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OneKeyShortcuts
Letsstartwiththebasicsshortcutsinvolvingjustonekey.Click hereoronthegraphic
belowtoviewitlarger.

TogglesandScreenManagement
ToggleGeneralFeatures
Ctrl+d

Togglecoordinatedisplay

Ctrl+g

ToggleGrid

Ctrl+e

Cycleisometricplanes

Ctrl+f

Togglerunningobjectsnaps

Ctrl+h

TogglePickStyle

Ctrl+Shift+h

ToggleHidepallets

Ctrl+i

ToggleCoords

Ctrl+Shift+i

ToggleInferConstraints

ManageScreen
Ctrl+0(zero)

CleanScreen

Ctrl+1

PropertyPalette

Ctrl+2

DesignCenterPalette

Ctrl+3

ToolPalette

Ctrl+4

SheetSetPalette

Ctrl+6

DBConnectManager

Ctrl+7

MarkupSetManagerPalette

Ctrl+8

QuickCalc

Ctrl+9

CommandLine

ManageDrawings
Ctrl+n

NewDrawing

Ctrl+s

Savedrawing

Ctrl+o

Opendrawing

Ctrl+p

Plotdialogbox

Ctrl+Tab

Switchtonext

Ctrl+Shift+Tab

Switchtopreviousdrawing

Ctrl+PageUp

Switchtoprevioustabincurrentdrawing

Ctrl+Page
Down

Switchtonexttabincurrentdrawing

Ctrl+q

Exit

Ctrl+a

Selectallobjects

ToggleDrawingModes
F1

DisplayHelp

F2

Toggletextscreen

F3

Toggleobjectsnapmode

F4

Toggle3DOsnap

F5

ToggleIsoplane

F6

ToggleDynamicUCS

F7

Togglegridmode

F8

Toggleorthomode

F9

Togglesnapmode

F10

Togglepolarmode

F11

Toggleobjectsnaptracking

F12

Toggledynamicinputmode

ManageWorkflow
Ctrl+c

Copyobject

Ctrl+x

Cutobject

Ctrl+v

Pasteobject

Ctrl+Shift+c

Copytoclipboardwithbasepoint

Ctrl+Shift+v

Pastedataasblock

Ctrl+z

Undolastaction

Ctrl+y

Redolastaction

Ctrl+[

Cancelcurrentcommand(orctrl+\)

ESC

Cancelcurrentcommand

AllShortcuts,AZ
A
A

ARC/Createsanarc.

ADC

ADCENTER/Managesandinsertscontentsuchasblocks,xrefs,and
hatch
patterns.

AA

AREA/Calculatestheareaandperimeterofobjectsorofdefinedareas.

AL

ALIGN/Alignsobjectswithotherobjectsin2Dand3D

AP

APPLOAD/LoadApplication

AR

ARRAY/Createsmultiplecopiesofobjectsinapattern.

ARR

ACTRECORD/StartstheActionRecorder.

ARM

ACTUSERMESSAGE/Insertsausermessageintoanactionmacro.

ARU

ACTUSERINPUT/Pausesforuserinputinanactionmacro.

ARS

ACTSTOP/StopstheActionRecorderandprovidestheoptionofsaving
the
recordedactionstoanactionmacrofile.

ATI

ATTIPEDIT/Changesthetextualcontentofanattributewithinablock.

ATT

ATTDEF/Redefinesablockandupdatesassociatedattributes.

ATE

ATTEDIT/Changesattributeinformationinablock.

B
B

BLOCK/Createsablockdefinitionfromselectedobjects.

BC

BCLOSE/ClosestheBlockEditor.

BE

BEDIT/OpenstheblockdefinitionintheBlockEditor.

BH

HATCH/Fillsanenclosedareaorselectedobjectswithahatchpattern,
solidfill,orgradientfill.

BO

BOUNDARY/Createsaregionorapolylinefromanenclosedarea.

BR

BREAK/Breakstheselectedobjectbetweentwopoints.

BS

BSAVE/Savesthecurrentblockdefinition.

BVS

BVSTATE/Creates,sets,ordeletesavisibilitystateinadynamicblock.

C
C

CIRCLE/Createsacircle.

CAM

CAMERA/Setsacameraandtargetlocationtocreateandsavea3D
perspectiveviewofobjects.

CBAR

CONSTRAINTBAR/AtoolbarlikeUIelementthatdisplaystheavailable
geometricconstraintsonanobject.

CH

PROPERTIES/Controlspropertiesofexistingobjects.

CHA

CHAMFER/Bevelstheedgesofobjects.

