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AutoCAD Keyboard Shortcuts

CADDManager on July 29th, 2008
Here is a list of the shortcuts that can be used in AutoCAD (or ACA)
For a PDF of these commands go to this post
ALT+F8
ALT+F11
VBA Run
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
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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
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
F10
F11
Displays Help
Toggles text window on/off
Toggles OSNAP
Toggles TABMODE
Toggles ISOPLANE
Toggles COORDS
Toggles GRIDMODE
Toggles ORTHO MODE
Toggles SNAP MODE
Toggles POLAR
Toggles OTRACK
3A 3DARRAY
3DO 3DORBIT
3DW 3DWALK
3F
3DFACE
3M 3DMOVE
3P
3DPOLY
3R
3DROTATE
A
ARC
AC
BACTION
ADC ADCENTER
AA AREA
AL ALIGN
3AL 3DALIGN
AP
APPLOAD
AR ARRAY
-AR -ARRAY
ATI ATTIPEDIT
ATT ATTDEF
-ATT -ATTDEF
ATE ATTEDIT
-ATE -ATTEDIT
ATTE -ATTEDIT
B
BLOCK
-B
-BLOCK
BC
BCLOSE
BE
BEDIT
BH HATCH
BO
BOUNDARY
-BO -BOUNDARY
BR
BREAK
BS
BSAVE
BVS
BVSTATE
C
CIRCLE
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CAM
CH
-CH
CHA
CHK
CLI
COL
CO
CP
CT
CYL
D
DAL
DAN
DAR
JOG
DBA
DBC
DC
DCE
DCO
DDA
DDI
DED
DI
DIV
DJL
DJO
DL
DLI
DLU
DO
DOR
DOV
DR
DRA
DRE
DRM
DS
DST
DT
DV
DX
E
ED
EL
ER
EX
EXIT
EXP
EXT
F
FI
G
-G
CAMERA
PROPERTIES
CHANGE
CHAMFER
CHECKSTANDARDS
COMMANDLINE
COLOR
COPY
COPY
CTABLESTYLE
CYLINDER
DIMSTYLE
DIMALIGNED
DIMANGULAR
DIMARC
DIMJOGGED
DIMBASELINE
DBCONNECT
ADCENTER
DIMCENTER
DIMCONTINUE
DIMDISASSOCIATE
DIMDIAMETER
DIMEDIT
DIST
DIVIDE
DIMJOGLINE
DIMJOGGED
DATALINK
DIMLINEAR
DATALINKUPDATE
DONUT
DIMORDINATE
DIMOVERRIDE
DRAWORDER
DIMRADIUS
DIMREASSOCIATE
DRAWINGRECOVERY
DSETTINGS
DIMSTYLE
TEXT
DVIEW
DATAEXTRACTION
ERASE
DDEDIT
ELLIPSE
EXTERNALREFERENCES
EXTEND
QUIT
EXPORT
EXTRUDE
FILLET
FILTER
GROUP
-GROUP
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GD
GR
H
-H
