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ONE KEY SHORTCUTS [SEE PRINTABLE KEYBOARD STICKERS ON PAGE 11] Toggle Dynamic UCS...

ONE KEY SHORTCUTS [SEE PRINTABLE KEYBOARD STICKERS ON PAGE 11] Toggle Dynamic UCS Toggle ortho mode Toggle polar mode Toggle text screen Toggle snap mode Toggle grid mode Toggle 3DOsnap Toggle Isoplane Toggle dynamic snap tracking Toggle object Toggle object Display Help input mode snap mode Q QSAVE / Saves the current drawing. C CIRCLE / Creates a circle. H HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or select- ed objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, A ARC / Creates an arc. R REDRAW / Refreshes the display or gradient fill. in the current viewport. Z  ZOOM / Increases or decreases the J JOIN / Joins similar objects to form magnification of the view in the F FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges a single, unbroken object. current viewport. of objects. M MOVE / Moves objects a specified W WBLOCK / Writes objects or V VIEW / Saves and restores named distance in a specified direction. a block to a new drawing file. views, camera views, layout views, and preset views. I INSERT / Inserts a block or drawing S STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed into the current drawing. by a selection window or polygon. T MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object. O OFFSET  / Creates concentric circles, X EXPLODE / Breaks a compound G GROUP / Creates and manages saved parallel lines, and parallel curves. object into its component objects. sets of objects called groups. L LINE / Creates straight line segments. E ERASE / Removes objects from a drawing. B BLOCK / Creates a block definition from selected objects. P PAN / Adds a parameter with grips D DIMSTYLE / Creates and to a dynamic block definition. modifies dimension styles. 2 TOGGLES AND SCREEN MANAGEMENT Toggle General Features Manage Screen Manage Drawings Ctrl+d Toggle coordinate display Ctrl+0 (zero) Clean Screen Ctrl+n New Drawing Ctrl+g Toggle Grid Ctrl+1 Property Palette Ctrl+s Save drawing Ctrl+e Cycle isometric planes Ctrl+2 Design Center Palette Ctrl+o Open drawing Ctrl+f Toggle running object snaps Ctrl+3 Tool Palette Ctrl+p Plot dialog box Ctrl+h Toggle Pick Style Ctrl+4 Sheet Set Palette Ctrl+Tab Switch to next Ctrl+Shift+h Toggle Hide pallets Ctrl+6 DBConnect Manager Ctrl+Shift+Tab Switch to previous drawing Ctrl+i Toggle Coords Ctrl+7 Markup Set Manager Palette Ctrl+Page Up Switch to previous tab in current drawing Ctrl+Shift+i Toggle Infer Constraints Ctrl+8 Quick Calc Ctrl+Page Down  Switch to next tab Ctrl+9 Command Line in current drawing Toggle Drawing Modes Ctrl+q Exit F1 Display Help Manage Workflow Ctrl+a Select all objects F2 Toggle text screen Ctrl+c Copy object F3 Toggle object snap mode Ctrl+x Cut object F4 Toggle 3DOsnap Ctrl+v Paste object F5 Toggle Isoplane Ctrl+Shift+c Copy to clipboard with base point F6 Toggle Dynamic UCS Ctrl+Shift+v Paste data as block F7 Toggle grid mode Ctrl+z Undo last action F8 Toggle ortho mode Ctrl+y Redo last action F9 Toggle snap mode Ctrl+[ Cancel current command F10 Toggle polar mode (or ctrl+\) F11 Toggle object snap tracking ESC Cancel current command F12 Toggle dynamic input mode 3 HOT KEYS A–Z A A ARC / Creates an arc. B B BLOCK / Creates a block definition C C CIRCLE / Creates a circle. from selected objects. AA AREA / Calculates the area and CAM CAMERA / Sets a camera and target perimeter of objects or of defined BC BCLOSE / Closes the Block Editor. location to create and save a 3D areas. perspective view of objects. BE BEDIT / Opens the block definition ADC ADCENTER / Manages and inserts in the Block Editor. CBAR CONSTRAINTBAR / A toolbar-like UI content such as blocks, xrefs, and element that displays the available hatch patterns. BH HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or geometric constraints on an object. selected