Autocad Shortcuts

Autocad is a CAD software which is primarily used for 2D drafting of various engineering drawings like plot plan, equipment layout, piping layout etc. in oil and gas industry. It is also used for 3D modelling in other industries. Here is a list of shortcuts to help you improve your productivity on Autocad.

Manage Drawings

Sr	Shortcut	Command
1	Ctrl+n	New Drawing
2	Ctrl+s	Save drawing
3	Ctrl+o	Open drawing
4	Ctrl+p	Plot dialog box
5	Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+Tab	Switch to next / switch to previous drawing
6	Ctrl+Page Up/Page Down	Switch to next tab / switch to previous tab in current drawing
7	Ctrl+q	Exit
8	Ctrl+a	Select all objects

Toggle Drawing Modes

Sr	Shortcut	Command
9	F3	Toggles object snap mode
10	F7	Toggle grid mode
11	F8	Toggle ortho mode
12	F9	Toggle snap mode
13	F10	Toggle polar mode
14	F11	Toggle object snap tracking
15	F12	Toggle dynamic input mode

Manage Screen

Sr	Shortcut	Command
16	Ctrl+0 (zero)	Clean Screen
17	Ctrl+1	Property Palette
18	Ctrl+2	Design Center Palette
19	Ctrl+3	Tool Palette
20	Ctrl+4	Sheet Set Palette
21	Ctrl+6	DBConnect Manager
22	Ctrl+7	Markup Set Manager Palette
23	Ctrl+8	Quick Calc
24	Ctrl+9	Command Line

Manage Workflow

Sr	Shortcut	Command
25	Ctrl+c	Copy object
26	Ctrl+x	Cut object
27	Ctrl+v	Paste object
28	Ctrl+Shift+c	Copy to clipboard with base point
29	Ctrl+Shift+v	Paste data as block
30	Ctrl+z	Undo last action
31	Ctrl+y	Redo last action
32	Ctrl+[	Cancel current command (or ctrl+\)

Toggle General Features

Sr	Shortcut	Command
33	Ctrl+d	Toggle coordinate display
34	Ctrl+g	Toggle Grid
35	Ctrl+e	Cycle isometric planes
36	Ctrl+f	Toggle running object snaps
37	Ctrl+h	Toggle Pick Style
38	Ctrl+Shift+h	Toggle Hide pallets
39	Ctrl+i	Toggle Coords
40	Ctrl+Shift+i	Toggle Infer Constraints

3D Command Shortcuts

Sr	Shortcut	Command
41	3A	3DARRAY / Creates a 3D matrix of objects in a rectangular or polar arrangement.
42	3D0	3DORBIT/ Rotates the view in 3D space, but constrained to horizontal and vertical orbit only.
43	3DW	3DWALK/ Changes the 3D view in a drawing interactively to create the appearance of walking through the model.
44	3F	3DFACE/ Creates a three-sided or four-sided surface in 3D space.
45	3M	3DMOVE/ In a 3D view, displays the 3D Move gizmo to aid in moving 3D objects a specified distance in a specified direction.
46	3P	3DPOLY/ Creates a 3D polyline.
47	3R	3DROTATE/ In a 3D view, displays the 3D Rotate gizmo to aid in revolving 3D objects around a base point.
48	3S	3DSCALE/ In a 3D view, displays the 3D Scale gizmo to aid in resizing 3D objects.

Command Shortcuts -A

Sr	Shortcut	Command
49	A	ARC / Creates an arc.
50	ADC	ADCENTER / Manages and inserts content such as blocks, xrefs, and hatch patterns.
51	AA	AREA / Calculates the area and perimeter of objects or of defined areas.
52	AL	ALIGN / Aligns objects with other objects in 2D and 3D
53	AP	APPLOAD / Load Application
54	AR	ARRAY / Creates multiple copies of objects in a pattern.
55	ARR	ACTRECORD / Starts the Action Recorder.
56	ARM	ACTUSERMESSAGE / Inserts a user message into an action macro.
57	ARU	ACTUSERINPUT / Pauses for user input in an action macro.
58	ARS	ACTSTOP / Stops the Action Recorder and provides the option of saving the recorded actions to an action macro file.
59	ATI	ATTIPEDIT / Changes the textual content of an attribute within a block.
60	ATT	ATTDEF / Redefines a block and updates associated attributes.
61	ATE	ATTEDIT / Changes attribute information in a block.

