AutoCAD Keyboard Shortcuts
8,410 viewsKeyboard shortcuts, same as the command aliases can make our drawings finish much faster. Thats why it is best for us AutoCAD drafters, architects or whatever your profession is, as long as you are using AutoCAD on your work. You should know these keyboard shortcuts I’m trying to say.
So here it is, the default keyboard shortcuts of AutoCAD.
| Clean Screen | CTRL+0 |
| Command Line | CTRL+9 |
| Content Browser | CTRL+4 |
| Copy Clip | CTRL+C |
| Copy with Base Point | CTRL+SHIFT+C |
| Cut | CTRL+X |
| dbConnect | CTRL+6 |
| Design Center | CTRL+2 |
| Exit | CTRL+Q |
| Hyperlink | CTRL+K |
| Markup Set Manager | CTRL+7 |
| New | CTRL+N |
| Open | CTRL+O |
| Paste | CTRL+V |
| Paste as Block | CTRL+SHIFT+V |
| Pickstyle | CTRL+H |
| Plot | CTRL+P |
| Project Navigator pallette | CTRL+5 |
| Properties | CTRL+1 |
| QuickCalc | CTRL+8 |
| Redo | CTRL+Y |
| Save | CTRL+S |
| Save As | CTRL+SHIFT+S |
| Select All | CTRL+A |
| Select Similar | CTRL+SHIFT+A |
| Sheet Set Manager | CTRL+4 |
| Toggle Coords | CTRL+I |
| Toggle Dynamic UCS | CTRL+D |
| Toggle Ortho | CTRL+L |
| Tool Palettes | CTRL+3 |
| Undo | CTRL+Z |
| VBA, Macros | CTRL+F8 |
| VBA, Visual | CTRL+F11 |
| Toggle Window (If you have more than 1 drawing open in AutoCAD) | CTRL+Tab |
| Help | F1 |
| Text Window | F2 |
| Toggle Osnap | F3 |
| Toggle Tablet | F4 |
| Toggle Isoplane | F5 |
| Toggle Dynamic UCS | F6 |
| Toggle Grid | F7 |
| Toggle Ortho mode | F8 |
| Toggle Snap mode | F9 |
| Toggle Polar mode | F10 |
| Object Osnap Tracking | F11 |
| Dynamic Input | F12 |
Ok, so there you go. That’s the keyboard shortcuts that I know. Anyway, If happens that you find it hard to memorize all your favorite keyboard shortcuts. You can always modified it to suit to your likings.
February 4th, 2009 at 6:05 pm |
Hi there,
I have already seen it somethere
Have a nice day
Charlie
May 1st, 2009 at 12:38 am |
do you know the shortcut or command alias for the “Perspective” command?
May 14th, 2009 at 1:26 am |
@kwestonz,
There is no shortcut for perspective command, however you can create one in by editing your “acad.pgp”.
August 15th, 2009 at 3:33 am |
i accidentally hide my text window in my autocad i cant see my command. how to see again what is the command to see again please help me to my problem, i know f2 is text window but i would like to the toolbar text window in the bottom to see my command. please help me to my problem.
thanks
jimmy
August 19th, 2009 at 1:49 am |
Press CTRL+9
August 19th, 2009 at 4:58 am |
[...] to hide the command window of AutoCAD or in these case to unhide. One of these is on the keyboard shortcut, by pressing CTRL+9. The other is at the Tools pulldown menu, then Command Line (fig.1). [...]
August 19th, 2009 at 4:00 pm |
[...] to hide the command window of AutoCAD or in these case to unhide. One of these is on the keyboard shortcut, by pressing CTRL+9. The other is at the Tools pulldown menu, then Command Line (fig.1). [...]
August 19th, 2009 at 4:00 pm |
[...] to hide the command window of AutoCAD or in these case to unhide. One of these is on the keyboard shortcut, by pressing CTRL+9. The other is at the Tools pulldown menu, then Command Line (fig.1). [...]
August 21st, 2009 at 1:35 pm |
[...] to hide the command window of AutoCAD or in these case to unhide. One of these is on the keyboard shortcut, by pressing CTRL+9. The other is at the Tools pulldown menu, then Command Line (fig.1). [...]
December 2nd, 2009 at 3:11 pm |
it was of great importance to me
it was realy helpful.
April 9th, 2010 at 9:42 pm |
Hey,
Just a quick hello from as I’m new to the board. I’ve seen some interesting comments so far.
To be honest I’m new to forums in general
John
July 14th, 2010 at 7:33 am |
how to unhide the tool bar command because iam accidentaly hide the all command tool bar ,
thanks,
carlo
July 23rd, 2010 at 12:43 am |
type -toolbar in your command prompt, then show, then all.