Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 286 views

    Dimensioning: Shortcut Command Comment

    Uploaded by

    Moiz Mohammed
    This document provides shortcuts and descriptions for various dimensioning, text, object snap, object selection, and other commands in AutoCAD. It lists shortcuts like CTRL+8 for the dimension calculator and F3 to toggle object snapping on and off. Descriptions are provided for linear, angular, diameter and other dimension types as well as coordinates, grids, orthogonal drawing mode, and other drafting settings. Object selection methods like fence, grouping, last selection, and object snapping points like endpoint, midpoint, and intersection are also summarized.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Dimensioning: Shortcut Command Comment

    Uploaded by

    Moiz Mohammed
    286 views5 pages
    This document provides shortcuts and descriptions for various dimensioning, text, object snap, object selection, and other commands in AutoCAD. It lists shortcuts like CTRL+8 for the dimension calculator and F3 to toggle object snapping on and off. Descriptions are provided for linear, angular, diameter and other dimension types as well as coordinates, grids, orthogonal drawing mode, and other drafting settings. Object selection methods like fence, grouping, last selection, and object snapping points like endpoint, midpoint, and intersection are also summarized.

    Original Description:

    short cut keys for autocad drawings

    Original Title

    Dimension Ing

    Copyright

    © Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document provides shortcuts and descriptions for various dimensioning, text, object snap, object selection, and other commands in AutoCAD. It lists shortcuts like CTRL+8 for the dimension calculator and F3 to toggle object snapping on and off. Descriptions are provided for linear, angular, diameter and other dimension types as well as coordinates, grids, orthogonal drawing mode, and other drafting settings. Object selection methods like fence, grouping, last selection, and object snapping points like endpoint, midpoint, and intersection are also summarized.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    286 views5 pages

    Dimensioning: Shortcut Command Comment

    Uploaded by

    Moiz Mohammed
    This document provides shortcuts and descriptions for various dimensioning, text, object snap, object selection, and other commands in AutoCAD. It lists shortcuts like CTRL+8 for the dimension calculator and F3 to toggle object snapping on and off. Descriptions are provided for linear, angular, diameter and other dimension types as well as coordinates, grids, orthogonal drawing mode, and other drafting settings. Object selection methods like fence, grouping, last selection, and object snapping points like endpoint, midpoint, and intersection are also summarized.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    of 5

    DIMENSIONING

    SHORTCUT CTRL+8 D DAL DAN DAR DBA DCO COMMAND QUICKCALC DIMSTYLE DIMALIGNED DIMANGULAR DIMARC DIMBASELINE DIMCONTINUE COMMENT Displays the calculator Opens dimension style manager dialogue box Aligned linear dimension line Angular dimension line Arc length dimension Ordinate dimension from baseline of previous dimension Ordinate dimension from 2 dimension
    nd

    extension line of previous

    DDI DED DI DIMCENTER DLI DOR DOV DRA ID UN LE LEAD INQUIRY SHORTCUT AA DI DDPTYPE ID LI or LS MASSPROP PR WHOHAS XLIST

    DIMDIAMETER DIMEDIT DIST DIMCENTER DIMLINEAR DIMORDINATE DIMOVERRIDE DIMRADIUS ID UNITS QLEADER LEADER

    Diameter dimension for circles and arcs Edit dimension text on dimension objects Check a distance Creates center mark Linear dimension Ordinate point dimension Override dimension style Radial dimension for circles and arcs Display the co-ordinate values of a point Opens drawing units dialogue box Draw a leader line (may need to adjust settings) Leader line with annotation

    COMMAND AREA DIST DDPTYPE ID LIST MASSPROP PROPERTIES WHOHAS XLIST

    COMMENT Calculate the area Calculate a distance and angle Opens point style dialogue box Display the co-ordinate values of a point Display information about objects in a text window Calculate the region/mass properties of a solid Opens properties dialogue box Displays who has a drawing open Lists type/block name/layer name/color/linetype of a nested object in a block or an xref

    FUNCTION KEYS
    SHORTCUT F1 COMMAND HELP COMMENT Opens Autocad help

    F2 F3 F5 or CTRL+E F6 or CTRL+D F7 or CTRL+G F8 or CTRL+L F9 or CTRL+B F10 or CTRL+U F11 or CTRL+W F12

    TEXTSCR GRAPHSCR OSNAP ISOPLANE COORDS GRID ORTHO SNAP POLAR OSNAP TRACK DYNMODE

    Switches between text screen and graphic area Switches osnap on/off Cycles through isoplanes Turns coordinate display on/off Turns grid on/off Turns ortho on/off Turns snap on/off Turns polar on/off Turns object snap tracking on/off Turns dynamic input on/off

    TEXT
    SHORTCUT %%C %%D %%O %%P %%U COMMAND OVERSCORE UNDERSCORE COMMENT Diameter dimensioning symbol Degrees symbol Toggles overscore mode on/off Plus/minus symbol Toggles underscore on/off

    OBJECT SNAP - OSNAP


    SHORTCUT F3 F9 or CTRL+B F11 or CTRL+W APP CEN DS END EXT FRO INS INT MID MTP NEA NOD NON PAR PER QUA TAN TK TT TIP 1. 2. NEAREST NODE NONE PARALLEL PERPENDICULAR QUADRANT TANGENT TRACK TT COMMAND OSNAP SNAP OSNAP TRACK APPARENT INT CENof DDOSNAP ENDPOINT EXTENSION FROM INSERTION INTERSECTION MIDPOINT COMMENT Switches osnap on/off Turns snap on/off Turns object snap tracking on/off Apparent intersection of 2 objects Snap to centre point Opens drafting settings/object snap dialogue Snap to end of line etc Extends lines beyond endpoint Snap to an offset distance from an object snap Snap to insertion point of text or block Snap to intersection of lines, circles, arcs Snap to midpoint of line etc Snap midpoint between two points Snap near to an object Snap to point node Turns off object snap modes Continues a line parallel to existing Snap to perpendicular of line etc Snap to quadrant of circle, arc, ellipse Snap to tangent of circle, arc, ellipse Locate points without drawing lines Temporary tracking point

    Use TAB to cycle through Osnap points. SHIFT+RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON to reveal Osnap options

    OBJECT SELECTION (use with editing commands)


    SHORTCUT A ALL CP C COMMAND ADD ALL CPOLYGON CROSSING COMMENT Adds each successive object, switches from remove All objects on thawed layers Objects touching or enclosed by selection polygon Objects touched or enclosed by window - Move right to left Objects touch by single selection fence Opens object grouping dialogue - use with copy/move/etc Most recently created visible object Most recent selection set

    F G L P

    FENCE GROUP LAST PREVIOUS

    R SNAPANG W WP TIP 1. 2. 3.

    REMOVE SNAPANGLE WINDOW WPOLYGON

    Objects to remove from selection set Change the snap angle from default 0 Objects enclosed by window - Move left to right Objects within a window polygon

    Use SHIFT+LEFT MOUSE BUTTON to deselect an object. When a grip point is selected cycle through command options using keyboard spacebar sequence STRETCH, MOVE, ROTATE, SCALE, MIRROR. Object Cycling - hold down the Control key while picking, AutoCAD will cycle through all the objects that fall under the pickbox as you continue to pick. When the correct object is highlighted, simply hit Enter. You don't need to continue to hold down the Control key after the first pick.

    You might also like