HE
HI
I
-I
IAD
IAT
ICL
IM
-IM
IMP
IN
INF
IO
J
L
LA
-LA
LAS
LE
LEN
LI
LO
LS
LT
-LT
LTS
LW
M
MA
MAT
ME
MI
ML
MLA
MLC
MLD
MLE
MLS
MO
MS
MSM
MT
MV
O
OP
ORBIT
OS
-OS
P
-P
PA
GRADIENT
DDGRIPS
HATCH
-HATCH
HATCHEDIT
HIDE
INSERT
-INSERT
IMAGEADJUST
IMAGEATTACH
IMAGECLIP
IMAGE
-IMAGE
IMPORT
INTERSECT
INTERFERE
INSERTOBJ
JOIN
LINE
LAYER
-LAYER
LAYERSTATE
QLEADER
LENGTHEN
LIST
-LAYOUT
LIST
LINETYPE
-LINETYPE
LTSCALE
LWEIGHT
MOVE
MATCHPROP
MATERIALS
MEASURE
MIRROR
MLINE
MLEADERALIGN
MLEADERCOLLECT
MLEADER
MLEADEREDIT
MLEADERSTYLE
PROPERTIES
MSPACE
MARKUP
MTEXT
MVIEW
OFFSET
OPTIONS
3DORBIT
OSNAP
-OSNAP
PAN
-PAN
PASTESPEC
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PE
PL
PO
POL
PR
PROPS
PRE
PRINT
PS
PSOLID
PTW
PU
-PU
PYR
QC
QCUI
R
RA
RC
RE
REA
REC
REG
REN
-REN
REV
RO
RP
RPR
RR
RW
S
SC
SCR
SE
SEC
SET
SHA
SL
SN
SO
SP
SPL
SPLANE
SPE
SSM
ST
STA
SU
T
-T
TA
TB
TH
TI
PEDIT
PLINE
POINT
POLYGON
PROPERTIES
PROPERTIES
PREVIEW
PLOT
PSPACE
POLYSOLID
PUBLISHTOWEB
PURGE
-PURGE
PYRAMID
QUICKCALC
QUICKCUI
REDRAW
REDRAWALL
RENDERCROP
REGEN
REGENALL
RECTANG
REGION
RENAME
-RENAME
REVOLVE
ROTATE
RENDERPRESETS
RPREF
RENDER
RENDERWIN
STRETCH
SCALE
SCRIPT
DSETTINGS
SECTION
SETVAR
SHADEMODE
SLICE
SNAP
SOLID
SPELL
SPLINE
SECTIONPLANE
SPLINEDIT
SHEETSET
STYLE
STANDARDS
SUBTRACT
MTEXT
-MTEXT
TABLET
TABLE
THICKNESS
TILEMODE
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TO
TOL
TOR
TP
TR
TS
UC
UN
-UN
UNI
V
-V
VP
-VP
VS
VSM
-VSM
W
-W
WE
X
XA
XB
-XB
XC
XL
XR
-XR
Z
TOOLBAR
TOLERANCE
TORUS
TOOLPALETTES
TRIM
TABLESTYLE
UCSMAN
UNITS
-UNITS
UNION
VIEW
-VIEW
DDVPOINT
VPOINT
VSCURRENT
VISUALSTYLES
-VISUALSTYLES
WBLOCK
-WBLOCK
WEDGE
EXPLODE
XATTACH
XBIND
-XBIND
XCLIP
XLINE
XREF
-XREF
ZOOM
The dashed commands open the command line options (no dialog box)
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138 Responses to AutoCAD Keyboard Shortcuts

