Shortcuts Guide One Key Shortcuts Toggles and Screen Management Hot Keys A–Z Printable Keyboard Stickers ONE KEY SHORTCUTS [SEE PRINTABLE KEYBOARD STIC KERS ON PAGE 11]   n   e   e   r   c   s    t   x   e    t   p    l   e    H   y   a    l   p   s    i    D ~ `   e   m    l   g  p   g  a   o    T   n   s F2   e   n   a    l   p   o   s    I   e    l   g   g   o    T F3   e    l   g   g   o    T F4   e    l   g   g   o    T F5   e    d   o   m   e    d   o   m   e    d   o   m   e    l   g   g   o    T   e    l   g   g   o    T   p   a   n   s   e    l   g   g   o    T F7 F8 F9 F10 — - + = { [    d    i   r   g @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Y U Caps Lock Shift Q W E R T QSAVE WBLOCK ERASE REDRAW MTEXT A S D F G H J ARC STRETCH DIMSTYLE FILLET GROUP HATCH JOIN Z X C V B ZOOM EXPLODE CIRCLE VIEW BLOCK Start N I O P INSERT OFFSET PAN K LINE M MOVE < , > . QSAVE / Saves the current drawing. C CIRCLE / Creates a circle. A ARC / Creates an arc. R Z ZOOM / Increases or decreases the magnification of the view in the current viewport. 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. S STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or polygon. T MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object. X EXPLODE / Breaks a compound object into its component objects. G GROUP / Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups. E ERASE / Removes objects from a drawing. B D DIMSTYLE / Creates and BLOCK / Creates a block definition from selected objects. PrtScn SysRq Backspace } ] |  \  “ ‘ ?  /  Enter ScrLK Pause Break Home End Insert   Page Up Delete   Page Down Shift Alt Q   c    i   m   a  e   n   d   y  o    d  m   e   t    l   g  u   g  p   o  n    T   i F11 F12 : ; L Alt W WBLOCK / Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file.    t   g   c   i   n   e   k    j    b  c   o  a   r   e   t    l   g  p   g  a   o    T   n   s   r   a    l   o   p   o    h    t   r   o   e    l   g   g   o    T F6   e    d   o   m ! Tab Ctrl    t   c   e  e    j    b   d   o  o   e    l   g   g   o    T F1 Esc   p   a   n   s    O    D    3    S    C    U   c    i   m   a   n   y    D Ctrl 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. TOGGLES AND SCREEN MANAGEMENT Toggle General Features Manage Screen Manage Drawings Ctrl+d Toggle coordinate display Ctrl+0 (zero) Clean Screen Ctrl+n New Drawing Ctrl+g Toggle Grid Ctrl+1 Property Palette Ctrl+s Save drawing Ctrl+e Cycle isometric planes Ctrl+2 Design Center Palette Ctrl+o Open drawing Ctrl+f Toggle running object snaps Ctrl+3 Tool Palette Ctrl+p Plot dialog box Ctrl+h Toggle Pick Style Ctrl+4 Sheet Set Palette Ctrl+Tab Switch to next Ctrl+Shift+h Toggle Hide pallets Ctrl+6 DBConnect Manager Ctrl+Shift+Tab Switch to previous drawing Ctrl+i Toggle Coords Ctrl+7 Markup Set Manager Palette Ctrl+Page Up Ctrl+Shift+i Toggle Infer Constraints Ctrl+8 Quick Calc Switch to previous tab in current drawing Ctrl+9 Command Line Toggle Drawing Modes F1 Display Help Manage Workflow F2 Toggle text screen Ctrl+c Copy object F3 Toggle object snap mode Ctrl+x Cut object F4 Toggle 3DOsnap Ctrl+v Paste object F5 Toggle Isoplane Ctrl+Shift+c Copy to clipboard with base point F6 Toggle Dynamic UCS Ctrl+Shift+v Paste data as block F7 Toggle grid mode Ctrl+z Undo last action F8 Toggle ortho mode Ctrl+y Redo last action F9 Toggle snap mode Ctrl+[ F10 Toggle polar mode Cancel current command (or ctrl+\) F11 Toggle object snap tracking ESC Cancel current command F12 Toggle dynamic input mode Ctrl+Page Down Switch to next tab in current drawing Ctrl+q  Exit Ctrl+a Select all objects HOT KEYS A–Z A B C A ARC / Creates an arc. B AA AREA / Calculates the area and perimeter of objects or of defined areas. BLOCK / Creates a block definition from selected objects. BC BCLOSE / Closes the Block Editor. ADCENTER / Manages and inserts content such as blocks, xrefs, and hatch patterns. BE BEDIT / Opens the block definition in the Block Editor. AL ALIGN / Aligns objects with other objects in 2D and 3D. BH AP APPLOAD / Load Application. AR ARRAY / Creates multiple copies of objects in a pattern. ARR ACTRECORD / Starts the Action Recorder. ARM ADC BO HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill. BOUNDARY / Creates a region or a polyline from an enclosed area. 