AutoCAD keyboard shortcuts and commands

Toggle Keys

Toggle General Features

Toggle Key	Description
Ctrl+d	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
Manage Screen
Toggle Key	Description
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
Toggle Key	Description
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+PgUp(Page Up)	Switch to previous tab in current drawing
Ctrl+PgDn(Page Down)	Switch to next tab in current drawing
Ctrl+q	Exit
Ctrl+a	Select all objects
Toggle Drawing Modes
Toggle Key	Description
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
Toggle Key	Description
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
ESC	Cancel current command

Command Line

One Key

Short Command	Full Command Line	Description
A	ARC	Creates an arc.
B	BLOCK	Creates a block definition from selected objects.
C	CIRCLE	Creates a circle.
D	DIMSTYLE	Creates and modifies dimension styles.
E	ERASE	Removes objects from a drawing.
F	FILLET	Rounds and fillets the edges of objects.
G	GROUP	Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups.
H	HATCH	Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern
I	INSERT	Inserts a block or drawing into the current drawing.
J	JOIN	Joins similar objects to form a single
L	LINE	Creates straight line segments.
M	MOVE	Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction.
O	OFFSET	Creates concentric circles
P	PAN	Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition.
Q	QSAVE	Saves the current drawing.
R	REDRAW	Refreshes the display in the current viewport.
S	STRETCH	Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or polygon.
T	MTEXT	Creates a multiline text object.
V	VIEW	Saves and restores named views
W	WBLOCK	Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file.
X	EXPLODE	Breaks a compound object into its component objects.
Z	ZOOM	Increases or decreases the magnification of the view in the current viewport.

