Common AutoCAD shortcut keys

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1. Drawing: Lines – LINE L; Construction lines – xline XL; Multiple lines – mline ML; Polylines – pline PL; Regular polygons – polygon POL; Rectangles – rectang REC; Arcs – rc A; Circles – circle C; Splines – spline SPL; Ellipses – ellipse EL; Inserting blocks – insert I; Creating blocks – block B; Pattern filling – bhatch BH; Multiline text – mtext MT.
2. Modifying/Deleting: Erasing – erase E; Copying objects – copy CO; Mirroring – mirror MI; Offsetting – offset O; Arranging in arrays – array AR; Moving – move M; Rotating – rotate RO; Scaling – scale SC; Stretching – stretch S; Trimming – trim TR; Extending – extend EX; Breaking at a point – break BR; Chamfering – chamfer CHA; Filleting – fillet F; Exploding objects – explode X; Matching properties – matchprop MA; Undoing actions – CTRL+Z U; Panning – pan P; Zooming – zoom Z; Properties panel – CTRL+1; CH; Undoing again – U; CTRL+Z; Deleting – DEL.
3. Dimensions and their settings: Dimension style manager – DIMSTYLE D, DST; Creating coordinate point dimensions – DIMORDINATE DOR; Creating linear dimension annotations – DIMLINEAR DLI; Creating centerlines or center marks for circles or arcs – DIMCENTER DCE; Creating aligned linear dimensions (at an angle) – DIMALIGNED DAL; Creating diameter dimensions for circles and arcs – DIMDIAMETER DDI; Creating radius dimensions for circles and arcs – DIMRADIUS DRA; Creating angular dimensions – DIMANGULAR DAN; Creating tolerance annotations – TOLERANCE TOL.
4. Other functions: F1 – Help; F2 – Text window; F3 – Object snap; F4 – Digitizer; F5 – Isometric plane; F6 – Coordinates; F7 – Grid; F8 – Ortho mode; F9 – Snap; F10 – Polar tracking; CTRL+N – New file; CTRL+O – Open file; CTRL+C – Close file; CTRL+S – Save file; CTRL+A – Save as; CTRL+V – Print preview; CTRL+P – Print; CTRL+D – Send file; Degree symbol – %%D; Positive/negative sign – %%P; Diameter symbol – %%C