objects with a hatch pattern, AL ALIGN / Aligns objects with other solid fill, or gradient fill. CH PROPERTIES / Controls properties objects in 2D and 3D. of existing objects. BO BOUNDARY / Creates a region or AP APPLOAD / Load Application. a polyline from an enclosed area. CHA CHAMFER / Bevels the edges of objects. AR ARRAY / Creates multiple copies of BR BREAK / Breaks the selected object objects in a pattern. between two points. CHK CHECKSTANDARDS / Checks the current drawing for standards ARR ACTRECORD / Starts the Action BS BSAVE / Saves the current block violations. Recorder. definition. CLI COMMANDLINE / Displays the ARM ACTUSERMESSAGE / Inserts a user BVS BVSTATE / Creates, sets, or deletes Command Line window. message into an action macro. a visibility state in a dynamic block. COL COLOR / Sets the color for new ARU ACTUSERINPUT / Pauses for user objects. input in an action macro. CO COPY / Copies objects a specified distance in a specified direction. ARS ACTSTOP / Stops the Action Recorder and provides the option of saving the CT CTABLESTYLE / Sets the name recorded actions to an action macro of the current table style. file. CUBE NAVVCUBE / Controls the visibility ATI ATTIPEDIT / Changes the textual and display properties of the content of an attribute within a block. ViewCube tool. ATT ATTDEF / Redefines a block and CYL CYLINDER / Creates a 3D solid updates associated attributes. cylinder. ATE ATTEDIT / Changes attribute information in a block. 4 HOT KEYS A–Z D D DIMSTYLE / Creates and modifies DI DIST / Measures the distance and DRM DRAWINGRECOVERY / Displays a list dimension styles. angle between two points. of drawing files that can be recovered after DAN DIMANGULAR / Creates an angular DIV DIVIDE / Creates evenly spaced point a program or system failure. dimension. objects or blocks along the length or perimeter of an object. DS DSETTINGS / Sets grid and snap, DAR DIMARC / Creates an arc length polar and object snap tracking, dimension. DJL DIMJOGLINE / Adds or removes a jog object snap modes, Dynamic Input, line on a linear or aligned dimension. and Quick Properties. DBA DIMBASELINE / Creates a linear, angular, DJO DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged DT TEXT / Creates a single-line text or ordinate dimension from the dimensions for circles and arcs. object. baseline of the previous or selected dimension. DL DATALINK / The Data Link dialog box DV DVIEW / Defines parallel projection is displayed. or perspective views by using a DBC DBCONNECT / Provides an interface camera and target. to external database tables. DLU DATALINKUPDATE / Updates data to or from an established external data DX DATAEXTRACTION / Extracts DCE DIMCENTER / Creates the center mark link. drawing data and merges data from or the centerlines of circles and arcs. an external source to a data DO DONUT / Creates a filled circle or extraction table or external file. DCO DIMCONTINUE / Creates a dimension a wide ring. that starts from an extension line of a previously created dimension. DOR DIMORDINATE / Creates ordinate dimensions. DCON DIMCONSTRAINT / Applies dimensional constraints to selected DOV DIMOVERRIDE / Controls overrides objects or points of system variables used in selected on objects. dimensions. DDA DIMDISASSOCIATE / Removes DR DRAWORDER / Changes the draw associativity from selected order of images and other objects. dimensions. DRA DIMRADIUS / Creates a radius DDI DIMDIAMETER / Creates a diameter dimension for a circle or an arc. dimension for a circle or an arc. DRE DIMREASSOCIATE / Associates or DED DIMEDIT / Edits dimension text and re-associates selected dimensions extension lines. to objects or points on objects. 