TOGGLES AND SCREEN MANAGEMENT

Toggle General Features Manage Screen Manage Drawings

Ctrl+g Toggle Grid Ctrl+0 (zero) Clean Screen Ctrl+n New Drawing
Ctrl+e Cycle isometric planes Ctrl+1 Property Palette Ctrl+s Save drawing

Ctrl+f Toggle running object snaps Ctrl+2 Design Center Palette Ctrl+o Open drawing

Ctrl+h Toggle Pick Style Ctrl+3 Tool Palette Ctrl+p Plot dialog box

Ctrl+Shift+h Toggle Hide pallets Ctrl+4 Sheet Set Palette Ctrl+Tab Switch to next

Ctrl+7 Markup Set Manager Palette Ctrl+Shift+Tab Switch to previous drawing

Toggle Drawing Modes Ctrl+8 Quick Calc Ctrl+Page Up Switch to previous tab
in current drawing
F1 Display Help Ctrl+9 Command Line
Ctrl+Page Down Switch to next tab
F2 Toggle text screen in current drawing
F3 Toggle object snap mode Manage Workflow Ctrl+q Exit
F5 Toggle Isoplane Ctrl+c Copy object Ctrl+a Select all objects
F7 Toggle grid mode Ctrl+x Cut object

F8 Toggle ortho mode Ctrl+v Paste object

F9 Toggle snap mode Ctrl+Shift+c Copy to clipboard with base point

F10 Toggle polar mode Ctrl+Shift+v Paste data as block

F11 Toggle object snap tracking Ctrl+z Undo last action

F12 Toggle dynamic input mode Ctrl+y Redo last action

Ctrl+[ Cancel current command

(or ctrl+\)

ESC Cancel current command

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A
A ARC / Creates an arc.
B
B BLOCK / Creates a block definition
C
C CIRCLE / Creates a circle.
from selected objects.
AA AREA / Calculates the area and perimeter CBAR CONSTRAINTBAR / A toolbar-like UI
of objects or of defined areas. BC BCLOSE / Closes the Block Editor. element that displays the available
geometric constraints on an object.
ADC ADCENTER / Manages and inserts content BE BEDIT / Opens the block definition
such as blocks, xrefs, and hatch patterns. in the Block Editor. CH PROPERTIES / Controls properties
of existing objects.
AL ALIGN / Aligns objects with other objects BH HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or
in 2D and 3D. selected objects with a hatch pattern, CHA CHAMFER / Bevels the edges of objects.
solid fill, or gradient fill.
AR ARRAY / Creates multiple copies of CLI COMMANDLINE / Displays the Command
objects in a pattern. BO BOUNDARY / Creates a region or Line window.
a polyline from an enclosed area.
ATI ATTIPEDIT / Changes the textual content COL COLOR / Sets the color for new objects.
of an attribute within a block. BR BREAK / Breaks the selected object
between two points. CO COPY / Copies objects a specified
ATT ATTDEF / Redefines a block and updates distance in a specified direction.
associated attributes. BS BSAVE / Saves the current block
definition. CT CTABLESTYLE / Sets the name
ATE ATTEDIT / Changes attribute of the current table style.
information in a block. BVS BVSTATE / Creates, sets, or deletes
a visibility state in a dynamic block.

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D
D DIMSTYLE / Creates and modifies DIV DIVIDE / Creates evenly spaced point DRE DIMREASSOCIATE / Associates or
dimension styles. objects or blocks along the length re-associates selected dimensions
or perimeter of an object. to objects or points on objects.
DAN DIMANGULAR / Creates an angular
dimension. DJL DIMJOGLINE / Adds or removes a jog line DRM DRAWINGRECOVERY / Displays a list of
on a linear or aligned dimension. drawing files that can be recovered after
DAR DIMARC / Creates an arc length a program or system failure.
dimension. DJO DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged dimensions
for circles and arcs. DS DSETTINGS / Sets grid and snap,
DBA DIMBASELINE / Creates a linear, angular, polar and object snap tracking,
or ordinate dimension from the baseline DL DATALINK / The Data Link dialog box object snap modes, Dynamic Input,
of the previous or selected dimension. is displayed. and Quick Properties.
DCE DIMCENTER / Creates the center mark DLU DATALINKUPDATE / Updates data to or DT TEXT / Creates a single-line text object.
or the centerlines of circles and arcs. from an established external data link.
DX SAVEAS / Saves the current drawing.
DCO DIMCONTINUE / Creates a dimension DO DONUT / Creates a filled circle or
that starts from an extension line of a wide ring.
a previously created dimension.
DOR DIMORDINATE / Creates ordinate
DDA DIMDISASSOCIATE / Removes dimensions.
associativity from selected dimensions.
DOV DIMOVERRIDE / Controls overrides of sys-
DDI DIMDIAMETER / Creates a diameter tem variables used in selected dimensions.
dimension for a circle or an arc.
DR DRAWORDER / Changes the draw
DED DIMEDIT / Edits dimension text and order of images and other objects.
extension lines.
DRA DIMRADIUS / Creates a radius dimension
DI DIST / Measures the distance and for a circle or an arc.
angle between two points.