1.
Richard Binning
August 1st, 2008 at 11:42 AM
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FYI I havent been able to get Alt + F11 to open VBA since release 2005 in ADT or ACA versionsworks fine in Vanilla
AutoCAD (Dont hate me Eric)
Heres one missing from your list: Use the ~ (tilde) symbol to open dialogs when theyve been disabled or turned off via filedia or
cmddia variables.
2.
bitdraughty
October 21st, 2008 at 6:32 AM
Do you know how to modify the shortcutsfor your express tools ?

For example i would like to change the of layer isolate to LI
3.
Amy
November 23rd, 2008 at 10:19 PM
I too am trying to figure out how you modify these shortcuts for your express tools, please advise.
Thanks,
Amy
4.
Noriko Marshall
November 29th, 2008 at 5:37 PM
Tools > Customize > Edit Program Parameters

This notepad file can be copied and transfered to other computers. It is very useful because it is portable. My coworker taught me
last week.
5.
Noriko Marshall
If I were you, I would make sure there are no duplicates on the list. For example, LI is already taken. You might find workaround, but I would assign other command in order not to confuse the system.
6.
shady
January 17th, 2009 at 11:25 PM
thx .u r soooo kind
7.
Nicole Coops
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Hi
I have recently started working with a company that operates AutoCAD 2006 on a MAC by using a parallels system. The
problem is that my shortcuts dont work ie. ortho & osnap being the most important. Does anyone know how I can get these
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shortcuts to work??
8.
elyse
February 11th, 2009 at 10:59 PM
ORTHO for Mac is control+shift then o
9.
MIKE
March 7th, 2009 at 1:30 PM
GO TO TOOLS, CUSTOMIZE, ACADPGP THEN YOULL SEE ALL THE COMMAND SHORTCUT- HOW TO EDIT
RIGHT CLICK HIGHLIGHT THE SHORTCUT COMMANDS AND CHANGE IT TO YOUR SHORTCUT COMMAND
LET SAY REC RECTANGLE CHANGE IT TO RC BUT MAKE SURE WHEN YOU CHANGE THE SHORTCUT IT
DOESNT HAVE THE SAME DEFAULT SHORTCUT COMMAND OF YOUR AUTOCAD AFTER YOUVE DONE IT
SAVE AND CLOSE YOUR AUTOCAD PROGRAM THEN OPEN IT AGAIN AND TYPE YOUR UPDATE
COMMAND YOULL NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE HOPE IT WILL HELP YOU THANKS
10.
frank
May 6th, 2009 at 6:01 PM
dc for design center
11.
frank
May 6th, 2009 at 6:03 PM
the space bar repeats the last task
12.
Ray
June 4th, 2009 at 12:11 PM
When editing acad.pgp, it is a good idea to place your new aliases at the bottom in the User Defined Command Aliases
section for successful migration when you upgrade to the next version of ACAD.
Also, I believe that those in the bottom section will take precedence over the ones above.
13.
mansawi b. macadaag
June 10th, 2009 at 6:17 AM
im mansawi b. macadaag of Philippines, tnx to all, your info are very very important.
14.
Julie DK
June 30th, 2009 at 2:17 AM
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CTRL+TAB to jump between open drawings.

ALT+TAB to jump between open applications.
15.
Ramesh Babu
August 13th, 2009 at 12:30 AM
I like this shortcuts commands
16.
solomon
September 25th, 2009 at 3:20 AM
hi,
I have installed ADT2006. First, the menu bars have not loaded when i start but fixed it with cuiload command. then when i try
the general keyboard commands, none worklike PL, CO etc.
How do i fix it?
17.
santosh
October 16th, 2009 at 4:31 AM
thank u
18.
Husny
huy huy.
thank for alll
19.
vinod
December 6th, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Mouse wheel- zoom in and out

Double click mouse wheel- zoom extent
Shift+ mouse wheel pressed 3d orbit
20.
rainrainrain
December 11th, 2009 at 12:03 PM
how about PAN? What is the shortcut key instead of typing in command?
21.
doyle
9/31
PAN- P or MMB(Middle Mouse Button) click-and-drag.

Good luck.
22.
MUTHU
April 5th, 2010 at 8:14 AM
very useful for us thank you..
23.
Deepu Vaz
April 18th, 2010 at 9:56 PM
can u tell me wat is VBA and wat is the use of this?
24.
CADDManager
April 25th, 2010 at 6:37 PM
Deepu,
VBA is Visual Basic for Applications and is available to use inside AutoCAD for more advanced programming than just
AutoLISP.
25.
Muhammad Younus
April 26th, 2010 at 10:09 PM
Hi Friend,
I live in Pakistan Countray,So i looked your desing auto cad short comand,Could you tell me that.is it better course for Future.
this time i am working in Office.Pleze guide me.
Thanks sir
26.
Justin
May 27th, 2010 at 10:04 AM
HelloI am trying to figure out the command for selecting all objects of the same layer that I already have selected. I have seen it
used before and it would be helpful for me. Thanks
27.
C.Nagarajan
July 2nd, 2010 at 6:45 AM
please publish 3d commands clearly.

