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Auto-CAD Shortcut keys used for CAD-CAM

TOP Auto-CAD Shortcut keys used for CAD-CAM
shortcut keys used in Auto-CAD which are really helpful for users in
CAD/CAM.
When creating your shortcut keys You can use the default shortcut keys as
an example.

The following table lists the default shortcut keys and

actions of the keys:-

SHORTCUT Description
KEYS
ALT + F4 Closes the application window

ALT + F8 Displays macros dialog box (only in AUTOCAD)

ALT + F11 Visual Basic Editor shows (only in AUTOCAD)

Ctrl + F2 The text window displays

Ctrl + F4 Closes the current drawing

Ctrl + F6 Moves to the next file tab

Ctrl + 0 Toggle clean screen

Ctrl + 1 Toggle properties palette

Ctrl + 2 Toggle DesignCenter

Ctrl + 3 Toggles tool palette window

Ctrl + 4 Toggle sheet set manager

Ctrl + 6 Toggle dbConnect Manager (AutoCAD only)

Ctrl + 7 Toggle markup set manager

Ctrl + 8 Toggles QuickCalc palette

Ctrl + 9 Toggles command line window

Ctrl + A Selects all objects in the drawing which are not locked or frozen

Ctrl + SHIFT + A Toggle group

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SHORTCUT Description
KEYS
Ctrl + B Toggle snap

CTRL + C Copy the objects to the Windows clipboard

Ctrl + SHIFT + C Copies objects to Windows Clipboard with Base Point

CTRL + D Toggle Dynamic UCS (AutoCAD only)

CTRL + E Cycle through isometric planes

Ctrl + SHIFT + E Enables the use of inherent faces and allows a selected face to
exit

CTRL + F Toggle running object snaps

Ctrl + G Toggle grid display mode

Ctrl + H Toggle PICKSTYLE

Ctrl + SHIFT + H Toggles the display of tabs with HIDEPALETTES and

SHOWPALETTES

Ctrl + I Toggles coordinate performance (AutoCAD only)

Ctrl + SHIFT + I Toggle effect constraints (AutoCAD only)

Ctrl + J Repeats the last order

Ctrl + K Inserts hyperlinks

Ctrl + L Toggle Ortho Mode

Ctrl + SHIFT + L Selects already selected items

Ctrl + M Repeats the last order

Ctrl + N Creates a new drawing

Ctrl + O Opens an existing drawing

CTRL + P Plots the current drawing

Ctrl + SHIFT + P Quick properties toggle interface

Ctrl + Q Skips application

Ctrl + R Floating viewport on a bicycle or current name layout via tiled

viewport on the model tab

Ctrl + S Saves current drawing

Ctrl + SHIFT + S Displays Save As dialog box

Ctrl + T Toggle tablet mode

Ctrl + U Toggle Polar Tracking

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SHORTCUT Description
KEYS
Ctrl + V Pastes data from Windows Clipboard

Ctrl + SHIFT + V Pastes data as a block from Windows Clipboard

Ctrl + W Toggle selection cycle

Ctrl + X Closes objects on the Windows clipboard with the current

drawing

Ctrl + Y Cancels the previous action

Ctrl + SHIFT + Y Toggle 3D object snap mode (AutoCAD only)

Ctrl + Z Reverses the last action

Ctrl + [ Cancel command

Ctrl + \ Cancel command

Ctrl + Home Focuses on the Start Tab

CTRL + PAGE UP Moves to the previous layout

CTRL + PAGE Takes to the next layout tab

DOWN

CTRL + TAB Moves to the next file tab

F1 Displays help

F2 Expands command line history when command line window

floats or displays a text window

F3 Toggle OSNAP

F4 Toggles 3DOSNAP (AutoCAD only) or Toggle TABMODE (AutoCAD

LT only)

F5 Toggle ISOPLANE

F6 Toggle UCSDETECT (AutoCAD only)

F7 Toggle GRIDMODE

F8 Toggle ORTHOMODE

F9 Toggle SNAPMODE

F10 Toggle Polar Tracking

F11 Toggle object snap tracking

F12 Toggle dynamic input

Shift + F1 Subobject selection is not filtered (AutoCAD only)

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SHORTCUT Description
KEYS
Shift + F2 Selection of the subject is limited to workspace only (AutoCAD
only)

Shift + F3 The subject selection is limited to the edges (AutoCAD only)

Shift + F4 Subobject selection is limited to face only (AutoCAD)

Shift + F5 Selection of the subject is limited to the solid history of an object

(AutoCAD only)

These Are the main and the basic shortcut keys used is CAD/CAM process
in AutoCAD software

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