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Title: Autocad Shortcut Commands
Description: -its a list of shortcut commands for an easier grasps on an Autocad software.
Description: -its a list of shortcut commands for an easier grasps on an Autocad software.
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Complete AutoCAD Commands
Command
Description
Options
ABOUT
Displays a dialogue box with AutoCAD
version & serial numbers
can be transparent
APERTURE
Controls the size of the Object Snap
"OSNAP") target box -- should set to 7
can be transparent
ARC
Draws an arc
...
Other
methods of drawing an arc can be
specified by three letters, such as
SEA, which means "Start Point, End
Point, and Included Angle
...
Also allows previewing
and replacing adjustments without
starting over each time
...
BREAK
Erases part of a line, arc or circle, or
splits it into two lines or arcs
F allows respecification of first point
CHAMFER
Creates a chamfer (a angled line
connection) at the intersection of two
lines
D Sets chamfer distances
A multifunctioning command which can
be used to alter the following:
1
...
radius of a circle
3
...
style, font, size, location,
rotation, and wording of text
entities
CHPROP
Modifies properties of selected objects:
layer, thickness, color and linetype -but not elevation
C Color
LA Layer
LT Linetype
T Thickness
CIRCLE
or
C
Draws a circle of any size
...
2P Specifies circle by picking 2 points on
the diameter
3P Specifies circle by picking 3 points
through which the circle will pass
D Allows entering the diameter dimension
instead of radius dimension
TTR Specifies circle by picking two
lines, arcs or circles for the circle to
be tangent to, and entering the
dimension of the radius
default)
COLOR
or COLOUR
Sets the current color for subsequently
drawn objects (objects drawn after the
command is invoked)
...
can be transparent
color to color number
entered
to color name entered
BYBLOCK sets floating
entity color
BYLAYER sets current
color to whatever color is
assigned to the current
layer
COMPILE
Compiles shape and font files More
than likely, you will never use this
command, unless you are creating
your own letter design or are creating
"shapes" to be used as commonly
used symbols in the drawing
...
You should not have to use this
command, since the configuration of
your system has already been done
and you will have no need to change it
...
M Allows multiple copies to be
made of an object
CP
DBLIST
Lists database information for every
entity in the drawing
DDATTDEF
Displays a dialogue box that allows
creation of an attribute definition for
textual information to be associated
with a block definition
I Controls attribute visibility
C Controls Constant/variable mode
V Controls verify mode
P Controls preset mode
DDATTE
Allows attribute editing via a dialogue
box
DDATTEXT
Displays a dialogue box that extracts
data from a drawing
...
DDRMODES
Allows you to set drawing aids
variables through a dialogue box
can be transparent
DDRENAME
Allows you to rename layers, text
styles, linetypes, blocks, views, User
Coordinate Systems, viewport
configurations, and dimension styles
DDSELECT
Allows you to set entity selection
modes, size of the pickbox, and entity
sort method through a dialogue box
DDUCS
Allows you to save the current User
Coordinate System and give it a name
for future retrieval, or to select a UCS
that is already saved
DDUNITS
Allows you to set the unit type
(Architectural or Decimal), angle
display format (degrees-minutesseconds, or decimal degrees), and
precision of the units,
can be transparent
DELAY
This command is used with SCRIPT
files
...
can be transparent
DIM
Takes you out of the drawing editor
and into the semi-automatic
dimensioning program built into
AutoCAD
...
To get
back to the drawing editor and the
Command: prompt, type the
key
...
DIM
Dimensioning sub-command:
ALIGNED
Draws a linear dimension with
the dimension line parallel to the
selected dimension origin points
...
DIM
Dimensioning sub-command:
ANGULAR
Draws an arc and calculates the
angle between two non-parallel
lines, and draws the text and
arrowheads
...
DIM
Dimensioning sub-command:
BASELINE
Continues a linear dimension
from the baseline (the so-called
"first extension line") of the
previous or selected dimension
...