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. BR BREAK / Breaks the selected object between two points. CHK CHECKSTANDARDS / Checks the current drawing for standards violations. ACTUSERMESSAGE / Inserts a user message into an action macro. BS BSAVE / Saves the current block definition. CLI COMMANDLINE / Displays the Command Line window. ARU ACTUSERINPUT / Pauses for user input in an action macro. BVS BVSTATE / Creates, sets, or deletes a visibility state in a dynamic block. COL COLOR / Sets the color for new objects. ARS ACTSTOP / Stops the Action Recorder and provides the option of saving the recorded actions to an action macro file. CO COPY / Copies objects a specified distance in a specified direction. CT ATTIPEDIT / Changes the textual content of an attribute within a block. CTABLESTYLE / Sets the name of the current table style. CUBE ATTDEF / Redefines a block and updates associated attributes. NAVVCUBE / Controls the visibility and display properties of the ViewCube tool. CYL CYLINDER / Creates a 3D solid cylinder. ATI ATT ATE ATTEDIT / Changes attribute information in a block. HOT KEYS A–Z D D DIMSTYLE / Creates and modifies dimension styles. DI DIST / Measures the distance and angle between two points. DAN DIMANGULAR  / Creates an angular dimension. DIV DIVIDE / Creates evenly spaced point objects or blocks along the length or perimeter of an object. DAR DBA DIMARC / Creates an arc length dimension. DIMBASELINE / Creates a linear, angular, or ordinate dimension from the baseline of the previous or selected dimension. DJL DIMJOGLINE / Adds or removes a jog line on a linear or aligned dimension. DJO DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged dimensions for circles and arcs. DBC DBCONNECT / Provides an interface to external database tables. DL DATALINK / The Data Link dialog box is displayed. DCE DIMCENTER / Creates the center mark or the centerlines of circles and arcs. DLU DATALINKUPDATE  / Updates data to or from an established external data link. DCO DIMCONTINUE / Creates a dimension that starts from an extension line of a previously created dimension. DO DONUT / Creates a filled circle or a wide ring. DOR DIMORDINATE / Creates ordinate dimensions. DOV DIMOVERRIDE / Controls overrides of system variables used in selected dimensions. DCON DIMCONSTRAINT / Applies dimensional constraints to selected objects or points on objects. DDA DIMDISASSOCIATE / Removes associativity from selected dimensions. DR DRAWORDER / Changes the draw order of images and other objects. DDI DIMDIAMETER / Creates a diameter dimension for a circle or an arc. DRA DIMRADIUS / Creates a radius dimension for a circle or an arc. DED DIMEDIT / Edits dimension text and extension lines. DRE DIMREASSOCIATE / Associates or re-associates selected dimensions to objects or points on objects. DRM DRAWINGRECOVERY / Displays a list of drawing files that can be recovered after a program or system failure. DS DSETTINGS / Sets grid and snap, polar and object snap tracking, object snap modes, Dynamic Input, and Quick Properties. DT TEXT / Creates a single-line text object. DV DVIEW / Defines parallel projection or perspective views by using a camera and target. DX DATAEXTRACTION / Extracts drawing data and merges data from an external source to a data extraction table or external file. HOT KEYS A–Z E–F E ERASE / Removes objects from a drawing. ED DDEDIT / Edits single-line text, dimension text, attribute definitions, and feature control frames. EL ELLIPSE / Creates an ellipse or