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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.

Toggles and screen management

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

Toggle General Features

 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

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

Ctrl+Page Up Switch to previous tab in current drawing

Ctrl+Page Down Switch to next tab in current drawing

Ctrl+Q Exit

Ctrl+Shift+S Save drawing as

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+A Select all objects

Ctrl+C Copy object

Ctrl+K Insert hyperlink

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

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

ESC Cancel current command

A, B, C
A

A ARC / Creates an arc

ADC ADCENTER / Manages and inserts content such as blocks, xref

 AA AREA / Calculates the area and perimeter of objects or of defin

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 m

ARU ACTUSERINPUT / Pauses for user input in an action macro

ACTSTOP / Stops the Action Recorder and provides the option

ARS
action macro file

ATI ATTIPEDIT / Changes the textual content of an attribute within

ATT ATTDEF / Redefines a block and updates associated attributes

ATE ATTEDIT / Changes attribute information in a block

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

BO BOUNDARY / Creates a region or a polyline from an enclosed

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 dynam

C CIRCLE / Creates a circle

CAM CAMERA / Sets a camera and target location to create and save

CONSTRAINTBAR / A toolbar-like UI element that displays t

CBAR
object

CH PROPERTIES / Controls properties of existing objects

CHA CHAMFER / Bevels the edges of objects

CHK CHECKSTANDARDS / Checks the current drawing for standa

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 direct

CT CTABLESTYLE / Sets the name of the current table style

CUBE NAVVCUBE / Controls the visibility and display properties of

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

 DIMBASELINE / Creates a linear, angular, or ordinate dimensi
DBA
selected dimension

DBC DBCONNECT / Provides an interface to external database table

DCE DIMCENTER / Creates the center mark or the centerlines of cir

DIMCONTINUE / Creates a dimension that starts from an exte

DCO
dimension

DCON DIMCONSTRAINT / Applies dimensional constraints to select

DDA DIMDISASSOCIATE / Removes associativity from selected di

DDI DIMDIAMETER / Creates a diameter dimension for a circle or

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 t

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

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

DO DONUT / Creates a filled circle or a wide ring

DOR DIMORDINATE / Creates ordinate dimensions

DOV DIMOVERRIDE / Controls overrides of system variables used

DR DRAWORDER / Changes the draw order of images and other o

DRA DIMRADIUS / Creates a radius dimension for a circle or an arc

 DRE DIMREASSOCIATE / Associates or re-associates selected dim

DRAWINGRECOVERY / Displays a list of drawing files that c

DRM
system failure

DSETTINGS / Sets grid and snap, polar and object snap trackin
DS
and Quick Properties

DT TEXT / Creates a single-line text object

DV DVIEW / Defines parallel projection or perspective views by us

DATAEXTRACTION / Extracts drawing data and merges data

DX
extraction table or external file

E ERASE / Removes objects from a drawing

ED DDEDIT / Edits single-line text, dimension text, attribute defin

EL ELLIPSE / Creates an ellipse or an elliptical arc

EPDF EXPORTPDF / Exports drawing to PDF

ER EXTERNALREFERENCES / Opens the External References

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 for

EXT EXTRUDE / Extends the dimensions of a 2D object or 3D face

F FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges of objects

 FI FILTER / Creates a list of requirements that an object must me

FS FSMODE / Creates a selection set of all objects that touch the

FSHOT FLATSHOT / Creates a 2D representation of all 3D objects ba

G, H, I
G

G GROUP / Creates and manages saved sets of objects called grou

GCON GEOCONSTRAINT / Applies or persists geometric relationshi

GD GRADIENT / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a g

GEO GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies the geographic location

H HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch

HE HATCHEDIT / Modifies an existing hatch or fill

HI HIDE / Regenerates a 3D wireframe model with hidden lines su

I INSERT / Inserts a block or drawing into the current drawing

IAD IMAGEADJUST / Controls the image display of the brightness

IAT IMAGEATTACH / Inserts a reference to an image file

ICL IMAGECLIP / Crops the display of a selected image to a specif

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 dra

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

INTERFERE / Creates a temporary 3D solid from the interferen

INF
solids

IO INSERTOBJ / Inserts a linked or embedded object

J, K, L
J

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 sta

LE QLEADER / Creates a leader and leader annotation

LEN LENGTHEN / Changes the length of objects and the included a

LESS MESHSMOOTHLESS / Decreases the level of smoothness for

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

LW LWEIGHT / Sets the current lineweight, lineweight display opt

M, N, O
M

M MOVE / Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direc

MA MATCHPROP / Applies the properties of a selected object to o

ME MEASURE / Joins similar objects to form a single, unbroken o

MEASUREGEOM / Measures the distance, radius, angle, area,

MEA
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 ob

MLEADERCOLLECT / Organizes selected multileaders that co

MLC
displays the result with a single leader

MLD MLEADER / Creates a multileader object

MLE MLEADEREDIT / Adds leader lines to, or removes leader lines

MLS MLEADERSTYLE / Creates and modifies multileader styles

MO PROPERTIES / Controls properties of existing objects

MORE MESHSMOOTHMORE / Increases the level of smoothness for

MS MSPACE / Switches from paper space to a model space viewpo

 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

NSHOT NEWSHOT / Creates a named view with motion that is played

NVIEW NEWVIEW / Creates a named view with no motion

O OFFSET / Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel

OFFSETSRF SURFOFFSET/ Creates a parallel surface or solid by setting an

OP OPTIONS / Customizes the program settings

ORBIT / 3DO 3DORBIT / Rotates the view in 3D space, but constrained to ho

OS OSNAP / Sets running object snap modes

P, Q, R
P

P PAN / Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definitio

PASTESPEC / Pastes objects from the Clipboard into the curre

PA
data

PAR PARAMETERS / Controls the associative parameters used in th

 PARAM BPARAMETER / Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic blo

PATCH SURFPATCH / Creates a new surface by fitting a cap over a su

PCATTACH POINTCLOUDATTACH / Inserts an indexed point cloud file i

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 (includin

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 spac

PSOLID POLYSOLID / Creates a 3D wall-like polysolid

PU PURGE / Removes unused items, such as block definitions and

PYR PYRAMID / Creates a 3D solid pyramid

QC QUICKCALC / Opens the QuickCalc calculator

QCUI QUICKCUI / Displays the Customize User Interface Editor in a

 QP QUICKPROPERTIES / Displays open drawings and layouts in

Q QSAVE / Saves the current drawing

QVD QVDRAWING / Displays open drawings and layouts in a draw

QVDC QVDRAWINGCLOSE / Closes preview images of open drawin

QVL QVLAYOUT / Displays preview images of model space and la

QVLC QVLAYOUTCLOSE / Closes preview images of model space a

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

RE REGEN / Regenerates the entire drawing from the current view

REA REGENALL / Regenerates the drawing and refreshes all viewp

REC RECTANG / Creates a rectangular polyline

REG REGION / Converts an object that encloses an area into a regio

REN RENAME / Changes the names assigned to items such as layers

REV REVOLVE / Creates a 3D solid or surface by sweeping a 2D ob

RO ROTATE / Rotates objects around a base point

RP RENDERPRESETS / Specifies render presets, reusable renderi

RR RENDER / Creates a photorealistic or realistically shaded imag

 RW RENDERWIN / Displays the Render window without starting a

S, T, U
S

S STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or

SCALE / Enlarges or reduces selected objects, keeping the prop

SC
scaling

SCR SCRIPT / Executes a sequence of commands from a script file

SEC SECTION / Uses the intersection of a plane and solids, surfaces

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 divid

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 sp

SPLANE SECTIONPLANE / Creates a section object that acts as a cuttin

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

SU SUBTRACT / Combines selected 3D solids, surfaces, or 2D reg

T MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object

TA TEXTALIGN / Aligns multiple text objects vertically, horizont

TB TABLE / Creates an empty table object

TED TEXTEDIT / Edits a dimensional constraint, dimension, or text

TH THICKNESS / Sets the default 3D thickness property when cre

TI TILEMODE / Controls whether paper space can be accessed

TOL TOLERANCE / Creates geometric tolerances contained in a fea

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 pre

UNISOLATEOBJECTS / Displays objects previously hidden w

UNHIDE / UNISOLATE
HIDEOBJECTS command.
 UNI UNION / Unions two solid or two region objects.

V, W, X
V

V VIEW / Saves and restores named views, camera views, layout

VGO VIEWGO / Restores a named view.

VP VPOINT / 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 appl

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

X EXPLODE / Breaks a compound object into its component obje

XA XATTACH / Inserts a DWG file as an external reference (xref)

XB XBIND / Binds one or more definitions of named objects in an

XC XCLIP / Crops the display of a selected external reference or bl

XL XLINE / Creates a line of infinite length.

 XR XREF / Starts the EXTERNALREFERENCES command.

Y-Z
Y

Z ZOOM / Increases or decreases the magnification of the view in

ZEBRA ANALYSISZEBRA / Projects stripes onto a 3D model to analy

ZIP ETRANSMIT / Creates a Self-Extracting or Zipped Transmitta