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What is the CAD shortcut?
Go and look for it by yourself; there are many of them in the station
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To increase CAD drawing speed: the name of the shortcut command, * followed by the full name of the command. For example, CO; * COPY – that is, after entering the shortcut command, type a comma followed by the full name of the command that it replaces. Commands in AutoCAD must be prefixed with an asterisk. Appendix: Common Shortcut Commands
(I) Letter-based commands
1. Object properties: ADC, *ADCENTER (Design Center; “Ctrl+2”) CH, MO *PROPERTIES (Modify properties; “Ctrl+1”) MA, *MATCHPROP (Property matching) ST, *STYLE (Text style) COL, *COLOR (Set color) LA, *LAYER (Layer operations) LT, *LINETYPE (Line type) LTS, *LTSCALE (Line scale) LW, *LWEIGHT (Line width) UN, *UNITS (Drawing units) ATT, *ATTDEF (Property definition) ATE, *ATTEDIT (Edit properties) BO, *BOUNDARY (Create boundaries, including closed polylines and regions) AL, *ALIGN (Align) E*T, *QUIT (Exit) EXP, *EXPORT (Export to other file formats) IMP, *IMPORT (Import files) OP, PR *OPTIONS (Customize CAD settings) PRINT, *PLOT (Print) PU, *PURGE (Clear junk) R, *REDRAW (Regenerate) REN, *RENAME (Rename) SN, *SNAP (Snap to grid) DS, *DSETTINGS (Set polar tracking) OS, *OSNAP (Set snap mode) PRE, *PREVIEW (Print preview) TO, *TOOLBAR (Toolbar) V, *VIEW (Named view) AA, *AREA (Area) DI, *DIST (Distance) LI, *LIST (Display graphic data information)
2. Drawing commands: PO, *POINT (Point) L, *LINE (Line) XL, *XLINE (Ray) PL, *PLINE (Polyline) ML, *MLINE (Multi-line) SPL, *SPLINE (Spline) POL, *POLYGON (Regular polygon) REC, *RECTANGLE (Rectangle) C, *CIRCLE (Circle) A, *ARC (Arc) DO, *DONUT (Donut) EL, *ELLIPSE (Ellipse) REG, *REGION (Region) MT, *MTEXT (Multiline text) T, *MTEXT (Multiline text) B, *BLOCK (Block definition) I, *INSERT (Insert block) W, *WBLOCK (Define block file) DIV, *DIVIDE (Divide equally) H, *BHATCH (Fill)
3. Modification commands: CO, *COPY (Copy) MI, *MIRROR (Mirror) AR, *ARRAY (Array) O, *OFFSET (Offset) RO, *ROTATE (Rotate) M, *MOVE (Move) E, DEL key *ERASE (Delete) X, *EXPLODE (Explode) TR, *TRIM (Trim) EX, *EXTEND (Extend) S, *STRETCH (Stretch) LEN, *LENGTHEN (Lengthen line) SC, *SCALE (Scale) BR, *BREAK (Break) CHA, *CHAMFER (Chamfer) F, *FILLET (Fillet)
Usage of AutoCAD 2000 shortcut commands: PE, *PEDIT (Edit polyline) ED, *DDEDIT (Modify text)
4. Window scaling: P, *PAN (Pan) Z + Space + Space, *Real-time scaling Z, *Zoom in Z+P, *Return to previous view Z + E, *Show full view
