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.

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.

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AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

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.

AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

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.
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Command Alias

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.

AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

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.

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Command Alias

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.

AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

ELLIPSE EL Creates an ellipse or an elliptical arc.

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Command Alias

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.

AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

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.

G
Command
AutoCAD Purpose
Alias
Command

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.
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AutoCAD Purpose
Alias
Command

GRADIENT GD Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a gradient fill.

GROUP G Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups.

H
Command
AutoCAD Purpose
Alias
Command

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).

AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

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.

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Command Alias

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.

AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

JOIN J Joins similar objects to form a single, unbroken object.

AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

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.
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AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

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.

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Purpose
Command Alias

MTEXT T Creates a multiline text object.

MVIEW MV Creates and controls layout viewports.

AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

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.

AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

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.

AutoCAD AutoCAD
Purpose
Command Command

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.
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Purpose
Command Command

PEDIT PE Edits polylines and 3D polygon meshes.

PLINE PL Creates a 2D polyline.

PLOT PRINT 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.

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AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

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.

AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

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.
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Purpose
Command Alias

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.

AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

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.

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Purpose
Command Alias

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.

AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

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.

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Command Alias

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.

AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

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.

AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

VIEW V Saves and restores named views, camera views, layout views, and preset views.

VIEWGO VGO Restores a named view.

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Command Alias

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.

AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

WBLOCK W Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file.

WEDGE WE Creates a 3D solid wedge.

AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

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.

AutoCAD Command
Purpose
Command Alias

ZOOM Z Increases or decreases the magnification of the view in the current viewport.

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Purpose
Command Alias

3DORBIT ORBIT Rotates the view in 3D space, but constrained to horizontal and vertical orbit only.

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

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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

Keyboard Shortcut Purpose

Ctrl+H Toggle Pick Style

Ctrl+Shift+H Toggle display palettes