AutoCAD Keyboard Shortcuts

All 122 AutoCAD keyboard shortcuts in one place, so you can draft technical drawings faster

From Autodesk, AutoCAD is purpose-built to draft technical drawings. It is one of the leading applications in the 3D, CAD & animation category.

Keyboard shortcuts are essential for working efficiently in AutoCAD. Memorizing even a handful of key combinations can cut hours from a weekly workflow.

AutoCAD is available on macOS and Windows, making these shortcuts useful no matter which operating system you prefer.

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Toggle General Features 8 shortcuts

Toggle coordinate display

N/A Ctrl +D Ctrl +D

Toggle Grid

N/A Ctrl +G Ctrl +G

Cycle isometric planes

N/A Ctrl +E Ctrl +E

Toggle running object snaps

N/A Ctrl +F Ctrl +F

Toggle Pick Style

N/A Ctrl +H Ctrl +H

Toggle Hide pallets

N/A Ctrl +Shift +H Ctrl +Shift +H

Toggle Coords

N/A Ctrl +I Ctrl +I

Toggle Infer Constraints

N/A Ctrl +Shift +I Ctrl +Shift +I

Toggle Drawing Modes 12 shortcuts

Display Help

N/A F1 F1

Toggle text screen

N/A F2 F2

Toggle object snap mode

N/A F3 F3

Toggle 3DOsnap

N/A F4 F4

Toggle Isoplane

N/A F5 F5

Toggle Dynamic UCS

N/A F6 F6

Toggle grid mode

N/A F7 F7

Toggle ortho mode

N/A F8 F8

Toggle snap mode

N/A F9 F9

Toggle polar mode

N/A F10 F10

Toggle object snap tracking

N/A F11 F11

Toggle dynamic input mode

N/A F12 F12

Manage Screen 9 shortcuts

Clean Screen

N/A Ctrl +0 Ctrl +0

Property Palette

N/A Ctrl +1 Ctrl +1

Design Center Palette

N/A Ctrl +2 Ctrl +2

Toggle Palette

N/A Ctrl +3 Ctrl +3

Sheet Set Palette

N/A Ctrl +4 Ctrl +4

DBConnect Manager

N/A Ctrl +6 Ctrl +6

Markup Set Manager Palette

N/A Ctrl +7 Ctrl +7

Quick Calc

N/A Ctrl +8 Ctrl +8

Command Line

N/A Ctrl +9 Ctrl +9

Manage Workflow 9 shortcuts

Copy object

N/A Ctrl +C Ctrl +C

Cut object

N/A Ctrl +X Ctrl +X

Paste object

N/A Ctrl +V Ctrl +V

Copy to clipboard with base point

N/A Ctrl +Shift +C Ctrl +Shift +C

Paste data as block

N/A Ctrl +Shift +V Ctrl +Shift +V

Undo last action

N/A Ctrl +Z Ctrl +Z

Redo last action

N/A Ctrl +Y Ctrl +Y

Cancel current command (or ctrl+\\)

N/A Ctrl +[ Ctrl +[

Cancel current command

N/A Esc Esc

Manage Drawings 10 shortcuts

New Drawing

N/A Ctrl +N Ctrl +N

Save drawing

N/A Ctrl +S Ctrl +S

Open drawing

N/A Ctrl +O Ctrl +O

Plot dialog box

N/A Ctrl +P Ctrl +P

Switch to next

N/A Ctrl +Tab Ctrl +Tab

Switch to previous drawing

N/A Ctrl +Shift +Tab Ctrl +Shift +Tab

Switch to previous tab in current drawing

N/A Ctrl +PageUp Ctrl +PageUp

Switch to next tab in current drawing

N/A Ctrl +PageDown Ctrl +PageDown

Exit

N/A Ctrl +Q Ctrl +Q

Select all objects

N/A Ctrl +A Ctrl +A

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HOT KEYS A–C 33 shortcuts

ARC / Creates an arc.

N/A A A

AREA / Calculates the area and perimeter of objects or of defined areas.

N/A AA AA

ADCENTER / Manages and inserts content such as blocks, xrefs, and hatch patterns.

N/A ADC ADC

ALIGN / Aligns objects with other objects in 2D and 3D.

N/A AL AL

APPLOAD / Load Application.

N/A AP AP

ARRAY / Creates multiple copies of objects in a pattern.

N/A AR AR

ACTRECORD / Starts the Action Recorder.

N/A ARR ARR

ACTUSERMESSAGE / Inserts a user message into an action macro.

N/A ARM ARM

ACTUSERINPUT / Pauses for user input in an action macro.

N/A ARU ARU

ACTSTOP / Stops the Action Recorder and provides the option of saving the recorded actions to an action macro file.

N/A ARS ARS

ATTIPEDIT / Changes the textual content of an attribute within a block.

N/A ATI ATI

ATTDEF / Redefines a block and updates associated attributes.

N/A ATT ATT

ATTEDIT / Changes attribute information in a block.

N/A ATE ATE

BLOCK / Creates a block definition from selected objects.

N/A B B

BCLOSE / Closes the Block Editor.

N/A BC BC

BEDIT / Opens the block definition in the Block Editor.

