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Title: Autocad Shortcut Commands
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
Enters radius of circle (the
default)

COLOR
or COLOUR

Sets the current color for subsequently
drawn objects (objects drawn after the
command is invoked)
...


can be transparent
sets current
color to color number
entered
sets current color
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
Sets
grid spacing for
both X- and Ycoordinates
Sets
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

uses hatch pattern
name from library file to fill
designated area with a pseudoblock hatch entity -- can be
reduced to individual lines and
points by EXPLODEing it
Title: Autocad Shortcut Commands
Description: -its a list of shortcut commands for an easier grasps on an Autocad software.