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AutoCAD 2004 Command Aliases

By Alireza Parsai, April 2, 2003

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Command aliases are alternative names for AutoCAD commands. For example you can invoke the LINE command by entering L in command line. There is no need to type the complete name. Some commands have more than one alias. For instance CO and CP are both aliases for COPY. Some command aliases are longer than the command name. For example RECTANGLE is an alias for RECTANG. A good knowledge of command aliases can increase you speed in entering the commands at keyboard. Unfortunately the AutoCAD 2004 online help does not contain the list of command aliases. Below, you will find a complete list of command aliases as they are defined in the default AutoCAD Program Parameters file (ACAD.PGP). I will explain this file in a future article. If you wish to receive the list as a help file, please send an email request to alireza@khawarizmi.com.

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3D, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Z

3D
Command 3DARRAY 3DFACE 3DORBIT 3DPOLY Back to Top Alias(es) 3A 3F 3DO, ORBIT 3P

S
All th

A
Command ADCENTER ALIGN Alias(es) ADC, DC, DCENTER, CONTENT AL CA Te CA

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APPLOAD ARC AREA ARRAY -ARRAY ATTDEF -ATTDEF ATTEDIT -ATTEDIT ATTEXT

AP A AA AR -AR ATT, DDATTDEF -ATT ATE, DDATTE -ATE, ATTE DDATTEXT

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B
Command BHATCH BLOCK -BLOCK BOUNDARY -BOUNDARY BREAK Back to Top Alias(es) BH, H B, ACADBLOCKDIALOG, BMAKE, BMOD -B BO, BPOLY -BO BR

C
Command CHAMFER CHANGE CHECKSTANDARDS CIRCLE COLOR COPY Back to Top Alias(es) CHA -CH CHK C COL, COLOUR, DDCOLOR CO, CP

D
Command DBCONNECT Alias(es) DBC, AAD, AEX, ALI, ASQ, ARO, ASE

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DDEDIT DDGRIPS DDVPOINT DIMALIGNED DIMANGULAR DIMBASELINE DIMCENTER DIMCONTINUE DIMDIAMETER DIMDISASSOCIATE DIMEDIT DIMLINEAR DIMORDINATE DIMOVERRIDE DIMRADIUS DIMREASSOCIATE DIMSTYLE DIMTEDIT DIST DIVIDE DONUT DRAWORDER DSETTINGS DSVIEWER DVIEW Back to Top

ED GR VP DAL, DIMALI DAN, DIMANG DBA, DIMBASE DCE DCO, DIMCONT DDI, DIMDIA DDA DED, DIMED DLI, DIMLIN, DIMHORIZONTAL, DIMVERTICAL DOR, DIMORD DOV, DIMOVER DRA, DIMRAD DRE D, DST, DIMSTY, DDIM DIMTED DI DIV DO, DOUGHNUT DR DDRMODES, DS, SE AV DV DIMROTATED,

E
Command ELLIPSE ERASE EXPLODE EXPORT EXTEND EXTRUDE Back to Top Alias EL E X EXP EX EXT

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Command FILLET FILTER Back to Top

Alias F FI

G
Command GROUP -GROUP Back to Top Alias G -G

H
Command HATCH HATCHEDIT HIDE Back to Top Alias -H HE HI

I
Command IMAGE -IMAGE IMAGEADJUST IMAGEATTACH IMAGECLIP IMPORT INSERT -INSERT INSERTOBJ INTERFERE INTERSECT Back to Top Alias(es) IM -IM IAD IAT ICL IMP I, INSERTURL, DDINSERT -I IO INF IN

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L
Command LAYER -LAYER -LAYOUT LEADER LENGTHEN LINE LINETYPE -LINETYPE LIST LTSCALE LWEIGHT Back to Top Alias(es) LA, DDLMODES -LA LO LEAD LEN L LT, LTYPE, DDLTYPE -LT, -LTYPE LI, LS LTS LINEWEIGHT, LW

M
Command MATCHPROP MEASURE MIRROR MLINE MOVE MSPACE MTEXT -MTEXT MVIEW Back to Top Alias(es) MA, PAINTER ME MI ML M MS MT, T -T MV

O
Command OFFSET OPEN OPTIONS OSNAP -OSNAP Back to Top Alias(es) O OPENURL, DXFIN OP, PREFERENCES OS, DDOSNAP -OS

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P
Command PAN -PAN -PARTIALOPEN PASTESPEC PEDIT PLINE PLOT PLOTSTAMP POINT POLYGON PREVIEW PROPERTIES PROPERTIESCLOSE PSPACE PUBLISHTOWEB PURGE -PURGE Back to Top Alias(es) P -P PARTIALOPEN PA PE PL PRINT, DWFOUT DDPLOTSTAMP PO POL PRE CH, MO, PR, PROPS, DDCHPROP, DDMODIFY PRCLOSE PS PTW PU -PU

Q
Command QLEADER QUIT Back to Top Alias LE EXIT

R
Command RECTANG REDRAW REDRAWALL REGEN REGENALL REGION RENAME Alias(es) REC, RECTANGLE R RA RE REA REG REN

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-RENAME RENDER REVOLVE ROTATE RPREF Back to Top

-REN RR REV RO RPR

S
Command SAVE SAVEAS SCALE SCRIPT SECTION SETVAR SHADEMODE SLICE SNAP SOLID SPELL SPLINE SPLINEDIT STANDARDS STRETCH STYLE SUBTRACT Back to Top Alias(es) SAVEURL DXFOUT SC SCR SEC SET SHA, SHADE SL SN SO SP SPL SPE STA S ST, DDSTYLE SU

T
Command TABLET TEXT THICKNESS TILEMODE TOLERANCE TOOLBAR TOOLPALETTES TORUS Alias(es) TA DT, DTEXT TH TI, TM TOL TO TP TOR

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TRIM Back to Top

TR

U
Command UCS UCSMAN UNION UNITS -UNITS Back to Top Alias(es) DDUCS UC, DDUCS, DDUCSP UNI DDUNITS, UN -UN

V
Command VIEW VPORTS -VIEW VPOINT Back to Top Alias V, DDVIEW VIEWPORTS -V -VP

W
Command WBLOCK -WBLOCK WEDGE Back to Top Alias(es) W, ACADWBLOCKDIALOG -W WE

X
Command XATTACH XBIND -XBIND XCLIP Alias XA XB -XB XC

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XLINE XREF -XREF Back to Top

XL XR -XR

Z
Command ZOOM Back to Top Alias Z

3D, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Z

About the Author

Alireza Parsai is the founder of cadpanel.com. He is a mechanical engineer with more than 12 years experience with AutoCAD. Alireza is an Autodesk Authorized Author, the AutoCAD consultant for Al Khawarizmi Institute, a contributing editor for Augiworld magazine, a writer for CAD Digest, an instructor for AUGI Training Program, and an elected speaker for Autodesk University 2002. He has written 7 books in Farsi, 3 booklets in English, and more than 30 articles for different magazines and newsletters. You can reach him at alireza.parsai@cadpanel.com or visit his website www.cadpanel.com.

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