N/A BE BE

HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill.

N/A BH BH

BOUNDARY / Creates a region or a polyline from an enclosed area.

N/A BO BO

BREAK / Breaks the selected object between two points.

N/A BR BR

BSAVE / Saves the current block definition.

N/A BS BS

BVSTATE / Creates, sets, or deletes a visibility state in a dynamic block.

N/A BVS BVS

CIRCLE / Creates a circle.

N/A C C

CAMERA / Sets a camera and target location to create and save a 3D perspective view of objects.

N/A CAM CAM

CONSTRAINTBAR / A toolbar-like UI element that displays the available geometric constraints on an object.

N/A CBAR CBAR

PROPERTIES / Controls properties of existing objects.

N/A CH CH

CHAMFER / Bevels the edges of objects.

N/A CHA CHA

CHECKSTANDARDS / Checks the current drawing for standards violations.

N/A CHK CHK

COMMANDLINE / Displays the Command Line window.

N/A CLI CLI

COLOR / Sets the color for new objects.

N/A COL COL

COPY / Copies objects a specified distance in a specified direction.

N/A CO CO

CTABLESTYLE / Sets the name of the current table style.

N/A CT CT

NAVVCUBE / Controls the visibility and display properties of the ViewCube tool.

N/A CUBE CUBE

CYLINDER / Creates a 3D solid cylinder.

N/A CYL CYL

HOT KEYS D-F 41 shortcuts

DIMSTYLE / Creates and modifies dimension styles.

N/A D D

DIMANGULAR / Creates an angular dimension.

N/A DAN DAN

DIMARC / Creates an arc length dimension.

N/A DAR DAR

DIMBASELINE / Creates a linear, angular, or ordinate dimension from the baseline of the previous or selected dimension.

N/A DBA DBA

DBCONNECT / Provides an interface to external database tables.

N/A DBC DBC

DIMCENTER / Creates the center mark or the centerlines of circles and arcs.

N/A DCE DCE

DIMCONTINUE / Creates a dimension that starts from an extension line of a previously created dimension.

N/A DCO DCO

DIMCONSTRAINT / Applies dimensional constraints to selected objects or points on objects.

N/A DCON DCON

DIMDISASSOCIATE / Removes associativity from selected dimensions.

N/A DDA DDA

DIMDIAMETER / Creates a diameter dimension for a circle or an arc.

N/A DDI DDI

DIMEDIT / Edits dimension text and extension lines.

N/A DED DED

DIST / Measures the distance and angle between two points.

N/A DI DI

DIVIDE / Creates evenly spaced point objects or blocks along the length or perimeter of an object.

N/A DIV DIV

DIMJOGLINE / Adds or removes a jog line on a linear or aligned dimension.

N/A DJL DJL

DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged dimensions for circles and arcs.

N/A DJO DJO

DATALINK / The Data Link dialog box is displayed.

N/A DL DL

DATALINKUPDATE / Updates data to or from an established external data link.

N/A DLU DLU

DONUT / Creates a filled circle or a wide ring.

N/A DO DO

DIMORDINATE / Creates ordinate dimensions.

N/A DOR DOR

DIMOVERRIDE / Controls overrides of system variables used in selected dimensions.

N/A DOV DOV

DRAWORDER / Changes the draw order of images and other objects.

N/A DR DR

DIMRADIUS / Creates a radius dimension for a circle or an arc.

N/A DRA DRA

DIMREASSOCIATE / Associates or re-associates selected dimensions to objects or points on objects.

N/A DRE DRE

DRAWINGRECOVERY / Displays a list of drawing files that can be recovered after a program or system failure.

N/A DRM DRM

DSETTINGS / Sets grid and snap, polar and object snap tracking, object snap modes, Dynamic Input, and Quick Properties.

N/A DS DS

TEXT / Creates a single-line text object.

N/A DT DT

DVIEW / Defines parallel projection or perspective views by using a camera and target.

N/A DV DV

DATAEXTRACTION / Extracts drawing data and merges data from an external source to a data extraction table or external file.

N/A DX DX

ERASE / Removes objects from a drawing.

N/A E E

DDEDIT / Edits single-line text, dimension text, attribute definitions, and feature control frames.

N/A ED ED

ELLIPSE / Creates an ellipse or an elliptical arc.

N/A EL EL

EXPORTPDF / Exports drawing to PDF.

N/A EPDF EPDF

EXTERNALREFERENCES / Opens the External References palette.

N/A ER ER

EXTEND / Extends objects to meet the edges of other objects.

N/A EX EX

QUIT / Exits the program.

N/A EXIT EXIT

EXPORT / Saves the objects in a drawing to a different file format.

N/A EXP EXP

EXTRUDE / Extends the dimensions of a 2D object or 3D face into 3D space.

N/A EXT EXT

FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges of objects.

N/A F F

FILTER / Creates a list of requirements that an object must meet to be included in a selection set.

N/A FI FI

FSMODE / Creates a selection set of all objects that touch the selected object.

N/A FS FS

FLATSHOT / Creates a 2D representation of all 3D objects based on the current view.

N/A FSHOT FSHOT

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