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Common CAD shortcuts: AIT+O+C – Color (AIT+O will be omitted here); +N – Line style; +L – Layer; +W – Line width; +S – Text style; +D – Dimension style; +Y – Print style; +P – Point style; +M – Multiline style; +V – Unit style; +T – Thickness; +A – Circular boundary; +R – Rename. For drawing (direct commands): OT – Single-line text; T – Multi-line text; B – Create block (repeat); I – Insert block (repeat); A – Arc; MI – Mirror; M – Move (try this command out); SC – Scale; LEN – Stretch (repeat). Functions of F1–F11: F1 – Help; F2 – Text window; F3 – Object snap; F4 – (Forgot); F5 – Isometric plane; F6 – Coordinates; F7 – Grid; F8 – Ortho; F9 – Snap; F10 – Polar tracking; F11 – Object tracking. Here are some adjustment values for metal materials; I find these to give better results, and they might be useful: Metal: 100/20/50, Reflection: 100. Common AutoCAD 2002 shortcuts: 3A – Use 3D array; 3DO – Rotate spatial view; 3F – Create 3F face; 3P – Specify start point of multiline; A – Arc; AA – Compute area and perimeter; AL – Align; AR – Array; ATT – Attribute definition; ATE – Block attributes; B – Define block; BH – Define hatch; BO – Create boundary; BR – Break; C – Circle; CH – Modify object properties; CHA – Straighten corners; COL – Color; CO – Copy; D – Dimension settings; DAL – Dimension creation; DAN – Angle dimensioning; DBA – Arc dimensioning; DCE – Center mark; DCO – Continuous dimensioning; DDI – Measure diameter of circles and arcs; DO – Concentric circles; DOV – Modify dimension variables; DRA – Radius dimensioning; DIV – Divide equally; DI – Measure; DT – Enter text; DV – Camera adjustment; E – Delete; ED – Modify text; EL – Ellipse; EX – Extend; E*T – Exit; EXP – Export data; EXT – Stretch; F – Round corners; FI – Select filter; G – Group objects; GR – Options; H – Fill; HE – Associative fill; I – Insert element; IMP – Import file; IN – Boolean operations; IO – Insert document program; L – Line; LA – Layer editing; LE – Text annotation; LEN – Modify object length and other values; LI – Display object properties; LO – Layout options; LS – Command history; LTC – Line style settings; LWC – Line width settings; LTS – New line style scale factor; MC – Move; ME – Divide equally; ML – Multiline; MT – Text; OS – Snap settings; O – Offset; OP – Options; ORBIT – Rotate; P – Translate; Pl – Continuous line; Po – Point; Pol – Polygon; PR – Options; PRE – Page view plane; PRINT – Print; PU – Clean up; PE – Modify polyline; REA – Redraw; REN – Rename; REC – Rectangle; REV – Rotate into 3D face; RO – Rotate object; S – Stretch; SCL – Scale; SCR – Script file; SEC – Solid cut; SHA – Shade; SL – Cross-section; SN – Specify snap distance; SP – Spell check; SPL – Spline; SI – Text style; SU – Boolean operations; TO – Custom toolbar; TOR – 3D ring; TR – Trim; UC – User shortcut; UNI – Merge 3D objects; V – View; VP – Viewpoint settings; W – Create block; X – Explode; XA – X-ref file; XB – External reference lock; XC – Clip; XL – Reference line; XR – External reference management; Z – Scale. 1. Drawing: Line – LINE/L; Construction line – xline/XL; Multiline – mline/ML; Polyline – pline/PL; Regular polygon – polygon/POL; Rectangle – rectang/REC; Arc – rc/A; Circle – circle/C; Spline – spline/SPL; Ellipse – ellipse/EL; Insert block – insert/I; Create block – block/B; Hatch – bhatch/BH; Multi-line text – mtext/MT. 2. Modifying/Deleting: Erase – E; Copy object – copy/CO; Mirror – mirror/MI; Offset – offset/O; Array – array/AR; Move – move/M; Rotate – rotate/RO; Scale – scale/SC; Stretch – stretch/S; Trim – trim/TR; Extend – extend/EX; Break at point – break/BR; Round corners – chamfer/CHA; Fillet – fillet/F; Explode – explode/X; Match properties – matchprop/MA; Undo – CTRL+Z/U; Pan – Real-time translation/P; Zoom – Real-time scaling/Z; Properties – CTRL+1; Cancel – U; CTRL+Z; Clear – DEL. 3. Dimensions and their settings: Dimension style manager – DIMSTYLE/D; Create coordinate point dimension – DIMORDINATE/DOR; Create linear dimension – DIMLINEAR/DLI; Create center line or center mark for circle or arc – DIMCENTER/DCE; Create aligned linear dimension (diagonal) – DIMALIGNED/DAL; Create diameter dimension for circle and arc – DIMDIAMETER/DDI; Create radius dimension for circle and arc – DIMRADIUS/DRA; Create angle dimension – DIMANGULAR/DAN; Tolerances – TOLERANCE/TOL. 4. Others: F1 – Help; F2 – Text window; F3 – Object snap; F4 – Digitizer; F5 – Isometric plane; F6 – Coordinates; F7 – Grid; F8 – Ortho; F9 – Snap; F10 – Polar; F11 – Object snap tracking. CTRL+N – New; CTRL+O – Open; CTRL+C – Close; CTRL+S – Save; CTRL+A – Save as; CTRL+V – Print preview; CTRL+P – Print; CTRL+D – Send/Share