATALINK / The Data Link dialog box is displayed

DATALINKUPDATE / Updates data to or from an

DLU
established external data link

DO DONUT / Creates a filled circle or a wide ring

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DOR DIMORDINATE / Creates ordinate dimensions

DIMOVERRIDE / Controls overrides of system variables

DOV
used in selected dimensions

DRAWORDER / Changes the draw order of images and

DR
other objects

DIMRADIUS / Creates a radius dimension for a circle or

DRA
an arc

DIMREASSOCIATE / Associates or re-associates

DRE
selected dimensions to objects or points on objects

DRAWINGRECOVERY / Displays a list of drawing files

DRM
that can be recovered after a program or system failure

DSETTINGS / Sets grid and snap, polar and object snap

DS tracking, object snap modes, Dynamic Input, and Quick
Properties

DT TEXT / Creates a single-line text object

DVIEW / Defines parallel projection or perspective

DV
views by using a camera and target

DATAEXTRACTION / Extracts drawing data and merges

DX data from an external source to a data extraction table
or external file

E ERASE / Removes objects from a drawing

DDEDIT / Edits single-line text, dimension text,

ED
attribute definitions, and feature control frames

EL ELLIPSE / Creates an ellipse or an elliptical arc

EPDF EXPORTPDF / Exports drawing to PDF

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ER EXTERNALREFERENCES / Opens the External

References palette

EXTEND / Extends objects to meet the edges of other

EX
objects

EXIT QUIT / Exits the program

EXPORT / Saves the objects in a drawing to a different

EXP
file format

EXTRUDE / Extends the dimensions of a 2D object or

EXT
3D face into 3D space

F FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges of objects

FILTER / Creates a list of requirements that an object

FI
must meet to be included in a selection set

FSMODE / Creates a selection set of all objects that

FS
touch the selected object

FLATSHOT / Creates a 2D representation of all 3D

FSHOT 0
objects based on the current view
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GROUP / Creates and manages saved sets of objects

G
called groups

GEOCONSTRAINT / Applies or persists geometric

GCON
relationships between objects or points on objects

GD GRADIENT / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects

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with a gradient fill

GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies the geographic

GEO
location information for a drawing file

HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with

H
a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill

HE HATCHEDIT / Modifies an existing hatch or fill

HIDE / Regenerates a 3D wireframe model with hidden

HI
lines suppressed

INSERT / Inserts a block or drawing into the current

I
drawing

IMAGEADJUST / Controls the image display of the

IAD
brightness, contrast, and fade values of images

IAT IMAGEATTACH / Inserts a reference to an image file

IMAGECLIP / Crops the display of a selected image to a

ICL
specified boundary

ID / Displays the UCS coordinate values of a specified

ID
location

IM IMAGE / Displays the External References palette

IMPORT / Imports files of different formats into the

IMP
current drawing

INTERSECT / Creates a 3D solid, surface, or 2D region

IN
from overlapping solids, surfaces, or regions

INTERFERE / Creates a temporary 3D solid from the

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INF interferences between two sets of selected 3D solids

IO INSERTOBJ / Inserts a linked or embedded object

J, K, L
J

JOIN / Joins similar objects to form a single, unbroken

J
object

DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged dimensions for circles

JOG
and arcs

L LINE / Creates straight line segments

LA LAYER / Manages layers and layer properties

LAYERSTATE / Saves, restores, and manages named

LAS
layer states

LE QLEADER / Creates a leader and leader annotation

LENGTHEN / Changes the length of objects and the

LEN
included angle of arcs

MESHSMOOTHLESS / Decreases the level of

LESS
smoothness for mesh objects by one level

LI LIST / Displays property data for selected objects

LO LAYOUT / Creates and modifies drawing layout tabs

LT
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LT LINETYPE / Loads, sets, and modifies linetypes