5. Dimensioning: DLI, *DIMLINEAR (Linear dimension) DAL, *DIMALIGNED (Aligned dimension) DRA, *DIMRADIUS (Radius dimension) DDI, *DIMDIAMETER (Diameter dimension) DAN, *DIMANGULAR (Angle dimension) DCE, *DIMCENTER (Center dimension) DOR, *DIMORDINATE (Point dimension) TOL, *TOLERANCE (Dimension tolerance) LE, *QLEADER (Quick leader) DBA, *DIMBASELINE (Baseline dimension) DCO, *DIMCONTINUE (Continued dimension) D, *DIMSTYLE (Dimension style) DED, *DIMEDIT (Edit dimension) DOV, *DIMOVERRIDE (Override dimension system variables)
Text: Single-line text input; MTEXT: Multiline text input
(II) Common CTRL shortcut keys
【CTRL】+1 *PROPERTIES (Modify properties)
【CTRL】+2 *ADCENTER (Design Center)
【CTRL】+O *OPEN (Open file)
【CTRL】+N, M *NEW (Create new file)
【CTRL】+P *PRINT (Print file)
【CTRL】+S *SAVE (Save file)
【CTRL】+Z *UNDO (Undo)
【CTRL】+X *CUTCLIP (Cut clip)
【CTRL】+C *COPYCLIP (Copy clip)
【CTRL】+V *PASTECLIP (Paste clip)
【CTRL】+B *SNAP (Snap to grid)
【CTRL】+F *OSNAP (Object snap)
【CTRL】+G *GRID (Grid)
【CTRL】+L *ORTHO (Ortho mode)
【CTRL】+W *Object tracking
【CTRL】+U *Polar tracking
(III) Common function keys
【F1】 *HELP (Help)
【F2】 *Text window
【F3】 *OSNAP (Object snap)
【F7】 *GRIP (Grid grip)
【F8】 *ORTHO (Ortho mode)
Input codes, special symbols, and explanations:
%%0~32: Empty symbol
%%123: Left curly brace
%%33: !
%%124: |
%%34: “ Double quotes
%%125: } Right curly brace
%%35: #
%%126: ~
%%36: $
%%127: ° Degree
%%37: %
%%128: ±
%%38: &
%%39: ’ Single quote
%%130: α
Input codes, special symbols, and explanations:
%%40: ( Left parenthesis
%%131: β
%%41: ) Right parenthesis
%%132: δ
%%42: * Multiplication sign
%%133: i
%%134~137: Empty symbols
%%138: , Comma
%%138: 0 (Superscript); m%%138=m0
%%45: - Subtraction sign
%%139: 1 (Superscript); m%%139=m1
%%46: . Period %%140 2 (superscript) m%%140=m2 %%47 / Division sign %%141 3 (superscript) m%%141=m3 %%48~57 0~9 Larger font, consecutive dashes in between, consecutive dashes in between, consecutive dashes in between %%64 @ %%58: Colon %%148 9 (superscript) m%%148=m9 %%61 = Equal sign %%163 △ %%59 ； Semicolon %%149~157 1~9 font size is small %%60 < Less than sign %%158~162 Empty symbol %%65~90 26 uppercase letters from A to Z %%c φ %%91 %%u _ Underline %%94 ^ %%o — Upper underline %%95 _ %%96 ’ Single quote %%97~122 26 lowercase letters from a to z %%62 > Greater than sign %%164 ▽ %%63 ? Question mark %%165~200 Empty symbol
(I) Letter-based commands
1. Object properties: ADC, *ADCENTER (Design Center; “Ctrl+2”) CH, MO *PROPERTIES (Modify properties; “Ctrl+1”) MA, *MATCHPROP (Property matching) ST, *STYLE (Text style) COL, *COLOR (Set color) LA, *LAYER (Layer operations) LT, *LINETYPE (Line type) LTS, *LTSCALE (Line scale) LW, *LWEIGHT (Line width) UN, *UNITS (Drawing units) ATT, *ATTDEF (Property definition) ATE, *ATTEDIT (Edit properties) BO, *BOUNDARY (Create boundaries, including closed polylines and regions) AL, *ALIGN (Align) E*T, *QUIT (Exit) EXP, *EXPORT (Export to other file formats) IMP, *IMPORT (Import files) OP, PR *OPTIONS (Customize CAD settings) PRINT, *PLOT (Print) PU, *PURGE (Clear junk) R, *REDRAW (Regenerate) REN, *RENAME (Rename) SN, *SNAP (Snap to grid) DS, *DSETTINGS (Set polar tracking) OS, *OSNAP (Set snap mode) PRE, *PREVIEW (Print preview) TO, *TOOLBAR (Toolbar) V, *VIEW (Named view) AA, *AREA (Area) DI, *DIST (Distance) LI, *LIST (Display graphic data information)
