AutoCAD Hotkeys

F1

Display Help

F2

Toggle text screen

F3

Toggle object snap mode

F4

Toggle 3DOsnap

F5

Toggle Isoplane

F6

Toggle Dynamic UCS

F7

Toggle grid mode

F8

Toggle ortho mode

F9

Toggle snap mode

F10

Toggle polar mode

F11

Toggle object snap tracking

F12

Toggle dynamic input mode

Q QSAVE

Saves the current drawing.

A ARC

Creates an arc.

Z ZOOM

Increases or decreases the magnification of the view in the current viewport.

W WBLOCK

Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file.

S STRETCH

Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or polygon.

X EXPLODE

Breaks a compound object into its component objects.

E ERASE

Removes objects from a drawing.

D DIMSTYLE

Creates and modifies dimension styles.

C CIRCLE

Creates a circle.

R REDRAW

Refreshes the display in the current viewport.

F FILLET

Rounds and fillets the edges of objects.

V VIEW

Saves and restores named views, camera views, layout views, and preset views.

T MTEXT

Creates a multiline text object.

G GROUP

Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups.

B BLOCK

Creates a block definition from selected objects.

H HATCH

Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill.

J JOIN

Joins similar objects to form a single, unbroken object.

M MOVE

Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction.

I INSERT

Inserts a block or drawing into the current drawing.

O OFFSET

Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel curves.

L LINE

Creates straight line segments.

P PAN

Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition.

CTRL D

Toggle coordinate display

CTRL G

Toggle Grid

CTRL E

Cycle isometric planes

CTRL F

Toggle running object snaps

CTRL H

Toggle Pick Style

CTRL SHIFT H

Toggle Hide pallets

CTRL I

Toggle Coords

CTRL SHIFT I

Toggle Infer Constraints

CTRL 0

Clean Screen

CTRL 1

Property Palette

CTRL 2

Design Center Palette

CTRL 3

Tool Palette

CTRL 4

Sheet Set Palette

CTRL 6

DBConnect Manager

CTRL 7

Markup Set Manager Palette

CTRL 8

Quick Calc

CTRL 9

Command Line

CTRL N

New Drawing

CTRL S

Save drawing

CTRL O

Open drawing

CTRL P

Plot dialog box

CTRL TAB

Switch to next

CTRL SHIFT TAB

Switch to previous drawing

CTRL PAGE UP

Switch to previous tab in current drawing

CTRL PAGE DOWN

Switch to next tab in current drawing

CTRL Q

Exit

CTRL A

Select all objects

CTRL C

Copy object

CTRL X

Cut object

CTRL V

Paste object

CTRL SHIFT C

Copy to clipboard with base point

CTRL SHIFT V

Paste data as block

CTRL Z

Undo last action

CTRL Y

Redo last action

CTRL [

Cancel current command (or ctrl+\)

ESC

Cancel current command

AA AREA

Calculates the area and perimeter of objects or of defined areas.

ADC ADCENTER

Manages and inserts content such as blocks, xrefs, and hatch patterns.

AL ALIGN

Aligns objects with other objects in 2D and 3D.

AP APPLOAD

Load Application.

AR ARRAY

Creates multiple copies of objects in a pattern.

ARR ACTRECORD

Starts the Action Recorder

ARM ACTUSERMESSAGE

Inserts a user message into an action macro

ARU ACTUSERINPUT

Pauses for user input in an action macro.

ARS ACTSTOP

Stops the Action Recorder and provides the option of saving the recorded actions to an action macro file.

ATI ATTIPEDIT

Changes the textual content of an attribute within a block

ATT ATTDEF

Redefines a block and updates associated attributes.

ATE ATTEDIT

Changes attribute information in a block.

BC BCLOSE

Closes the Block Editor.

BE BEDIT

Opens the block definition in the Block Editor.

BH HATCH

Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill.

BO BOUNDARY

Creates a region or a polyline from an enclosed area.

BR BREAK

Breaks the selected object between two points.

BS BSAVE

Saves the current block definition.

BVS BVSTATE

Creates, sets, or deletes a visibility state in a dynamic block.

CAM CAMERA

Sets a camera and target location to create and save a 3D perspective view of objects.

CBAR CONTRAINTBAR

A toolbar-like UI element that displays the available geometric constraints on an object.

CH PROPERTIES

CHA CHAMFER

CHK CHECKSTANDARDS

CLI COMMANDLINE

COL COLOR

CO COPY

CT CTABLESTYLE

CUBE NAVVCUBE

CYL CYLINDER