The
spacing between each dimension
line is controlled by the AutoCAD
variable DIMDLI ("Dimension
Line Increment"), which you
should set at 0 normally, but if
you use the baseline command,
you should reset to 1/8"
...
It is used to create a
so-called "string" of dimensions
...
DIM
Dimensioning sub-command:
DIAMETER
Draws a dimension through the
center of a circle or arc,
calculating the diameter, with one
of the arrow heads located at the
point on the circle or arc which is
picked
...
DIM
Dimensioning sub-command:
HORIZONTAL
Draws a horizontal linear
dimension line
DIM
Dimensioning sub-command:
LEADER
Draws an a line or series of lines
with an arrow head (commonly
called a "leader") to point to an
object to notate it
...
The most useful method of using
this command is to simply draw
leaders between the object to be
notated and text that you create
with the DTEXT command
...
However, once the
text has been changed, the
dimension will no longer be
associative
...
Useful in
dimensioning isometric drawings
...
Automatically
calculates the coordinates
...
DIM
Dimensioning sub-command:
RADIUS
Draws the radius dimension of an
arc or circle from the center to
the point on its locus where the
arc or circle was selected
...
DIM
Dimensioning sub-command:
RESTORE
Makes a dimension style current
DIM
Dimensioning sub-command:
ROTATE
Draws a linear dimension with
the distance measured origin
points, but with the actual
dimension line set at a different
angle
...
DIM
Dimensioning sub-command:
STATUS
Lists all dimension variables with
their current status
...
DIM
Dimensioning sub-command:
TEDIT
Allows moving text in associative
dimensions without having to
explode the dimensions
...
DIM
Dimensioning sub-command:
UNDO
Undoes any changes made by the
most recent dimensioning
command
...
DIM
Dimensioning sub-command:
VARIABLES
Lists the settings of dimension
variables associated with a
particular dimension style
...
C Centers text horizontally
F Fits text between two points, with
a specified height, AutoCAD
adjusts width of letters to fit
M Centers text horizontally and
vertically
R Right-justifies text
BL Bottom-left justification
BC Bottom-center justification
BR Bottom-right justification
ML Middle-left justification
MC Middle-center justification
MR Middle-right justification
TL Top-left justification
TC Top-center justification
TR Top right justification
DVIEW
Allows perspective viewing of drawing
CA Sets CAmera angle relative to
the Target
T Sub-option, toggles
between angle in the X-Y
plane, and angle from the
X-Y plane
CL Sets Front and Back CLipping
planes
D Sets Camera to Target distance
and turns on Perspective viewing
H Removes hidden lines on the
selection set
OFF Turns Perspective viewing off
PA PAns drawing across the screen
PO Allows specification of Camera
and Target points
TA Rotates the TArget point about
the Camera
T Sub-option, toggles
between angle in the X-Y
plane, and angle from the
X-Y plane
TW Twists the view around the line
of sight
U Undoes a DVIEW sub-command
X Exits the DVIEW command
Z Sets lens length
DXBIN
Inserts specially coded binary files into
the drawing
DXFIN
Loads a drawing interchange file (DXF
file) to be able to read a drawing file
created by another CAD program
DXFOUT
Writes a drawing interchange file (DXF
file) to be able to use an AutoCAD
drawing in another CAD program
B Writes binary DXF file
E Outputs selected entities only
(0-16) Floating point
precision
EDGESURF
Constructs a 3d Polygon mesh
approximating a Coons surface patch
interpolated between 4 adjoining
edges
ELEV
Sets Elevation (distance above the
ground plane) and Thickness
(extruded distance from the bottom of
an object to the top) for subsequently
drawn entities
ELLIPSE
Draws ellipses
C Allows specification of Center
point of ellipse rather than first axis
endpoint
R Allows specification of
eccentricity rotation rather than
length of second axis
I Draws Isometric circle in current
isoplane
END
Saves the drawing and exits AutoCAD
back to DOS or WINDOWS
ERASE
Erases selected entities from the
drawing
or
E
EXPLODE
Separates a block, dimension or hatch
pattern into its constituent entities or
makes a polyline into a series of
straight lines
...
