CONTROL KEYS and FUNCTION KEYS

F1 HELP Display Help for the active tooltip,

command, palette or dialog box
F2 TEXTSCR /GRAPHSCR Displays an expanded command
history in the command line
window
F3 or CTRL+F OSNAP ON/ OFF Switches osnap on/ off
F4 3DOSNAP Turns 3DOSNAP ON/OFF
F5 or CTRL+E ISOLANE TOGGLE Cycles through 2D isoplane
settings
F6 or CTRL+I COORDS ON/ OFF Turns automatic UCS alignment
with planar surfaces on and off
F7 Grid ON/OFF Turns Grid ON/OFF
F8 or CTRL+L ORTHO ON/ OFF Locks cursor movement to
horizontal or vertical.
F9 or CTRL+B SNAP ON/OFF Restricts cursor movement to
specified grid intervals.
F10 or CTRL+U POLAR ON/ OFF
F11 or CTRL+W OTRACK ON/ OFF Tracks the cursor horizontally and
vertically from object snap
locations
F12 DYNMODE Displays distances and angles
near the cursor and accepts input
as you Tab between fields.
CTRL+0 to turn on/off the ribbon panel

CTRL+9 to turn on/off the command line window

USING BUTTON FUNCTIONS OF A MOUSE

1. Left Button

- Pick or point button to specify a point location/position

- Select objects/ commands/ menus

2. Right Button

- Rapid access is given to the available menu options.

- Different shortcut menus are available at different time.

OBJECT SNAP- OSNAP

F3 OSNAP Switches osnap on/ off
CTRL+B or F9 SNAP Turns snap on/ off
CTRL+W or F11 OSNAP TRACK Turns object snap tracking
on/off
APP APPARENT INT Apparent intersection of 2
object
CEN CENof Snap to center point
DS DDOSNAP Opens drafting settings
object snap dialogue
END ENDPOINT Snap to end of line etc.
EXT EXTENSION Extend lines beyond
endpoint
FRO FROM Snap to an offset distance
from an object snap
INS INSERTION Snap to insertion point of
text or block
INT INTERSECTION Snap to intersection of
 lines, circles , arcs
MID MIDPOINT Snap to midpoint of lines,
circles , arcs
MTP MID BETWEEN 2 PT. Snap midpoint between two
points
NEA NEAREST Snap near to an object
NOD NODE Snap to point node
NON NONE Turns off object snap
modes
PAR PARALLEL Continues a line parallel to
existing
PER PERPENDICULAR Snap to perpendicular of
line etc.
QUA QUADRANT Snap to quadrant of circle,
arcs, ellipse
TAN TANGENT Snap to tangent of circle,
arc, ellipse
TK TRACK Locate points without
drawing
TT TT Temporary tracking point

VPORTS VPORTS Opens viewports

dialogue box
Create a viewport using
command line

ST STYLE Opens text style

dialogue box
MODIFYING OBJECTS
AL ALIGN Align an object with
another
AR ARRAY Make multiple copies of
an object
BR BREAK Break a line by defining
two points
CO or CP COPY Copy object
COPYTOLAYER COPYTOLAYER Copy object from one
layer to another
CHA CHAMFER Chamfer between two non-
parallel lines
E ERASE Erase a selection
EX EXTEND Extend a line to meet another
F FILLET Draw an arc between two
intersecting lines
G GROUP Opens object grouping
dialogue box- use to copy or
move
LEN LENGTHEN Lengthen or shorten a line
M MOVE Move an object
MI MIRROR Mirror an object
MOCORO MOVE/COPY/ROTATE Copy move and rotate an
object with one command
O OFFSET Offset an object by distance
RO ROTATE Rotate an object
S STRETCH Stretch an object
SC SCALE Scale an object
TR TRIM Trim objects
X EXPLODE Explode single entity into
component parts
LA LAYER Opens layer
manager
PR PROPERTIES Opens properties
dialogue box
A ARC Draw an arc with 3
points
C CIRCLE Draw a circle
DT TEXT Single line text
DIV DIVIDE Inserts point node a set
division
EL ELLLIPSE Draw an ellipse
F FILLET Draw an arc between two
intersecting lines
G GROUP Opens object grouping
dialogue box
L LINE Draw a line
O OFFSET Offset an object
distance
PL PLINE Draw a polyline- a
complex line
POL POLYGON Draw a regularpolygon
3 to 1024 sides
RAY RAY Construction line in
one direction
REC RECTANGLE Draw a rectangle
UN UNITS Opens drawing units
dialogue box
V VIEW Opens view dialogue
box
TR TRIM Trim a selection
REN RENAME Opens rename
dialogue box to
rename blocks,
layer,etc
RO ROTATE Rotate a selection
RE REGEN Regenerate the
display
OP OPTIONS Launches options
dialogue box
P PAN Pan in drawing
M MOVE Move a selection
MA MATCHPROPERTIES Match properties of an
object
ME MEASURE Insert point node at
input distance
E ERASE Erase a selection
CO/CP COPY Copy an object

CONTROL KEYS and FUNCTION KEYS

CTRL+0 CLEAN SCREEN Turns user interface
elements on/ off
CTRL+1 MODIFY PROPERTIES Turns properties on/ off
CTRL+2 DESIGN CENTER Turns design center on/
off
CTRL+3 TOOLPALETTES Turns tool palettes
window on/ off
CTRL+4 SHEET MANAGER
CTRL+6 DBCONNECT MNGR.
CTRL+7 MARKUP SET MANAGER
CTRL+8 QUICK CALCULATOR Launches calculator
window
CTRL+9 COMMAND LINE WINDOW
CTRL+A SELECT ALL
CTRL+B or F9 SNAP ON/OFF Turns snap on/ off
CTRL+C COPY TO CLIP BOARD
CTRL+D DUCS ON/OFF
CTRL+E or F5 ISOLANE TOGGLE
CTRL+F or F3 OSNAP ON/ OFF Switches osnap on/ off
CTRL+G GRID ON/ OFF Turns grid on/off
CTRL+H PICKSTYLE
CTRL+I or F6 COORDS ON/ OFF
CTRL+J MTEXTEDIT
CTRL+K HYPERLINK
CTRL+L or F8 ORTHO ON/ OFF Turns ortho on/ off
CTRL+M
CTRL+N NEW FILE Opens /create a new
drawing dialogue box
CTRL+O OPEN FILE Opens the select file
dialogue box
CTRL+P PLOT Opens the plot dialogue
box
CTRL+Q QUIT
CTRL+R CVPORT Switches between view
ports
CTRL+S QUICK SAVE Opens the save drawing
as dialogue box
CTRL+T CALIBRATE TABLET
CTRL+U or F10 POLAR ON/ OFF
CTRL+V PASTE FROM CLIPBOARD
CTRL+W or F11 OTRACK ON/ OFF
CTRL+X CUT TO CLIPBOARD
CTRL+Y REDO
CTRL+Z UNDO Undoes the last operation
CTRL+SHIFT+S SAVE AS
CTRL+TAB Switches between open drawings
CTRL+PAGEUP Switch up between layout tabs
CTRL+PAGEDOWN Switch down between layout tabs
CTRL+ALT PRESSPULL
SHIFT+CLICK UNDO SELECTION
SHIFT+R-CLICK OSNAP TOOLBAR
F1 HELP Opens AutoCAD help
F2 TEXTSCR /GRAPHSCR Switches between text
screen and graphic area
F12 DYNMODE Turns dynamic input on/off
ARROW UP/DOWN Recall last command