CHK

CHECKSTANDARDS/Checksthecurrentdrawingforstandards
violations.

CLI

COMMANDLINE/DisplaystheCommandLinewindow.

COL

COLOR/Setsthecolorfornewobjects.

CO

COPY/Copiesobjectsaspecifieddistanceinaspecifieddirection.

CT

CTABLESTYLE/Setsthenameofthecurrenttablestyle.

CUBE

NAVVCUBE/Controlsthevisibilityanddisplaypropertiesofthe
ViewCubetool.

CYL

CYLINDER/Createsa3Dsolidcylinder.

D
D

DIMSTYLE/Createsandmodifiesdimensionstyles.

DAN

DIMANGULAR/Createsanangulardimension.

DAR

DIMARC/Createsanarclengthdimension.

DBA

DIMBASELINE/Createsalinear,angular,orordinatedimensionfromthe
baseline
ofthepreviousorselecteddimension.

DBC

DBCONNECT/Providesaninterfacetoexternaldatabasetables.

DCE

DIMCENTER/Createsthecentermarkorthecenterlinesofcirclesand
arcs.

DCO

DIMCONTINUE/Createsadimensionthatstartsfromanextensionline
of
apreviouslycreateddimension.

DCON

DIMCONSTRAINT/Appliesdimensionalconstraintstoselectedobjects
orpoints
onobjects.

DDA

DIMDISASSOCIATE/Removesassociativityfromselecteddimensions.

DDI

DIMDIAMETER/Createsadiameterdimensionforacircleoranarc.

DED

DIMEDIT/Editsdimensiontextandextensionlines.

DI

DIST/Measuresthedistanceandanglebetweentwopoints.

DIV

DIVIDE/Createsevenlyspacedpointobjectsorblocksalongthelength
orperimeterofanobject.

DJL

DIMJOGLINE/Addsorremovesajoglineonalinearoraligned
dimension.

DJO

DIMJOGGED/Createsjoggeddimensionsforcirclesandarcs.

DL

DATALINK/TheDataLinkdialogboxisdisplayed.

DLU

DATALINKUPDATE/Updatesdatatoorfromanestablishedexternal
datalink.

DO

DONUT/Createsafilledcircleorawidering.

DOR

DIMORDINATE/Createsordinatedimensions.

DOV

DIMOVERRIDE/Controlsoverridesofsystemvariablesused
inselecteddimensions.

DR

DRAWORDER/Changesthedraworderofimagesandotherobjects.

DRA

DIMRADIUS/Createsaradiusdimensionforacircleoranarc.

DRE

DIMREASSOCIATE/Associatesorreassociatesselecteddimensions
toobjectsorpointsonobjects.

DRM

DRAWINGRECOVERY/Displaysalistofdrawingfilesthatcanbe
recoveredafter
aprogramorsystemfailure.

DS

DSETTINGS/Setsgridandsnap,polarandobjectsnaptracking,
objectsnapmodes,DynamicInput,andQuickProperties.

DT

TEXT/Createsasinglelinetextobject.

DV

DVIEW/Definesparallelprojectionorperspectiveviewsbyusinga
camera
andtarget.

DX

DATAEXTRACTION/Extractsdrawingdataandmergesdatafroman
externalsourcetoadataextractiontableorexternalfile.

EF
E

ERASE/Removesobjectsfromadrawing.

ED

DDEDIT/Editssinglelinetext,dimensiontext,attributedefinitions,
andfeaturecontrolframes.

EL

ELLIPSE/Createsanellipseoranellipticalarc.

EPDF

EXPORTPDF/ExportsdrawingtoPDF.

ER

EXTERNALREFERENCES/OpenstheExternalReferencespalette.

EX

EXTEND/Extendsobjectstomeettheedgesofotherobjects.

EXIT

QUIT/Exitstheprogram.

EXP

EXPORT/Savestheobjectsinadrawingtoadifferentfileformat.

EXT

EXTRUDE/Extendsthedimensionsofa2Dobjector3Dfaceinto3D
space.

FILLET/Roundsandfilletstheedgesofobjects.

FI

FILTER/Createsalistofrequirementsthatanobjectmustmeettobe
included
inaselectionset.

FS

FSMODE/Createsaselectionsetofallobjectsthattouchtheselected
object.

FSHOT

FLATSHOT/Createsa2Drepresentationofall3Dobjectsbased
onthecurrentview.

GH
G

GROUP/Createsandmanagessavedsetsofobjectscalledgroups.