In the
case of a dimension or hatch pattern
that has been exploded, their parts go
back to the 0 layer, and are assigned
the logical color (BYBLOCK)
regardless of the layer they were
drawn on
...
EXTEND
Lengthens a line, arc, or polyline to
meet a specified "boundary edge"
FILES
Allows DOS disk and file utility tasks to
be done through a dialogue box
can be transparent
FILL
Controls whether solids, traces, wide
polylines, and donuts will be filled with
ink
...
Radius of the
arc to be constructed may be set to 0,
which will make a sharp corner
FILMROLL
Generates a file for rendering by
AutoShade, a separate program
GRAPHSCR
A "toggle
...
Default value is 0
...
GRID
Displays a rectangular grid of white
dots on the screen at a specified Xand Y- spacing
can be transparent
ON Turns grid display on
OFF Turns grid display off
S Locks grid spacing to SNAP
resolution
A Sets grid aspect (different X- and
Y- spacings
grid spacing for
both X- and Ycoordinates
grid spacing to
multiple "X" of
snap spacing
HANDLES
Assigns a unique, permanent number
to each entity of the drawing
ON Enables Handles
DESTROY Discards all
entity Handles
HATCH
Allows drawing of cross-hatching and
pattern filling
name from library file to fill
designated area with a pseudoblock hatch entity -- can be
reduced to individual lines and
points by EXPLODEing it
...
If Limit-checking is ON,
drawing cannot be done outside of
limits
...
), what
layer it is on, what color it is, the
location of its endpoints, what its Zaxis (elevation), what its thickness is,
etc
...
The interval distance is
given by the user
...
MENU
Loads a Menu file into the menu areas
(Screen, pull-down, tablet, and button)
MINSERT
Inserts multiple copies of a Block in a
rectangular pattern (word stands for
"Multiple Insert
...
? Lists the names of loaded Shape
files
can be transparent
B specifies that a defined Block is
to be used as a marker instead of a
point
...
Slide shows the drawing only, and not
the UCSICON, the Toolbar, the Aerial
View or menus
...
OFF Turns selected
Viewports off and causes
Model to be not displayed
in the selected Viewports
...
Fit Creates a single
Viewport to fit the current
Paper Space view
2 Creates 2 Viewports in
specified area or fit to the
current Paper Space view
...
4 Creates 4 Viewports in
specified area or fit to the
current Paper Space view
...
Viewport within the area
specified by 2 points
...
Sub-options to the "3" Option:
Above Specifies placement
of larger Viewport above
the other 2
Below Specifies placement
of larger Viewport below
the other 2
Horizontal Splits area into
thirds horizontally
Left Specifies placement of
larger Viewport to the left of
the other 2
Right Specifies placement of the
larger Viewport to the right of the
other 2
Vertical Splits area into thirds
vertically
NEW
Creates a new drawing
...
OFFSET
Creates a new line, polyline arc or
circle parallel to the entity and at a
specified distance from it
...
Constraint
can be overridden by snapping to a
point or by entering exact coordinates
for endpoints
...
This is the so-called "Running Mode"
of OSNAP, which sets selection
method to run continuously until set to
NON (none) or until overridden by
selecting another "Interrupt Mode"
OSNAP method from the cursor menu
...
