Table of Contents
AutoCAD Commands and Aliases
Following is the complete list of AutoCAD commands in their alphabetical order. In the first column, we have an AutoCAD command, its Alias in the second column and the third column tell us what that particular command is meant for.
A
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| ACTRECORD | ARR | Starts the Action Recorder. |
| ACTSTOP | ARS | Stops the Action Recorder and provides the option of saving the recorded actions to an action macro file. |
| ACTUSERINPUT | ARU | Pauses for user input in an action macro. |
| ACTUSERMESSAGE | ARM | Inserts a user message into an action macro. |
| ADCENTER | ADC | Manages and inserts content such as blocks, xrefs, and hatch patterns. |
| ALIGN | AL | Aligns objects with other objects in 2D and 3D. |
| ANALYSISZEBRA | ZEBRA | Projects stripes onto a 3D model to analyze surface continuity. |
| APPLOAD | AP | Load Application. |
| ARC | A | Creates an arc. |
| AREA | AA | Calculates the area and perimeter of objects or of defined areas. |
| ARRAY | AR | Creates multiple copies of objects in a pattern. |
| ATTDEF | ATT | Redefines a block and updates associated attributes. |
| ATTEDIT | ATE | Changes attribute information in a block. |
| ATTIPEDIT | ATI | Changes the textual content of an attribute within a block. |
B
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| BCLOSE | BC | Closes the Block Editor. |
| BEDIT | BE | Opens the block definition in the Block Editor. |
| BLOCK | B | Creates a block definition from selected objects. |
| BOUNDARY | BO | Creates a region or a polyline from an enclosed area. |
| BPARAMETER | PARAM | Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition. |
| BREAK | BR | Breaks the selected object between two points. |
| BSAVE | BS | Saves the current block definition. |
| BVSTATE | BVS | Creates, sets, or deletes a visibility state in a dynamic block. |
C
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| CAMERA | CAM | Sets a camera and target location to create and save a 3D perspective view of objects. |
| CHAMFER | CHA | Bevels the edges of objects. |
| CHECKSTANDARDS | CHK | Checks the current drawing for standards violations. |
| CIRCLE | C | Creates a circle. |
| CLOSEALL | Closes all open drawings. | |
| COLOR | COL | Sets the color for new objects. |
| COMMANDLINE | CLI | Displays the Command Line window. |
| CONSTRAINTBAR | CBAR | A toolbar-like UI element that displays the available geometric constraints on an object. |
| COPY | CO | Copies objects a specified distance in a specified direction. |
| CTABLESTYLE | CT | Sets the name of the current table style. |
| CYLINDER | CYL | Creates a 3D solid cylinder. |
D
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F
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| DATAEXTRACTION | DX | Extracts drawing data and merges data from an external source to a data extraction. |
| DATALINK | DL | The Data Link dialog box is displayed. |
| DATALINKUPDATE | DLU | Updates data to or from an established external data link. |
| DBCONNECT | DBC | Provides an interface to external database tables. |
| DDEDIT | ED | Edits single-line text, dimension text, attribute definitions, and feature control frames. |
| DDVPOINT | VP | Sets the 3D viewing direction. |
| DIMANGULAR | DAN | Creates an angular dimension. |
| DIMARC | DAR | Creates an arc length dimension. |
| DIMBASELINE | DBA | Creates a linear, angular, or ordinate dimension from the baseline of the previous or selected dimension. |
| DIMCENTER | DCE | Creates the center mark or the centerlines of circles and arcs. |
| DIMCONSTRAINT | DCON | Applies dimensional constraints to selected objects or points on objects. |
| DIMCONTINUE | DCO | Creates a dimension that starts from an extension line of a previously created dimension. |
| DIMDIAMETER | DDI | Creates a diameter dimension for a circle or an arc. |
| DIMDISASSOCIATE | DDA | Removes associativity from selected dimensions. |
| DIMEDIT | DED | Edits dimension text and extension lines. |
| DIMJOGGED | JOG | Creates jogged dimensions for circles and arcs. |