GCON

GEOCONSTRAINT/Appliesorpersistsgeometricrelationshipsbetween
objectsorpointsonobjects.

GD

GRADIENT/Fillsanenclosedareaorselectedobjectswithagradientfill.

GEO

GEOGRAPHICLOCATION/Specifiesthegeographiclocationinformation
foradrawingfile.

HATCH/Fillsanenclosedareaorselectedobjectswithahatchpattern,
solidfill,orgradientfill.

HE

HATCHEDIT/Modifiesanexistinghatchorfill.

HI

HIDE/Regeneratesa3Dwireframemodelwithhiddenlinessuppressed.

IK
I

INSERT/Insertsablockordrawingintothecurrentdrawing.

IAD

IMAGEADJUST/Controlstheimagedisplayofthebrightness,contrast,
andfadevaluesofimages.

IAT

IMAGEATTACH/Insertsareferencetoanimagefile.

ICL

IMAGECLIP/Cropsthedisplayofaselectedimagetoaspecified
boundary.

ID

ID/DisplaystheUCScoordinatevaluesofaspecifiedlocation.

IM

IMAGE/DisplaystheExternalReferencespalette.

IMP

IMPORT/Importsfilesofdifferentformatsintothecurrentdrawing.

IN

INTERSECT/Createsa3Dsolid,surface,or2Dregionfromoverlapping
solids,surfaces,orregions.

INF

INTERFERE/Createsatemporary3Dsolidfromtheinterferences
betweentwosetsofselected3Dsolids.

IO

INSERTOBJ/Insertsalinkedorembeddedobject.

JOIN/Joinssimilarobjectstoformasingle,unbrokenobject.

JOG

DIMJOGGED/Createsjoggeddimensionsforcirclesandarcs.

LM
L

LINE/Createsstraightlinesegments.

LA

LAYER/Manageslayersandlayerproperties.

LAS

LAYERSTATE/Saves,restores,andmanagesnamedlayerstates.

LE

QLEADER/Createsaleaderandleaderannotation.

LEN

LENGTHEN/Changesthelengthofobjectsandtheincludedangleof
arcs.

LESS

MESHSMOOTHLESS/Decreasesthelevelofsmoothnessformesh
objectsbyonelevel.

LI

LIST/Displayspropertydataforselectedobjects.

LO

LAYOUT/Createsandmodifiesdrawinglayouttabs.

LT

LINETYPE/Loads,sets,andmodifieslinetypes.

LTS

LTSCALE/Changesthescalefactoroflinetypesforallobjectsina
drawing.

LW

LWEIGHT/Setsthecurrentlineweight,lineweightdisplayoptions,and
lineweightunits.

MOVE/Movesobjectsaspecifieddistanceinaspecifieddirection.

MA

MATCHPROP/Appliesthepropertiesofaselectedobjecttoother
objects.

MAT

MATERIALS/ShowsorhidestheMaterialswindow.

ME

JOIN/Joinssimilarobjectstoformasingle,unbrokenobject.

MEA

MEASUREGEOM/Measuresthedistance,radius,angle,area,and
volumeofselectedobjectsorsequenceofpoints.

MI

MIRROR/Createsamirroredcopyofselectedobjects.

ML

MLINE/Createsmultipleparallellines.

MLA

MLEADERALIGN/Alignsandspacesselectedmultileaderobjects.

MLC

MLEADERCOLLECT/Organizesselectedmultileadersthatcontain
blocksintorowsorcolumns,anddisplaystheresultwithasingleleader.

MLD

MLEADER/Createsamultileaderobject.

MLE

MLEADEREDIT/Addsleaderlinesto,orremovesleaderlinesfrom,a
multileaderobject.

MLS

MLEADERSTYLE/Createsandmodifiesmultileaderstyles.

MO

PROPERTIES/Controlspropertiesofexistingobjects.

MORE

MESHSMOOTHMORE/Increasesthelevelofsmoothnessformesh
objectsbyonelevel.

MS

MSPACE/Switchesfrompaperspacetoamodelspaceviewport.

MSM

MARKUP/OpenstheMarkupSetManager.

MT

MTEXT/Createsamultilinetextobject.

MV

MVIEW/Createsandcontrolslayoutviewports.

NO
NORTH

GEOGRAPHICLOCATION/Specifiesthegeographiclocationinformation
foradrawingfile.

NSHOT

NEWSHOT/Createsanamedviewwithmotionthatisplayedbackwhen
viewedwithShowMotion.

NVIEW

NEWVIEW/Createsanamedviewwithnomotion.

OFFSET/Createsconcentriccircles,parallellines,andparallelcurves.