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E–F
E ERASE / Removes objects from a drawing.
G–H
G GROUP / Creates and manages saved
I–K
I INSERT / Inserts a block or drawing
sets of objects called groups. into the current drawing.
EL ELLIPSE / Creates an ellipse
or an elliptical arc. GD GRADIENT / Fills an enclosed area or ID ID / Displays the UCS coordinate values
selected objects with a gradient fill. of a specified location.
EPDF EXPORTPDF / Exports drawing to PDF.
GEO GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies IM IMAGE / Displays the External
ER EXTERNALREFERENCES / Opens the geographic location information References palette.
the External References palette. for a drawing file.
IMP IMPORT / Imports files of different
EX EXTEND / Extends objects to meet H HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected formats into the current drawing.
the edges of other objects. objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or
gradient fill. IN INTERSECT / Creates a 3D solid, surface,
EXIT QUIT / Exits the program. or 2D region from overlapping solids,
HE HATCHEDIT / Modifies an existing surfaces, or regions.
EXP EXPORT / Saves the objects in a hatch or fill.
drawing to a different file format. IO INSERTOBJ / Inserts a linked or
HI HIDE / Regenerates a 3D wireframe model embedded object.
F FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges with hidden lines suppressed.
of objects. J JOIN / Joins similar objects to form
a single, unbroken object.

JOG DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged

dimensions for circles and arcs.

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L–M
L LINE / Creates straight line segments. MEA MEASUREGEOM / Measures the
N–O
N NEW / Create a new drawing
distance, radius, angle, area, and volume
LA LAYER / Manages layers and of selected objects or sequence of points. NORTH GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies
layer properties. the geographic location information
MI MIRROR / Creates a mirrored for a drawing file.
LAS LAYERSTATE / Saves, restores, copy of selected objects.
and manages named layer states. O OFFSET / Creates concentric circles,
ML MLINE / Creates multiple parallel lines. parallel lines, and parallel curves.
LE QLEADER / Creates a leader and
leader annotation. MLA MLEADERALIGN / Aligns and spaces OP OPTIONS / Customizes the
selected multileader objects. program settings.
LEN LENGTHEN / Changes the length of
objects and the included angle of arcs. MLC MLEADERCOLLECT / Organizes selected OS OSNAP / Sets running object snap modes.
multileaders that contain blocks into
LESS MESHSMOOTHLESS / Decreases the rows or columns, and displays the result
level of smoothness for mesh objects with a single leader.
by one level.
MLD MLEADER / Creates a multileader object.
LI LIST / Displays property data for
selected objects. MLE MLEADEREDIT / Adds leader lines to,
or removes leader lines from,
LO LAYOUT / Creates and modifies a multileader object.
drawing layout tabs.
MLS MLEADERSTYLE / Creates and
LT LINETYPE / Loads, sets, and modifies multileader styles.
modifies linetypes.
MO PROPERTIES / Controls properties
LTS LTSCALE / Changes the scale factor of of existing objects.
linetypes for all objects in a drawing.
MS MSPACE / Switches from paper space
LW LWEIGHT / Sets the current lineweight, to a model space viewport.
lineweight display options, and
lineweight units. MSM MARKUP / Opens the Markup
Set Manager.
M MOVE / Moves objects a specified
distance in a specified direction. MT MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object.

MA MATCHPROP / Applies the properties MV MVIEW / Creates and controls

of a selected object to other objects. layout viewports.

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.
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P
P PAN / Adds a parameter with grips POFF HIDEPALETTES / Hides currently displayed
Q
QC QUICKCALC / Opens the
to a dynamic block definition. palettes (including the command line). QuickCalc calculator.