an elliptical arc. G–H G GROUP / Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups. GCON GEOCONSTRAINT / Applies or persists geometric relationships between objects or points on objects. I–K I INSERT / Inserts a block or drawing into the current drawing. IAD IMAGEADJUST / Controls the image display of the brightness, contrast, and fade values of images. GD GRADIENT / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a gradient fill. IAT IMAGEATTACH / Inserts a reference to an image file. GEO GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies the geographic location information for a drawing file. ICL IMAGECLIP / Crops the display of a selected image to a specified boundary. ID H HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill. ID / Displays the UCS coordinate values of a specified location. IM IMAGE / Displays the External References palette. HE HATCHEDIT / Modifies an existing hatch or fill. IMP IMPORT / Imports files of different formats into the current drawing. HI HIDE / Regenerates a 3D wireframe model with hidden lines suppressed. IN INTERSECT / Creates a 3D solid, surface, or 2D region from overlapping solids, surfaces, or regions. EPDF EXPORTPDF / Exports drawing to PDF. ER EXTERNALREFERENCES / Opens the External References palette. EX EXTEND / Extends objects to meet the edges of other objects. EXIT QUIT / Exits the program. EXP EXPORT / Saves the objects in a drawing to a different file format. EXT EXTRUDE / Extends the dimensions of a 2D object or 3D face into 3D space. F FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges of objects. INF FILTER / Creates a list of requirements that an object must meet to be included in a selection set. INTERFERE / Creates a temporary 3D solid from the interferences between two sets of selected 3D solids. IO FSMODE / Creates a selection set of all objects that touch the selected object. INSERTOBJ / Inserts a linked or embedded object. J JOIN / Joins similar objects to form a single, unbroken object. JOG DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged dimensions for circles and arcs. FI FS FSHOT FLATSHOT / Creates a 2D representation of all 3D objects based on the current view. HOT KEYS A–Z L–M L LINE / Creates straight line segments. LA LAYER / Manages layers and layer properties. LAS LAYERSTATE / Saves, restores, and manages named layer states. LE QLEADER / Creates a leader and leader annotation. LEN LENGTHEN / Changes the length of objects and the included angle of arcs. LESS MESHSMOOTHLESS / Decreases the level of smoothness for mesh objects by one level. LI LIST / Displays property data for selected objects. LO LAYOUT / Creates and modifies drawing layout tabs. LT LINETYPE / Loads, sets, and modifies linetypes. LTS LTSCALE / Changes the scale factor of linetypes for all objects in a drawing. LW LWEIGHT / Sets the current lineweight, lineweight display options, and lineweight units. M MOVE / Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction. MA MATCHPROP / Applies the properties of a selected object to other objects. MAT MATERIALS / Shows or hides the Materials window. ME MEASURE / Creates point objects or blocks at measured intervals along the length or perimeter of an object. N–O MEA MEASUREGEOM / Measures the distance, radius, angle, area, and volume of selected objects or sequence of points. NORTH GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies the geographic location information for a drawing file. MI MIRROR / Creates a mirrored copy of selected objects. ML MLINE / Creates multiple parallel lines. NSHOT NEWSHOT / Creates a named view with motion that is played back when viewed with ShowMotion. MLA MLEADERALIGN / Aligns and spaces selected multileader objects. MLC MLEADERCOLLECT / Organizes selected multileaders that contain blocks into rows or columns, and displays the result with a single leader. MLD MLEADER / Creates a multileader