| DIMJOGGED | DJO | Creates jogged dimensions for circles and arcs. |
| DIMJOGLINE | DJL | Adds or removes a jog line on a linear or aligned dimension. |
| DIMORDINATE | DOR | Creates ordinate dimensions. |
| DIMOVERRIDE | DOV | Controls overrides of system variables used in selected dimensions. |
| DIMRADIUS | DRA | Creates a radius dimension for a circle or an arc. |
| DIMREASSOCIATE | DRE | Associates or re-associates selected dimensions to objects or points on objects. |
| DIMSTYLE | D | Creates and modifies dimension styles. |
| DIST | DI | Measures the distance and angle between two points. |
| DIVIDE | DIV | Creates evenly spaced point objects or blocks along the length or perimeter of an object. |
| DONUT | DO | Creates a filled circle or a wide ring. |
| DRAWINGRECOVERY | DRM | Displays a list of drawing files that can be recovered after a program or system failure. |
| DRAWORDER | DR | Changes the draw order of images and other objects. |
| DSETTINGS | DS | Sets grid and snap, polar and object snap tracking, object snap modes, Dynamic Input, |
| DVIEW | DV | Defines parallel projection or perspective views by using a camera and target. |
E
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| ELLIPSE | EL | Creates an ellipse or an elliptical arc. |
| ERASE | E | Removes objects from a drawing. |
| ETRANSMIT | ZIP | Creates a Self-Extracting or Zipped Transmittal Package. |
| EXPLODE | X | Breaks a compound object into its component objects. |
| EXPORT | EXP | Saves the objects in a drawing to a different file format. |
| EXPORTPDF | EPDF | Exports drawing to PDF. |
| EXTEND | EX | Extends objects to meet the edges of other objects. |
| EXTERNALREFERENCES | ER | Opens the External References palette. |
| EXTRUDE | EXT | Extends the dimensions of a 2D object or 3D face into 3D space. |
G
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| FILLET | F | Rounds and fillets the edges of objects. |
| FILTER | FI | Creates a list of requirements that an object must meet to be included in a selection set. |
| FLATSHOT | FSHOT | Creates a 2D representation of all 3D objects based on the current view. |
| FSMODE | FS | Creates a selection set of all objects that touch the selected object. |
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| GEOCONSTRAINT | GCON | Applies or persists geometric relationships between objects or points on objects. |
| GEOGRAPHICLOCATION | GEO | Specifies the geographic location information for a drawing file. |
| GEOGRAPHICLOCATION | NORTH | Specifies the geographic location information for a drawing file. |
| GRADIENT | GD | Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a gradient fill. |
| GROUP | G | Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups. |
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| HATCH | H | Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill. |
| HATCH | BH | Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill. |
| HATCHEDIT | HE | Modifies an existing hatch or fill. |
| HIDE | HI | Regenerates a 3D wireframe model with hidden lines suppressed. |
| HIDEPALETTES | POFF | Hides currently displayed palettes (including the command line). |
I
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| ID | ID | Displays the UCS coordinate values of a specified location. |
| IMAGE | IM | Displays the External References palette. |
| IMAGEADJUST | IAD | Controls the image display of the brightness, contrast, and fade values of images. |
| IMAGEATTACH | IAT | Inserts a reference to an image file. |
| IMAGECLIP | ICL | Crops the display of a selected image to a specified boundary. |
| IMPORT | IMP | Imports files of different formats into the current drawing. |
| INSERT | I | Inserts a block or drawing into the current drawing. |
| INSERTOBJ | IO | Inserts a linked or embedded object. |
| INTERFERE | INF | Creates a temporary 3D solid from the interferences between two sets of selected 3D solids. |
| INTERSECT | IN | Creates a 3D solid, surface, or 2D region from overlapping solids, surfaces, or regions. |
J
