1. Manage Drawings 3DMOVE/ In a 3D view, displays the 3D distance in a specified direction.

Ctrl+n New Drawing Move gizmo to aid in moving 3D objects CTABLESTYLE / Sets the name of the
3M CT
Ctrl+s Save drawing a specified distance in a specified current table style
direction. NAVVCUBE / Controls the visibility and
Ctrl+o Open drawing CUBE
3P 3DPOLY/ Creates a 3D polyline. display properties of the ViewCube tool.
Ctrl+p Plot dialog box
3DROTATE/ In a 3D view, displays the 3D CYL CYLINDER / Creates a 3D solid cylinder.
Switch to next /
3R Rotate gizmo to aid in revolving 3D
Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+Tab switch to previous
objects around a base point. D Command Shortcuts
drawing
3DSCALE/ In a 3D view, displays the 3D DIMSTYLE / Creates and modifies
Switch to next tab / 3S D
Scale gizmo to aid in resizing 3D objects. dimension styles.
Ctrl+Page Up/Page switch to previous
Down tab in current DIMANGULAR / Creates an angular
A Command Shortcuts DAN
drawing dimension.
Ctrl+q Exit A ARC / Creates an arc. DIMARC / Creates an arc length
ADCENTER / Manages and inserts DAR
Ctrl+a Select all objects dimension.
ADC content such as blocks, xrefs, and hatch DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged
patterns. JOG
2. Toggle Drawing Modes dimensions for circles and arcs.
AREA / Calculates the area and DIMBASELINE / Creates a linear,
F3 Toggles object snap mode AA
perimeter of objects or of defined areas. angular, or ordinate dimension from
F7 Toggle grid mode DBA
ALIGN / Aligns objects with other objects the baseline of the previous or selected
F8 Toggle ortho mode AL
in 2D and 3D dimension.
F9 Toggle snap mode AP APPLOAD / Load Application DBCONNECT / Provides an interface to
F10 Toggle polar mode DBC
ARRAY / Creates multiple copies of external database tables.
F11 Toggle object snap tracking AR
objects in a pattern. DIMCENTER / Creates the center mark
F12 Toggle dynamic input mode DCE
ARR ACTRECORD / Starts the Action Recorder. or the centerlines of circles and arcs.
ACTUSERMESSAGE / Inserts a user DIMCONTINUE / Creates a dimension
3. Manage Screen ARM
message into an action macro. DCO that starts from an extension line of a
Ctrl+0 (zero) Clean Screen ACTUSERINPUT / Pauses for user input in previously created dimension.
ARU
Ctrl+1 Property Palette an action macro. DIMCONSTRAINT / Applies dimensional
Ctrl+2 Design Center Palette ACTSTOP / Stops the Action Recorder DCON constraints to selected objects or
Ctrl+3 Tool Palette ARS and provides the option of saving the points on objects.
Ctrl+4 Sheet Set Palette recorded actions to an action macro file. DIMDISASSOCIATE / Removes
DDA
Ctrl+6 DBConnect Manager ATTIPEDIT / Changes the textual content associativity from selected dimensions.
ATI
Ctrl+7 Markup Set Manager Palette of an attribute within a block. DIMDIAMETER / Creates a diameter
DDI
ATTDEF / Redefines a block and updates dimension for a circle or an arc.
Ctrl+8 Quick Calc ATT
associated attributes. DIMEDIT / Edits dimension text and
Ctrl+9 Command Line DED
ATTEDIT / Changes attribute information extension lines.
ATE
in a block. DIST / Measures the distance and angle
4. Manage Workflow DI
between two points.
Ctrl+c Copy object
B Command Shortcuts DIVIDE / Creates evenly spaced point
Ctrl+x Cut object DIV objects or blocks along the length or
BLOCK / Creates a block definition from
Ctrl+v Paste object B perimeter of an object.
selected objects.
Ctrl+Shift+c Copy to clipboard with base point BC BCLOSE / Closes the Block Editor. DIMJOGLINE / Adds or removes a jog
DJL
Ctrl+Shift+v Paste data as block BEDIT / Opens the block definition in the line on a linear or aligned dimension.
Ctrl+z Undo last action BE DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged
Block Editor. DJO
Ctrl+y Redo last action HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected dimensions for circles and arcs.
Cancel current command (or BH objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or DATALINK / The Data Link dialog box is
Ctrl+[ DL
ctrl+\) gradient fill. displayed.
BOUNDARY / Creates a region or a DATALINKUPDATE / Updates data to or
BO DLU
5. Toggle General Features polyline from an enclosed area. from an established external data link.
Ctrl+d Toggle coordinate display BREAK / Breaks the selected object DONUT / Creates a filled circle or a
BR DO
Ctrl+g Toggle Grid between two points. wide ring.