For
instance, if you want ot always pick
either endpoints or intersection points
when locating endpoints of lines, you
would issue the command as follows:
can be transparent
OSNAP
CEN CENter of arc or
circle
END closest ENDpoint of
arc or line
INS INSertion point of Text
or Block
INT INTersection of line,
arc, or circle
MID MIDpoint of line, arc,
rectangle side, or polygon
side
NEA NEArest point
selected by aperture on
line, polyline, arc, or circle
NOD NODe (another name
for a Point)
NON NONe -- used when a
"Running OSNAP" is on to
temporarily turn off OSNAP
selection
PER PERpendicular point
to line, arc or circle -- when
used with an arc or circle it
will draw a line to the
surface of the arc or circle
heading toward the center
point
QUA QUAdrant point of arc
or circle (top, bottom, right
or left side)
QUI QUIck mode -- this is
a modifier to one of the
other OSNAP options -- it
will find the first point that
meets the requirements,
not necessarily the closest
point to the aperture
...
"
U Undoes one editing operation
W Sets a uniform width for the
Polyline
PEDIT
(Continued)
Vertex Editing Options:
B Sets first vertex for Break
G "Go" -- performs a Break or
Straighten operation
I Inserts a new vertex after current
one
M Moves current vertex
N Makes the Next vertex current
P Makes the Previous vertex
current
R Regenerates the Polyline
S Sets first vertex for Straighten
T Sets tangent direction for current
vertex
W Sets new width for the following
segment
X Exits vertex editing, or cancels
Break and Straighten
PEDIT Mesh
Allows editing of Meshes which are
already drawn
D De-smooth -- restores original
mesh
E Edits mesh vertices
M Opens (or closes) the mesh in
the M direction
N Opens (or closes) the mesh in
the N direction
S Fits a smooth surface as defined
by the Variable SURFTYPE
U Undoes one editing operation
X Exits Pedit command
Vertex Editing Options:
D Makes previous vertex Down in
M direction current
L Makes previous vertex to Left in
N direction current
M Moves the marked vertex
N Makes the Next vertex current
P Makes the Previous vertex
current
R Makes next vertex to Right in N
direction current
RE Redisplays the polygon mesh
U Makes the next vertex Up in M
direction current
X Exits vertex editing
PFACE
Creates a 3D mesh of arbitrary
complexity and surface characteristics
PLAN
Puts the display in "Plan" view, with
Vpoint set to 0,0,1, relative to either
the current UCS, a specified UCS, or
the World Coordinate System
C Establishes the Plan view of the
Current UCS
U Establishes the Plan view of a
specified UCS
W Establishes the Plan view of the
World Coordinate System
PLINE
Draws a 2D polyline, which are
connected line or arc segments with
user-determined width and taper
H sets the half-width of the polyline
segments
U Undoes previous segment
W sets the width of polyline
segments
command
The following options are available only as long as
you are drawing in Line mode:
A Switches to the Arc mode to
allow integration of arcs into the
polyline
C Closes the polyline with straight
segment
L Segment length (continues
previous segment)
The following options are available only as long as
you are in the Arc mode:
A Included angle
CE Center Point
CL Closes with arc segment
D Starting direction
L Chord length, or switches to line
mode
R Radius
S Second point of 3-point arc
PLOT
Plots a drawing to a plotting device, a
printer, or to a "Plot File
...
Appearance of the
points is set by the Variable PDMODE
POLYGON
Draws regular polygons with a
specified number of sides
...
E Specifies size and rotation of
polygon by picking endpoints of
one edge
C Circumscribes polygon around a
circle
I Inscribes polygon within a circle
PSDRAG
PSFILL
Controls the appearance of an
imported Postscript image that is being
"dragged" (that is, positioned and
scaled) into place by the PSIN
command
0 Only the imageâs bounding box
is displayed as you drag it into
place
Fills 2D Polyline outlines with
PostScript fill patterns defined in the
ACAD
...
Entering a period results in no fill
pattern
1 The complete rendered
PostScript image is displayed as
you drag it into place
? Lists the fill patterns defined in
ACAD
...
