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Quick Reference
AutoCAD Release 2004

ƒ Keyboard Shortcuts
ƒ Drag 'n Drop
ƒ Command Shortcuts (or Aliases)
ƒ Object Selection Methods
ƒ Object Snaps
ƒ Coordinate System

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Keyboard Shortcuts
Key Sequence Other Keys Description of Task Performed
F1 AutoCAD Help
F2 AutoCAD Text Window
Alt + F4 Closes out the AutoCAD Application
Alt + F8 Launches VBARun (Macros)
Alt + F11 Launches the Visual Basic Integrated Development Environment
ESC - Escape Cancels commands and dialog boxes
Delete Erases objects that are selected through PickFirst
Page Up Scrolls up through the Text Window and command line
Page Down Scrolls down through the Text Window and command line
Ctrl + Page Up Scrolls through the Layout tabs from current to the left
Ctrl + Page Down Scrolls through the Layout tabs from current to the right
Up Arrow Puts the last command or option typed at the Command Line.
Down Arrow Puts the post command or option typed at the Command Line.
Ctrl + Up Moves the cursor in the Edit Window Up
Ctrl + Down Moves the cursor in the Edit Window Down
Ctrl + Left Moves the cursor in the Edit Window Left
Ctrl + Right Moves the cursor in the Edit Window Right
Ctrl + Shift + Tab Cycles through the open drawings forwards
Ctrl + Tab Cycles through the open drawings backwards
Ctrl + F4 Closes the current AutoCAD drawing
Ctrl + F6 Cycles through the open drawings backwards
Ctrl + Shift + F6 Cycles through the open drawings forwards
Ctrl + 0 Toggles CleanScreen mode
Ctrl + 1 Toggles the display of the Properties Palette
Ctrl + 2 Toggles the display of the Design Center
Ctrl + 3 Toggles the display of the Tool Palettes
Ctrl + 6 Toggles the display of dbConnect
Ctrl + A Select all objects in drawing
Ctrl + B F9 Snap Toggle On/Off
Ctrl + C Copy information to the Clipboard
Ctrl + Shift + C Copy information to the Clipboard with Base Point
Ctrl + D F6 Coordinates Toggle On/Off

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Keyboard Shortcuts
Key Sequence Other Keys Description of Task Performed
Ctrl + E F5 Isoplane Toggle (Top/Left/Right)
Ctrl + F F3 Osnap Toggle On/Off
Ctrl + G F7 Grid Toggle On/Off
Ctrl + L F8 Ortho Toggle On/Off
Ctrl + K Activates the Hyperlink Dialog
Ctrl + J Enter Repeats Last Command
Ctrl + M
Ctrl + N Starts New Drawing
Ctrl + O Brings up the Open Drawing dialog box
Ctrl + P Brings up the Plot/Print dialog box
Ctrl + Q Quit and Exit AutoCAD
Ctrl + R Cycles through the Viewports in the current layout
Ctrl + S Saves current drawing
Ctrl + Shift + S Performs a Save As on current drawing
Ctrl + T F4 Tablet Toggle On/Off
Ctrl + V Pastes information from Clipboard into the drawing
Ctrl + Shift + V Pastes information from Clipboard as a Block into the drawing
Ctrl + U F10 Polar Snap Toggle On/Off
Alt + F10
Ctrl + W F11 Object Snap Tracking Toggle On/Off
Ctrl + X Cuts information to the Clipboard from the drawing
Ctrl + Y Redo
Ctrl + Z Undo

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Drag ‘n Drop Files
File Extension Description
ARX AutoCAD Runtime Extension (Loads Application)
BMP Bitmap (Inserts Image)
DOC Microsoft Word Document (Inserts document into the drawing)
DWG AutoCAD Drawing (Various)
DWT AutoCAD Template (Various)
DXF AutoCAD Drawing Interchange (Various)
DVB AutoCAD VBA Source File (Loads into IDE)
FAS AutoCAD Fast-load AutoLISP File (Loads program)
GIF Graphical Interlace File (Inserts Image)
JPG JPEG File (Inserts Image)
LIN AutoCAD Linetype Definition (Loads all Linetypes in file)
LSP AutoLISP Application source (Loads program)
MNC AutoCAD Complied Menu (Loads Menu)
MNS AutoCAD Menu Source (Loads Menu)
MNU AutoCAD Menu Template (Loads and Compiles Menu)
PNG Portable Network Graphic (Inserts Image)
RTF Rich Text Format (Inserted as an OLE object and contents are display)
SCR AutoCAD Script (Runs Script)
SHP AutoCAD Shape Source (Compiles)
TIF Tag Image File Format (Inserts Image)
TXT Text File (Converts text from file into Mtext)
WMF Windows Metafile (Imports WMF file as a block)
XLS Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (Inserts spreadsheet into drawing)

