Here is a list of the shortcuts that can be used in AutoCAD (or ACA)…
For a PDF of these commands go to this post
ALT+F8 VBA Run
ALT+F11 VBA Editor
CTRL+1 Properties Palette
CTRL+2 DesignCenter Palette
CTRL+3 Tool Palette
CTRL+4 Sheet Set Manager Palette
CTRL+5 Info Palette
CTRL+6 DBConnect Manager
CTRL+7 Markup Set Manager Palette
CTRL+A Selects objects in drawing
CTRL+B Toggles Snap
CTRL+C Copies objects to Clipboard
CTRL+SHFT+C Copies objects to Clipboard with Base Point
CTRL+D Toggles coordinate display
CTRL+E Cycles through isometric planes
CTRL+F Toggles running object snaps
CTRL+G Toggles Grid
CTRL+H Toggles PICKSTYLE on/off
CTRL+J Executes last command
CTRL+K Hyperlink
CTRL+L Toggles Ortho mode
CTRL+M (No action)
CTRL+N Creates a new drawing
CTRL+O Opens existing drawing
CTRL+P Prints current drawing
CTRL+Q Exit
CTRL+R Cycles layout viewports
CTRL+S Saves current drawing
CTRL+SHFT+S Saveas
CTRL+T Toggles Tablet mode
CTRL+V Pastes data from Clipboard
CTRL+SHFT+V Pastes data from Clipboard as Block
CTRL+X Cuts objects to Clipboard
CTRL+Y Repeats last action
CTRL+Z Reverses last action
CTRL+[ Cancels current command
CTRL+\ Cancels current command
F1 Displays Help
F2 Toggles text window on/off
F3 Toggles OSNAP
F4 Toggles TABMODE
F5 Toggles ISOPLANE
F6 Toggles COORDS
F7 Toggles GRIDMODE
F8 Toggles ORTHO MODE
F9 Toggles SNAP MODE
F10 Toggles POLAR
F11 Toggles OTRACK
3A 3DARRAY
3DO 3DORBIT
3DW 3DWALK
3F 3DFACE
3M 3DMOVE
3P 3DPOLY
3R 3DROTATE
A ARC
AC BACTION
ADC ADCENTER
AA AREA
AL ALIGN
3AL 3DALIGN
AP APPLOAD
AR ARRAY
-AR -ARRAY
ATI ATTIPEDIT
ATT ATTDEF
-ATT -ATTDEF
ATE ATTEDIT
-ATE -ATTEDIT
ATTE -ATTEDIT
B BLOCK
-B -BLOCK
BC BCLOSE
BE BEDIT
BH HATCH
BO BOUNDARY
-BO -BOUNDARY
BR BREAK
BS BSAVE
BVS BVSTATE
C CIRCLE
CAM CAMERA
CH PROPERTIES
-CH CHANGE
CHA CHAMFER
CHK CHECKSTANDARDS
CLI COMMANDLINE
COL COLOR
CO COPY
CP COPY
CT CTABLESTYLE
CYL CYLINDER
D DIMSTYLE
DAL DIMALIGNED
DAN DIMANGULAR
DAR DIMARC
JOG DIMJOGGED
DBA DIMBASELINE
DBC DBCONNECT
DC ADCENTER
DCE DIMCENTER
DCO DIMCONTINUE
DDA DIMDISASSOCIATE
DDI DIMDIAMETER
DED DIMEDIT
DI DIST
DIV DIVIDE
DJL DIMJOGLINE
DJO DIMJOGGED
DL DATALINK
DLI DIMLINEAR
DLU DATALINKUPDATE
DO DONUT
DOR DIMORDINATE
DOV DIMOVERRIDE
DR DRAWORDER
DRA DIMRADIUS
DRE DIMREASSOCIATE
DRM DRAWINGRECOVERY
DS DSETTINGS
DST DIMSTYLE
DT TEXT
DV DVIEW
DX DATAEXTRACTION
E ERASE
ED DDEDIT
EL ELLIPSE
ER EXTERNALREFERENCES
EX EXTEND
EXIT QUIT
EXP EXPORT
EXT EXTRUDE
F FILLET
FI FILTER
G GROUP
-G -GROUP
GD GRADIENT
GR DDGRIPS
H HATCH
-H -HATCH
HE HATCHEDIT
HI HIDE
I INSERT
-I -INSERT
IAD IMAGEADJUST
IAT IMAGEATTACH
ICL IMAGECLIP
IM IMAGE
-IM -IMAGE
IMP IMPORT
IN INTERSECT
INF INTERFERE
IO INSERTOBJ
J JOIN
L LINE
LA LAYER
-LA -LAYER
LAS LAYERSTATE
LE QLEADER
LEN LENGTHEN
LI LIST
LO -LAYOUT
LS LIST
LT LINETYPE
-LT -LINETYPE
LTS LTSCALE