AutoCAD Command line

A
Short Command	Full Command Line	Description
A	ARC	Creates an arc.
AA	AREA	Calculates the area and perimeter of objects or of defined areas.
ADC	ADCENTER	Manages and inserts content such as blocks xrefs and hatch patterns.
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 macro.
ARU	ACTUSERINPUT	Pauses for user input in an action macro.
ARS	ACTSTOP	Stops the Action Recorder and provides the option of saving the recorded actions to an action macro file.
ATI	ATTIPEDIT	Changes the textual content of an attribute within a block.
ATT	ATTDEF	Redefines a block and updates associated attributes.
ATE	ATTEDIT	Changes attribute information in a block.
B
Short Command	Full Command Line	Description
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 pattern solid fill or gradient fill.
BO	BOUNDARY	Creates a region or a polyline from an enclosed area.
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 dynamic block.
C
Short Command	Full Command Line	Description
C	CIRCLE	Creates a circle.
CAM	CAMERA	Sets a camera and target location to create and save a 3D perspective view of objects.
CBAR	CONSTRAINTBAR	A toolbar-like UI element that displays the available geometric constraints on an object.
CH	PROPERTIES	Controls properties of existing objects.
CHA	CHAMFER	Bevels the edges of objects.
CHK	CHECKSTANDARDS	Checks the current drawing for standards violations.
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 direction.
CT	CTABLESTYLE	Sets the name of the current table style.
CUB	NAVVCUBE	Controls the visibility and display properties of the ViewCube tool.
CYL	CYLINDER	Creates a 3D solid cylinder.
D
Short Command	Full Command Line	Description
D	DIMSTYLE	Creates and modifies dimension styles.
DAN	DIMANGULAR	Creates an angular dimension.
DAR	DIMARC	Creates an arc length dimension.
DBA	DIMBASELINE	Creates a linear angular or ordinate dimension from the baseline of the previous or selected dimension.
DBC	DBCONNECT	Provides an interface to external database tables.
DCE	DIMCENTER	Creates the center mark or the centerlines of circles and arcs.
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.
DDA	DIMDISASSOCIATE	Removes associativity from selected dimensions.
DDI	DIMDIAMETER	Creates a diameter dimension for a circle or an arc.
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 the length or perimeter of an object.
DJL	DIMJOGLINE	Adds or removes a jog line on a linear or aligned dimension.
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 external data link.
DO	DONUT	Creates a filled circle or a wide ring.
DOR	DIMORDINATE	Creates ordinate dimensions.
DOV	DIMOVERRIDE	Controls overrides of system variables used in selected dimensions.
DR	DRAWORDER	Changes the draw order of images and other objects.
DRA	DIMRADIUS	Creates a radius dimension for a circle or an arc.
DRE	DIMREASSOCIATE	Associates or re-associates selected dimensions to objects or points on objects.
DRM	DRAWINGRECOVERY	Displays a list of drawing files that can be recovered after a program or system failure.
DS	DSETTINGS	Sets grid and snap polar and object snap tracking object snap modes Dynamic Input and Quick Properties.
DT	TEXT	Creates a single-line text object.
DV	DVIEW	Defines parallel projection or perspective views by using a camera and target.
DX	DATAEXTRACTION	Extracts drawing data and merges data from an external source to a data extraction table or external file.
E–F
Short Command	Full Command Line	Description
E	ERASE	Removes objects from a drawing.
ED	DDEDIT	Edits single-line text dimension text attribute definitions and feature control frames.
EL	ELLIPSE	Creates an ellipse or an elliptical arc.
EPDF	EXPORTPDF	Exports drawing to PDF.
ER	EXTERNALREFERENCES	Opens the External References palette.
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 format.
EXT	EXTRUDE	Extends the dimensions of a 2D object or 3D face into 3D space.
F	FILLET	Rounds and fillets the edges of objects.
FI	FILTER	Creates a list of requirements that an object must meet to be included in a selection set.
FS	FSMODE	Creates a selection set of all objects that touch the selected object.
FSHOT	FLATSHOT	Creates a 2D representation of all 3D objects based on the current view.
G–H
Short Command	Full Command Line	Description
G	GROUP	Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups.
GCON	GEOCONSTRAINT	Applies or persists geometric relationships between objects or points on objects.
GD	GRADIENT	Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a gradient fill.
GEO	GEOGRAPHICLOCATION	Specifies the geographic location information for a drawing file.
H	HATCH	Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern solid fill or gradient fill.
HE	HATCHEDIT	Modifies an existing hatch or fill.
HI	HIDE	Regenerates a 3D wireframe model with hidden lines suppressed.
I–K
Short Command	Full Command Line	Description
I	INSERT	Inserts a block or drawing into the current drawing.
IAD	IMAGEADJUST	Controls the image display of the brightness contrast and fade values of images.
IAT	IMAGEATTACH	Inserts a reference to an image file.
ICL	IMAGECLIP	Crops the display of a selected image to a specified boundary.
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 drawing.
IN	INTERSECT	Creates a 3D solid surface or 2D region from overlapping solids surfaces or regions.
INF	INTERFERE	Creates a temporary 3D solid from the interferences between two sets of selected 3D solids.
IO	INSERTOBJ	Inserts a linked or embedded object.
J	JOIN	Joins similar objects to form a single unbroken object.
JOG	DIMJOGGED	Creates jogged dimensions for circles and arcs.
L–M
Short Command	Full Command Line	Description
L	LINE	Creates straight line segments.
LA	LAYER	Manages layers and layer properties.
LAS	LAYERSTATE	Saves restores and manages named layer states.
LE	QLEADER	Creates a leader and leader annotation.
LEN LENGTHEN	Changes the length of objects and the included angle of arcs.
LESS	MESHSMOOTHLESS	Decreases the level of smoothness for mesh objects by one level.
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 in a drawing.
LW	LWEIGHT	Sets the current lineweight lineweight display options and lineweight units.
M	MOVE	Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction.
MA	MATCHPROP	Applies the properties of a selected object to other objects.
MAT	MATERIALS	Shows or hides the Materials window.
ME	MEASURE	Creates point objects or blocks at measured intervals along the length or perimeter of an object.