thank you.
28.
SONALI AHUJA
10/31
July 13th, 2010 at 12:23 AM
WHAT IS SHORT CUT COMMAND IN AUTOCAD FOR WRITING
29.
CADDManager
July 13th, 2010 at 7:56 AM
I think it is %%p
Type that in an then place it. After it is placed it should change the Control Code to plus/minus
Mark
30.
RAVI
July 29th, 2010 at 11:49 PM
WHICH COMMANDS MOSTLY USED IN 3D CAD DRAWINGS
31.
EVE
Hello,
Thank you for this list!
I want change the toggle ortho command. Is it possible to use ENTER instead of F8?!???
32.
ram
August 10th, 2010 at 10:35 PM
thank u
33.
Alison
Is there a list of keystrokes for the Mac keyboard/mouse none of my PC functions work on autocad anymore now that Im
using a new Mac. Im going insane. I am totally handicapped on my new Mac. Please help urgently anybody!!!
34.
mido
to SONALI AHUJA :
try to hold on alt & type 00177
35.
Sudha
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September 3rd, 2010 at 3:49 AM
Is there any keystrokes for the commands break at point,revision cloud,extrude faces & 3dmove?
36.
pendurkar prakash
thanks ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
37.
zain
Hi,
i installed autocad 2006 but when it is installd its menu bar show it is student version and this text also written in printed paper with
sketch.kindly tell me what can i do for this problem.
38.
SELVAM
October 10th, 2010 at 10:18 PM
thank u so much
39.
Chimaobi
Pls how do i erase part of a line or part of an arc without erasing the whole line or arc?
40.
Joo
Does anyone figure it out how to customize keyboards shortcuts in AutoCad 2011 for Mac?
41.
Dr. CADD
Too bad Autodesk did not think of putting an accelerator key combination in to turn the View Cube on and off
42.
DLO
@ Chimaobi.
1. Draw a line where you want your break to be.
2. Type TR (shortcut) to Trim.
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3. Select cutting line

4. right click or enter
5. select side of line or arc you want cut off.
6. delete temporary cutting line if needed.
43.
SAJJAD AHMED DOGAR
November 24th, 2010 at 5:21 AM
HI,
I AM SAJJAD AHMED
I AM STRUCTURE DESIGN ENGINEER IN AQC (JV) COMPANY IN LIBYA.
I WANT TO SAY SOME THING.
I AM VERY THANKS FULL OF CADDManager Blog.
THEY SHARE THIS CHORT KEYS ON SITE.
I USE THIS SHORT KEYS.
I GET TO MUCH BENEFIT FROM THIS SHORT KEYS.
I USE THESE SHORT KEYS AND SAVE TIME AND FINISH WORK QUIKLY.
REALY I AM VERY THANKS FULL OF CAD MANAGER.
THANKS YOU VERY VERY MUCH.
44.
jeremy
a list of CAD commands can be found in the

1 menu
2 files
3 function keys
4 contents list
45.
HARSHA G.M.
December 22nd, 2010 at 12:14 AM
SIR,
I AM HARSHA G.M.
I AM STRUCTURE DESIGN ENGINEER IN CES COMPANY IN BANGALORE, INDIA
SIR, CAN U GIVE SOME EXAMPLE ,REGARDING MACRO .
HOW TO CREATE, WHERE CAN IT BE USED .
THANKS YOU.
46.
HARSHA G.M.
December 22nd, 2010 at 3:16 AM
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SIR,
I AM WORKING IN AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D (COUNTOUR,ALIGNMENT,L-SEC,CROSS-SEC)
DO U HAVE ANY SPECIAL COMMANDS OR TRICKY COMMANDS
SIR, REGARDING ASSEMBLY, DAYLIGHT, CORRIDOR.
THANKS YOU.
47.
harsha
HEllo this is harsha frm bangalore.

Can any one tel me the shortcut key for break at point. im not getting that shortcut from any website. So someone send me.
48.
de mash
January 11th, 2011 at 12:07 AM
thanks so much CADDManager Blog.
49.
Josh
Is there a way to set up quick key to select specific layers? I often have to keep switching between layers and want a faster way
of doing it.
50.
Asgar khan Azmi
February 10th, 2011 at 12:14 AM
SIR,
I AM Asgar Khan
I AM ELECTRICAL DRAUGHTSMEN ENGINEER IN SBG COMPANY IN KSA,
SIR, CAN U GIVE SOME EXAMPLE ,REGARDING MACRO .
HOW TO CREATE, WHERE CAN IT BE USED .
THANKS YOU.
51.
saif
thankyou
52.
noorul mubeen, ME CIVIL.,
14/31
53.
mike
February 28th, 2011 at 10:59 PM
overkill : to delete the overlapped lines
54.
jassi
March 14th, 2011 at 10:45 PM
cooooLLLLLLLLLL.
55.
THANU PATIL 9594634610
March 18th, 2011 at 2:07 AM
SAJJAD AHMED DOGAR