Command Shortcuts -B

Sr	Shortcut	Command
62	B	BLOCK / Creates a block definition from selected objects.
63	BC	BCLOSE / Closes the Block Editor.
64	BE	BEDIT / Opens the block definition in the Block Editor.
65	BH	HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill.
66	BO	BOUNDARY / Creates a region or a polyline from an enclosed area.
67	BR	BREAK / Breaks the selected object between two points.
68	BS	BSAVE / Saves the current block definition.
69	BVS	BVSTATE / Creates, sets, or deletes a visibility state in a dynamic block.

Command Shortcuts -C

Sr	Shortcut	Command
70	C	CIRCLE / Creates a circle.
71	CAM	CAMERA / Sets a camera and target location to create and save a 3D perspective view of objects.
72	CBAR	CONSTRAINTBAR / A toolbar-like UI element that displays the available geometric constraints on an object.
73	CH	PROPERTIES / Controls properties of existing objects.
74	CHA	CHAMFER / Bevels the edges of objects.
75	CHK	CHECKSTANDARDS / Checks the current drawing for standards violations.
76	CLI	COMMANDLINE / Displays the Command Line window.
77	COL	COLOR / Sets the color for new objects.
78	CO	COPY / Copies objects a specified distance in a specified direction.
79	CT	CTABLESTYLE / Sets the name of the current table style
80	CUBE	NAVVCUBE / Controls the visibility and display properties of the ViewCube tool.
81	CYL	CYLINDER / Creates a 3D solid cylinder.

Command Shortcuts -D

Sr	Shortcut	Command
82	D	DIMSTYLE / Creates and modifies dimension styles.
83	DAN	DIMANGULAR / Creates an angular dimension.
84	DAR	DIMARC / Creates an arc length dimension.
85	JOG	DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged dimensions for circles and arcs.
86	DBA	DIMBASELINE / Creates a linear, angular, or ordinate dimension from the baseline of the previous or selected dimension.
87	DBC	DBCONNECT / Provides an interface to external database tables.
88	DCE	DIMCENTER / Creates the center mark or the centerlines of circles and arcs.
89	DCO	DIMCONTINUE / Creates a dimension that starts from an extension line of a previously created dimension.
90	DCON	DIMCONSTRAINT / Applies dimensional constraints to selected objects or points on objects.
91	DDA	DIMDISASSOCIATE / Removes associativity from selected dimensions.
92	DDI	DIMDIAMETER / Creates a diameter dimension for a circle or an arc.
93	DED	DIMEDIT / Edits dimension text and extension lines.
94	DI	DIST / Measures the distance and angle between two points.
95	DIV	DIVIDE / Creates evenly spaced point objects or blocks along the length or perimeter of an object.
96	DJL	DIMJOGLINE / Adds or removes a jog line on a linear or aligned dimension.
97	DJO	DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged dimensions for circles and arcs.
98	DL	DATALINK / The Data Link dialog box is displayed.
99	DLU	DATALINKUPDATE / Updates data to or from an established external data link.
100	DO	DONUT / Creates a filled circle or a wide ring.
101	DOR	DIMORDINATE / Creates ordinate dimensions.
102	DOV	DIMOVERRIDE / Controls overrides of system variables used in selected dimensions.
103	DR	DRAWORDER / Changes the draw order of images and other objects.
104	DRA	DIMRADIUS / Creates a radius dimension for a circle or an arc.
105	DRE	DIMREASSOCIATE / Associates or re-associates selected dimensions to objects or points on objects.
106	DRM	DRAWINGRECOVERY / Displays a list of drawing files that can be recovered after a program or system failure.
107	DS	DSETTINGS / Sets grid and snap, polar and object snap tracking, object snap modes, Dynamic Input, and Quick Properties.
108	DT	TEXT / Creates a single-line text object.
109	DV	DVIEW / Defines parallel projection or perspective views by using a camera and target.
110	DX	DATAEXTRACTION / Extracts drawing data and merges data from an external source to a data extraction table or external file

Command Shortcuts -E

Sr	Shortcut	Command
111	E	ERASE / Removes objects from a drawing.
112	ED	DDEDIT / Edits single-line text, dimension text, attribute definitions, and feature control frames.
113	EL	ELLIPSE / Creates an ellipse or an elliptical arc.
114	ER	EXTERNALREFERENCES / Opens the External References palette.
115	EX	EXTEND / Extends objects to meet the edges of other objects.
116	EXIT	QUIT / Exits the program.
117	EXP	EXPORT / Saves the objects in a drawing to a different file format.
118	EXT	EXTRUDE / Extends the dimensions of a 2D object or 3D face into 3D space.