LTSCALE / Changes the scale factor of linetypes for all

LTS
objects in a drawing

LWEIGHT / Sets the current lineweight, lineweight

LW
display options, and lineweight units

M, N, O
M

MOVE / Moves objects a specified distance in a

M
specified direction

MATCHPROP / Applies the properties of a selected

MA
object to other objects

MEASURE / Joins similar objects to form a single,

ME
unbroken object

MEASUREGEOM / Measures the distance, radius, angle,

MEA 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

MLEADERALIGN / Aligns and spaces selected

MLA
multileader objects

MLEADERCOLLECT / Organizes selected multileaders

MLC that contain blocks into rows or columns, and displays
the result with a single leader

MLD MLEADER / Creates a multileader object

MLEADEREDIT / Adds leader lines to, or removes leader

MLE
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MLE lines from, a multileader object

MLEADERSTYLE / Creates and modifies multileader

MLS
styles

MO PROPERTIES / Controls properties of existing objects

MESHSMOOTHMORE / Increases the level of

MORE
smoothness for mesh objects by one level

MSPACE / Switches from paper space to a model space

MS
viewport

MSM MARKUP / Opens the Markup Set Manager

MT MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object

MV MVIEW / Creates and controls layout viewports

GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies the geographic

NORTH
location information for a drawing file

NEWSHOT / Creates a named view with motion that is

NSHOT
played back when viewed with ShowMotion

NVIEW NEWVIEW / Creates a named view with no motion

OFFSET / Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and

O
parallel curves

OBJECTSELECTION
OPTIONS / Customizes the program settings
LIMIT

SURFOFFSET/ Creates a parallel surface or solid by

OFFSETSRF
setting an offset distance from a surface

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OP OPTIONS / Customizes the program settings

SURFOFFSET / Creates a parallel surface or solid by

OPENPROJECT
setting an offset distance from a surface

3DORBIT / Rotates the view in 3D space, but

ORBIT
constrained to horizontal and vertical orbit only

OS OSNAP / Sets running object snap modes

P, Q, R
P

PAN / Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block

P
definition

PASTESPEC / Pastes objects from the Clipboard into

PA the current drawing and controls the format of the
data

PARAMETERS / Controls the associative parameters

PAR
used in the drawing

BPARAMETER / Adds a parameter with grips to a

PARAM
dynamic block definition

SURFPATCH / Creates a new surface by fitting a cap

PATCH
over a surface edge that forms a closed loop

POINTCLOUDATTACH / Inserts an indexed point cloud

PCATTACH
file into the current drawing

PE PEDIT / Edits polylines and 3D polygon meshes

PL PLINE / Creates a 2D polyline

PO POINT / Creates a point object

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HIDEPALETTES / Hides currently displayed palettes

POFF
(including the command line)

POL POLYGON / Creates an equilateral closed polyline

SHOWPALETTES / Restores the display of hidden

PON
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

PSPACE / Switches from a model space viewport to

PS
paper space

PSOLID POLYSOLID / Creates a 3D wall-like polysolid

PURGE / Removes unused items, such as block

PU
definitions and layers, from the drawing

PYR PYRAMID / Creates a 3D solid pyramid

QC QUICKCALC / Opens the QuickCalc calculator

QUICKCUI / Displays the Customize User Interface

QCUI
Editor in a collapsed state

QUICKPROPERTIES / Displays open drawings and

QP
layouts in a drawing in preview images

QSAVE QSAVE / Saves the current drawing

QVDRAWING / Displays open drawings and layouts in a

QVD
drawing using preview images

QVDRAWINGCLOSE / Closes preview images of open

QVDC
drawings and layouts in a drawing

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QVLAYOUT / Displays preview images of model space

QVL
and layouts in a drawing

QVLAYOUTCLOSE / Closes preview images of model

QVLC
space and layouts in the current drawing

REDRAW / Refreshes the display in the current

R
viewport

RA REDRAWALL / Refreshes the display in all viewports

RENDERCROP / Renders a specified rectangular area,

RC
called a crop window, within a viewport

REGEN / Regenerates the entire drawing from the

RE
current viewport

REGENALL / Regenerates the drawing and refreshes all

REA
viewports

REC RECTANG / Creates a rectangular polyline

REGION / Converts an object that encloses an area into

REG
a region object

RENAME / Changes the names assigned to items such

REN
as layers and dimension styles

REVOLVE / Creates a 3D solid or surface by sweeping a

REV
2D object around an axis

RO ROTATE / Rotates objects around a base point

RENDERPRESETS / Specifies render presets, reusable

RP
rendering parameters, for rendering an image

RPREF / Displays or hides the Advanced Render

RPR Settings palette for access to advanced rendering
settings

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RENDER / Creates a photorealistic or realistically