2. Drawing commands: PO, *POINT (Point) L, *LINE (Line) XL, *XLINE (Ray) PL, *PLINE (Polyline) ML, *MLINE (Multi-line) SPL, *SPLINE (Spline) POL, *POLYGON (Regular polygon) REC, *RECTANGLE (Rectangle) C, *CIRCLE (Circle) A, *ARC (Arc) DO, *DONUT (Donut) EL, *ELLIPSE (Ellipse) REG, *REGION (Region) MT, *MTEXT (Multiline text) T, *MTEXT (Multiline text) B, *BLOCK (Block definition) I, *INSERT (Insert block) W, *WBLOCK (Define block file) DIV, *DIVIDE (Divide equally) H, *BHATCH (Fill)
3. Modification commands: CO, *COPY (Copy) MI, *MIRROR (Mirror) AR, *ARRAY (Array) O, *OFFSET (Offset) RO, *ROTATE (Rotate) M, *MOVE (Move) E, DEL key *ERASE (Delete) X, *EXPLODE (Explode) TR, *TRIM (Trim) EX, *EXTEND (Extend) S, *STRETCH (Stretch) LEN, *LENGTHEN (Lengthen line) SC, *SCALE (Scale) BR, *BREAK (Break) CHA, *CHAMFER (Chamfer) F, *FILLET (Fillet)
Usage of AutoCAD 2000 shortcut commands: PE, *PEDIT (Edit polyline) ED, *DDEDIT (Modify text)
4. Window scaling: P, *PAN (Pan) Z + Space + Space, *Real-time scaling Z, *Zoom in Z+P, *Return to previous view Z + E, *Show full view
5. Dimensioning: DLI, *DIMLINEAR (Linear dimension) DAL, *DIMALIGNED (Aligned dimension) DRA, *DIMRADIUS (Radius dimension) DDI, *DIMDIAMETER (Diameter dimension) DAN, *DIMANGULAR (Angle dimension) DCE, *DIMCENTER (Center dimension) DOR, *DIMORDINATE (Point dimension) TOL, *TOLERANCE (Dimension tolerance) LE, *QLEADER (Quick leader) DBA, *DIMBASELINE (Baseline dimension) DCO, *DIMCONTINUE (Continued dimension) D, *DIMSTYLE (Dimension style) DED, *DIMEDIT (Edit dimension) DOV, *DIMOVERRIDE (Override dimension system variables)
Text: Single-line text input; MTEXT: Multiline text input
(II) Common CTRL shortcut keys
【CTRL】+1 *PROPERTIES (Modify properties)
【CTRL】+2 *ADCENTER (Design Center)
【CTRL】+O *OPEN (Open file)
【CTRL】+N, M *NEW (Create new file)
【CTRL】+P *PRINT (Print file)
【CTRL】+S *SAVE (Save file)
【CTRL】+Z *UNDO (Undo)
【CTRL】+X *CUTCLIP (Cut clip)
【CTRL】+C *COPYCLIP (Copy clip)
【CTRL】+V *PASTECLIP (Paste clip)
【CTRL】+B *SNAP (Snap to grid)
【CTRL】+F *OSNAP (Object snap)
【CTRL】+G *GRID (Grid)
【CTRL】+L *ORTHO (Ortho mode)
【CTRL】+W *Object tracking
【CTRL】+U *Polar tracking
(III) Common function keys
【F1】 *HELP (Help)
【F2】 *Text window
【F3】 *OSNAP (Object snap)
【F7】 *GRIP (Grid grip)
【F8】 *ORTHO (Ortho mode)
Input codes, special symbols, and explanations:
%%0~32: Empty symbol
%%123: Left curly brace
%%33: !