OP

OPTIONS/Customizestheprogramsettings.

ORBIT

3DORBIT/Rotatestheviewin3Dspace,butconstrainedtohorizontal
andverticalorbitonly.

OS

OSNAP/Setsrunningobjectsnapmodes.

P
P

PAN/Addsaparameterwithgripstoadynamicblockdefinition.

PA

PASTESPEC/PastesobjectsfromtheClipboardintothecurrentdrawing
andcontrolstheformatofthedata.

PAR

PARAMETERS/Controlstheassociativeparametersusedinthe
drawing.

PARAM

BPARAMETER/Addsaparameterwithgripstoadynamicblock
definition.

PATCH

SURFPATCH/Createsanewsurfacebyfittingacapoverasurface
edgethatformsaclosedloop.

PC

POINTCLOUD/Providesoptionstocreateandattachpointcloudfiles.

PCATTACH

POINTCLOUDATTACH/Insertsanindexedpointcloudfileintothe
currentdrawing.

PCINDEX

POINTCLOUDINDEX/Createsanindexedpointcloud(PCGorISD)file
fromascanfile.

PE

PEDIT/Editspolylinesand3Dpolygonmeshes.

PL

PLINE/Createsa2Dpolyline.

PO

POINT/Createsapointobject.

POFF

HIDEPALETTES/Hidescurrentlydisplayedpalettes(includingthe

commandline).
POL

POLYGON/Createsanequilateralclosedpolyline.

PON

SHOWPALETTES/Restoresthedisplayofhiddenpalettes.

PR

PROPERTIES/DisplaysPropertiespalette.

PRE

PREVIEW/Displaysthedrawingasitwillbeplotted.

PRINT

PLOT/Plotsadrawingtoaplotter,printer,orfile.

PS

PSPACE/Switchesfromamodelspaceviewporttopaperspace.

PSOLID

POLYSOLID/Createsa3Dwalllikepolysolid.

PTW

PUBLISHTOWEB/CreatesHTMLpagesthatincludeimagesofselected
drawings.

PU

PURGE/Removesunuseditems,suchasblockdefinitionsandlayers,
fromthedrawing.

PYR

PYRAMID/Createsa3Dsolidpyramid.

Q
QC

QUICKCALC/OpenstheQuickCalccalculator.

QCUI

QUICKCUI/DisplaystheCustomizeUserInterfaceEditorinacollapsed
state.

QP

QUICKPROPERTIES/Displaysopendrawingsandlayoutsinadrawing
inpreviewimages.

QSAVE

QSAVE/Savesthecurrentdrawing.

QVD

QVDRAWING/Displaysopendrawingsandlayoutsinadrawingusing
previewimages.

QVDC

QVDRAWINGCLOSE/Closespreviewimagesofopendrawingsand
layoutsinadrawing.

QVL

QVLAYOUT/Displayspreviewimagesofmodelspaceandlayoutsina
drawing.

QVLC

QVLAYOUTCLOSE/Closespreviewimagesofmodelspaceandlayouts
inthecurrentdrawing.

R
R

REDRAW/Refreshesthedisplayinthecurrentviewport.

RA

REDRAWALL/Refreshesthedisplayinallviewports.

RC

RENDERCROP/Rendersaspecifiedrectangulararea,calledacrop
window,withinaviewport.

RE

REGEN/Regeneratestheentiredrawingfromthecurrentviewport.

REA

REGENALL/Regeneratesthedrawingandrefreshesallviewports.

REC

RECTANG/Createsarectangularpolyline.

REG

REGION/Convertsanobjectthatenclosesanareaintoaregionobject.

REN

RENAME/Changesthenamesassignedtoitemssuchaslayersand
dimensionstyles.

REV

REVOLVE/Createsa3Dsolidorsurfacebysweepinga2Dobject
aroundanaxis.

RO

ROTATE/Rotatesobjectsaroundabasepoint.

RP

RENDERPRESETS/Specifiesrenderpresets,reusablerendering
parameters,forrenderinganimage.

RPR

RPREF/DisplaysorhidestheAdvancedRenderSettingspalettefor
accesstoadvancedrenderingsettings.

RR

RENDER/Createsaphotorealisticorrealisticallyshadedimageofa3D
solidorsurfacemodel.

RW

RENDERWIN/DisplaystheRenderwindowwithoutstartingarendering
operation.

S
S

STRETCH/Stretchesobjectscrossedbyaselectionwindoworpolygon.

SC

SCALE/Enlargesorreducesselectedobjects,keepingtheproportionsof
theobjectthesameafterscaling.