LW LWEIGHT
M MOVE
MA MATCHPROP
MAT MATERIALS
ME MEASURE
MI MIRROR
ML MLINE
MLA MLEADERALIGN
MLC MLEADERCOLLECT
MLD MLEADER
MLE MLEADEREDIT
MLS MLEADERSTYLE
MO PROPERTIES
MS MSPACE
MSM MARKUP
MT MTEXT
MV MVIEW
O OFFSET
OP OPTIONS
ORBIT 3DORBIT
OS OSNAP
-OS -OSNAP
P PAN
-P -PAN
PA PASTESPEC
PE PEDIT
PL PLINE
PO POINT
POL POLYGON
PR PROPERTIES
PROPS PROPERTIES
PRE PREVIEW
PRINT PLOT
PS PSPACE
PSOLID POLYSOLID
PTW PUBLISHTOWEB
PU PURGE
-PU -PURGE
PYR PYRAMID
QC QUICKCALC
QCUI QUICKCUI
R REDRAW
RA REDRAWALL
RC RENDERCROP
RE REGEN
REA REGENALL
REC RECTANG
REG REGION
REN RENAME
-REN -RENAME
REV REVOLVE
RO ROTATE
RP RENDERPRESETS
RPR RPREF
RR RENDER
RW RENDERWIN
S STRETCH
SC SCALE
SCR SCRIPT
SE DSETTINGS
SEC SECTION
SET SETVAR
SHA SHADEMODE
SL SLICE
SN SNAP
SO SOLID
SP SPELL
SPL SPLINE
SPLANE SECTIONPLANE
SPE SPLINEDIT
SSM SHEETSET
ST STYLE
STA STANDARDS
SU SUBTRACT
T MTEXT
-T -MTEXT
TA TABLET
TB TABLE
TH THICKNESS
TI TILEMODE
TO TOOLBAR
TOL TOLERANCE
TOR TORUS
TP TOOLPALETTES
TR TRIM
TS TABLESTYLE
UC UCSMAN
UN UNITS
-UN -UNITS
UNI UNION
V VIEW
-V -VIEW
VP DDVPOINT
-VP VPOINT
VS VSCURRENT
VSM VISUALSTYLES
-VSM -VISUALSTYLES
W WBLOCK
-W -WBLOCK
WE WEDGE
X EXPLODE
XA XATTACH
XB XBIND
-XB -XBIND
XC XCLIP
XL XLINE
XR XREF
-XR -XREF
Z ZOOM
The “dashed” commands open the command line options (no dialog box)
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August 1st, 2008 at 11:42 AM
FYI – I havent’ been able to get Alt + F11 to open VBA since release 2005 in ADT or ACA versions…works fine in Vanilla AutoCAD (Don’t hate me Eric)
Here’s one missing from your list: Use the ~ (tilde) symbol to open dialogs when they’ve been disabled or turned off via filedia or cmddia variables.
October 21st, 2008 at 6:32 AM
Do you know how to modify the shortcutsfor your express tools ?
For example i would like to change the of layer isolate to LI
November 23rd, 2008 at 10:19 PM
I too am trying to figure out how you modify these shortcuts for your express tools, please advise.
Thanks,
Amy
November 29th, 2008 at 5:37 PM
Tools > Customize > Edit Program Parameters
This notepad file can be copied and transfered to other computers. It is very useful because it is portable. My coworker taught me last week.
November 29th, 2008 at 5:43 PM
If I were you, I would make sure there are no duplicates on the list. For example, LI is already taken. You might find work-around, but I would assign other command in order not to confuse the system.
January 17th, 2009 at 11:25 PM
thx ….u r soooo kind
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Hi
I have recently started working with a company that operates AutoCAD 2006 on a MAC by using a parallels system. The problem is that my shortcuts don’t work ie. ortho & osnap being the most important. Does anyone know how I can get these shortcuts to work??
