Shortcut

Keys

Command

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AutoCad 2006

ALT+F8

VBA Run

ALT+F11

VBA Editor

CTRL+1

Properties Palette

CTRL+2

DesignCenter Palette

CTRL+3

Tool Palette

CTRL+4

Sheet Set Manager Palette

CTRL+5

Info Palette

CTRL+6

DBConnect Manager

CTRL+7

Markup Set Manager Palette

CTRL+A

Selects objects in drawing

CTRL+B

Toggles Snap

CTRL+C

Copies objects to Clipboard

CTRL+SHFT+C Copies objects to Clipboard with Base Point

CTRL+D

Toggles coordinate display

CTRL+E

Cycles through isometric planes

CTRL+F

Toggles running object snaps

CTRL+G

Toggles Grid

CTRL+H

Toggles PICKSTYLE on/off

CTRL+J

Executes last command

CTRL+K

Hyperlink

CTRL+L

Toggles Ortho mode

CTRL+M

(No action)

CTRL+N

Creates a new drawing

CTRL+O

Opens existing drawing

CTRL+P

Prints current drawing

CTRL+Q

Exit

CTRL+R

Cycles layout viewports

CTRL+S

Saves current drawing

CTRL+SHFT+S Saveas
CTRL+T

Toggles Tablet mode

CTRL+V

Pastes data from Clipboard

CTRL+SHFT+V Pastes data from Clipboard as Block

CTRL+X

Cuts objects to Clipboard

CTRL+Y

Repeats last action

CTRL+Z

Reverses last action

CTRL+[

Cancels current command

CTRL+\

Cancels current command

F1

Displays Help

F2

Toggles text window on/off

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Shortcut
F3

Command
Toggles OSNAP

F4

Toggles TABMODE

F5

Toggles ISOPLANE

F6

Toggles COORDS

F7

Toggles GRIDMODE

F8

Toggles ORTHO MODE

F9

Toggles SNAP MODE

F10

Toggles POLAR

F11

Toggles OTRACK

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Aliases
AutoCad 2006

3A

*3DARRAY

3DO

*3DORBIT

3F

*3DFACE

3P

*3DPOLY

*ARC

AC

*BACTION

ADC

*ADCENTER

AA

*AREA

AL

*ALIGN

AP

*APPLOAD

AR

*ARRAY

-AR

*-ARRAY

ATT

*ATTDEF

-ATT

*-ATTDEF

ATE

*ATTEDIT

-ATE

*-ATTEDIT

ATTE

*-ATTEDIT

*BLOCK

-B

*-BLOCK

BC

*BCLOSE

BE

*BEDIT

BH

*HATCH

BO

*BOUNDARY

-BO

*-BOUNDARY

BR

*BREAK

BS

*BSAVE

*CIRCLE

CH

*PROPERTIES

-CH

*CHANGE

CHA

*CHAMFER

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CLI
COL
COLOUR
CO
CP
CT
D
DAL
DAN
DAR
JOG
DBA
DBC
DC
DCE
DCENTER
DCO
DDA
DDI
DED
DI
DIV
DJO
DLI
DO
DOR
DOV
DR
DRA
DRE
DRM
DS
DST
DT
DV
E
ED
EL
EX
EXIT
EXP

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*COMMANDLINE
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*COLOR
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*COLOR
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*COPY
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*COPY
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*CTABLESTYLE
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*DIMSTYLE
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*DIMALIGNED
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*DIMANGULAR
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*DIMARC
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*DIMJOGGED
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*DIMBASELINE
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*DBCONNECT
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*ADCENTER
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*DIMCENTER
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*ADCENTER
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*DIMCONTINUE
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*DIMDISASSOCIATE
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*DIMDIAMETER
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*DIMEDIT
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*DIST
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*DIVIDE
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*DIMJOGGED
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*DIMLINEAR
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*DONUT
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*DIMORDINATE
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*DIMOVERRIDE
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*DRAWORDER
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*DIMRADIUS
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*DIMREASSOCIATE
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*DRAWINGRECOVERY +
*DSETTINGS
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*DIMSTYLE
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*TEXT
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*DVIEW
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*ERASE
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*DDEDIT
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*ELLIPSE
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*EXTEND
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*QUIT
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*EXPORT
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*CHECKSTANDARDS