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| JOIN | J | Joins similar objects to form a single, unbroken object. |
L
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| LAYER | LA | Manages layers and layer properties. |
| LAYERSTATE | LAS | Saves, restores, and manages named layer states. |
| LAYOUT | LO | Creates and modifies drawing layout tabs. |
| LENGTHEN | LEN | Changes the length of objects and the included angle of arcs. |
| LINE | L | Creates straight line segments. |
| LINETYPE | LT | Loads, sets, and modifies linetypes. |
| LIST | LI | Displays property data for selected objects. |
| LTSCALE | LTS | Changes the scale factor of linetypes for all objects in a drawing. |
| LWEIGHT | LW | Sets the current lineweight, lineweight display options, and lineweight units. |
M
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| MARKUP | MSM | Opens the Markup Set Manager. |
| MATCHPROP | MA | Applies the properties of a selected object to other objects. |
| MATERIALS | MAT | Shows or hides the Materials window. |
| MEASURE | ME | Creates point objects or blocks at measured intervals along the length or perimeter of an object. |
| MEASUREGEOM | MEA | Measures the distance, radius, angle, area, and volume of selected objects or sequence of points. |
| MESHSMOOTHLESS | LESS | Decreases the level of smoothness for mesh objects by one level. |
| MESHSMOOTHMORE | MORE | Increases the level of smoothness for mesh objects by one level. |
| MESHSPLIT | SPLIT | Splits a mesh face into two faces. |
| MIRROR | MI | Creates a mirrored copy of selected objects. |
| MLEADER | MLD | Creates a multileader object. |
| MLEADERALIGN | MLA | Aligns and spaces selected multileader objects. |
| MLEADERCOLLECT | MLC | Organizes selected multileaders that contain blocks into rows or columns, and displays the result. |
| MLEADEREDIT | MLE | Adds leader lines to, or removes leader lines from, a multileader object. |
| MLEADERSTYLE | MLS | Creates and modifies multileader styles. |
| MLINE | ML | Creates multiple parallel lines. |
| MOVE | M | Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction. |
| MSPACE | MS | Switches from paper space to a model space viewport. |
| MTEXT | MT | Creates a multiline text object. |
| MTEXT | T | Creates a multiline text object. |
| MVIEW | MV | Creates and controls layout viewports. |
N
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| NAVSWHEEL | WHEEL | Displays a wheel that contains a collection of view navigation tools. |
| NAVVCUBE | CUBE | Controls the visibility and display properties of the ViewCube tool. |
| NEWSHOT | NSHOT | Creates a named view with motion that is played back when viewed with ShowMotion. |
| NEWVIEW | NVIEW | Creates a named view with no motion. |
O
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| OFFSET | O | Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel curves. |
| OPTIONS | OP | Customizes the program settings. |
| OOPS | Restores the most recently deleted items. | |
| OSNAP | OS | Sets running object snap modes. |
P
| AutoCAD Command | AutoCAD Command | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| PAN | P | Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition. |
| PARAMETERS | PAR | Controls the associative parameters used in the drawing. |
| PASTESPEC | PA | Pastes objects from the Clipboard into the current drawing and controls the format of the data. |
| PEDIT | PE | Edits polylines and 3D polygon meshes. |
| PLINE | PL | Creates a 2D polyline. |
| PLOT | Plots a drawing to a plotter, printer, or file. | |
| POINT | PO | Creates a point object. |
| POINTCLOUD | PC | Provides options to create and attach point cloud files. |
| POINTCLOUDATTACH | PCATTACH | Inserts an indexed point cloud file into the current drawing. |
| POINTCLOUDINDEX | PCINDEX | Creates an indexed point cloud (PCG or ISD) file from a scan file. |
| POLYGON | POL | Creates an equilateral closed polyline. |
| POLYSOLID | PSOLID | Creates a 3D wall-like polysolid. |
| PREVIEW | PRE | Displays the drawing as it will be plotted. |
| PROPERTIES | MO | Controls properties of existing objects. |
| PROPERTIES | PR | Displays Properties palette. |