MEA	MEASUREGEOM	Measures the distance radius angle 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.
MLA	MLEADERALIGN	Aligns and spaces selected multileader objects.
MLC	MLEADERCOLLECT	Organizes selected multileaders that contain blocks into rows or columns and displays the result with a single leader.
MLD	MLEADER	Creates a multileader object.
MLE	MLEADEREDIT	Adds leader lines to or removes leader lines from a multileader object.
MLS	MLEADERSTYLE	Creates and modifies multileader styles.
MO	PROPERTIES	Controls properties of existing objects.
MORE	MESHSMOOTHMORE	Increases the level of smoothness for mesh objects by one level.
MS	MSPACE	Switches from paper space to a model space viewport.
MSM	MARKUP	Opens the Markup Set Manager.
MT	MTEXT	Creates a multiline text object.
MV	MVIEW	Creates and controls layout viewports.
N–O
Short Command	Full Command Line	Description
NORTH	GEOGRAPHICLOCATION	Specifies the geographic location information for a drawing file.
NSHOT	NEWSHOT	Creates a named view with motion that is played back when viewed with ShowMotion.
NVIEW	NEWVIEW	Creates a named view with no motion.
O	OFFSET	Creates concentric circles parallel lines and parallel curves.
OP	OPTIONS	Customizes the program settings.
ORBIT	3DORBIT	Rotates the view in 3D space but constrained to horizontal and vertical orbit only.
OS	OSNAP	Sets running object snap modes.
P
Short Command	Full Command Line	Description
P	PAN	Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition.
PA	PASTESPEC	Pastes objects from the Clipboard into the current drawing and controls the format of the data.
PAR	PARAMETERS	Controls the associative parameters used in the drawing.
PARAM	BPARAMETER	Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition.
PATCH	SURFPATCH	Creates a new surface by fitting a cap over a surface edge that forms a closed loop.
PC	POINTCLOUD	Provides options to create and attach point cloud files.
PCATTACH	POINTCLOUDATTACH	Inserts an indexed point cloud file into the current drawing.
PCINDEX	POINTCLOUDINDEX	Creates an indexed point cloud (PCG or ISD) file from a scan file.
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 (including the command line).
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 space.
PSOLID	POLYSOLID	Creates a 3D wall-like polysolid.
PTW	draftTOWEB	Creates HTML pages that include images of selected drawings.
PU	PURGE	Removes unused items such as block definitions and layers from the drawing.
PYR	PYRAMID	Creates a 3D solid pyramid.
Q
Short Command	Full Command Line	Description
QC	QUICKCALC	Opens the QuickCalc calculator.
QCUI	QUICKCUI	Displays the Customize User Interface Editor in a collapsed state.
QP	QUICKPROPERTIES	Displays open drawings and layouts in a drawing in preview images.
Q	QSAVE	Saves the current drawing.
QVD	QVDRAWING	Displays open drawings and layouts in a drawing using preview images.
QVDC	QVDRAWINGCLOSE	Closes preview images of open drawings and layouts in a drawing.
QVL	QVLAYOUT	Displays preview images of model space and layouts in a drawing.
QVLC	QVLAYOUTCLOSE	Closes preview images of model space and layouts in the current drawing.
R
Short Command	Full Command Line	Description
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 crop window within a viewport.
RE	REGEN	Regenerates the entire drawing from the current viewport.
REA	REGENALL	Regenerates the drawing and refreshes all viewports.
REC	RECTANG	Creates a rectangular polyline.
REG	REGION	Converts an object that encloses an area into a region object.
REN	RENAME	Changes the names assigned to items such as layers and dimension styles.
REV	REVOLVE	Creates a 3D solid or surface by sweeping a 2D object around an axis.
RO	ROTATE	Rotates objects around a base point.
RP	RENDERPRESETS	Specifies render presets reusable rendering parameters for rendering an image.
RPR	RPREF	Displays or hides the Advanced Render Settings palette for access to advanced rendering settings.
RR	RENDER	Creates a photorealistic or realistically shaded image of a 3D solid or surface model.
RW	RENDERWIN	Displays the Render window without starting a rendering operation.
S
Short Command	Full Command Line	Description
S	STRETCH	Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or polygon.
SC	SCALE	Enlarges or reduces selected objects keeping the proportions of the object the same after scaling.
SCR	SCRIPT	Executes a sequence of commands from a script file.
SEC	SECTION	Uses the intersection of a plane and solids surfaces or mesh to create a region.
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 dividing existing objects.
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 specified points.
SPLANE	SECTIONPLANE	Creates a section object that acts as a 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.
STA	STANDARDS	Manages the association of standards files with drawings.
SU	SUBTRACT	Combines selected 3D solids surfaces or 2D regions by subtraction.
T
Short Command	Full Command Line	Description
T	MTEXT	Creates a multiline text object.
TA	TABLET	Calibrates configures and turns on and off an attached digitizing tablet.
TB	TABLE	Creates an empty table object.
TEDIT	TEXTEDIT	Edits a dimensional constraint dimension or text object.
TH	THICKNESS	Sets the default 3D thickness property when creating 2D geometric objects.
TI	TILEMODE	Controls whether paper space can be accessed.
TO	TOOLBAR	Displays hides and customizes toolbars.
TOL	TOLERANCE	Creates geometric tolerances contained in a feature control frame.
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.
U–W
UC	UCSMAN	Manages defined user coordinate systems.
UN	UNITS	Controls coordinate and angle display formats and precision.
UNHIDE	UNISOLATEOBJECTS	Displays UNISOLATE objects previously hidden with the ISOLATEOBJECTS or HIDEOBJECTS command.
UNI	UNION	Unions two solid or two region objects.
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.
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 applies a visual style to a viewport.
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 view navigation tools.
X–Z
X	EXPLODE	Breaks a compound object into its component objects.
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.
XL	XLINE	Creates a line of infinite length.
XR	XREF	Starts the EXTERNALREFERENCES command.
Z	ZOOM	Increases or decreases the magnification of the view in the current viewport.
ZEBRA	ANALYSISZEBRA	Projects stripes onto a 3D model to analyze surface continuity.
ZIP	ETRANSMIT	Creates a Self-Extracting or Zipped Transmittal Package.