HI,
I AM THANU R PATIL
I AM MECHNICAL DESIGN ENGINEER IN TEXOL EGG. COMPANY IN PUNE.
THEY SHARE THIS SHORTCUT KEYS ON SITE.
56.
AFZAL HUSAIN
HI
I M AFZAL HUSAIN RIZVI
I thanks for these shortcuts commands.
57.
THANU PATIL
March 21st, 2011 at 11:31 PM
HI,
I AM THANU R PATIL
I AM MECHNICAL DESIGN ENGINEER IN TEXOL EGG. COMPANY IN PUNE.
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THEY SHARE THIS SHORTCUT KEYS ON SITE.
58.
Pasky
Sir,
Im using ACAD08 in the office here in Japan, when loading .cui files I accidentally press the unload of acad.cui and the all the
commands have gone but I managed to restore the buttons by loading again the acad.cui files but theres 1 more problem. The
shortcut command that is input on the command line did not work, you must type the whole command to accept it meaning if you
type L for line it will not work, you must type LINE to execute.. Im not a japanese so it is very hard for me to read the
option..
Thanks in advance..
59.
Nauman khan
thank you
60.
nithin
thanks so much
61.
Raqib
April 30th, 2011 at 10:52 PM
hi guys me new to this forum,

want to make a shortcut for Break At Point command even it works with (_break) but me want to make it something like (BP) i
created a lisp but its annoying that every time you have to load the Lisp can you pleas help me .
Many thank in Advance
62.
mohan
May 5th, 2011 at 9:02 AM
Thanks cad masters.
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63.
Yogi Nayak Engineer
May 8th, 2011 at 3:06 AM
sir,
Im using autocad 06 plz tell me shorcuts command 3D for desgine
64.
aras
May 11th, 2011 at 2:46 PM
not completely but thax..!
65.
jennifer
May 15th, 2011 at 1:42 AM
can u give me some code samples of that coz i find difficulties in that area.
66.
pandian
May 25th, 2011 at 11:53 PM
Im using autocad 2007 plz tell me shorcuts command 3D for desgine
67.
MUHAMMAD IMRAN KHAN
June 10th, 2011 at 8:30 AM
I AM VERY HAPPY.
SHORT CUT KEYS IS MORE HELP FULL FOR MY TRAINING.
68.
Naeem
June 14th, 2011 at 12:27 PM
hi.. I have problem with Pan in Cad. it is not working directly on mouse. when i click to pan from Mouse it open up some
properties. So how can i fix it..?
69.
aditya
June 17th, 2011 at 7:54 AM
please send me 3d command list with how to use?
70.
LAKSHMA REDDY AKKALA
June 27th, 2011 at 3:59 AM
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Please send me total 3d commends
71.
sohail afridi
July 12th, 2011 at 7:45 AM
sir plz send me autocad complete 2d commands list wiht how it is used. i shell be very thankful to u.
72.
anis krishnan
July 16th, 2011 at 6:56 AM
please send the command and how to use of that commands
73.
bhatt kiran
July 17th, 2011 at 2:28 AM
Dear Sir or Madam