Ctrl+e Cycle isometric planes BSAVE / Saves the current block DIMORDINATE / Creates ordinate
BS DOR
definition. dimensions.
Ctrl+f Toggle running object snaps
BVSTATE / Creates, sets, or deletes a DIMOVERRIDE / Controls overrides of
Ctrl+h Toggle Pick Style BVS
visibility state in a dynamic block. DOV system variables used in selected
Ctrl+Shift+h Toggle Hide pallets dimensions.
Ctrl+i Toggle Coords DRAWORDER / Changes the draw order
C Command Shortcuts DR
Ctrl+Shift+i Toggle Infer Constraints of images and other objects.
C CIRCLE / Creates a circle.
CAMERA / Sets a camera and target DIMRADIUS / Creates a radius
6. Command Shortcuts DRA
CAM location to create and save a 3D dimension for a circle or an arc.
3D Command Shortcuts perspective view of objects. DIMREASSOCIATE / Associates or re-
3DARRAY / Creates a 3D matrix of CONSTRAINTBAR / A toolbar-like UI DRE associates selected dimensions to
3A objects in a rectangular or polar CBAR element that displays the available objects or points on objects.
arrangement. geometric constraints on an object. DRAWINGRECOVERY / Displays a list of
3DORBIT/ Rotates the view in 3D space, PROPERTIES / Controls properties of DRM drawing files that can be recovered
3D0 but constrained to horizontal and CH after a program or system failure.
existing objects.
vertical orbit only. DSETTINGS / Sets grid and snap, polar
CHA CHAMFER / Bevels the edges of objects.
3DWALK/ Changes the 3D view in a and object snap tracking, object snap
CHECKSTANDARDS / Checks the current DS
drawing interactively to create the CHK modes, Dynamic Input, and Quick
3DW drawing for standards violations.
appearance of walking through the Properties.
model. COMMANDLINE / Displays the
CLI DT TEXT / Creates a single-line text object.
Command Line window.
3DFACE/ Creates a three-sided or four- DV DVIEW / Defines parallel projection or
3F COL COLOR / Sets the color for new objects.
sided surface in 3D space. perspective views by using a camera
CO COPY / Copies objects a specified
 and target.
DATAEXTRACTION / Extracts drawing
data and merges data from an external
DX source to a data extraction table or
external file
E-G Command Shortcuts
ERASE / Removes objects from a
E LEN
drawing.
DDEDIT / Edits single-line text,
ED dimension text, attribute definitions,
and feature control frames.
ELLIPSE / Creates an ellipse or an
EL
elliptical arc.
EXTERNALREFERENCES / Opens the
ER
External References palette.
EXTEND / Extends objects to meet the
EX
edges of other objects.
EXIT QUIT / Exits the program.
EXPORT / Saves the objects in a
EXP
drawing to a different file format.
EXTRUDE / Extends the dimensions of
EXT
a 2D object or 3D face into 3D space.
FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges of
F definition.
objects.
FILTER / Creates a list of requirements
FI that an object must meet to be
included in a selection set.
FLATSHOT / Creates a 2D
FSHOT representation of all 3D objects based
on the current view.
GROUP / Creates and manages saved
G
sets of objects called groups.
GEOCONSTRAINT / Applies or persists
GCON geometric relationships between
objects or points on objects.
GRADIENT / Fills an enclosed area or
GD
selected objects with a gradient fill.
GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies the
GEO geographic location information for a
drawing file.
H-L Command Shortcuts
HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or
H selected objects with a hatch pattern,
solid fill, or gradient fill.
HATCHEDIT / Modifies an existing hatch
HE
or fill.
HIDE / Regenerates a 3D wireframe
HI
model with hidden lines suppressed.
INSERT / Inserts a block or drawing into
I
the current drawing.
IMAGEADJUST / Controls the image
IAD display of the brightness, contrast, and
fade values of images.
IMAGEATTACH / Inserts a reference to an
IAT
image file.
IMAGECLIP / Crops the display of a
ICL
selected image to a specified boundary.
IMAGE / Displays the External References
IM
palette.
IMPORT / Imports files of different
IMP
formats into the current drawing.
INTERSECT / Creates a 3D solid, surface,
IN or 2D region from overlapping solids,
surfaces, or regions.
INTERFERE / Creates a temporary 3D
INF solid from the interferences between
two sets of selected 3D solids.
INSERTOBJ / Inserts a linked or
IO
embedded object.