object. MLE MLEADEREDIT / Adds leader lines to, or removes leader lines from, a multileader object. MLS MLEADERSTYLE / Creates and modifies multileader styles. MO PROPERTIES / Controls properties of existing objects. MORE MESHSMOOTHMORE / Increases the level of smoothness for mesh objects by one level. MS MSPACE / Switches from paper space to a model space viewport. MSM MARKUP / Opens the Markup Set Manager. MT MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object. MV MVIEW / Creates and controls layout viewports. NVIEW NEWVIEW / Creates a named view with no motion. O OFFSET / Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel curves. OP OPTIONS / Customizes the program settings. ORBIT 3DORBIT / Rotates the view in 3D space, but constrained to horizontal and vertical orbit only. OS OSNAP / Sets running object snap modes. HOT KEYS A–Z P Q P PAN / Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition. POL POLYGON / Creates an equilateral closed polyline. QC QUICKCALC / Opens the QuickCalc calculator. PA PASTESPEC / Pastes objects from the Clipboard into the current drawing and controls the format of the data. PON SHOWPALETTES / Restores the display of hidden palettes. QCUI QUICKCUI / Displays the Customize User Interface Editor in a collapsed state. PR PROPERTIES / Displays Properties palette. QP PAR PARAMETERS / Controls the associative parameters used in the drawing. PRE PREVIEW / Displays the drawing as it will be plotted. QUICKPROPERTIES / Displays open drawings and layouts in a drawing in preview images. PARAM BPARAMETER / Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition. PATCH SURFPATCH / Creates a new surface by fitting a cap over a surface edge that forms a closed loop. PC POINTCLOUD / Provides options to create and attach point cloud files. PCATTACH POINTCLOUDATTACH / Inserts an indexed point cloud file into the current drawing. PCINDEX POINTCLOUDINDEX / Creates an indexed point cloud (PCG or ISD) file from a scan file. PE PEDIT / Edits polylines and 3D polygon meshes. PL PLINE / Creates a 2D polyline. PO POINT / Creates a point object. POFF HIDEPALETTES / Hides currently displayed palettes (including the command line). PRINT PLOT / Plots a drawing to a plotter, printer, or file. PS QSAVE QSAVE / Saves the current drawing. QVD PSPACE / Switches from a model space viewport to paper space. PSOLID POLYSOLID / Creates a 3D wall-like polysolid. QVDRAWING / Displays open drawings and layouts in a drawing using preview images. QVDC QVDRAWINGCLOSE / Closes preview images of open drawings and layouts in a drawing. PTW PUBLISHTOWEB / Creates HTML pages that include images of selected drawings. QVL QVLAYOUT / Displays preview images of model space and layouts in a drawing. PU PURGE / Removes unused items, such as block definitions and layers, from the drawing. QVLC QVLAYOUTCLOSE / Closes preview images of model space and layouts in the current drawing. PYR PYRAMID / Creates a 3D solid pyramid. HOT KEYS A–Z R S R REDRAW / Refreshes the display in the current viewport. S STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or polygon. SPLIT MESHSPLIT / Splits a mesh face into two faces. RA REDRAWALL / Refreshes the display in all viewports. SC SPE SPLINEDIT / Edits a spline or spline-fit polyline. RC RENDERCROP / Renders a specified rectangular area, called a crop window, within a viewport. SCALE / Enlarges or reduces selected objects, keeping the proportions of the object the same after scaling. SSM SHEETSET / Opens the Sheet Set Manager. SCR SCRIPT / Executes a sequence of commands from a script file. ST STYLE / Creates, modifies, or specifies text styles. SEC SECTION / Uses the intersection of a plane and solids, surfaces, or mesh to create a region. STA STANDARDS / Manages the association of standards files with drawings. SET SETVAR / Lists or changes the values of system variables. SU SUBTRACT / Combines selected 3D