i just 1 month start the qutocad drawing making but i dont have any short key and which type of function to apply, please sand me
all list
Thanking You
Bhatt Kiran
74.
samuel
July 17th, 2011 at 10:16 PM
thinks for the code for autocad
75.
Ronalda
July 22nd, 2011 at 2:58 AM
Hello
How do I change the shortcut keys with ctrl+??
I know to open the Layer properties manager its LA but want to close it again for eg. you do with ctrl+1 opening and closes the
properties.
Thank you
Ronalda
76.
Rajiv
July 24th, 2011 at 10:48 PM
Hey ronalda
That is very easy not only for this Layer window u can use this all other windows also Alt-Space bar than C
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77.
asrar
July 24th, 2011 at 11:49 PM
I need the short key of text align command (Torient)
78.
MUHAMMAD MAZHAR IQBAL
July 26th, 2011 at 12:40 AM
sir i want to learn the design of wheat thresher on autocad 2004 kindly give me some procedure pzzzzzzzzzzz
79.
dennis
July 31st, 2011 at 4:51 PM
is this all the commands? there are so many hehe thanks to this website
80.
REETESHSAHU
dear sir madem sir plz send me autocad complete 2d commands list wiht how it is used. i shell be very thankful to u.
81.
nasir
hi this is really cool site
82.
T
Does anyone know how to jump straight to the command line with a keyboard shortcut.
83.
Syed Tajuddin
Hi,
i am Syed Tajuddin thanks for this 2D Commands give i have but please one help me total 3D commands please send this my Email
Thank You
84.
Sharif Shaikh
19/31
Sharif Shaikh
I am a Civil Engineer in Government of Maharashtra(India).
I extremely thankful cadmanager for the Autocad shortcuts.
Plz.show some shortcut for switching in between the layers.
85.
CADDManager
Sharif,
Let me see what I can find. Did you see this page from my old site?
http://www.caddmanager.com/Programming.html
Mark
86.
Jon
September 3rd, 2011 at 4:23 PM
does it contain all the shortcuts that exist in the program?

does it the same shortcut for all the versions? 2007-2012?
87.
Jon
September 3rd, 2011 at 4:24 PM
does any command gets to have its own shortcuts? or only some of the commands?
88.
Jason
Im using Autocad 2012 and have somehow managed to accidentally disable my key commands. L no longer works for line,
M for move, etc. But if I type the whole command out line, move it works, not exactly a shortcut anymore though.
89.
amol
September 14th, 2011 at 11:12 PM
thank you for service comands
90.
CADDManager
Jon,
These are the shortcuts that Autodesk has defined for the Commands.
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91.
CADDManager
Jason
Try a repair or reinstall or just look for the files acad.pgp or keyboardshortcuts.txt for your version. That is where the shortcuts
are stored.
Mark
92.
zubair
hide toollbars unhide .. window_ workspace _autocad defult
93.
less is more
Shortcuts command is very helpful thank you
94.
Edwin
Thanks for all the shortcuts! It is good to learn everyone and try to implement them for different things. also, depending on the
AutoCAD package you have, there may be more commands, such as in AutoCAD Mechanical.
95.
sri
Some body advice me why F keys are functioning only when the fn key is pressed. To get isometric direction changed, I have
to press fn 1st and then F5. This has to be done each time i need to change the isometric direction.
96.
sri
How do I convert fn+F5 command in to F5 command??
97.
shadab
Do you know how to modify the shortcutsfor your express tools ?