| PROPERTIES | CH | Controls properties of existing objects. |
| PSPACE | PS | Switches from a model space viewport to paper space. |
| PUBLISHTOWEB | PTW | Creates HTML pages that include images of selected drawings. |
| PURGE | PU | Removes unused items, such as block definitions and layers, from the drawing. |
| PYRAMID | PYR | Creates a 3D solid pyramid. |
Q
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| QLEADER | LE | Creates a leader and leader annotation. |
| QSAVE | QSAVE | Saves the current drawing. |
| QUICKCALC | QC | Opens the QuickCalc calculator. |
| QUICKCUI | QCUI | Displays the Customize User Interface Editor in a collapsed state. |
| QUICKPROPERTIES | QP | Displays open drawings and layouts in a drawing in preview images. |
| QUIT | EXIT | Exits the program. |
| QVDRAWING | QVD | Displays open drawings and layouts in a drawing using preview images. |
| QVDRAWINGCLOSE | QVDC | Closes preview images of open drawings and layouts in a drawing. |
| QVLAYOUT | QVL | Displays preview images of model space and layouts in a drawing. |
| QVLAYOUTCLOSE | QVLC | Closes preview images of model space and layouts in the current drawing. |
R
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| RECTANG | REC | Creates a rectangular polyline. |
| REDRAW | R | Refreshes the display in the current viewport. |
| REDRAWALL | RA | Refreshes the display in all viewports. |
| REGEN | RE | Regenerates the entire drawing from the current viewport. |
| REGENALL | REA | Regenerates the drawing and refreshes all viewports. |
| REGION | REG | Converts an object that encloses an area into a region object. |
| RENAME | REN | Changes the names assigned to items such as layers and dimension styles. |
| RENDER | RR | Creates a photorealistic or realistically shaded image of a 3D solid or surface model. |
| RENDERCROP | RC | Renders a specified rectangular area, called a crop window, within a viewport. |
| RENDERPRESETS | RP | Specifies render presets, reusable rendering parameters, for rendering an image. |
| RENDERWIN | RW | Displays the Render window without starting a rendering operation. |
| REVOLVE | REV | Creates a 3D solid or surface by sweeping a 2D object around an axis. |
| ROTATE | RO | Rotates objects around a base point. |
| RPREF | RPR | Displays or hides the Advanced Render Settings palette for access to advanced rendering settings. |
S
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| SAVEALL | Saves all open drawings. | |
| SCALE | SC | Enlarges or reduces selected objects, keeping the proportions of the object the same after scaling. |
| SCRIPT | SCR | Executes a sequence of commands from a script file. |
| SECTION | SEC | Uses the intersection of a plane and solids, surfaces, or mesh to create a region. |
| SECTIONPLANE | SPLANE | Creates a section object that acts as a cutting plane through 3D objects. |
| SEQUENCEPLAY | SPLAY | Plays named views in one category. |
| SETVAR | SET | Lists or changes the values of system variables. |
| SHADEMODE | SHA | Starts the VSCURRENT command. |
| SHEETSET | SSM | Opens the Sheet Set Manager. |
| SHOWPALETTES | PON | Restores the display of hidden palettes. |
| SLICE | SL | Creates new 3D solids and surfaces by slicing, or dividing, existing objects. |
| SNAP | SN | Restricts cursor movement to specified intervals. |
| SOLID | SO | Creates solid-filled triangles and quadrilaterals. |
| SPELL | SP | Checks spelling in a drawing. |
| SPLINE | SPL | Creates a smooth curve that passes through or near specified points. |
| SPLINEDIT | SPE | Edits a spline or spline-fit polyline. |
| SPLINEDIT | SPE | Edits a spline or spline-fit polyline. |
| STANDARDS | STA | Manages the association of standards files with drawings. |
| STRETCH | S | Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or polygon. |
| STYLE | ST | Creates, modifies, or specifies text styles. |
| SUBTRACT | SU | Combines selected 3D solids, surfaces, or 2D regions by subtraction. |
| SURFPATCH | PATCH | Creates a new surface by fitting a cap over a surface edge that forms a closed loop. |
T