5 HOT KEYS A–Z E–F E ERASE / Removes objects from a G–H G GROUP / Creates and manages saved I–K I INSERT / Inserts a block or drawing drawing. sets of objects called groups. into the current drawing. ED DDEDIT / Edits single-line text, GCON GEOCONSTRAINT / Applies or persists IAD IMAGEADJUST / Controls the image dimension geometric relationships between display of the brightness, contrast, text, attribute definitions, and feature objects and fade values of images. control frames. or points on objects. IAT IMAGEATTACH / Inserts a reference EL ELLIPSE / Creates an ellipse GD GRADIENT / Fills an enclosed area or to an image file. or an elliptical arc. selected objects with a gradient fill. ICL IMAGECLIP / Crops the display of a EPDF EXPORTPDF / Exports drawing to PDF. GEO GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies selected image to a specified the geographic location information boundary. ER EXTERNALREFERENCES / Opens for a drawing file. the External References palette. ID ID / Displays the UCS coordinate H HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or values EX EXTEND / Extends objects to meet selected objects with a hatch pattern, of a specified location. the edges of other objects. solid fill, or gradient fill. IM IMAGE / Displays the External EXIT QUIT / Exits the program. HE HATCHEDIT / Modifies an existing References palette. hatch or fill. EXP EXPORT / Saves the objects in a IMP IMPORT / Imports files of different drawing to a different file format. HI HIDE / Regenerates a 3D wireframe formats into the current drawing. model with hidden lines suppressed. EXT EXTRUDE / Extends the dimensions of IN INTERSECT / Creates a 3D solid, a 2D object or 3D face into 3D space. surface, or 2D region from overlapping solids, F FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges surfaces, or regions. of objects. INF INTERFERE / Creates a temporary 3D FI FILTER / Creates a list of requirements solid from the interferences between that an object must meet to be two sets of selected 3D solids. included in a selection set. IO INSERTOBJ / Inserts a linked or embedded object. FS FSMODE / Creates a selection set of all J JOIN / Joins similar objects to form objects that touch the selected object. a single, unbroken object. FSHOT FLATSHOT / Creates a 2D JOG DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged representation dimensions for circles and arcs. of all 3D objects based on the current view. 6 HOT KEYS A–Z L–M MAT MATERIALS / Shows or hides the MSM MARKUP / Opens the Markup Materials window. Set Manager. ME MEASURE / Creates point objects or MT MTEXT / Creates a multiline text L LINE / Creates straight line segments. blocks at measured intervals along object. the length or perimeter of an object. LA LAYER / Manages layers and MV MVIEW / Creates and controls layer properties. MEA MEASUREGEOM / Measures the layout viewports. distance, radius, angle, area, and LAS LAYERSTATE / Saves, restores, volume of selected objects or and manages named layer states. sequence of points. LE QLEADER / Creates a leader and MI MIRROR / Creates a mirrored N–O leader annotation. copy of selected objects. LEN LENGTHEN / Changes the length of ML MLINE / Creates multiple parallel objects and the included angle of lines. arcs. MLA MLEADERALIGN / Aligns and spaces NORTH GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies LESS MESHSMOOTHLESS / Decreases the selected multileader objects. the geographic location information level of smoothness for mesh objects for a drawing file. by one level. MLC MLEADERCOLLECT / Organizes selected multileaders that contain NSHOT NEWSHOT / Creates a named view LI LIST / Displays property data for blocks into with motion that is played back when selected objects. rows or columns, and displays the viewed with ShowMotion. result with a single leader. LO LAYOUT / Creates and modifies NVIEW NEWVIEW / Creates a named view drawing layout tabs. MLD MLEADER / Creates a multileader with no motion. object. LT LINETYPE / Loads, sets, and O OFFSET / Creates concentric circles, modifies linetypes. MLE MLEADEREDIT / Adds leader lines to, parallel lines, and