Shortcuts Guide One Key Shortcuts Toggles and Screen Management Hot Keys A–Z Printable Keyboard Stickers ONE KEY SHORTCUTS [SEE PRINTABLE KEYBOARD STICKERS ON PAGE 11] mode mode mode mode Help text screen object 3DOsnap Isoplane Dynamic UCS grid ortho snap polar object dynamic mode mode Display Toggle Toggle snap Toggle Toggle Toggle Toggle Toggle Toggle Toggle Toggle snap tracking Toggle input PrtScn ScrLK Pause Esc F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 SysRq Break ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) — + Backspace Home End ` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = { } | Tab Q W E R T Y U I O P Insert Page QSAVE WBLOCK ERASE REDRAW MTEXT INSERT OFFSET PAN [ ] \ Up : “ Caps Lock A S D F G H J K L Enter Delete Page ARC STRETCH DIMSTYLE FILLET GROUP HATCH JOIN LINE ; ‘ Down < > ? Shift Z X C V B N M Shift ZOOM EXPLODE CIRCLE VIEW BLOCK MOVE , . / Ctrl Start Alt Alt Ctrl Q QSAVE / Saves the current drawing. C CIRCLE / Creates a circle. H HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or A ARC / Creates an arc. R REDRAW / Refreshes the display gradient fill. in the current viewport. Z ZOOM / Increases or decreases the J JOIN / Joins similar objects to form magnification of the view in the F FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges a single, unbroken object. current viewport. of objects. M MOVE / Moves objects a specified W WBLOCK / Writes objects or V VIEW / Saves and restores named distance in a specified direction. a block to a new drawing file. views, camera views, layout views, and preset views. I INSERT / Inserts a block or drawing S STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed into the current drawing. by a selection window or polygon. T MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object. O OFFSET / Creates concentric circles, X EXPLODE / Breaks a compound G GROUP / Creates and manages saved parallel lines, and parallel curves. object into its component objects. sets of objects called groups. L LINE / Creates straight line segments. E ERASE / Removes objects from a drawing. B BLOCK / Creates a block definition from selected objects. P PAN / Adds a parameter with grips D DIMSTYLE / Creates and to a dynamic block definition. modifies dimension styles. 2 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 Switch to previous tab in current drawing Ctrl+Shift+i Toggle Infer Constraints Ctrl+8 Quick Calc Ctrl+Page Down Switch to next tab Ctrl+9 Command Line in current drawing Toggle Drawing Modes Ctrl+q Exit F1 Display Help Manage Workflow Ctrl+a Select all objects 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+[ Cancel current command (or ctrl+\) F10 Toggle polar mode ESC Cancel current command F11 Toggle object snap tracking F12 Toggle dynamic input mode 3 HOT KEYS A–Z A B C A ARC / Creates an arc. B BLOCK / Creates a block definition C CIRCLE / Creates a circle. from selected objects. AA AREA / Calculates the area and perimeter CAM CAMERA / Sets a camera and target of objects or of defined areas. BC BCLOSE / Closes the Block Editor. location to create and save a 3D perspective view of objects. ADC ADCENTER / Manages and inserts content BE BEDIT / Opens the block definition such as blocks, xrefs, and hatch patterns. in the Block Editor. CBAR CONSTRAINTBAR / A toolbar-like UI element that displays the available AL ALIGN / Aligns objects with other objects BH HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or geometric constraints on an object. in 2D and 3D. selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill. CH PROPERTIES / Controls properties AP APPLOAD / Load Application. of existing objects. BO BOUNDARY / Creates a region or AR ARRAY / Creates multiple copies of a polyline from an enclosed area. CHA CHAMFER / Bevels the edges of objects. objects in a pattern. BR BREAK / Breaks the selected object CHK CHECKSTANDARDS / Checks the current ARR ACTRECORD / Starts the Action Recorder. between two points. drawing for standards violations. ARM ACTUSERMESSAGE / Inserts a user BS BSAVE / Saves the current block CLI COMMANDLINE / Displays the Command message into an action macro. definition. Line window. ARU ACTUSERINPUT / Pauses for user input BVS BVSTATE / Creates, sets, or deletes COL COLOR / Sets the color for new objects. in an action macro. a visibility state in a dynamic block. CO COPY / Copies objects a specified ARS ACTSTOP / Stops the Action Recorder distance in a specified direction. and provides the option of saving the recorded actions to an action macro file. CT CTABLESTYLE / Sets the name of the current table style. ATI ATTIPEDIT / Changes the textual content of an attribute within a block. CUBE NAVVCUBE / Controls the visibility and display properties of the ViewCube tool. ATT ATTDEF / Redefines a block and updates associated attributes. CYL CYLINDER / Creates a 3D solid cylinder. ATE ATTEDIT / Changes attribute information in a block. 