PURGE
Removes unused Blocks, Text Styles,
Layers, Linetypes, and Dimension
Styles from current drawing
A Purges All unused named objects
B Purges unused Blocks
D Purges unused Dimstyles
LA Purges unused LAyers
LT Purges unused Linetypes
SH Purges unused Shape files
ST Purges unused Text Styles
QSAVE
Saves the current drawing "Quickly"
without requesting a filename (as long
as file has already been given a name)
QTEXT
Controls display of text -- command
stands for "QuickTEXT"
QUIT
Exits AutoCAD -- if the current drawing
has not been Saveds in its current
state, a dialogue box will appear
ON Lines of text displayed
as rectangles
OFF Lines of text displayed as text
asking if you want to Save the drawing,
Discard the changes, or Cancel the
Exit command
RECOVER
Attempts to recover damaged or
corrupted drawings
REDEFINE
Restores a built-in command which
may have been deleted by the
command UNDEFINE
REDO
Reverses a previous command if it
was U or UNDO
REDRAW
Refreshed or cleans up the current
Viewport
can be transparent
REDRAWALL
Redraws all viewports
can be transparent
REGEN
Regenerates the current Viewport by
recalculating the vector locations of all
endpoints
REGENALL
Regenerates all Viewports
REGENAUTO
Controls automatic regeneration
performed by other commands
can be transparent
ON Allows automatic regens
OFF Prevents automatic regens
REINIT
Allows the I/O ports, the digitizer, the
display, the plotter, and the ACAD
...
This command
allows selection of what you want to
reinitialize through a dialogue box
...
PGP file and
want to immediately make use of those
changes without having to exit
AutoCAD and get back into it
...
B Renames Blocks
D Renames Dimension Styles
LA Renames Layers
LT Renames Linetypes
S Renames Text Styles
U Renames UCS
VI Renames Views
VP Renames Viewports
RESUME
Resumes an interrupted command
script
REVSURF
Creates a 3D polygon mesh
approximating a surface of revolution,
by rotating a curve around a selected
axis
ROTATE
Rotates existing objects parallel to the
current UCS
RSCRIPT
Restarts a command script from the
beginning
SAVE
Requests a filename and saves the
drawing
SAVEAS
Same as SAVE, but also renames the
current drawing and keeps the new
name current
SCALE
Alters the size of existing objects
SCRIPT
Runs a command script
...
This
command is no longer necessary to
change the value of system variables
...
SH
Short for "SHell
...
Once SH is invoked,
followed by two
Prompt will be displayed, so you can
enter any DOS command
...
SHADE
Shades 3D model in current Model
Space Viewport
SHAPE
Draws predefined Shapes
SHELL
Allows access to internal operating
system (DOS) commands
...
To get
back to AutoCAD, simply type EXIT at
the DOS prompt
...
Draws line to current point
SNAP
Specified a round-off interval for point
entry so that entities can be placed at
precise locations
can be transparent
alignment resolution
ON aligns designated
points
OFF does not align designatged
points
A sets aspect ratio
(differing X and Y spacing)
R Rotates the snap grid
and crosshairs, and turns
on SNAP after, if not
already turned on
S Selects either Standard
(rectangular) or Isometric
Snap grid
SOLID
Draws filled polygons
...
You cannot
stretch Blocks, Hatch patterns, or Text
entities, however
...
TABLET
Aligns the digitizing tablet with
coordinates of a paper drawing to
accurately copy it with AutoCAD
can be transparent
can be transparent
? Lists specified (or all) currently
defined text styles
ON Turns Tablet Mode ON (but it
has to be CALibrated first)
OFF Turns Tablet Mode OFF
CAL Calibrates Tablet for use -sets the distance to be used to
copy the drawing to an accurate
scale
CFG Configures tablet menus and
pointing area
TABSURF
Creates a polygon mesh
approximating a general tabulated
surface defined by a path and a
direction vector
TEXT
Draws text characters of any size with
selected styles
J Prompts for justification options
S Lists or selects text style
A Aligns text between two points,
with style-specified width factor,
AutoCAD computes approximate
height proportional to length of text
line
C Centers text horizontally about a
defined point
F Fits text between two points, with
specified height, AutoCAD
computes approximate width factor
to fill the distance between the two
points
M Centers text horizontally and
vertically about a defined point
R Right-justifies text
BL Bottom Left justification
BC Bottom Center justification
BR Bottom Right justification
ML Middle Left justification
MC Middle Center justification
MR Middle Right justification
TL Top Left justification
TC Top Center justification
TR Top Right justification
TEXTSCR
A "toggle
...