parallel curves. or removes leader lines from, LTS LTSCALE / Changes the scale factor of a multileader object. OP OPTIONS / Customizes the linetypes for all objects in a drawing. program settings. MLS MLEADERSTYLE / Creates and LW LWEIGHT / Sets the current modifies multileader styles. ORBIT 3DORBIT / Rotates the view in lineweight, lineweight display options, 3D space, but constrained to and MO PROPERTIES / Controls properties horizontal and vertical orbit only. lineweight units. of existing objects. OS OSNAP / Sets running object snap M MOVE / Moves objects a specified MORE MESHSMOOTHMORE / Increases the modes. distance in a specified direction. level of smoothness for mesh objects by one level. MA MATCHPROP / Applies the properties of a selected object to other objects. MS MSPACE / Switches from paper space to a model space viewport. 7 HOT KEYS A–Z P Q POL POLYGON / Creates an equilateral closed polyline. PON SHOWPALETTES / Restores P   PAN / Adds a parameter with the display of hidden palettes. QC QUICKCALC / Opens the grips QuickCalc calculator. to a dynamic block definition. PR PROPERTIES / Displays Properties palette. QCUI QUICKCUI / Displays the Customize PA   P  ASTESPEC / Pastes objects from User Interface Editor in a collapsed the Clipboard into the current PRE PREVIEW / Displays the drawing state. drawing and controls the format as it will be plotted. of the data. QP QUICKPROPERTIES / Displays open PRINT PLOT / Plots a drawing to a plotter, drawings and layouts in a drawing PAR   P  ARAMETERS / Controls the printer, or file. in preview images. associative parameters used PS PSPACE / Switches from a model in the drawing. QSAVE QSAVE / Saves the current drawing. space viewport to paper space. PARAM   B  PARAMETER / Adds a parameter QVD QVDRAWING / Displays open PSOLID POLYSOLID / Creates a 3D drawings and layouts in a drawing with grips to a dynamic block wall-like polysolid. definition. using preview images. PU PURGE / Removes unused items, QVDC QVDRAWINGCLOSE / Closes preview PATCH   SURFPATCH / Creates a new such as block definitions and layers, surface by fitting a cap over a images of open drawings and layouts from the drawing. in a drawing. surface edge that forms a closed loop. PYR PYRAMID / Creates a 3D solid pyramid. QVL QVLAYOUT / Displays preview images PC   POINTCLOUD / Provides options of model space and layouts in a to create and attach point cloud drawing. files. QVLC QVLAYOUTCLOSE / Closes preview PCATTACH P  OINTCLOUDATTACH / Inserts images of model space and layouts an indexed point cloud file into in the current drawing. the current drawing. PCINDEX  OINTCLOUDINDEX / Creates an P indexed point cloud (PCG or ISD) file from a scan file. PE   P  EDIT / Edits polylines and 3D polygon meshes. PL   PLINE / Creates a 2D polyline. PO   POINT / Creates a point object. POFF   H  IDEPALETTES / Hides currently displayed palettes (including the command line). 8 HOT KEYS A–Z R RR RENDER / Creates a photorealistic SP  SPELL / Checks spelling in a drawing. or realistically shaded image of a 3D solid or surface model. SPE  SPLINEDIT / Edits a spline or spline- fit polyline. R REDRAW / Refreshes the display RW RENDERWIN / Displays the in the current viewport. Render window without starting SPL  SPLINE / Creates a smooth curve that a rendering operation. passes through or near specified RA REDRAWALL / Refreshes the display points. in all viewports. SPLANE  SECTIONPLANE / Creates a RC RENDERCROP / Renders a specified section rectangular area, called a crop object that acts as a cutting plane S window, within a viewport. through 3D objects. RE REGEN / Regenerates the entire drawing from the current viewport. SPLAY  SEQUENCEPLAY / Plays named views in one category. REA REGENALL / Regenerates the drawing S  STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed and refreshes all viewports. by a selection window or polygon. SPLIT MESHSPLIT / Splits a mesh face into two faces. REC RECTANG / Creates a rectangular SC  SCALE / Enlarges or reduces selected polyline. objects, keeping the proportions of SPE SPLINEDIT / Edits a spline or the object the same after scaling. spline-fit polyline. REG REGION / Converts an object that encloses an area into a region object. SCR  SCRIPT / Executes a sequence SSM SHEETSET / Opens the Sheet Set of commands from a script file. Manager. REN RENAME / Changes the names assigned to items such as layers and SEC  SECTION / Uses the intersection of ST STYLE / Creates, modifies, dimension styles. a plane and solids, surfaces, or mesh or specifies text styles. to create a region. STA STANDARDS / Manages the REV REVOLVE / Creates a 3D solid or surface by sweeping a 2D object SET  SETVAR / Lists or changes the association around an axis. values of system variables. of standards files with drawings. RO ROTATE / Rotates objects around SHA  SHADEMODE / Starts the SU SUBTRACT / Combines selected 3D a base point. VSCURRENT command. solids, surfaces, or 2D regions by subtraction. RP RENDERPRESETS / Specifies render SL  SLICE / Creates new 3D solids and presets, reusable rendering surfaces by slicing, or dividing, parameters, existing objects. for rendering an image. SN  SNAP / Restricts cursor movement RPR RPREF / Displays or hides the to specified intervals. Advanced Render Settings palette for access to advanced rendering SO  SOLID / Creates solid-filled triangles settings. and quadrilaterals. 9 HOT KEYS A–Z T T MTEXT / Creates a multiline text U–W UC UCSMAN / Manages defined X–Z X EXPLODE / Breaks a compound object object. user coordinate systems. into its component objects. TA TEXTALIGN / Aligns multiple text UN UNITS / Controls coordinate and XA XATTACH / Inserts a DWG file objects vertically, horizontally, or angle display formats and as an external reference (xref). obliquely. precision. XB XBIND / Binds one or more definitions TB TABLE / Creates an empty table object. UNHIDE / UNISOLATEOBJECTS / Displays of named objects in an xref to the UNISOLATE objects previously hidden current drawing. TEDIT TEXTEDIT / Edits a dimensional with the ISOLATEOBJECTS or constraint, dimension, or text object. HIDEOBJECTS command. XC XCLIP / Crops the display of a selected external reference or block reference TH THICKNESS / Sets the default 3D UNI UNION / Unions two solid to a specified boundary. thickness property when creating or two region objects. 2D geometric objects. XL XLINE / Creates a line of infinite V VIEW / Saves and restores named length. TI TILEMODE / Controls whether views, camera views, layout paper space can be accessed. views, XR XREF / Starts the and preset views. EXTERNALREFERENCES command. TO TOOLBAR / Displays, hides, and customizes toolbars. VGO VIEWGO / Restores a named view. Z ZOOM / Increases or decreases the magnification of the view TOL TOLERANCE / Creates geometric VP DDVPOINT / Sets the 3D in the current viewport. tolerances contained in a feature viewing direction. control frame. ZEBRA ANALYSISZEBRA / Projects stripes VPLAY VIEWPLAY / Plays the animation onto TOR TORUS / Creates a donut-shaped 3D associated to a named view. a 3D model to analyze surface solid. continuity. VS VSCURRENT / Sets the visual TP TOOLPALETTES / Opens the style in the current viewport. ZIP ETRANSMIT / Creates a Self- Tool Palettes window. Extracting VSM VISUALSTYLES / Creates and or Zipped Transmittal Package. TR TRIM / Trims objects to meet the modifies visual styles and edges of other objects. applies a visual style to a viewport. TS TABLESTYLE / Creates, modifies, or specifies table styles. W WBLOCK / Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file. WE WEDGE / Creates a 3D solid wedge. WHEEL NAVSWHEEL / Displays a wheel that contains a collection of view navigation tools. 10 PRINTABLE KEYBOARD STICKERS [4 COMPLETE SETS] FOR USE WITH: http://www.onlinelabels.com/OL32.htm 11