%%124: |
%%34: “ Double quotes
%%125: } Right curly brace
%%35: #
%%126: ~
%%36: $
%%127: ° Degree
%%37: %
%%128: ±
%%38: &
%%39: ’ Single quote
%%130: α
Input codes, special symbols, and explanations:
%%40: ( Left parenthesis
%%131: β
%%41: ) Right parenthesis
%%132: δ
%%42: * Multiplication sign
%%133: i
%%134~137: Empty symbols
%%138: , Comma
%%138: 0 (Superscript); m%%138=m0
%%45: - Subtraction sign
%%139: 1 (Superscript); m%%139=m1
%%46: . Period %%140 2 (superscript) m%%140=m2 %%47 / Division sign %%141 3 (superscript) m%%141=m3 %%48~57 0~9 Larger font, consecutive dashes in between, consecutive dashes in between, consecutive dashes in between %%64 @ %%58: Colon %%148 9 (superscript) m%%148=m9 %%61 = Equal sign %%163 △ %%59 ； Semicolon %%149~157 1~9 font size is small %%60 < Less than sign %%158~162 Empty symbol %%65~90 26 uppercase letters from A to Z %%c φ %%91 %%u _ Underline %%94 ^ %%o — Upper underline %%95 _ %%96 ’ Single quote %%97~122 26 lowercase letters from a to z %%62 > Greater than sign %%164 ▽ %%63 ? Question mark %%165~200 Empty symbol
Ctrl, Ctrl+ShiftAlt+Shift, Ctrl+AltA – Select all; all caps; display all headings. B – Bold; make text bold. C – Copy; copy the format; cancel previewing; copyright symbol. D – Font format; distribute alignment; insert date. E – Center alignment; edit; edit mail merge data; insert endnotes. F – Find; define font; insert merge fields; insert footnotes. G – Go to a specific location. H – Replace text; apply hidden formatting. I – Italic; make text italic. Preview. J – Justify text at both ends. K – Hyperlink; preview mail merge; automatically apply formatting. L – Left-align text; list styles; display Listnum fields. M – Reduce left indentation; print merged documents; add comments. N – Create new documents; switch to normal text format; merge documents in normal view. O – Open documents; mark directory items; use outline view. P – Print documents; define character size; insert page numbers; page view. Q – Cancel paragraph formatting. R – Right-align text; header/footer links; registered trademarks. S – Save documents; define styles; split windows. T – Indent the first line; reduce first-line indentation; time settings. U – Add underline to text; update fields; update table formats. V – Paste formats; insert auto-text boxes. W – Save changes; underline only certain words. X – Cut text; mark index entries. Y – Repeat actions; repeat searches. Z – Undo changes; return to default font style. 0 = previous paragraph; 6p = switch to single spacing; display “Heading 1”; apply “Heading 1”. 2 = double spacing; display “Heading 2”; apply “Heading 2”. 3 = lock in “Heading 3” format; apply “Heading 3”. 