SCR

SCRIPT/Executesasequenceofcommandsfromascriptfile.

SEC

SECTION/Usestheintersectionofaplaneandsolids,surfaces,ormesh
tocreatearegion.

SET

SETVAR/Listsorchangesthevaluesofsystemvariables.

SHA

SHADEMODE/StartstheVSCURRENTcommand.

SL

SLICE/Createsnew3Dsolidsandsurfacesbyslicing,ordividing,
existingobjects.

SN

SNAP/Restrictscursormovementtospecifiedintervals.

SO

SOLID/Createssolidfilledtrianglesandquadrilaterals.

SP

SPELL/Checksspellinginadrawing.

SPE

SPLINEDIT/Editsasplineorsplinefitpolyline.

SPL

SPLINE/Createsasmoothcurvethatpassesthroughornearspecified
points.

SPLANE

SECTIONPLANE/Createsasectionobjectthatactsasacuttingplane
through3Dobjects.

SPLAY

SEQUENCEPLAY/Playsnamedviewsinonecategory.

SPLIT

MESHSPLIT/Splitsameshfaceintotwofaces.

SPE

SPLINEDIT/Editsasplineorsplinefitpolyline.

SSM

SHEETSET/OpenstheSheetSetManager.

ST

STYLE/Creates,modifies,orspecifiestextstyles.

STA

STANDARDS/Managestheassociationofstandardsfileswithdrawings.

SU

SUBTRACT/Combinesselected3Dsolids,surfaces,or2Dregionsby
subtraction.

T
T

MTEXT/Createsamultilinetextobject.

TA

TABLET/Calibrates,configures,andturnsonandoffanattached
digitizingtablet.

TB

TABLE/Createsanemptytableobject.

TEDIT

TEXTEDIT/Editsadimensionalconstraint,dimension,ortextobject.

TH

THICKNESS/Setsthedefault3Dthicknesspropertywhencreating2D
geometricobjects.

TI

TILEMODE/Controlswhetherpaperspacecanbeaccessed.

TO

TOOLBAR/Displays,hides,andcustomizestoolbars.

TOL

TOLERANCE/Createsgeometrictolerancescontainedinafeature
controlframe.

TOR

TORUS/Createsadonutshaped3Dsolid.

TP

TOOLPALETTES/OpenstheToolPaletteswindow.

TR

TRIM/Trimsobjectstomeettheedgesofotherobjects.

TS

TABLESTYLE/Creates,modifies,orspecifiestablestyles.

UW
UC

UCSMAN/Managesdefinedusercoordinatesystems.

UN

UNITS/Controlscoordinateandangledisplayformatsandprecision.

UNHIDE/
UNISOLATE

UNISOLATEOBJECTS/Displaysobjectspreviouslyhiddenwiththe
ISOLATEOBJECTSorHIDEOBJECTScommand.

UNI

UNION/Unionstwosolidortworegionobjects.

VIEW/Savesandrestoresnamedviews,cameraviews,layoutviews,
andpresetviews.

VGO

VIEWGO/Restoresanamedview.

VP

DDVPOINT/Setsthe3Dviewingdirection.

VPLAY

VIEWPLAY/Playstheanimationassociatedtoanamedview.

VS

VSCURRENT/Setsthevisualstyleinthecurrentviewport.

VSM

VISUALSTYLES/Createsandmodifiesvisualstylesandappliesavisual
styletoaviewport.

WBLOCK/Writesobjectsorablocktoanewdrawingfile.

WE

WEDGE/Createsa3Dsolidwedge.

WHEEL

NAVSWHEEL/Displaysawheelthatcontainsacollectionofview
navigationtools.

XZ
X

EXPLODE/Breaksacompoundobjectintoitscomponentobjects.

XA

XATTACH/InsertsaDWGfileasanexternalreference(xref).

XB

XBIND/Bindsoneormoredefinitionsofnamedobjectsinanxreftothe
currentdrawing.

XC

XCLIP/Cropsthedisplayofaselectedexternalreferenceorblock
referencetoaspecifiedboundary.

XL

XLINE/Createsalineofinfinitelength.

XR

XREF/StartstheEXTERNALREFERENCEScommand.

ZOOM/Increasesordecreasesthemagnificationoftheviewinthe
currentviewport.

ZEBRA

ANALYSISZEBRA/Projectsstripesontoa3Dmodeltoanalyzesurface
continuity.

ZIP

ETRANSMIT/CreatesaSelfExtractingorZippedTransmittalPackage.

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