Command Shortcuts -F

Sr	Shortcut	Command
119	F	FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges of objects.
120	FI	FILTER / Creates a list of requirements that an object must meet to be included in a selection set.
121	FSHOT	FLATSHOT / Creates a 2D representation of all 3D objects based on the current view.

Command Shortcuts -G

Sr	Shortcut	Command
122	G	GROUP / Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups.
123	GCON	GEOCONSTRAINT / Applies or persists geometric relationships between objects or points on objects.
124	GD	GRADIENT / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a gradient fill.
125	GEO	GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies the geographic location information for a drawing file.

Command Shortcuts -H

Sr	Shortcut	Command
126	H	HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill.
127	HE	HATCHEDIT / Modifies an existing hatch or fill.
128	HI	HIDE / Regenerates a 3D wireframe model with hidden lines suppressed.

Command Shortcuts – I

Sr	Shortcut	Command
129	I	INSERT / Inserts a block or drawing into the current drawing.
130	IAD	IMAGEADJUST / Controls the image display of the brightness, contrast, and fade values of images.
131	IAT	IMAGEATTACH / Inserts a reference to an image file.
132	ICL	IMAGECLIP / Crops the display of a selected image to a specified boundary.
133	IM	IMAGE / Displays the External References palette.
134	IMP	IMPORT / Imports files of different formats into the current drawing.
135	IN	INTERSECT / Creates a 3D solid, surface, or 2D region from overlapping solids, surfaces, or regions.
136	INF	INTERFERE / Creates a temporary 3D solid from the interferences between two sets of selected 3D solids.
137	IO	INSERTOBJ / Inserts a linked or embedded object.

Command Shortcuts – J

Sr	Shortcut	Command
138	J	JOIN / Joins similar objects to form a single, unbroken object.

Command Shortcuts – L

Sr	Shortcut	Command
139	L	LINE / Creates straight line segments.
140	LA	LAYER / Manages layers and layer properties.
141	LAS	LAYERSTATE / Saves, restores, and manages named layer states.
142	LE	QLEADER / Creates a leader and leader annotation.
143	LEN	LENGTHEN / Changes the length of objects and the included angle of arcs.
144	LESS	MESHSMOOTHLESS / Decreases the level of smoothness for mesh objects by one level.
145	LI	LIST / Displays property data for selected objects.
146	LO	LAYOUT / Creates and modifies drawing layout tabs.
147	LT	LINETYPE / Loads, sets, and modifies linetypes.
148	LTS	LTSCALE / Changes the scale factor of linetypes for all objects in a drawing.
149	LW	LWEIGHT / Sets the current lineweight, lineweight display options, and lineweight units.

Command Shortcuts – M

Sr	Shortcut	Command
150	M	MOVE / Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction.
151	MA	MATCHPROP / Applies the properties of a selected object to other objects.
152	MAT	MATERIALS / Shows or hides the Materials window.
153	ME	MEASURE / Creates point objects or blocks at measured intervals along the length or perimeter of an object.
154	MEA	MEASUREREGION / Measures the distance, radius, angle, area, and volume of selected objects or sequence of points.
155	MI	MIRROR / Creates a mirrored copy of selected objects.
156	ML	MLNE / Creates multiple parallel lines.
157	MLA	MLEADERALIGN / Aligns and spaces selected multileader objects.
158	MLC	MLEADERCOLLECT / Organizes selected multileaders that contain blocks into rows or columns, and displays the result with a single leader.
159	MLD	MLEADER / Creates a multileader object.
160	MLE	MLEADEREDIT / Adds leader lines to, or removes leader lines from, a multileader object.
161	MLS	MLEADERSTYLE / Creates and modifies multileader styles.
162	MO	PROPERTIES / Controls properties of existing objects.
163	MORE	MESHSMOOTHMORE / Increases the level of smoothness for mesh objects by one level.
164	MS	MSPACE / Switches from paper space to a model space viewport.
165	MSM	MARKUP / Opens the Markup Set Manager.
166	MT	MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object.
167	MV	MVIEW / Creates and controls layout viewports.

