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Using shortcuts in CAD drawing can **increase the speed of drawing and is very helpful for improving drawing skills. AutoCAD shortcuts: Status bar, Snap – F9; Grid – F7; Ortho – F8; Polar Tracking – F10 (allows setting different angles); Object Snap – F3; Object Tracking – F11; Function keys; Help – F1 (shows/hides the AutoCAD command line window); Calibration switch – F2; Different isometric modes – F4; Coordinate display switch – F5; Undo – Ctrl+Z; File conversion – Ctrl+F6; Properties – Ctrl+1 or CH; Design Center – Ctrl+2; Tool Palettes – Ctrl+3; Erase – Delete or E; Cancel command – Esc; Graphic limits – Limits; Calculator – cal or ‘cal’; Zoom – Z; Measure distance between two points – DI; Copy – CO; Offset – O (not zero); Repeat copy – ; Mirror – MI; Reverse copy – ; Array – AR; Angle – Shift+〈; Line – L; Rectangle – REC; Circle – C; Arc – A; Split – X; Trim – TR; Multiple objects must not intersect; Extend – EX; Donut shape – DO; Group – G; Combine multiple objects into one – ; Polygon – POL; Polyline – PL; Can be straight or curved and forms a single entity; Edit polyline – PE; Fillet – F; Chamfer – CHA; Subtract – R; Line type scale – LTS; Line type settings – LT; Line width settings – LW; Object properties – MA; Can change layers, line types, colors; Layer property manager – LA; Multiline – ML; Allows drawing multiple lines at once, up to 16; Multiline editing tool – MLEDIT; Move – M; Rotate – RO; Scale proportionally – SC; Stretch – S; Selection must be made using crosshairs; Spline – SPL; Ellipse – EL; Fill with layer color – SOLID; Pattern fill – H; Single-line text – DT; Text style – ST; Multi-line text – MT; Suitable for paragraph text; Font color can be changed separately; Point – PO; Divide into equal parts – DIV; Enter number of segments to divide – ; Fixed spacing – ME; Enter specific value – ; Break – BR; Edit dimension style – D; Linear dimensioning – DLI; Aligned dimensioning – DAL; Radius dimensioning – DRA; Diameter dimensioning – DDI; Angle dimensioning – DAN; Inner diameter – B; Outer diameter – W; Insert block – I; Insert multiple blocks – MINSERT; Freehand drawing – SKETCH; Construction line – XL; Align – AL; Sketch settings – SE or DS; Snap settings – SN; Multiple window settings – MV; Only available in layout – ; View – V; View preset – VP; Eagle eye function – AV; Custom toolbar – TO