JOIN / Joins similar objects to form a
J model space and layouts in a drawing.
single, unbroken object.
L LINE / Creates straight line segments.
LAYER / Manages layers and layer
LA
properties.
LAYERSTATE / Saves, restores, and
LAS
manages named layer states.
QLEADER / Creates a leader and leader
LE
annotation.
LENGTHEN / Changes the length of
objects and the included angle of arcs.
MESHSMOOTHLESS / Decreases the level
LESS of smoothness for mesh objects by one
level.
LIST / Displays property data for selected
LI
objects.
LAYOUT / Creates and modifies drawing
LO
layout tabs.
LINETYPE / Loads, sets, and modifies
LT
linetypes.
LTSCALE / Changes the scale factor of
LTS
linetypes for all objects in a drawing.
LWEIGHT / Sets the current lineweight,
LW lineweight display options, and
lineweight units.
M-O Command Shortcuts
MOVE / Moves objects a specified
M PC
distance in a specified direction.
MATCHPROP / Applies the properties
MA
of a selected object to other objects.
MATERIALS / Shows or hides the
MAT
Materials window.
MEASURE / Creates point objects or
ME blocks at measured intervals along the
length or perimeter of an object.
MEASUREREGION / Measures the
distance, radius, angle, area, and
MEA
volume of selected objects or
sequence of points.
MIRROR / Creates a mirrored copy of
MI
selected objects.
ML MLNE / Creates multiple parallel lines.
MLEADERALIGN / Aligns and spaces
MLA
selected multileader objects.
MLEADERCOLLECT / Organizes
selected multileaders that contain
MLC
blocks into rows or columns, and
displays the result with a single leader.
MLEADER / Creates a multileader
MLD
object.
MLEADEREDIT / Adds leader lines to,
MLE or removes leader lines from, a
multileader object.
MLEADERSTYLE / Creates and
MLS
modifies multileader styles.
PROPERTIES / Controls properties of
MO
existing objects.
MESHSMOOTHMORE / Increases the
MORE level of smoothness for mesh objects
by one level.
MSPACE / Switches from paper space
MS
to a model space viewport.
MARKUP / Opens the Markup Set
MSM
Manager.
MTEXT / Creates a multiline text
MT
object.
MVIEW / Creates and controls layout
MV
viewports.
GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies the
NORTH geographic location information for a
drawing file.
NEWSHOT / Creates a named view
NSHOT with motion that is played back when
viewed with ShowMotion.
NEWVIEW / Creates a named view
NVIEW
with no motion.
OFFSET / Creates concentric circles,
O
parallel lines, and parallel curves.
OPTIONS / Customizes the program
OP
settings.
3DORBIT / Rotates the view in 3D
ORBIT space, but constrained to horizontal
and vertical orbit only.
OSNAP / Sets running object snap
OS
modes.
P Command Shortcuts
PAN / Adds a parameter with grips
P
to a dynamic block definition.
PASTESPEC / Pastes objects from
the Clipboard into the current
PA
drawing and controls the format of
the data.
PARAMETERS / Controls the
PAR associative parameters used in the
drawing.
BPARAMETER / Adds a parameter
PARAM with grips to a dynamic block
PATCH SURFPATCH /
POINTCLOUD /
PCATTACH POINTCLOUDATTACH /
PCINDEX POINTCLOUDINDEX /
PEDIT / Edits polylines and 3D
PE
polygon meshes.
PL PLINE / Creates a 2D polyline.
PO POINT / Creates a point object.
HIDEPALETTES / Hides currently
POFF displayed palettes (including the
command line).
POLYGON / Creates an equilateral
POL
closed polyline.
SHOWPALETTES / Restores the
PON
display of hidden palettes.
PREVIEW / Displays the drawing as
PRE
it will be plotted.
PLOT / Plots a drawing to a plotter,
PRINT
printer, or file.
PSPACE / Switches from a model
PS
space viewport to paper space.
POLYSOLID / Creates a 3D wall-like
PSOLID
polysolid.
PUBLISHTOWEB / Creates HTML
PTW pages that include images of
selected drawings.
PURGE / Removes unused items,
PU such as block definitions and
layers, from the drawing.
PYRAMID / Creates a 3D solid
PYR
pyramid.
Q-R Command Shortcuts
QUICKCALC / Opens the QuickCalc
QC
calculator.
QUICKCUI / Displays the Customize
QCUI User Interface Editor in a collapsed
state.
QUICKPROPERTIES / Displays open
QP drawings and layouts in a drawing in
preview images.
QVD QVDRAWING / QVLAYOUTCLOSE
QVDRAWINGCLOSE / Closes preview
QVDC images of open drawings and layouts in
a drawing.
