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How are AutoCAD keyboard shortcuts used?
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The keyboard shortcuts are keyboard combinations used to launch commands.
For instance, you can press Ctrl+O to open a file or you can press Ctrl+S to save a file (the effect is the
same as by clicking Open and Save from the quick access toolbar or from the File menu).
You can also directly type the corresponding keys.
For instance, you can type L to create a line (the effect is the same as when clicking the Line command from
the Drawing toolbar in the Menu toolbar).
The following list represents the main keyboard shortcuts that can be used in AutoCAD:
Key combination
Type on keyboard
Existing key
1. Displaying

F2
CTRL + 3
CTRL + 8
CTRL + 9
CTRL+MAJ+P
CTRL + W
REGEN
TOOLTIPS

Toggles text window on/off

Activate/deactivate the Tool Palette
Activate/deactivate the calculator window
Activate/deactivate the command toolbar
Activate/deactivate the quick properties interface
Turns object snap tracking on/off
Update (regenerate) the display
Manage the display of the tooltips on the flyout, on the toolbars

2. Managing the DWG files

CTRL + N
CTRL + O
CTRL + S
CTRL + SHIFT + S
Q + ENTER
SAVETIME
XR

Create a new drawing file

Open an existing drawing file
Save the current drawing (Qsave)
Save under a different name (Save as...)
Quit, close AutoCAD
Program saving operations at regular intervals
Open x-reference manager (XREF)

3. Managing the clipboard

CTRL + A
CTRL + C

Select all objects

Copy objects to Clipboard

CTRL + MAJ + V
CTRL + SHIFT + C
CTRL + X
DELETE key
U
REDO

Paste the contents of the Windows clipboard as a block object

Copy all selected objects with a base point
Cut all current drawing objects to paste them somewhere else
Delete selection
Return to a previous state
Cancel the "Undo" command

4. Parameters

CTRL + 1
CTRL + D
CTRL + P
CUI
PL
F3
F6
F7
F10
F12

Turn AutoCAD properties on/off

Toggle coordinate display
Print current drawing
Customize the user interface
Draw a polyline - a complex line
Toggle OSNAP
Toggle COORDS
Toggle GRIDMODE
Toggle POLAR
Turn dynamic input on/off

5. Modeling

AJ
B
C
CP
CTRL + J
X
XL
M
S
SC
I
L
MI
OP
PE
PELLIPSE
PL
EX
RO
REN
SHIFT + RIGHT CLICK
PU
WBLOC

Adjust
Opens the block dialog box to make a block for the current drawing
Draw a circle
Copy
Repeat the last used command
Explode an object, a volume, a polyline, etc.
Straight line
Move
Stretch an object
Scale an object
Insert
Line
Mirror
Option
Edit a polyline
Convert an elliptical shape into a polyline
Polyline
Extend a selection (property in AutoCAD LT)
Rotate a selection
Rename
Select a unique snap mode on a snapshot
Purge - open the purge dialog box to remove unused elements
Write a block

6. Navigation

MOUSE WHEEL
BACK/FORWARD
SHIFT + MOUSE WHEEL
SHIFT + MOUSE WHEEL
F8
ZOOMFACTOR

Zoom by moving the mouse wheel forward or backward

Scroll vertically and horizontally in the drawing
Enable/Disable 3D orbit in the drawing (the mouse wheel must be
pressed)
Toggle ORTHO MODE
Regulate in percentage the zoom

Note : If the CUIx file included in AutoCAD is modified with user-defined keyboard shortcuts, some
shortcut keys quoted in the above list might not work.
Identically for the mouse, if the pilot or the configuration is changed, some shortcut keys might not work.
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