Autodesk AutoCAD AutoCAD - 2016 Shortcuts Manual

Shortcuts Guide

One Key Shortcuts

Toggles and Screen Management

Hot Keys A–Z

Printable Keyboard Stickers

ONE KEY SHORTCUTS [SEE PRINTABLE KEYBOARD STICKERS ON PAGE 11]

Toggle object

Display Help

Toggle text screen

snap mode

Toggle 3DOsnap

Toggle Isoplane

Toggle Dynamic UCS

Toggle grid mode

Toggle ortho mode

Toggle snap mode

Toggle polar mode

Toggle object

Toggle dynamic

snap tracking

input mode

Esc

Tab

Caps Lock Enter

Shift Shift

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JOIN

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MOVE

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Ctrl Start Alt Alt Ctrl

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.

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TOGGLES AND SCREEN MANAGEMENT

Toggle General Features

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

Toggle Drawing Modes

F1 Display Help

F2 Toggle text screen

F3 Toggle object snap mode

F4 Toggle 3DOsnap

Manage Screen

Ctrl+0 (zero) 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

Manage Workﬂow

Ctrl+c Copy object

Ctrl+x Cut object

Ctrl+v Paste object

Manage Drawings

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

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

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

HOT KEYS A–Z

A ARC / Creates an arc.

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.

B BLOCK / Creates a block deﬁnition

from selected objects.

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.

C CIRCLE / Creates a circle.

CAM CAMERA / Sets a camera and target

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

CBAR CONSTRAINTBAR / A toolbar-like UI

element that displays the available geometric constraints on an object.

CH PROPERTIES / Controls properties

of existing objects.

CHA CHAMFER / Bevels the edges of objects.

CHK CHECKSTANDARDS / Checks the current

drawing for standards violations.

CLI COMMANDLINE / Displays the Command

Line window.

COL COLOR / Sets the color for new objects.

CO COPY / Copies objects a speciﬁed

distance in a speciﬁed direction.

CT CTABLESTYLE / Sets the name

of the current table style.

CUBE NAVVCUBE / Controls the visibility and

display properties of the ViewCube tool.

CYL CYLINDER / Creates a 3D solid cylinder.

ATE ATTEDIT / Changes attribute

information in a block.

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