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Shortcuts Guide One Key Shortcuts Toggles and Screen Management Hot Keys A–Z Printable Keyboard Stickers ONE KEY SHORTCUTS [SEE PRINTABLE KEYBOARD STICKERS ON PAGE 11]...

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