5 = 1.5 times spacing; apply “Heading 3” and “Heading 5”. = Switch between subscript and normal text; L = straight line； PL=Polyline ； U Enter = Ctrl+z = Go back ； D=Modify, adjust ； REC=rectangle ； C=circle ； TR=Trimming ； O=offset ； XL=Radiation ； X=decomposition ； CO=Copy ； M=Move ； MI=Mirror ； EL=ellipse ； BR=Interrupt ； POL=Polygon ； LEN=Lengthen ； S=Stretching ； ME=equal division ； E=Delete ； E + Enter, ALL + Enter = delete all ； AR=Array ； RO=Rotation ； SC=Proportional scaling ； END=endpoint ； MID=midpoint ； PER=foot of perpendicular ； INT=Fully paid ； CEN=center ； QUA=Quadrant point ； TAN=point of tangency ； SPL=curve ； DIV=equal division of the block ； PE=Edit Polygon ； NOD=Node ； F=rounded corner ； CHA=Chamfer ； ST=Text style ； DT=Single-line text ； T=multi-line text ； ED=Edit text ； A=arc ； H = Fill ； HE=Edit Fill ； B=Create temporary block ； W=Create permanent block ； I=Insert block ； LA=Layer ； MA = straw plus spray gun ； ( ) PAR = Parallel lines ； FRO=Orthogonal offset capture ； PO=Create point ； SKETCH=Drawing lines by hand ； DO=ring ； RAY=ray ； AL=Alignment ； REG=Region ； AA=Find area perimeter ； SU=subset ； UNI=union set ； IN=Intersection ； BO=Extract contour ； REV=2D rotation to 3D ； EXT=Stretch ； UCS=3D coordinates ； ROTATE3D=3D rotation ； MIRROR3D=3D mirror ； 3A=3D array ； SURFTAB=Surface mesh ； TXTEXP=Break text into parts ； CTRL+P=Print ； (I) Letter-based commands: 1. Object properties: ADC, *ADCENTER (Design Center, “Ctrl+2”) CH, MO *PROPERTIES (Modify properties, “Ctrl+1”) MA, *MATCHPROP (Property matching) ST, *STYLE (Text style) COL, *COLOR (Set color) LA, *LAYER (Layer operations) LT, *LINETYPE (Line type) LTS, *LTSCALE (Line scale) LW, *LWEIGHT (Line width) UN, *UNITS (Drawing units) ATT, *ATTDEF (Property definition) ATE, *ATTEDIT (Edit properties) BO, *BOUNDARY (Create boundaries, including closed polylines and regions) AL, *ALIGN (Align) E*T, *QUIT (Exit) EXP, *EXPORT (Export to other file formats) IMP, *IMPORT (Import files) OP, PR *OPTIONS (Customize CAD settings) PRINT, *PLOT (Print) PU, *PURGE (Clear junk) R, *REDRAW (Regenerate) REN, *RENAME (Rename) SN, *SNAP (Snap to grid) DS, *DSETTINGS (Set polar tracking) OS, *OSNAP (Set snap mode) PRE, *PREVIEW (Print preview) TO, *TOOLBAR (Toolbars) V, *VIEW (Named views) AA, *AREA (Area) DI, *DIST (Distance) LI, *LIST (Display graphic data information) 2. Drawing commands: PO, *POINT (Point) L, *LINE (Line) XL, *XLINE (Ray) PL, *PLINE (Polyline) ML, *MLINE (Multi-line) SPL, *SPLINE (Spline) POL, *POLYGON (Regular polygon) REC, *RECTANGLE (Rectangle) C, *CIRCLE (Circle) A, *ARC (Arc) DO, *DONUT (Donut shape) EL, *ELLIPSE (Ellipse) REG, *REGION (Region) MT, *MTEXT (Multiline text) T, *MTEXT (Multiline text) B, *BLOCK (Define block) I, *INSERT (Insert block) W, *WBLOCK (Define block file) DIV, *DIVIDE (Divide equally) H, *BHATCH (Fill) 3. Modification commands: CO, *COPY (Copy) MI, *MIRROR (Mirror) AR, *ARRAY (Array) O, *OFFSET (Offset) RO, *ROTATE (Rotate) M, *MOVE (Move) E, Delete key *ERASE (Delete) X, *EXPLODE (Explode) TR, *TRIM (Trim) EX, *EXTEND (Extend) S, *STRETCH (Stretch) LEN, *LENGTHEN (Lengthen line) SC, *SCALE (Scale) BR, *BREAK (Break) CHA, *CHAMFER (Chamfer) F, *FILLET (Fillet) PE, *PEDIT (Edit polyline) ED, *DDEDIT (Edit text) 4. Window scaling: P, *PAN (Pan) Z + Space + Space, *Real-time scaling Z, *Zoom in Z+P, *Return to previous view Z+E, *Show entire drawing 5. Dimensioning: DLI, *DIMLINEAR (Linear dimension) DAL, *DIMALIGNED (Aligned dimension) DRA, *DIMRADIUS (Radius dimension) DDI, *DIMDIAMETER (Diameter dimension) DAN, *DIMANGULAR (Angle dimension) DCE, *DIMCENTER (Center dimension) DOR, *DIMORDINATE (Point dimension) TOL, *TOLERANCE (Dimension tolerance) LE, *QLEADER (Quick leader) DBA, *DIMBASELINE (Baseline dimension) DCO, *DIMCONTINUE (Continue dimension) D, *DIMSTYLE (Dimension style) DED, *DIMEDIT (Edit dimension) DOV, *DIMOVERRIDE (Override dimension system variables)