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Command Shortcuts (or Aliases)
Command Shortcut Command Shortcut
ARC A LAYER LA
AREA AA QLEADER LE
ADCENTER ADC or DC LENGTHEN LEN
ALIGN AL LIST LI or LS
APPLOAD AP -LINETYPE -LT
ARRAY AR LINETYPE LT
ATTEDIT ATE MOVE M
-BLOCK -B MATCHPROP MA
BMAKE B MEASURE ME
BHATCH BH or H MIRROR MI
BOUNDARY BO MLINE ML
BREAK BR MTEXT MT or T
CIRCLE C MVIEW MV
CHANGE -CH OFFSET O
CHAMFER CHA OPTIONS (or PREFERENCES) OP
COPY CO OSNAP OS
DDIM D -PAN -P
DIMALIGNED DAL PAN P
DIMANGULAR DAN PEDIT PE
DIMBASELINE DBA PLINE PL
DBCONNECT DBC POINT PO
DIMCENTER DCE PROPERTIES PR or CH or MO
DIMCONTINUE DCO PREVIEW PRE
DIMEDIT DED PLOT PRINT
DIST DI -PURGE -PU
DIVIDE DIV PURGE PU
DIMLINEAR DLI REDRAW R
DONUT DO REDRAWALL RA
DTEXT DT REGEN RE
DVIEW DV REGENALL REA
ERASE E RECTANGLE REC
DDEDIT ED -RENAME -REN
ELLIPSE EL RENAME REN
EXTEND EX DDRMODES RM
FILLET F ROTATE RO
FILTER FI STRETCH S
GROUP G SCALE SC
OPTIONS (SELECTION) GR DSETTINGS SE
HATCHEDIT HE SPELL SP
HIDE HI SPLINE SPL
-INSERT -I SPLINEDIT SPE
INSERT I STYLE ST
-IMAGE -IM TILEMODE TI
IMAGE IM TOOLBAR TO
LINE L TRIM TR
-LAYER -LA UCSMAN UC
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Command Shortcuts (or Aliases)
Command Shortcut Command Shortcut
-UNITS -UN EXPLODE X
UNITS UN XLINE XL
-VIEW -V -XBIND -XB
VIEW V XBIND XB
-VPOINT -VP -XREF -XR
DDVPOINT VP XREF XR
-WBLOCK -W ZOOM Z
WBLOCK W

Object Selection Methods

Selection Method Keyboard Sequence Description
SINGLE SI Only allows you to select one object to modify
and then terminates the command.
WINDOW W Allows you to create a user defined window (or
box) to define the objects to be modified. Only
objects inside the box will be modified and/or
selected.
CROSSING C Allows you to create a user defined window (or
box) to define the objects to be modified.
Objects inside the box and objects that touch
the box will be modified and/or selected.
LAST L Selects the most recent object that was added to
the drawing.
WINDOW POLYGON WP Allows you to create a true user defined window
(or box) that is irregular in shape to define
objects to be modified. Objects inside the box
(or shape) will be modified and/or selected.
CROSSING POLYGON CP Allows you to create a true user defined window
(or box) that is irregular in shape to define
objects to be modified. Objects inside the box
(or shape) and objects that touch the box will
be modified and/or selected.
FENCE F Selects the objects that intersect the selection
lines to be modified and/or selected.
ALL ALL Allows you to select all the objects in the
drawing that are not locked, and/or frozen
through the layer controls.
ADD A Allows you to continue to select objects to be
modified after user the REMOVE sub option.
REMOVE R Allows you to remove objects that were selected,
but now don't need to be modified.
PREVIOUS P Allows you to select the previous object(s) that
were selected through one of the Modify
commands.

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Object Snap Methods
Object Snap Keyboard Sequence Marker Symbol
APPARENT INTERSECTION APP

CENTER CEN

ENDPOINT END

INTERSECTION INT

INSERTION INS

MIDPOINT MID

NEAREST NEA

NODE NOD

NONE NON

PERPENDICULAR PER or PERP

QUADRANT QUA

QUICK QUI

TANGENT TAN

PARALLEL PAR

EXTENSION EXT

Coordinate System
Entry Style Sequence Description
Polar Coordinates Distance<Angle Distance is specified and angle is based from 0,0

Absolute Coordinates X,Y Exact coordinate point

Relative Coordinates @X,Y A point relative to the last point selected or used

Last Point @ Last point selected or used

Relative Polar Coordinates @Distance<Angle Point based on a distance and angle from the last
point selected or used
Direct Distance Move pointing device in the Direction and distance are specified for next
direction for the angle to use, point.
and enter distance.

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