Command Shortcuts – N

Sr	Shortcut	Command
168	NORTH	GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies the geographic location information for a drawing file.
169	NSHOT	NEWSHOT / Creates a named view with motion that is played back when viewed with ShowMotion.
170	NVIEW	NEWVIEW / Creates a named view with no motion.

Command Shortcuts – O

Sr	Shortcut	Command
171	O	OFFSET / Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel curves.
172	OP	OPTIONS / Customizes the program settings.
173	ORBIT	3DORBIT / Rotates the view in 3D space, but constrained to horizontal and vertical orbit only.
174	OS	OSNAP / Sets running object snap modes.

Command Shortcuts – P

Sr	Shortcut	Command
175	P	PAN / Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition.
176	PA	PASTESPEC / Pastes objects from the Clipboard into the current drawing and controls the format of the data.
177	PAR	PARAMETERS / Controls the associative parameters used in the drawing.
178	PARAM	BPARAMETER / Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition.
179	PATCH	SURFPATCH /
180	PC	POINTCLOUD /
181	PCATTACH	POINTCLOUDATTACH /
182	PCINDEX	POINTCLOUDINDEX /
183	PE	PEDIT / Edits polylines and 3D polygon meshes.
184	PL	PLINE / Creates a 2D polyline.
185	PO	POINT / Creates a point object.
186	POFF	HIDEPALETTES / Hides currently displayed palettes (including the command line).
187	POL	POLYGON / Creates an equilateral closed polyline.
188	PON	SHOWPALETTES / Restores the display of hidden palettes.
189	PRE	PREVIEW / Displays the drawing as it will be plotted.
190	PRINT	PLOT / Plots a drawing to a plotter, printer, or file.
191	PS	PSPACE / Switches from a model space viewport to paper space.
192	PSOLID	POLYSOLID / Creates a 3D wall-like polysolid.
193	PTW	PUBLISHTOWEB / Creates HTML pages that include images of selected drawings.
194	PU	PURGE / Removes unused items, such as block definitions and layers, from the drawing.
195	PYR	PYRAMID / Creates a 3D solid pyramid.

Command Shortcuts – Q

Sr	Shortcut	Command
196	QC	QUICKCALC / Opens the QuickCalc calculator.
197	QCUI	QUICKCUI / Displays the Customize User Interface Editor in a collapsed state.
198	QP	QUICKPROPERTIES / Displays open drawings and layouts in a drawing in preview images.
199	QVD	QVDRAWING / QVLAYOUTCLOSE
200	QVDC	QVDRAWINGCLOSE / Closes preview images of open drawings and layouts in a drawing.
201	QVL	QVLAYOUT / Displays preview images of model space and layouts in a drawing.

Command Shortcuts – R

Sr	Shortcut	Command
202	R	REDRAW / Refreshes the display in the current viewport.
203	RA	REDRAWALL / Refreshes the display in all viewports.
204	RC	RENDERCROP / Renders a specified rectangular area, called a crop window, within a viewport.
205	RE	REGEN / Regenerates the entire drawing from the current viewport.
206	REA	REGENALL / Regenerates the drawing and refreshes all viewports.
207	REC	RECTANG / Creates a rectangular polyline.
208	REG	REGION / Converts an object that encloses an area into a region object.
209	REN	RENAME / Changes the names assigned to items such as layers and dimension styles.
210	REV	REVOLVE / Creates a 3D solid or surface by sweeping a 2D object around an axis.
211	RO	ROTATE / Rotates objects around a base point.
212	RP	RENDERPRESETS / Specifies render presets, reusable rendering parameters, for rendering an image.
213	RPR	RPREF / Displays or hides the Advanced Render Settings palette for access to advanced rendering settings.
214	RR	RENDER / Creates a photorealistic or realistically shaded image of a 3D solid or surface model.
215	RW	RENDERWIN / Displays the Render window without starting a rendering operation.

