autocad drawing_commands by saqi gee
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Sr.
No.
Command
Name
Short
KeyApplication
1 Units un Controls coordinate and angle display formats and precision.2 Limits limits Sets and controls the limits of the grid display in the current Model or
layout tab.
3 Zoom Z Increases or decreases the magnification of the view in the current
viewport.
4 Line l Creates straight line segments.
5 PLine (Poly Line) pl Creates a 2D polyline.
6 Spline spl Creates a smooth curve that passes through or near specified points.
7 MLine
(Multi Line)
ml Creates multiple parallel lines.
8 Ray ray Creates a line that starts at a point and continues to infinity.
9 XLine(Construction Line)
xl Creates a line of infinite length.
10 Circle c Creates a circle.
11 Rectangle rec Creates a rectangular polyline.
12 Move m Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction.
13 Mirror mi Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction.
14 Copy co Copies objects a specified distance in a specified direction.
15 Array ar Creates multiple copies of objects in a pattern.
16 Chamfer cha Bevels the edges of objects.
17 Fillet f Rounds and fillets the edges of objects.
18 Offset o Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel curves.
19 Scale sc Enlarges or reduces selected objects, keeping the proportions of the object
the same after scaling.
20 Arc a Creates an arc.
21 Trim tr Trims objects to meet the edges of other objects.
22 Extend ex Extends objects to meet the edges of other objects.
23 Rotate ro Rotates objects around a base point.
24 Erase e Removes objects from a drawing.
25 Ellipse el Creates an ellipse or an elliptical arc.
26 Dimension style
manager
d Creates and modifies dimension styles.
27 Polygon pol Creates an equilateral closed polyline.28 Explode x Breaks a compound object into its component objects.
29 Export data exp Saves the objects in a drawing to a different file format.
30 Measure mea Measures the distance, radius, angle, area, and volume of selected objects
or sequence of points.
31 List li Displays property data for selected objects.
32 Hatch h Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or
gradient fill.
33 Hatch Edit he Modifies an existing hatch or fill.
34 Text t Creates a single-line text object.
Drawing Commands, Short Keys and their Application
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35 Mtext
(Multiline text)
mt Creates a multiline text object.
36 Dist (Distance) di Measures the distance and angle between two points.
37 Layer la Manages layers and layer properties.
38 Align al Aligns objects with other objects in 2D and 3D
39 Extrude ext Extends the dimensions of a 2D object or 3D face into 3D space.40 Block b Creates a block definition from selected objects.
41 Wblock w Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file.
42 Insert i Inserts a block or drawing into the current drawing.
43 Pedit
(Poly edit)
pe Edits polylines and 3D polygon meshes.
44 Solid editing solidedit Edits faces and edges of 3D solid objects.
45 Revolve rev Creates a 3D solid or surface by sweeping a 2D object around an axis.
46 Slice sl Creates new 3D solids and surfaces by slicing, or dividing, existing objects.
47 Donut do Creates a filled circle or a wide ring.
48 Region reg Converts an object that encloses an area into a region object
49 Subtract su Combines selected 3D solids, surfaces, or 2D regions by subtraction.
50 Union uni Combines selected 3D solids, surfaces, or 2D regions by addition.
51 Intersect in Creates composite solids or regions from the intersection of two or more
solids or regions and removes the areas outside of the intersection.
52 UCS ucs Manages user coordinate systems.
53 Break br Breaks the selected object between two points.
54 Area aa Calculates the area and perimeter of objects or of defined areas.
55 Change -ch Changes the properties of existing objects.
56 Color col Sets the color for new objects.
57 Cylinder cyl Creates a 3D solid cylinder.
58 Point po Creates a point object.
59 Pyramid pyr Creates a 3D solid pyramid.
60 Stretch s Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or polygon.
61 Table tb Creates an empty table object.
62 Undo u Reverses the effect of commands.
63 Copy co /cp Copies objects a specified distance in a specified direction.
64 Pan p Moves the view in the current viewport.
65 Boundary bo Creates a region or a polyline from an enclosed area.
66 Help F1 Opens the Help window.
67 Text window On/Off F2 Open the text window.
68 Object Snap F3 Sets running object snap modes.
69 Grid mode F7 Displays a grid pattern in the current viewport.70 Ortho mode F8 Constrains cursor movement to the horizontal or vertical direction.
71 Snap mode F9 / sn Restricts cursor movement to specified intervals.
72 Section sec Uses the intersection of a plane and solids to create a region.
73 Lengthen len Changes the length of objects and the included angle of arcs.
74 Loft Creates a 3D solid or surface by lofting through a set of two or more curves
75 Render rr Creates a photorealistic or realistically shaded image of a three-dimensiona
wireframe or solid model
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By: SAQIB RASHEED (saqi gee)
UET KSK (City Campus), Lahore.
Email: [email protected]
76 Join j Joins objects to form a single, unbroken object.
77 %%C Diameter dimensioning symbol.
78 %%D Degrees symbol
79 %%P Plus/minus symbol (Tolerance)
80 OVERSCORE %%O Toggles overscore mode on/off
81 UNDERSCORE %%U Toggles underscore on/off82