For example i would like to change dimasonal
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98.
dj
hi.. I have problem with Pan in Cad. it is not working directly on mouse. when i click to pan from Mouse it open up some
properties. So how can i fix it..?
99.
balasuriya N.M.
thank you very much. nice work.
100.
Tahir
November 1st, 2011 at 8:41 PM
I need to know short key of Auto cad 3D the extrution of Path how we extrude the path
Thanks
101.
y.s.varma
Hi,
Well iam faceing a problem while when i selecting an object.
Some time it will select but not every time.
Iam using AUTO CAD 2005 MAP.
So is there any command Whcic starts with Symbol like this as shown below..
~
I am sure that a command will be there afer this symbol..
Pls try to help me
102.
satre ganesh
i like this shorts keys. thangs for cad manager
103.
RAJESH KEWAL
November 21st, 2011 at 10:20 AM
Shortcuts commands very helpfull in my job thanks
104.
ASIF IQBAL WAZIR
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November 23rd, 2011 at 12:58 AM
Thank you..
105.
megan
CADDmanager I am a short cut key command user I use CTRL+ (learned drafting on a Mac with Vectorworks) for most of my commands,
and thought I would share with others how to customize. You can change any of the standard CTRL+ commands listed above,
and add new ones for any other command by going to (in 2012) manage > CUI Interface > customization in all files (table) +
Keyboard Shortcuts + shortcut keys >> commands will be shown on the right hand side, you can double-click any of the
commands to edit the shortcut keys.
To create new short cut keys for commands not already listed, drag any command from the Command List in the table below to
the short cut key list and you will be able to edit and create a new shortcut key command just like for the others. You can also
add SHIFT to any CTRL command if you run out of simple letter commands.
I am a Mac user and learned Cad with the mac based quick keys, so Im sharing for any others like me. And personally I think
CTRL commands are infinitely faster than any other way to interfaceCTRL+Key is one key stroke, when most typed
commands are at least 2-3 clicks and enter, not to mention hunting for tool bar commandsjust sayin
106.
Hasir
December 2nd, 2011 at 11:48 PM
Its really amazing sofware
107.
Hasirolavanna kampiliparamba
December 2nd, 2011 at 11:52 PM
Its smooth and very help full software
108.
Rahul Saxsena
can any one tell me pls how to draw a dotted line in auto cad 2011.
or anyway to convert a simple line into a dotted line?
109.
dinessh
veery thankfull to each & every person who are involving in this work for preparing the shortcut keys
110.
Misaki Takima
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Having shortcuts is really a benefit.

i really like it!
its reeally worth it
haha, XD
111.
Md Viqaas
Hyee
Sir i want complete 3d commands please send this commands
112.
Syed Muhammad Khurshid Akhtar
Hellow
I thanked to you that it is a very helpful for me.
I hope that it is most useful for auto cads students.
113.
surya singh Rajput
pls sent me short cut commend in auto cad a to Z
114.
KUNAL
December 21st, 2011 at 9:34 PM
thank you
115.
Tom
January 3rd, 2012 at 12:02 AM
the best answer:

MIKE
March 7th, 2009 at 1:30 PM
editing acad.pgp is so easy, and i spent an hour searching the different menus and options in tools>customise with no luck.
116.
smita
i wanna full tutorial for autocadd 2008

regards
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smita
117.
SIVA RIDDICK
Hello
I Thanked to all cad MANAGER.Because this all very helpful for all students & designer also me. Repeat again thanks to all.
118.
Amit
Its a very interesting shoftwear
119.
mc
Hi!
Im trying to figure out how I can get back to my old commands idk what i did but first i was erasing with my erase key <- and no i
cant do it , and other thing that change is that i was editing my text with double click on the word and now i cant :S . thanks
120.
Anees
March 1st, 2012 at 11:04 PM
hai,
thank you very much
121.
bamidele abubakar olawale
Am very glad to know this kind of page in my life, its a nice websie to visit. thanks
122.
martyn
im using autocad 2007 on an i mac using vmware.