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*EXTRUDE

*FILLET

FI

*FILTER

*GROUP

-G

*-GROUP

GD

*GRADIENT

GR

*DDGRIPS

*HATCH

-H

*-HATCH

HE

*HATCHEDIT

HI

*HIDE

*INSERT

-I

*-INSERT

IAD

*IMAGEADJUST

IAT

*IMAGEATTACH

ICL

*IMAGECLIP

IM

*IMAGE

-IM

*-IMAGE

IMP

*IMPORT

IN

*INTERSECT

INF

*INTERFERE

IO

*INSERTOBJ

*JOIN

*LINE

LA

*LAYER

-LA

*-LAYER

LE

*QLEADER

LEN

*LENGTHEN

LI

*LIST

LINEWEIGHT *LWEIGHT
LO

*-LAYOUT

LS

*LIST

LT

*LINETYPE

-LT

*-LINETYPE

LTYPE

*LINETYPE

-LTYPE

*-LINETYPE

LTS

*LTSCALE

LW

*LWEIGHT

*MOVE

MA

*MATCHPROP

ME

*MEASURE

MI

*MIRROR

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*MLINE

MO

*PROPERTIES

MS

*MSPACE

MSM

*MARKUP

MT

*MTEXT

MV

*MVIEW

*OFFSET

OP

*OPTIONS

ORBIT

*3DORBIT

OS

*OSNAP

-OS

*-OSNAP

*PAN

-P

*-PAN

PA

*PASTESPEC

PARAM

*BPARAMETER

PARTIALOPEN *-PARTIALOPEN
PE

*PEDIT

PL

*PLINE

PO

*POINT

POL

*POLYGON

PR

*PROPERTIES

PRCLOSE

*PROPERTIESCLOSE

PROPS

*PROPERTIES

PRE

*PREVIEW

PRINT

*PLOT

PS

*PSPACE

PTW

*PUBLISHTOWEB

PU

*PURGE

-PU

*-PURGE

QC

*QUICKCALC

*REDRAW

RA

*REDRAWALL

RE

*REGEN

REA

*REGENALL

REC

*RECTANG

REG

*REGION

REN

*RENAME

-REN

*-RENAME

REV

*REVOLVE

RO

*ROTATE

RPR

*RPREF

RR

*RENDER

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*STRETCH

SC

*SCALE

SCR

*SCRIPT

SE

*DSETTINGS

SEC

*SECTION

SET

*SETVAR

SHA

*SHADEMODE

SL

*SLICE

SN

*SNAP

SO

*SOLID

SP

*SPELL

SPL

*SPLINE

SPE

*SPLINEDIT

SSM

*SHEETSET

ST

*STYLE

STA

*STANDARDS

SU

*SUBTRACT

*MTEXT

-T

*-MTEXT

TA

*TABLET

TB

*TABLE

TH

*THICKNESS

TI

*TILEMODE

TO

*TOOLBAR

TOL

*TOLERANCE

TOR

*TORUS

TP

*TOOLPALETTES

TR

*TRIM

TS

*TABLESTYLE

UC

*UCSMAN

UN

*UNITS

-UN

*-UNITS

UNI

*UNION

*VIEW

-V

*-VIEW

VP

*DDVPOINT

-VP

*VPOINT

VS

*BVSTATE

*WBLOCK

-W

*-WBLOCK

WE

*WEDGE

*EXPLODE

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*XATTACH

XB

*XBIND

-XB

*-XBIND

XC

*XCLIP

XL

*XLINE

XR

*XREF

-XR

*-XREF

*ZOOM

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Aliases (Alternative from Release 13)

AutoCad 2006

AV

*DSVIEWER

CP

*COPY

DIMALI

*DIMALIGNED

DIMANG

*DIMANGULAR

DIMBASE *DIMBASELINE
DIMCONT *DIMCONTINUE
DIMDIA

*DIMDIAMETER

DIMED

*DIMEDIT

DIMTED

*DIMTEDIT

DIMLIN

*DIMLINEAR

DIMORD

*DIMORDINATE

DIMRAD

*DIMRADIUS

DIMSTY

*DIMSTYLE

DIMOVER *DIMOVERRIDE
LEAD

*LEADER

TM

*TILEMODE

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Aliases (Hyperlink/URL Release 14 compatibility)

AutoCad 2006

SAVEURL

*SAVE

OPENURL

*OPEN

INSERTURL

*INSERT

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Aliases (Commands discontinued in AutoCAD 2000)

AutoCad 2006

AAD

*DBCONNECT

AEX

*DBCONNECT

ALI

*DBCONNECT

ASQ

*DBCONNECT

ARO

*DBCONNECT

ASE

*DBCONNECT

DDATTDEF

*ATTDEF

DDATTEXT

*ATTEXT

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DDCHPROP

*PROPERTIES

DDCOLOR

*COLOR

DDLMODES

*LAYER

DDLTYPE

*LINETYPE

DDMODIFY

*PROPERTIES

DDOSNAP

*OSNAP

DDUCS

*UCS

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Aliases (Commands discontinued in AutoCAD 2004)

AutoCad 2006

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ACADWBLOCKDIALOG *WBLOCK
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ADCENTER
*ADCENTER
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BMAKE
*BLOCK
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BMOD
*BLOCK
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BPOLY
*BOUNDARY +
CONTENT
*ADCENTER
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DDATTE
*ATTEDIT
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DDIM
*DIMSTYLE
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DDINSERT
*INSERT
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DDPLOTSTAMP
*PLOTSTAMP +
DDRMODES
*DSETTINGS +
DDSTYLE
*STYLE
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DDUCS
*UCSMAN
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DDUCSP
*UCSMAN
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DDUNITS
*UNITS
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DDVIEW
*VIEW
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DIMHORIZONTAL
*DIMLINEAR +
DIMROTATED
*DIMLINEAR +
DIMVERTICAL
*DIMLINEAR +
DOUGHNUT
*DONUT
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DTEXT
*TEXT
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DWFOUT
*PLOT
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DXFIN
*OPEN
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DXFOUT
*SAVEAS
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PAINTER
*MATCHPROP +
PREFERENCES
*OPTIONS
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RECTANGLE
*RECTANG
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SHADE
*SHADEMODE +
VIEWPORTS
*VPORTS
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ACADBLOCKDIALOG

*BLOCK