PA PASTESPEC / Pastes objects from the POL POLYGON / Creates an equilateral QP QUICKPROPERTIES / Displays open
Clipboard into the current drawing closed polyline. drawings and layouts in a drawing
and controls the format of the data. in preview images.
PON SHOWPALETTES / Restores
PAR PARAMETERS / Controls the the display of hidden palettes. QSAVE QSAVE / Saves the current drawing.
associative parameters used
in the drawing. PR PROPERTIES / Displays Properties palette. QVD QVDRAWING / Displays open
drawings and layouts in a drawing
PARAM BPARAMETER / Adds a parameter PRE PREVIEW / Displays the drawing using preview images.
with grips to a dynamic block as it will be plotted.
definition. QVDC QVDRAWINGCLOSE / Closes preview
PRINT PLOT / Plots a drawing to a plotter, images of open drawings and layouts
PC POINTCLOUD / Provides options to printer, or file. in a drawing.
create and attach point cloud files.
PS PSPACE / Switches from a model QVL QVLAYOUT / Displays preview images
PE PEDIT / Edits polylines and space viewport to paper space. of model space and layouts in a drawing.
3D polygon meshes.
PU PURGE / Removes unused items, QVLC QVLAYOUTCLOSE / Closes preview
PL PLINE / Creates a 2D polyline. such as block definitions and layers, images of model space and layouts
from the drawing. in the current drawing.
PO POINT / Creates a point object.

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R
R REDRAW / Refreshes the display
S
S STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed
T
T MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object.
in the current viewport. by a selection window or polygon.
TA TEXTALIGN / Aligns multiple text objects
RC REVCLOUD / Creates or modifies a SC SCALE / Enlarges or reduces selected vertically, horizontally, or obliquely.
revision cloud. objects, keeping the proportions of
the object the same after scaling. TB TABLE / Creates an empty table object.
RE REGEN / Regenerates the entire drawing
from the current viewport. SCR SCRIPT / Executes a sequence TEDIT TEXTEDIT / Edits a dimensional constraint,
of commands from a script file. dimension, or text object.
REA REGENALL / Regenerates the drawing
and refreshes all viewports. SEC SECTION / Uses the intersection of TH THICKNESS / Sets the default 3D
a plane and solids, surfaces, or mesh thickness property when creating
REC RECTANG / Creates a rectangular polyline. to create a region. 2D geometric objects.

REG REGION / Converts an object that SET SETVAR / Lists or changes the TI TILEMODE / Controls whether
encloses an area into a region object. values of system variables. paper space can be accessed.

REN RENAME / Changes the names assigned SHA SHADEMODE / Starts the TOL TOLERANCE / Creates geometric
to items such as layers and dimension VSCURRENT command. tolerances contained in a feature
styles. control frame.
SN SNAP / Restricts cursor movement
REV REVDATE / Inserts or updates a block con- to specified intervals. TP TOOLPALETTES / Opens the
taining user name, current time and date, Tool Palettes window.
and drawing name. SO SOLID / Creates solid-filled triangles
and quadrilaterals. TR TRIM / Trims objects to meet the
RO ROTATE / Rotates objects around edges of other objects.
a base point. SP SPELL / Checks spelling in a drawing.
TS TABLESTYLE / Creates, modifies,
SPE SPLINEDIT / Edits a spline or spline-fit or specifies table styles.
polyline.

SPL SPLINE / Creates a smooth curve that

passes through or near specified points.

SSM SHEETSET / Opens the Sheet Set Manager.

ST STYLE / Creates, modifies,

or specifies text styles.

SU SUBTRACT / Combines selected 3D solids,

surfaces, or 2D regions by subtraction.

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U–W
UC UCSMAN / Manages defined
X–Z
X EXPLODE / Breaks a compound object
user coordinate systems. into its component objects.

UN UNITS / Controls coordinate and XA XATTACH / Inserts a DWG file

angle display formats and precision. as an external reference (xref).

UNHIDE UNISOLATEOBJECTS / Displays XB XBIND / Binds one or more definitions

UNISOLATE objects previously of named objects in an xref to the
hidden with the ISOLATEOBJECTS current drawing.
or HIDEOBJECTS command.
XC XCLIP / Crops the display of a selected
UNI UNION / Unions two solid external reference or block reference
or two region objects. to a specified boundary.

V VIEW / Saves and restores named XL XLINE / Creates a line of infinite length.
views, camera views, layout views,
and preset views. XR XREF / Starts the
EXTERNALREFERENCES command.
VGO VIEWGO / Restores a named view.
Z ZOOM / Increases or decreases
W WBLOCK / Writes objects or the magnification of the view
a block to a new drawing file. in the current viewport.

WHEEL NAVSWHEEL / Displays a wheel ZIP ETRANSMIT / Creates a Self-Extracting

that contains a collection of or Zipped Transmittal Package.
view navigation tools.

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