can be transparent
TIME
Displays drawing creation and update
times, and permits control of an
elapsed timer
...
Has mostly been superseded by
the PLINE command
...
TRIM
Erases a portion of selected entities
that cross a specified "cutting edge"
U
Reverses the effect of the previous
command
UCS
Defines or modifies the current User
Coordinate System
U Undoes last trim operation
D ("Delete") Deletes one or more
saved coordinate systems
E ("Entity") Sets a UCS with the
same extrusion direction as that of
the selected entity
O ("Origin") Shifts the origin of the
current coordinate system
P ("Previous") Restores the
Previous UCS
R ("Restore") Restores a previously
saved UCS
S ("Save") Saves the current UCS
V ("View") Establishes a new UCS
whose Z-axis is parallel to the
current viewing direction
W ("World") Sets the current UCS
to the World Coordinate System
X Rotates the current UCS around
the X-axis
Y Rotates the current UCS around
the Y-axis
Z Rotates the current UCS around
the Z-axis
ZA Defines a UCS using an origin
point and a point on the positive
portion of the Z-axis
3 Defines a UCS using an origin
point, a point on the positive portion
of the X-axis, and a point on the
positive Y-portion of the XY plane
? Lists specified saved coordinate
systems
UCSICON
Controls visibility and placement of the
User Coordinate System Icon, which
graphically indicates the origin and
orientation of the current UCS
...
A Changes settings of all active
viewports
N ("NoOrigin") Displays the
UCSICON at the lower-left corner
of the viewport (i
...
, not at the
Origin)
OR ("ORigin") Displays the
UCSICON at the origin of the
current UCS, if possible (if the
origin point is not within the current
viewport, the location of the
UCSICON defaults to the lower-left
corner of the viewport)
OFF Turns the UCSICON off
ON Turns the UCSICON on
UNDEFINE
Deletes the definition of a built-in
AutoCAD command
UNDO
Reverses the effect of multiple
commands, and provides control over
the "Undo" facility
commands in reverse order
A ("Auto") Controls treatment of
menu items as UNDO "Groups"
B ("Back") Undoes back to
previous UNDO "Mark"
C ("Control") Enables/disables the
UNDO feature
E ("End") Terminates an UNDO
Group (a sequence to be treated as
one command)
G ("Group") Begins an UNDO
Group (a sequence to be treated as
one command)
M ("Mark") Places "marker" in
UNDO file (for use with "Back")
Control Sub-Options
All Enables the full UNDO
feature
None Disables U and
UNDO entirely, and
discards any previous
UNDO information saved
earlier in the editing
session
One Limits U and UNDO to
a single operation
UNITS
Selects coordinate and angle display
formats and precision
can be transparent
VIEW
Saves the current graphic display and
space as a named view, or restores a
saved view and space to the display
can be transparent
D Deletes a named view
R Restores named view to screen
S Saves current display as named
view
W Saves specified Window as
named view
? Lists specified named views
VIEWPORTS
or
VPORTS
Used in Model Space only, and has
been superseded by Paper Space
Vports, created with the MVIEW
command
...
Acts like an AutoCAD
variable
...