Command Shortcuts – S

Sr	Shortcut	Command
216	S	STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or polygon.
217	SC	SCALE / Enlarges or reduces selected objects, keeping the proportions of the object the same after scaling.
218	SCR	SCRIPT / Executes a sequence of commands from a script file.
219	SEC	SECTION / Uses the intersection of a plane and solids, surfaces, or mesh to create a region.
220	SET	SETVAR / Lists or changes the values of system variables.
221	SHA	SHADEMODE / Starts the VSCURRENT command.
222	SL	SLICE / Creates new 3D solids and surfaces by slicing, or dividing, existing objects.
223	SN	SNAP / Restricts cursor movement to specified intervals.
224	SO	SOLID / Creates solid-filled triangles and quadrilaterals.
225	SP	SPELL / Checks spelling in a drawing.
226	SPL	SPLINE / Creates a smooth curve that passes through or near specified points.
227	SPLANE	SECTIONPLANE / Creates a section object that acts as a cutting plane through 3D objects.
228	SPLAY	SEQUENCEPALY /
229	SPLIT	MESHSPLIT / Splits a mesh face into two faces.
230	SPE	SPLINEDIT / Edits a spline or spline-fit polyline.
231	SSM	SHEETSET / Opens the Sheet Set Manager.
232	ST	STYLE / Creates, modifies, or specifies text styles.
233	STA	STANDARDS / Manages the association of standards files with drawings.
234	SU	SUBTRACT / Combines selected 3D solids, surfaces, or 2D regions by subtraction.

Command Shortcuts – T

Sr	Shortcut	Command
235	T	MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object.
236	TA	TABLET / Calibrates, configures, and turns on and off an attached digitizing tablet.
237	TB	TABLE / Creates an empty table object.
238	TEDIT	TEXTEDIT / Edits a dimensional constraint, dimension, or text object.
239	TH	THICKNESS /
240	TI	TILEMODE /
241	TO	TOOLBAR / Displays, hides, and customizes toolbars.
242	TOL	TOLERANCE /
243	TOR	TORUS / Creates a donut-shaped 3D solid.
244	TP	TOOLPALETTES / Opens the Tool Palettes window.
245	TR	TRIM / Trims objects to meet the edges of other objects.
246	TS	TABLESTYLE / Creates, modifies, or specifies table styles.

Command Shortcuts – U

Sr	Shortcut	Command
247	UC	UCSMAN / Manages defined user coordinate systems.
248	UN	UNITS / Controls coordinate and angle display formats and precision.
249	UNHIDE	UNISOLATEOBJECTS /
250	UNISOLATE	UNISOLATEOBJECT /

Command Shortcuts – V

Sr	Shortcut	Command
251	V	VIEW / Saves and restores named views, camera views, layout views, and preset views.
252	VGO	VIEWGO / Restores a named view.
253	VP	DDVPOINT / Sets the 3D viewing direction.
254	VPLAY	VIEWPLAY / Plays the animation associated to a named view.
255	VS	VSCURRENT / Sets the visual style in the current viewport.
256	VSM	VISUALSTYLES / Creates and modifies visual styles and applies a visual style to a viewport.

Command Shortcuts – W

Sr	Shortcut	Command
257	W	WBLOCK / Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file.
258	WE	WEDGE / Creates a 3D solid wedge.
259	WHEEL	NAVSWHEEL / Displays a wheel that contains a collection of view navigation tools.

Command Shortcuts – X

Sr	Shortcut	Command
260	X	EXPLODE / Breaks a compound object into its component objects.
261	XA	XATTACH / Inserts a DWG file as an external reference (xref).
262	XB	XBIND / Binds one or more definitions of named objects in an xref to the current drawing.
263	XC	XCLIP / Crops the display of a selected external reference or block reference to a specified boundary.
264	XL	XLINE / Creates a line of infinite length.
265	XR	XREF / Starts the EXTERNALREFERENCES command.

Command Shortcuts – Z

Sr	Shortcut	Command
266	Z	ZOOM / Increases or decreases the magnification of the view in the current viewport.
267	ZEBRA	ANALYSISZEBRA

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