(II) Common CTRL shortcuts: [CTRL] + 1 *PROPERTIES (Modify properties) [CTRL] + 2 *ADCENTER (Design Center) [CTRL] + O *OPEN (Open file) [CTRL] + N, M *NEW (Create new file) [CTRL] + P *PRINT (Print file) [CTRL] + S *SAVE (Save file) [CTRL] + Z *UNDO (Undo) [CTRL] + X *CUTCLIP (Cut clip) [CTRL] + C *COPYCLIP (Copy clip) [CTRL] + V *PASTECLIP (Paste clip) [CTRL] + B *SNAP (Snap to grid) [CTRL] + F *OSNAP (Object snap) [CTRL] + G *GRID (Grid) [CTRL] + L *ORTHO (Ortho mode) [CTRL] + W *Object tracking [CTRL] + U *Polar tracking
(III) Common function keys: [F1] *HELP (Help) [F2] *Text window [F3] *OSNAP (Object snap) [F7] *GRIP (Grid grip) [F8] *ORTHO (Ortho mode, horizontal mirror) Alt + Shift + Ctrl + N – Vertical mirror Alt + Shift + Ctrl + M – Horizontal move Alt + Shift + Ctrl + J – Vertical move Alt + Shift + Ctrl + K
(II) Common CTRL shortcuts: [CTRL] + 1 *PROPERTIES (Modify properties) [CTRL] + 2 *ADCENTER (Design Center) [CTRL] + O *OPEN (Open file) [CTRL] + N, M *NEW (Create new file) [CTRL] + P *PRINT (Print file) [CTRL] + S *SAVE (Save file) [CTRL] + Z *UNDO (Undo) [CTRL] + X *CUTCLIP (Cut clip) [CTRL] + C *COPYCLIP (Copy clip) [CTRL] + V *PASTECLIP (Paste clip) [CTRL] + B *SNAP (Snap to grid) [CTRL] + F *OSNAP (Object snap) [CTRL] + G *GRID (Grid) [CTRL] + L *ORTHO (Ortho mode) [CTRL] + W *Object tracking [CTRL] + U *Polar tracking
(III) Common function keys: [F1] *HELP (Help) [F2] *Text window [F3] *OSNAP (Object snap) [F7] *GRIP (Grid grip) [F8] *ORTHO (Ortho mode, horizontal mirror) Alt + Shift + Ctrl + N – Vertical mirror Alt + Shift + Ctrl + M – Horizontal move Alt + Shift + Ctrl + J – Vertical move Alt + Shift + Ctrl + K
There are so many of them; it’s too hard to remember
Thank you to the person above; I’ve learned it now and will use shortcut keys more often in the future
There are too many; it’s not easy to remember them all! I just need some common ones.
Common CTRL shortcuts: 【CTRL】+1 *PROPERTIES (Modify properties); 【CTRL】+2 *ADCENTER (Design Center); 【CTRL】+O *OPEN (Open file); 【CTRL】+N, M *NEW (Create new file); 【CTRL】+P *PRINT (Print file); 【CTRL】+S *SAVE (Save file); 【CTRL】+Z *UNDO (Undo); 【CTRL】+X *CUTCLIP (Cut); 【CTRL】+C *COPYCLIP (Copy); 【CTRL】+V *PASTECLIP (Paste); 【CTRL】+B *SNAP (Grid snap); 【CTRL】+F *OSNAP (Object snap); 【CTRL】+G *GRID (Grid); 【CTRL】+L *ORTHO (Ortho mode); 【CTRL】+W *Object tracking; 【CTRL】+U *Polar axis. (III) Common function keys: 【F1】 *HELP (Help); 【F2】 *Text window; 【F3】 *OSNAP (Object snap); 【F7】 *GRIP (Grid); 【F8】 *ORTHO (Ortho mode)
I usually use ESC and SPACE; the others don’t seem very practical. Maybe it’s because I’m* used to it.
Oh, of course, the right button on the mouse is also quite useful.