im also using a windows mouse , but i cant get the pan to work ie the middle wheel. every time i push it and move the mouse the
mac gestures cut in and the whole screen swipes away and i end up on the mission control .
very annoying ,
iv turned off the gestures onm the mac desktop but they continue to work withing vnware.
also i need to configure the centre wheel to pan when i hold it down. at the moment i have to hold down the command key on the
keyboard and hold the left mouse button down and move the mouse..
any advice would be much appriciated
25/31
martyn
123.
Rakesh Kumar Nohbar
I am very glad to know that kind of page in my life, its a very nice website to visit. & I really very thakfull of cad manager
124.
CADDManager
My buddy, Bill Adams, suggests that you try disabling/enabling Smart Mouse in the VM settings
125.
Morish.J
March 21st, 2012 at 9:16 PM
Thank You, AutoCAD Shortcuts very helpfull
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Stalin panisamy
March 21st, 2012 at 10:14 PM
Thank you..
127.
ansar
April 2nd, 2012 at 11:34 PM
good short cut commands
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P.S.NAGARJU
April 3rd, 2012 at 2:57 AM
THANK YOU FOR AUTOCAD SHORT KEYS
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P.S.NAGARJU
April 3rd, 2012 at 2:58 AM
THANK YOU FOR AUTO CAD SHORT KEYS
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Thank you
For AUTO CAD SHORT COMMANDS
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wasim
April 21st, 2012 at 11:17 PM
thank you for cadd maneger
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haris
May 1st, 2012 at 9:20 PM
Shortcuts command is very helpful thank you
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roop sudarshan raju
May 7th, 2012 at 4:25 AM
what a matter of cad manager of this website . this is the to use of short cuts of the improvement of the speed in autocad . your
website is very luck for me .this is the matter i am written in .
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saurabh
May 11th, 2012 at 4:08 AM
THANK YOU FOR AUTO CAD SHORT KEYS
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Johny
May 15th, 2012 at 12:20 PM
Greetings!
You could make an AutoCAD keyboard from an ordinary keyboard using this simple tutorial. The whole process will take about
15 minutes!
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/.....-p/3456714
136.
Shahzad Safdar
May 16th, 2012 at 9:15 PM
Salam to All,
Dear blog manager and visitors,
I wanna become an AutoCAD professional in Civil. But Ive done Diploma in Mechanical engineering. Kindly give me your
suggestion what should I choose for AutoCAD Civil or Mechanical? Which will much batter and easy to learn for me..
Thanks in Advance.
137.
Shahzad Safdar
May 16th, 2012 at 9:22 PM
27/31
Which AutoCAD is easy to learn and work Civil or Mechanical?
138.
ramzan
May 22nd, 2012 at 10:54 AM
plz send me complete information & training for Autocad 2006
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Do you know how to modify the shortcutsfor your express tools ?

Tools > Customize > Edit Program Parameters

thx .u r soooo kind

ORTHO for Mac is control+shift then o

dc for design center

the space bar repeats the last task

CTRL+TAB to jump between open drawings.

I like this shortcuts commands

Mouse wheel- zoom in and out

PAN- P or MMB(Middle Mouse Button) click-and-drag.

very useful for us thank you..

can u tell me wat is VBA and wat is the use of this?

please publish 3d commands clearly.

July 13th, 2010 at 12:23 AM

WHAT IS SHORT CUT COMMAND IN AUTOCAD FOR WRITING

WHICH COMMANDS MOSTLY USED IN 3D CAD DRAWINGS

September 3rd, 2010 at 3:49 AM

3. Select cutting line

a list of CAD commands can be found in the

HEllo this is harsha frm bangalore.

thanks so much CADDManager Blog.

I AM VERY THANKS FULL OF CADDManager Blog.

overkill : to delete the overlapped lines

SAJJAD AHMED DOGAR

I AM VERY THANKS FULL OF CADDManager Blog.

hi guys me new to this forum,

Thanks cad masters.

not completely but thax..!

Im using autocad 2007 plz tell me shorcuts command 3D for desgine

please send me 3d command list with how to use?

Please send me total 3d commends

please send the command and how to use of that commands

Dear Sir or Madam

thinks for the code for autocad

I need the short key of text align command (Torient)

hi this is really cool site

does it contain all the shortcuts that exist in the program?

thank you for service comands

hide toollbars unhide .. window_ workspace _autocad defult

Shortcuts command is very helpful thank you

How do I convert fn+F5 command in to F5 command??

Do you know how to modify the shortcutsfor your express tools ?

thank you very much. nice work.

i like this shorts keys. thangs for cad manager

Shortcuts commands very helpfull in my job thanks

November 23rd, 2011 at 12:58 AM

Its really amazing sofware

Its smooth and very help full software

Having shortcuts is really a benefit.

pls sent me short cut commend in auto cad a to Z

the best answer:

i wanna full tutorial for autocadd 2008

Its a very interesting shoftwear

im using autocad 2007 on an i mac using vmware.

Thank You, AutoCAD Shortcuts very helpfull

good short cut commands

THANK YOU FOR AUTOCAD SHORT KEYS

THANK YOU FOR AUTO CAD SHORT KEYS

thank you for cadd maneger

Shortcuts command is very helpful thank you

THANK YOU FOR AUTO CAD SHORT KEYS