VPLAYER
Sets viewport visibility for new and
existing layers
? Lists layers frozen in a selected
viewport
F ("Freeze") Freezes specified
layers in selected viewports
T ("Thaw") Thaws specified layers
in selected viewports
R ("Reset") Resets specified layers
to their default visibility
N ("Newfrz") Creates new layers
that are frozen in all viewports
V ("Vpvisdflt") Sets the default
viewport visibility for existing layers
VPOINT
Selects the viewpoint for a 3D
visualization
R Selects viewpoint via two
rotation angles
via a graphic compass and
axis tripod which appears
on the screen
z relative coordinates of
viewpoint
VSLIDE
Displays a previously created slide file
slide with name of
"filename
...
DWG"
= filename
...
DWG and
purges all unreferenced
blocks, layers, linetypes,
text and dimensioning
styles
objects
XBIND
Makes portions of an Xref a permanent
part of your drawing
B ("Block") Makes a block in the
Xref a permanent part of your
drawing
D ("Dimstyle") Makes a dimstyle in
the Xref a permanent part of your
drawing
L ("Layer") Makes a layer in the
Xref a permanent part of your
drawing
LT ("LType") Makes a Ltype in the
Xref a permanent part of your
drawing
S ("Style") Makes a text style in the
Xref a permanent part of your
drawing
XREF
Allows you to work with other AutoCAD
drawings without adding them
permanently to your drawing and
without altering their contents
A ("Attach") "Attaches" a new Xref
to the drawing or updates an Xref
that is already attached
B ("Bind") Makes an Xref a
permanent part of your drawing
D ("Detach") Removes an Xref
from your drawing
P ("Path") Allows you to view and
edit the filename path (directory
and sub-directory) that AutoCAD
searches when loading a particular
Xref
R ("Reload") Updates one or more
Xrefs at any time
? Lists Xrefs in your drawing and
the drawing associated with each
one
ZOOM
Enlarges or reduces the display
magnification of the drawing, without
changing the actual size of the entities
can be transparent
original magnification
current magnification
magnification relative to
paper space -- used for
plotting to get right plot
scale in each viewport
A ("All") fills limits of drawing to
screen
C ("Center") makes picked point
the center of the screen
D ("Dynamic") makes an adjustible
rectangular lens appear on the
screen which is capable of being
made smaller or larger and moved
to different positions over the
drawing and once set by the user,
the drawing will quickly zoom to the
location and magnification set for
the lens
...
E ("Extents") makes the farthest
edges of the actual visible drawing
fill up the graphics screen
L ("Lower-Left") makes the point
picked become shoved to the
lower-left corner of the graphics
screen
P ("Previous") zooms back to
whatever the last zoom, previous to
the current zoom was -- AutoCAD
stores about 10 of these, so you
can walk backward in zoom
magnification 10 times
V ("Virtual Screen") makes the
largest area available to the
graphics card fill the graphics
screen -- this varies with the
quantity of graphics RAM that your
graphics card has
W ("Window") asks you to pick the
lower left corner and the upper right
corner of a zoom window and then
fits that window to the graphics
screen
3DFACE
Draws flat planes in 3D space with
either 3 corners or 4 corners (3 sided
or 4 sided flat planes)
...
3DFACEs can also be shaded using
the SHADE command, in which case
the entire plane takes on the color
assigned to its edges
...
"
I ("Invisible") this is used by typing
in the letter "I" just before picking a
corner point for the 3DFACE, and it
will make the edge of the 3DFACE
drawn from that point to the next
one "Invisible" (that is, it will not be
shown as a line on the drawing)
...
The visibility of edges of
3DFACEs can further be turned on
or off by the AutoCAD variable
"SPLFRAME
...
When SPLFRAME
is set to 0 ("off"), Invisible edges
are not shown
...
You can only select a
3DFACE by picking on a visible
edge
...
3DPOLY
Creates a 3D polyline
C Closes the polyline back to the
first point
U Undoes (deletes) the last
segment entered
command
Title: Autocad Shortcut Commands
Description: -its a list of shortcut commands for an easier grasps on an Autocad software.
Description: -its a list of shortcut commands for an easier grasps on an Autocad software.