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The document provides a comprehensive list of commonly used AutoCAD commands, including their shortcuts and functions, categorized into basic commands, editing commands, viewing commands, drawing management commands, annotation commands, layer management commands, utility commands, selection commands, inquiry commands, and miscellaneous commands. It highlights essential commands like LINE, CIRCLE, MOVE, COPY, and ZOOM, among others. The document also suggests referring to AutoCAD Help documentation for a more exhaustive list of commands and features.

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The document provides a comprehensive list of commonly used AutoCAD commands, including their shortcuts and functions, categorized into basic commands, editing commands, viewing commands, drawing management commands, annotation commands, layer management commands, utility commands, selection commands, inquiry commands, and miscellaneous commands. It highlights essential commands like LINE, CIRCLE, MOVE, COPY, and ZOOM, among others. The document also suggests referring to AutoCAD Help documentation for a more exhaustive list of commands and features.

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AutoCAD, a computer-aided design (CAD) software, has numerous

commands and shortcuts that facilitate efficient drawing and modeling.


Here's a comprehensive list of commonly used AutoCAD commands along
with their shortcuts and functions:

### Basic Commands

1. **LINE** (L)

- **Shortcut**: L

- **Function**: Creates straight line segments.

2. **CIRCLE** (C)

- **Shortcut**: C

- **Function**: Creates a circle.

3. **RECTANGLE** (RECTANG)

- **Shortcut**: REC

- **Function**: Creates a rectangle.

4. **POLYGON** (POL)

- **Shortcut**: POL

- **Function**: Creates an equilateral closed polyline.

5. **ARC** (A)

- **Shortcut**: A

- **Function**: Creates an arc.

6. **ELLIPSE** (ELLIPSE)
- **Shortcut**: EL

- **Function**: Creates an ellipse or an elliptical arc.

7. **PLINE** (PL)

- **Shortcut**: PL

- **Function**: Creates a 2D polyline.

8. **HATCH** (H)

- **Shortcut**: H

- **Function**: Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch


pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill.

### Editing Commands

1. **MOVE** (M)

- **Shortcut**: M

- **Function**: Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction.

2. **COPY** (CO)

- **Shortcut**: CO or CP

- **Function**: Copies objects a specified distance in a specified direction.

3. **ROTATE** (RO)

- **Shortcut**: RO

- **Function**: Rotates objects around a base point.

4. **SCALE** (SC)
- **Shortcut**: SC

- **Function**: Enlarges or reduces selected objects, keeping the


proportions of the object the same after scaling.

5. **TRIM** (TR)

- **Shortcut**: TR

- **Function**: Trims objects to meet the edges of other objects.

6. **EXTEND** (EX)

- **Shortcut**: EX

- **Function**: Extends objects to meet the edges of other objects.

7. **MIRROR** (MI)

- **Shortcut**: MI

- **Function**: Creates a mirrored copy of selected objects.

8. **OFFSET** (O)

- **Shortcut**: O

- **Function**: Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel curves.

9. **FILLET** (F)

- **Shortcut**: F

- **Function**: Rounds and fillets the edges of objects.

10. **CHAMFER** (CHA)

- **Shortcut**: CHA

- **Function**: Bevels the edges of objects.


### Viewing Commands

1. **ZOOM** (Z)

- **Shortcut**: Z

- **Function**: Increases or decreases the magnification of the view in the


current viewport.

2. **PAN** (P)

- **Shortcut**: P

- **Function**: Moves the view in the current viewport.

### Drawing Management Commands

1. **SAVE** (QSAVE)

- **Shortcut**: Ctrl + S

- **Function**: Saves the current drawing.

2. **OPEN** (OPEN)

- **Shortcut**: Ctrl + O

- **Function**: Opens an existing drawing.

3. **NEW** (NEW)

- **Shortcut**: Ctrl + N

- **Function**: Creates a new drawing.

4. **PLOT** (PLOT)
- **Shortcut**: Ctrl + P

- **Function**: Plots a drawing to a printer, plotter, or file.

### Annotation Commands

1. **TEXT** (TEXT)

- **Shortcut**: T

- **Function**: Creates a single line of text.

2. **MTEXT** (MTEXT)

- **Shortcut**: MT

- **Function**: Creates multiple lines of text (paragraph).

3. **DIMENSION** (DIM)

- **Shortcut**: D

- **Function**: Creates multiple types of dimensions within a single


command session.

### Layer Management Commands

1. **LAYER** (LAYER)

- **Shortcut**: LA

- **Function**: Manages layers and layer properties.

2. **LAYER PROPERTIES MANAGER** (LAYERP)

- **Shortcut**: LA

- **Function**: Opens the Layer Properties Manager.


### Utility Commands

1. **MEASUREGEOM** (MEASUREGEOM)

- **Shortcut**: MEA

- **Function**: Measures the distance, radius, angle, area, and volume of


selected objects or sequence of points.

2. **AREA** (AREA)

- **Shortcut**: AA

- **Function**: Calculates the area and perimeter of objects or of defined


areas.

3. **ID** (ID)

- **Shortcut**: ID

- **Function**: Displays the coordinate values of a specified location.

### Selection Commands

1. **SELECT** (SELECT)

- **Shortcut**: SE

- **Function**: Selects objects in the drawing.

2. **SELECT ALL** (SELECTALL)

- **Shortcut**: Ctrl + A

- **Function**: Selects all objects in the drawing.


### Inquiry Commands

1. **DIST** (DIST)

- **Shortcut**: DI

- **Function**: Measures the distance between two points.

2. **LIST** (LIST)

- **Shortcut**: LI

- **Function**: Displays property data for selected objects.

### Miscellaneous Commands

1. **PROPERTIES** (PROPERTIES)

- **Shortcut**: Ctrl + 1

- **Function**: Displays the Properties palette.

2. **LISP** (LISP)

- **Shortcut**: AP

- **Function**: Loads and executes AutoLISP routines.

### Command Aliases

1. **COPY** (COPY)

- **Alias**: CO or CP

- **Function**: Copies objects a specified distance in a specified direction.

2. **MOVE** (MOVE)
- **Alias**: M

- **Function**: Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction.

3. **ERASE** (ERASE)

- **Alias**: E

- **Function**: Removes objects from a drawing.

This list covers many essential commands, but AutoCAD has a vast array of
commands and features. Depending on your specific needs and workflows,
you may find other commands and shortcuts that are equally or more useful.
For a more exhaustive list, refer to the AutoCAD Help documentation or the
command line auto-complete feature within AutoCAD.

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