4 HOT KEYS A–Z D D DIMSTYLE / Creates and modifies DI DIST / Measures the distance and DRM DRAWINGRECOVERY / Displays a list of dimension styles. angle between two points. drawing files that can be recovered after a program or system failure. DAN DIMANGULAR / Creates an angular DIV DIVIDE / Creates evenly spaced point dimension. objects or blocks along the length DS DSETTINGS / Sets grid and snap, or perimeter of an object. polar and object snap tracking, DAR DIMARC / Creates an arc length object snap modes, Dynamic Input, dimension. DJL DIMJOGLINE / Adds or removes a jog line and Quick Properties. on a linear or aligned dimension. DBA DIMBASELINE / Creates a linear, angular, DT TEXT / Creates a single-line text object. or ordinate dimension from the baseline DJO DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged dimensions of the previous or selected dimension. for circles and arcs. DV DVIEW / Defines parallel projection or perspective views by using a camera DBC DBCONNECT / Provides an interface DL DATALINK / The Data Link dialog box and target. to external database tables. is displayed. DX DATAEXTRACTION / Extracts DCE DIMCENTER / Creates the center mark DLU DATALINKUPDATE / Updates data to or drawing data and merges data from or the centerlines of circles and arcs. from an established external data link. an external source to a data extraction table or external file. DCO DIMCONTINUE / Creates a dimension DO DONUT / Creates a filled circle or that starts from an extension line of a wide ring. a previously created dimension. DOR DIMORDINATE / Creates ordinate DCON DIMCONSTRAINT / Applies dimensional dimensions. constraints to selected objects or points on objects. DOV DIMOVERRIDE / Controls overrides of sys- tem variables used in selected dimensions. 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. 5 HOT KEYS A–Z E–F G–H I–K E ERASE / Removes objects from a drawing. G GROUP / Creates and manages saved I INSERT / Inserts a block or drawing sets of objects called groups. into the current drawing. ED DDEDIT / Edits single-line text, dimension text, attribute definitions, and feature GCON GEOCONSTRAINT / Applies or persists IAD IMAGEADJUST / Controls the image control frames. geometric relationships between objects display of the brightness, contrast, or points on objects. and fade values of images. EL ELLIPSE / Creates an ellipse or an elliptical arc. GD GRADIENT / Fills an enclosed area or IAT IMAGEATTACH / Inserts a reference selected objects with a gradient fill. to an image file. EPDF EXPORTPDF / Exports drawing to PDF. GEO GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies ICL IMAGECLIP / Crops the display of a ER EXTERNALREFERENCES / Opens the geographic location information selected image to a specified boundary. the External References palette. for a drawing file. ID ID / Displays the UCS coordinate values EX EXTEND / Extends objects to meet H HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected of a specified location. the edges of other objects. objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill. IM IMAGE / Displays the External EXIT QUIT / Exits the program. References palette. HE HATCHEDIT / Modifies an existing EXP EXPORT / Saves the objects in a hatch or fill. IMP IMPORT / Imports files of different drawing to a different file format. formats into the current drawing. HI HIDE / Regenerates a 3D wireframe model EXT EXTRUDE / Extends the dimensions of with hidden lines suppressed. IN INTERSECT / Creates a 3D solid, surface, a 2D object or 3D face into 3D space. or 2D region from overlapping solids, surfaces, or regions. F FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges of objects. INF INTERFERE / Creates a temporary 3D solid from the interferences between two sets FI FILTER / Creates a list of requirements of selected 3D solids.