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CAD Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Common Function Keys

Shortcut Description
F1 Get Help
F2 Toggle between drawing window and text window
F3 Control object snap (OSNAP)
F4 Tablet control
F5 Isoplane toggle
F6 Control coordinate display on status line
F7 Grid display toggle
F8 Ortho mode toggle
F9 Snap mode toggle
F10 Polar tracking toggle
F11 Object snap tracking toggle
(Use ALT+Letter to quickly select commands; this works in most software.)

Common CTRL, ALT Shortcuts

Shortcut Description
ALT+TK Quick select
ALT+NL Linear dimension; ALT+VV4 to quickly create four viewports
ALT+MUP Extract contour
Ctrl+B Snap mode control (F9)
Ctrl+C Copy selected objects to clipboard
Ctrl+F Control object snap (F3)
Ctrl+G Grid display control (F7)
Ctrl+J Repeat last command
Ctrl+K Hyperlink
Ctrl+N New drawing file
Ctrl+M Open Options dialog
Ctrl+O Open image file
Ctrl+P Open Plot dialog
Ctrl+S Save file
Ctrl+U Polar mode control (F10)
Ctrl+V Paste from clipboard
Ctrl+W Object snap tracking control (F11)
Ctrl+X Cut selected content
Ctrl+Y Redo
Ctrl+Z Undo
Ctrl+1 Open Properties dialog
Ctrl+2 Open DesignCenter
Ctrl+3 Open Tool Palettes
Ctrl+6 Open dbConnect
Ctrl+8 or QC Quick Calculator
Double-click Middle Mouse Zoom Extents (show all images)

Dimensions

Shortcut Description
DLI Linear Dimension
DRA Radius Dimension
DDI Diameter Dimension
DAL Aligned Dimension
DAN Angular Dimension
DCO Continue Dimension
DCE Center Mark
LE Leader
TOL Tolerance

Snap Shortcuts

Shortcut Description
END Snap to Endpoint
MID Snap to Midpoint
INT Snap to Intersection
CEN Snap to Center
QUA Snap to Quadrant
TAN Snap to Tangent
PER Snap to Perpendicular
NOD Snap to Node
NEA Snap to Nearest

Basic Commands

Shortcut Description
AA Measure Area and perimeter
ID Display coordinates of a point
LI List properties of an object
AL Align
AR Array
AP Load application (*.lsp, etc.)
AV Open Aerial View (dsviewer)
SE Open Object Snap settings
ST Open Text Style dialog
SO Draw a 2D Solid
SP Spell check
SC Scale
SN Snap mode settings
DT Dynamic Text
DI Measure distance between two points
OI Insert OLE object
RE Regenerate display
RO Rotate
LE Leader line
ST Single line text
LA Layer Manager

Drawing Commands

Shortcut Description
REC Rectangle
A Arc
B Block Definition
C Circle
D Dimension Style Manager
E Erase
F Fillet
G Group
H Hatch
I Insert Block
J Join
S Stretch
T Multiline Text
W Write Block (save to disk)
L Line
PL Polyline
M Move
X Explode
V View Manager / Set View
U Undo
O Offset
P Pan
Z Zoom