RR
shaded image of a 3D solid or surface model

RENDERWIN / Displays the Render window without

RW
starting a rendering operation

S, T, U
S

STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed by a selection

S
window or polygon

SCALE / Enlarges or reduces selected objects, keeping

SC
the proportions of the object the same after scaling

SCALESCRIPT / Executes a sequence of commands

SCR
from a script file

SECTION / Uses the intersection of a plane and solids,

SEC
surfaces, or mesh to create a region

SETVAR / Lists or changes the values of system

SET
variables

SHA SHADEMODE / Starts the VSCURRENT command

SLICE / Creates new 3D solids and surfaces by slicing,

SL
or dividing, existing objects

SNAP / Restricts cursor movement to specified

SN
intervals

SOLID / Creates solid-filled triangles and

SO
quadrilaterals

SP SPELL / Checks spelling in a drawing

SPE SPLINEDIT / Edits a spline or spline-fit polyline

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SPLINE / Creates a smooth curve that passes through

SPL
or near specified points

SECTIONPLANE / Creates a section object that acts as a

SPLANE
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

STANDARDS / Manages the association of standards

STA
files with drawings

SUBTRACT / Combines selected 3D solids, surfaces, or

SU
2D regions by subtraction

T MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object

TEXTALIGN / Aligns multiple text objects vertically,

TA
horizontally, or obliquely

TB TABLE / Creates an empty table object

TEXTEDIT / Edits a dimensional constraint, dimension,

TEDIT
or text object

THICKNESS / Sets the default 3D thickness property

TH
when creating 2D geometric objects

TILEMODE / Controls whether paper space can be

TI
accessed

TO
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TO TOOLBAR / Displays, hides, and customizes toolbars

TOLERANCE / Creates geometric tolerances contained

TOL
in a feature control frame

TOR TORUS / Creates a donut-shaped 3D solid

TP TOOLPALETTES / Opens the Tool Palettes window

TRIM / Trims objects to meet the edges of other

TR
objects

TABLESTYLE / Creates, modifies, or specifies table

TS
styles

UC UCSMAN / Manages defined user coordinate systems.

UNITS / Controls coordinate and angle display formats

UN
and precision.

UNISOLATEOBJECTS / Displays objects previously

UNHIDE / UNISOLATE hidden with the ISOLATEOBJECTS or HIDEOBJECTS
command.

UNI UNION / Unions two solid or two region objects.

V, W, X
V

VIEW / Saves and restores named views, camera views,

V
layout views, and preset views.

VGO VIEWGO / Restores a named view.

VP DDVPOINT / Sets the 3D viewing direction.

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VIEWPLAY / Plays the animation associated to a named

VPLAY
view.

VSCURRENT / Sets the visual style in the current

VS
viewport.

VISUALSTYLES / Creates and modifies visual styles and

VSM
applies a visual style to a viewport.

WBLOCK / Writes objects or a block to a new drawing

W
file.

WE WEDGE / Creates a 3D solid wedge.

NAVSWHEEL / Displays a wheel that contains a

WHEEL
collection of view navigation tools.

EXPLODE / Breaks a compound object into its

X
component objects.

XATTACH / Inserts a DWG file as an external reference

XA
(xref).

XBIND / Binds one or more definitions of named

XB
objects in an xref to the current drawing.

XCLIP / Crops the display of a selected external

XC
reference or block reference to a specified boundary.

XL XLINE / Creates a line of infinite length.

XR XREF / Starts the EXTERNALREFERENCES command.

Y-Z
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Y-Z
Y

ZOOM / Increases or decreases the magnification of

Z
the view in the current viewport.

ANALYSISZEBRA / Projects stripes onto a 3D model to

ZEBRA
analyze surface continuity.

ETRANSMIT / Creates a Self-Extracting or Zipped

ZIP
Transmittal Package.

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