QVLAYOUT / Displays preview images of
QVL
R REDRAW / Refreshes the display in the
 current viewport. STANDARDS / Manages the the magnification of the view in
REDRAWALL / Refreshes the display in STA association of standards files with the current viewport.
RA drawings.
all viewports. ZEBRA ANALYSISZEBRA
RENDERCROP / Renders a specified SUBTRACT / Combines selected 3D
RC rectangular area, called a crop window, SU solids, surfaces, or 2D regions by
within a viewport. subtraction.
REGEN / Regenerates the entire
RE T Command Shortcuts
drawing from the current viewport.
REGENALL / Regenerates the drawing T MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object.
REA
and refreshes all viewports. TABLET / Calibrates, configures, and
RECTANG / Creates a rectangular TA turns on and off an attached digitizing
REC tablet.
polyline.
REGION / Converts an object that TB TABLE / Creates an empty table object.
REG
encloses an area into a region object. TEXTEDIT / Edits a dimensional
TEDIT
RENAME / Changes the names assigned constraint, dimension, or text object.
REN to items such as layers and dimension TH THICKNESS /
styles. TI TILEMODE /
REVOLVE / Creates a 3D solid or surface TOOLBAR / Displays, hides, and
REV by sweeping a 2D object around an TO
customizes toolbars.
axis. TOL TOLERANCE /
ROTATE / Rotates objects around a base TORUS / Creates a donut-shaped 3D
RO TOR
point. solid.
RENDERPRESETS / Specifies render TOOLPALETTES / Opens the Tool
RP presets, reusable rendering TP
Palettes window.
parameters, for rendering an image.
TRIM / Trims objects to meet the edges
TR
of other objects.
RPREF / Displays or hides the Advanced
RPR TABLESTYLE / Creates, modifies, or
Render Settings palette for access to TS
specifies table styles.
advanced rendering settings.
RENDER / Creates a photorealistic or
U-Z Command Shortcuts
RR realistically shaded image of a 3D solid
or surface model. UCSMAN / Manages defined user
UC
coordinate systems.
RENDERWIN / Displays the Render
RW window without starting a rendering UNITS / Controls coordinate and
operation. UN angle display formats and
precision.
S Command Shortcuts UNHIDE UNISOLATEOBJECTS /
STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed UNISOLATE UNISOLATEOBJECT /
S VIEW / Saves and restores named
by a selection window or polygon.
SCALE / Enlarges or reduces selected V views, camera views, layout views,
SC objects, keeping the proportions of and preset views.
the object the same after scaling. VGO VIEWGO / Restores a named view.
SCRIPT / Executes a sequence of DDVPOINT / Sets the 3D viewing
SCR VP
commands from a script file. direction.
SECTION / Uses the intersection of a VIEWPLAY / Plays the animation
VPLAY
SEC plane and solids, surfaces, or mesh to associated to a named view.
create a region. VSCURRENT / Sets the visual style
VS
SETVAR / Lists or changes the values in the current viewport.
SET
of system variables. VISUALSTYLES / Creates and
SHADEMODE / Starts the VSCURRENT VSM modifies visual styles and applies
SHA a visual style to a viewport.
command.
SLICE / Creates new 3D solids and WBLOCK / Writes objects or a
W
SL surfaces by slicing, or dividing, block to a new drawing file.
existing objects. WEDGE / Creates a 3D solid
WE
SNAP / Restricts cursor movement to wedge.
SN
specified intervals. NAVSWHEEL / Displays a wheel
SOLID / Creates solid-filled triangles WHEEL that contains a collection of view
SO navigation tools.
and quadrilaterals.
SP SPELL / Checks spelling in a drawing. EXPLODE / Breaks a compound
X
SPLINE / Creates a smooth curve that object into its component objects.
SPL passes through or near specified XATTACH / Inserts a DWG file as
XA
points. an external reference (xref).
SECTIONPLANE / Creates a section XBIND / Binds one or more
SPLANE object that acts as a cutting plane XB definitions of named objects in an
through 3D objects. xref to the current drawing.
SPLAY SEQUENCEPALY / XCLIP / Crops the display of a
MESHSPLIT / Splits a mesh face into selected external reference or
SPLIT XC
two faces. block reference to a specified
boundary.
SPLINEDIT / Edits a spline or spline-fit
SPE XLINE / Creates a line of infinite
polyline. XL
length.
SHEETSET / Opens the Sheet Set
SSM XREF / Starts the
Manager. XR
EXTERNALREFERENCES command.
STYLE / Creates, modifies, or specifies
ST Z ZOOM / Increases or decreases
text styles.