solids, surfaces, or 2D regions by subtraction. SHA SHADEMODE / Starts the VSCURRENT command. SL SLICE / Creates new 3D solids and surfaces by slicing, or dividing, existing objects. SN REVOLVE / Creates a 3D solid or surface by sweeping a 2D object around an axis. SNAP / Restricts cursor movement to specified intervals. SO ROTATE / Rotates objects around a base point. SOLID / Creates solid-filled triangles and quadrilaterals. SP SPELL / Checks spelling in a drawing. SPE SPLINEDIT / Edits a spline or spline-fit polyline. SPL SPLINE / Creates a smooth curve that passes through or near specified points. RE REGEN / Regenerates the entire drawing from the current viewport. REA REGENALL / Regenerates the drawing and refreshes all viewports. REC RECTANG / Creates a rectangular polyline. REG REGION / Converts an object that encloses an area into a region object. REN RENAME / Changes the names assigned to items such as layers and dimension styles. REV RO RP RENDERPRESETS / Specifies render presets, reusable rendering parameters, for rendering an image. RPR RPREF / Displays or hides the Advanced Render Settings palette for access to advanced rendering settings. RR RW RENDER / Creates a photorealistic or realistically shaded image of a 3D solid or surface model. RENDERWIN / Displays the Render window without starting a rendering operation. SPLANE SECTIONPLANE / Creates a section object that acts as a c utting plane through 3D objects. SPLAY SEQUENCEPLAY / Plays named views in one category. HOT KEYS A–Z T U–W X–Z T MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object. UC X TA TABLET / Calibrates, configures, and turns on and off an attached digitizing tablet. UCSMAN / Manages defined user coordinate systems. EXPLODE / Breaks a compound object into its component objects. UN UNITS / Controls coordinate and angle display formats and precision. XA XATTACH / Inserts a DWG file as an external reference (xref). XB XBIND / Binds one or more definitions of named objects in an xref to the current drawing. XC XCLIP / Crops the display of a selected external reference or block reference to a specified boundary. XL XLINE / Creates a line of infinite length. XR XREF / Starts the EXTERNALREFERENCES command. Z ZOOM / Increases or decreases the magnification of the view in the current viewport. TB TABLE / Creates an empty table object. TEDIT TEXTEDIT / Edits a dimensional constraint, dimension, or text object. TH THICKNESS / Sets the default 3D thickness property when creating 2D geometric objects. TI TILEMODE / Controls whether paper space can be accessed. TO TOOLBAR / Displays, hides, and customizes toolbars. UNHIDE / UNISOLATEOBJECTS  / Displays UNISOLATE objects previously hidden with the ISOLATEOBJECTS or HIDEOBJECTS command. UNI UNION / Unions two solid or two region objects. V VIEW / Saves and restores named views, camera views, layout views, and preset views. VGO VIEWGO / Restores a named view. VP DDVPOINT / Sets the 3D viewing direction. VPLAY VIEWPLAY / Plays the animation associated to a named view. ZEBRA ANALYSISZEBRA / Projects stripes onto a 3D model to analyze surface c ontinuity. ZIP TOL TOLERANCE / Creates geometric tolerances contained in a feature control frame. TOR TORUS / Creates a donut-shaped 3D solid. TP TOOLPALETTES / Opens the Tool Palettes window. VS VSCURRENT / Sets the visual style in the current viewport. TR TRIM / Trims objects to meet the edges of other objects. VSM TS TABLESTYLE / Creates, modifies, or specifies table styles. VISUALSTYLES / Creates and modifies visual styles and applies a visual style to a viewport. W WBLOCK / Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file. WE WEDGE / Creates a 3D s olid wedge. WHEEL NAVSWHEEL / Displays a wheel that contains a collection of view navigation tools. ETRANSMIT / Creates a Self-Extracting or Zipped Transmittal Package. 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