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AutoCAD keyboard shortcuts

AutoCAD keyboard shortcuts



There are some short keys in AutoCAD, with the help of which you can easily do difficult tasks. You can learn about these short keys by looking at the list below.


 1. F1              Help

 2. F2              Commands detail

 3. F3              Osnap   (on/off) 

 4. F4              3D Osnap   (on/off) 

 5. F5              Isoplane 

 6. F6              Dynamic UCS  (on/off) 

 7. F7              GRID  (on/off) 

 8. F8              Ortho   (on/off) 

 9. F9              snap  (on/off)  

10. F10           Polar   (on/off) 

11. F11           Object snap tracking 

12. F12           Dynamic Input  

13. Ctrl+s        Save file

14. Ctrl+z        Undo

15. Ctrl+y        Redo

16. Ctrl+p        Plot

17. Ctrl+v        View

18. Ctrl+o        Open new file

19. Ctrl+c         copy

20. Ctrl+A         Select All

21. Ctrl+q         Quit AutoCAD 

22. Ctrl+u         Polar (on/off) 

23. Ctrl+g         Grid (on/off) 

24. Ctrl+w        selection cycling (on/off)

25. Ctrl+D         Dynamic UCS

26. Ctrl+f           Osnp (on/off) 

27. Ctrl+L          Ortho  (on/off) 

28. Ctrl+b          Snap   (on/off)

29. Ctrl+1          Quick properties 

30. Ctrl+2          Design center 

31. Ctrl+3          Tool palettes

32. Ctrl+4          sheet set manager 

33. Ctrl+5          

34. Ctrl+6          Db connect manager

35. Ctrl+7           Markup set manager  

36. Ctrl+8           Quick calculator

37. Ctrl+9           command line   
                            (hide/show) 

38. Ctrl+0           Ribbon (Tool bar) 
                             (Hide/show) 


Object snap (osnap) 

      Osnap helps you to find Midpoint, endpoint,  center, node, quadrant, intersection, Extension, INSertion, perpendicular, tagent, nearest,
 Apparent intersection  and parallel points.

Shortcut key = F3


3D Osnap  (3D object snap) 

      When you turend on 3D Object snap mode you find  Midpoint, endpoint,  center, node, quadrant, intersection, Extension, INSertion, perpendicular, tagent, nearest, Apparent intersection  and parallel point on 3D solid

Shortcut key =F4

ORTHO 

            When  you turned on, ortho mode makes all lines drawn with the mouse parallel to the axis. 

Shortcut key =F8


Polar

         You can use polar tracking to track along polar angles increments of 90,60,45,30,22.5,18,15,10,and 5 degrees or you can specify different angles. The following illustration shows the alignment paths. 
         
Polar on /off =F10


Dynamic Input   

             A command entered from your keyboard will appear on one side of your cursor.  When dynamic input is on
Dynamic Input on /off =F12


Grid

Can you turn on/off  the grid using F8. 


              

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