InDepth AutoCad Commands - Categorized

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 

Ctrl + Shift + H — Toggle Hide pallets

Ctrl + I — Toggle Coords

Ctrl + Shift + I — Toggle Infer Constraints 

Ctrl + 0 —  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

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 + A — Select all objects 

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 

Ctrl + C —  Copy object 

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 + [ or Ctrl + \ or Esc — Cancel current command

B — Block

Creates a block definition in the Block Editor

BC — BClose

Closes the Block Editor

BE — BEdit

Opens the block definition in the Block Editor

BS — BSave

Saves the current block definition

BVS — BVState

Creates, sets, or deletes a visibility state in a dynamic block

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

XR — XRef

Start the EXTERNAL REFERENCES command

CYL — Cylinder

Creates a 3D solid cylinder

PYR — Pyramid

Creates a 3D solid pyramid

TOR — Torus

Creates a donut-shaped 3D solid

WE — Wedge

Creates a 3D solid wedge

REV — Revolve

Creates a 3D solid or surface by sweeping a 2D object around an axis

EXT — Extrude

Extends the dimensions of a 2D object or 3D face into a 3D space

IN — Intersect

Creates a 3D solid, surface, or 2D region from overlapping solids, surfaces, or regions

SU — Subtract

Combines selected 3D solids, surfaces, or 2D regions by subtraction

UNI — Union

Unions two solids or two region objects

REG — Region

Converts an object that encloses an area into a region object

SL — Slice

Creates solid-filled triangles and quadrilaterals

SH — Shape

Creates 2D or 3D shape objects

ZEBRA — AnalysisZebra

Projects strips onto a 3D model to analyze surface continuity

L — Line

Creates straight line segments

EL — Ellipse

Creates an ellipse or an elliptical arc

PL — PLine

Creates a 2D polyline

PO — Point

Creates a point object

POL — Polygon

Creates an equilateral closed polyline

DO — Donut

Creates a filled circle or wide ring

B — Arc

Creates an arc

O — Offset

Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel curves

CHA — Chamfer

Bevels the edges of objects

F — Fillet

Rounds and fillets the edges of objects

CO — Copy

Copies objects a specified distance in a specified direction

M — Move

Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction

RO — Rotate

Rotates objects around a base point

SC — Scale

Enlarges or reduces selected objects, keeping the proportions of the object the same after scaling

ST — Stretch

Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or polygon

TR — Trim

Trims objects to make edges of other objects

EX — Extend

Extends objects to meet the edges of other objects

BR — Break

Breaks the selected object between two points

JOIN — Join

Join similar objects to form a single, unbroken object

E — Erase

Removes objects from a drawing

ED — DDEdit

Edits single-line text, dimension text, attribute definitions, and feature control frames

R — Redraw

Refreshes the display in the current viewport

RE — Regen

Regenerates the entire drawing and refreshes all viewports

RA — ReDrawAll

Refreshes the display in all viewports

DS — DSettings

Sets grid and snap, polar and object snap tracking, object snap modes, Dynamic Input, and Quick Properties

LI — List

Displays property data for selected objects

DE — Data Extraction

Extracts drawing data and merges data from an external source to a data extraction table or external file

PL — PLine

Creates a 2D polyline

M — Move

Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction

P — Pan

Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition

D — DimStyle

Creates and modifies dimensions styles

DI — Dist

Measures the distance and angle between two points

DT — Text

Creates a single-line text object

MT — MText

Creates a multiline text object

LA — Layer

Manages layers and layer properties

MA — MatchProp

Applies the properties of a selected object to other objects

D — DimStyle

Creates and modifies dimensions styles

DAN — DimAngular

Creates an angular dimension

DDA — DimDiameter

Creates a diameter dimension for a circle or an arc

DE — DDEdit

Edits dimension text and extension lines

DJO — DimJogged

Creates jogged dimensions for circles and arcs

DOR — DimOrdinate

Creates ordinate dimensions

DRA — DimRadius

Creates a radius dimension for circle or an arc

DOV — DimOverride

Controls overrides of system variables used in selected dimensions

DRE — DimReassociate

Associates or re-associates selected dimensions to objects or points on objects

CAM — Camera

Sets a camera and target location to create and save a 3D perspective view of objects

CUBE — NavCube

Controls the visibility and display properties of the ViewCube tool

WHEEL — NavsWheel

Displays a wheel that contains a collection of view navigation tools

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

VSM — VisualStyles

Creates and modifies visual styles and applies a visual style to a viewport

EXPORT — Export

Saves the objects in a drawing to a different file format

EPDF — ExportPDF

Exports drawing to PDF

ZIP — ETransmit

Creates a Self-Extracting or Zipped Transmittal Package

IMP — Import

Imports files of different formats into the current drawing

EXPORT — Export

Saves the objects in a drawing to a different file format

DBA — DimBaseline

Creates a linear, angular, or ordinate dimension from the baseline of the previous or selected dimension

DCE — DimCenter

Creates a dimension that starts from an extension line of a previously created dimension

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

DL — DataLink

The Data Link dialog box is displayed

DLU — DataLinkUpdate

Updates data to or from an established external data link

DX — DataExtraction

Extracts drawing data and merges data from an external source to a data extraction table or external file