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| TABLE | TB | Creates an empty table object. |
| TABLESTYLE | TS | Creates, modifies, or specifies table styles. |
| TABLET | TA | Calibrates, configures, and turns on and off an attached digitizing tablet. |
| TEXT | DT | Creates a single-line text object. |
| TEXTEDIT | TEDIT | Edits a dimensional constraint, dimension, or text object. |
| THICKNESS | TH | Sets the default 3D thickness property when creating 2D geometric objects. |
| TILEMODE | TI | Controls whether paper space can be accessed. |
| TOLERANCE | TOL | Creates geometric tolerances contained in a feature control frame. |
| TOOLBAR | TO | Displays, hides, and customizes toolbars. |
| TOOLPALETTES | TP | Opens the Tool Palettes window. |
| TORUS | TOR | Creates a donut-shaped 3D solid. |
| TRIM | TR | Trims objects to meet the edges of other objects. |
U
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| UCSMAN | UC | Manages defined user coordinate systems. |
| UNISOLATEOBJECTS | UNHIDE | UNISOLATE objects previously hidden with the ISOLATEOBJECTS or HIDEOBJECTS command. |
| UNISOLATEOBJECTS | UNISOLATE | UNISOLATE objects previously hidden with the ISOLATEOBJECTS or HIDEOBJECTS command. |
| UNION | UNI | Unions two solid or two region objects. |
| UNITS | UN | Controls coordinate and angle display formats and precision. |
V
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| VIEW | V | Saves and restores named views, camera views, layout views, and preset views. |
| VIEWGO | VGO | Restores a named view. |
| VIEWPLAY | VPLAY | Plays the animation associated to a named view. |
| VISUALSTYLES | VSM | Creates and modifies visual styles and applies a visual style to a viewport. |
| VSCURRENT | VS | Sets the visual style in the current viewport. |
W
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| WBLOCK | W | Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file. |
| WEDGE | WE | Creates a 3D solid wedge. |
X
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| XATTACH | XA | Inserts a DWG file as an external reference (xref). |
| XBIND | XB | Binds one or more definitions of named objects in an xref to the current drawing. |
| XCLIP | XC | Crops the display of a selected external reference or block reference to a specified boundary. |
| XLINE | XL | Creates a line of infinite length. |
| XREF | XR | Starts the EXTERNALREFERENCES command. |
Z
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| ZOOM | Z | Increases or decreases the magnification of the view in the current viewport. |
3
| AutoCAD Command | Command Alias | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 3DORBIT | ORBIT | Rotates the view in 3D space, but constrained to horizontal and vertical orbit only. |
Keyboard Shortcuts
Drawing Modes
| Keyboard Shortcut | Purpose |
|---|---|
| F1 | Display Help |
| F2 | Toggle text screen |
| F3 | Toggle object snap mode |
| F5 | Toggle Isoplane |
| F7 | Toggle grid mode |
| F8 | Toggle ortho mode |
| F9 | Toggle snap mode |
| F10 | Toggle polar mode |
| F11 | Toggle object snap tracking |
| F12 | Toggle dynamic input mode |
Manage Screen & Workflow
| Shortcut | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+0 | Clean Screen |
| Ctrl+1 | Property Palette |
| Ctrl+2 | Design Centre Palette |
| Ctrl+3 | Tool Palette |
| Ctrl+4 | Sheet Set Palette |
| Ctrl+7 | Mark-up Set Manager Palette |
| Ctrl+8 | Quick Calc |
| Ctrl+9 | Command Line |
| Ctrl+C | Copy object |
| Ctrl+X | Cut object |
| Ctrl+V | Paste object |
| Ctrl+Shift+C | Copy to clipboard with base point |
| Ctrl+Shift+V | Paste data as block |
| Ctrl+Shift+L | Change text into lower case |
| Ctrl+Shift+U | Change text into upper case |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo last action |
| Ctrl+Y | Redo last action |
| Ctrl+[ (or Ctrl+\) | Cancel current command |
| Esc | Cancel current command |
General Features
| Keyboard Shortcut | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+E | Cycle isometric planes |
| Ctrl+F | Toggle running object snaps |
| Ctrl+G | Toggle Grid |
| Ctrl+H | Toggle Pick Style |
| Ctrl+Shift+H | Toggle display palettes |