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Essential Autocad keyboard shortcuts

I made a quick overview of the most essential Autocad keyboard shortcuts. It is part of my series of productivity enhancement keyboard shortcuts for productivity software.

Autocad keyboard shortcuts




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Basic File Commands

  • New Drawing: Ctrl + N

  • Open Drawing: Ctrl + O

  • Save Drawing: Ctrl + S

  • Print/Plot: Ctrl + P

  • Close Drawing: Ctrl + W

  • Exit AutoCAD: Ctrl + Q


Navigation and View Control

  • Zoom Extents: Z + E

  • Zoom Window: Z + W

  • Zoom Previous: Z + P

  • Pan: Middle Mouse Button (press and hold) or P

  • Orbit: Shift + Middle Mouse Button


Drawing Commands

  • Line: L

  • Polyline: PL

  • Rectangle: REC

  • Circle: C

  • Arc: A

  • Ellipse: EL

  • Spline: SPL

  • Hatch: H

  • Text (Single Line): DT

  • Text (Multiline): MT


Modify Commands

  • Move: M

  • Copy: CO

  • Rotate: RO

  • Scale: SC

  • Trim: TR

  • Extend: EX

  • Offset: O

  • Mirror: MI

  • Fillet: F

  • Chamfer: CHA

  • Array: AR


Object Selection

  • Select All: Ctrl + A

  • Deselect All: Esc

  • Quick Select: QSELECT


Annotation

  • Dimension: D

  • Linear Dimension: DIMLIN

  • Aligned Dimension: DIMALIGNED

  • Angular Dimension: DIMANGULAR

  • Leader: LE


Layer Management

  • Layer Properties Manager: LA

  • Turn Layer On/Off: LAYON / LAYOFF

  • Freeze Layer: LAYFRZ

  • Lock/Unlock Layer: LAYLOCK / LAYUNLOCK


Display and Visualization

  • Grid Toggle: F7

  • Snap Mode Toggle: F9

  • Ortho Mode Toggle: F8

  • Polar Tracking Toggle: F10

  • Object Snap Toggle: F3

  • 3D Orbit: 3DO


Editing and Selection Tools

  • Undo: Ctrl + Z

  • Redo: Ctrl + Y

  • Erase: E

  • Explode: X

  • Match Properties: MA


Utilities

  • Measure Distance: DIST

  • Area Calculation: AREA

  • List Properties: LI

  • ID Point Coordinates: ID


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