February 11th, 2009 at 10:59 PM
ORTHO for Mac is control+shift then “o”
March 7th, 2009 at 1:30 PM
GO TO TOOLS, CUSTOMIZE, ACADPGP THEN YOU’LL SEE ALL THE COMMAND SHORTCUT- HOW TO EDIT RIGHT CLICK HIGHLIGHT THE SHORTCUT COMMANDS AND CHANGE IT TO YOUR SHORTCUT COMMAND LET SAY REC – RECTANGLE CHANGE IT TO RC BUT MAKE SURE WHEN YOU CHANGE THE SHORTCUT IT DOES’NT HAVE THE SAME DEFAULT SHORTCUT COMMAND OF YOUR AUTOCAD AFTER YOU’VE DONE IT SAVE AND CLOSE YOUR AUTOCAD PROGRAM THEN OPEN IT AGAIN AND TYPE YOUR UPDATE COMMAND YOU’LL NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE – HOPE IT WILL HELP YOU THANKS
May 6th, 2009 at 6:01 PM
dc for design center
May 6th, 2009 at 6:03 PM
the space bar repeats the last task
June 4th, 2009 at 12:11 PM
When editing acad.pgp, it is a good idea to place your new aliases at the bottom in the “– User Defined Command Aliases –” section for successful migration when you upgrade to the next version of ACAD.
Also, I believe that those in the bottom section will take precedence over the ones above.
June 10th, 2009 at 6:17 AM
i’m mansawi b. macadaag of Philippines, tnx… to all, your info are very very important.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:17 AM
CTRL+TAB to jump between open drawings.
ALT+TAB to jump between open applications.
August 13th, 2009 at 12:30 AM
I like this shortcuts commands
September 25th, 2009 at 3:20 AM
hi,
I have installed ADT2006. First, the menu bars have not loaded when i start but fixed it with cuiload command. then when i try the general keyboard commands, none work–like PL, CO etc.
How do i fix it?
October 16th, 2009 at 4:31 AM
thank u
November 9th, 2009 at 7:00 PM
huy… huy….
thank for alll…
December 6th, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Mouse wheel- zoom in and out
Double click mouse wheel- zoom extent
Shift+ mouse wheel pressed – 3d orbit
December 11th, 2009 at 12:03 PM
how about PAN? What is the shortcut key instead of typing in command?
December 30th, 2009 at 7:36 AM
PAN- “P” or MMB(Middle Mouse Button) click-and-drag.
Good luck. 😀
April 5th, 2010 at 8:14 AM
very useful for us thank you………..
April 18th, 2010 at 9:56 PM
can u tell me wat is VBA and wat is the use of this?
April 25th, 2010 at 6:37 PM
Deepu,
VBA is Visual Basic for Applications and is available to use inside AutoCAD for more advanced programming than just AutoLISP.
April 26th, 2010 at 10:09 PM
Hi Friend,
I live in Pakistan Countray,So i looked your desing auto cad short comand,Could you tell me that.is it better course for Future.
this time i am working in Office.Pleze guide me.
Thanks sir
May 27th, 2010 at 10:04 AM
Hello…I am trying to figure out the command for selecting all objects of the same layer that I already have selected. I have seen it used before and it would be helpful for me. Thanks
July 2nd, 2010 at 6:45 AM
please publish 3d commands clearly.
thank you.
July 13th, 2010 at 12:23 AM
WHAT IS SHORT CUT COMMAND IN AUTOCAD FOR WRITING ±
July 13th, 2010 at 7:56 AM
I think it is %%p
Type that in an then place it. After it is placed – it should change the Control Code to plus/minus
Mark
July 29th, 2010 at 11:49 PM
WHICH COMMANDS MOSTLY USED IN 3D CAD DRAWINGS
August 4th, 2010 at 3:12 AM
Hello,
Thank you for this list!
I want change the toggle ortho command. Is it possible to use ENTER instead of F8?!???
August 10th, 2010 at 10:35 PM
thank u
August 18th, 2010 at 7:16 PM
Is there a list of keystrokes for the Mac keyboard/mouse – none of my PC functions work on autocad anymore now that I’m using a new Mac. I’m going insane. I am totally handicapped on my new Mac. Please help urgently anybody!!!
August 28th, 2010 at 8:33 AM
to SONALI AHUJA :
try to hold on alt & type “00177”
September 3rd, 2010 at 3:49 AM
Is there any keystrokes for the commands break at point,revision cloud,extrude faces & 3dmove?
September 7th, 2010 at 4:04 AM
thanks ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
October 8th, 2010 at 2:37 AM
Hi,
i installed autocad 2006 but when it is installd its menu bar show it is student version and this text also written in printed paper with sketch.kindly tell me what can i do for this problem.
October 10th, 2010 at 10:18 PM
thank u so much……………
October 17th, 2010 at 2:31 PM
Pls how do i erase part of a line or part of an arc without erasing the whole line or arc?
October 25th, 2010 at 10:48 AM
Does anyone figure it out how to customize keyboards shortcuts in AutoCad 2011 for Mac?
October 28th, 2010 at 5:04 PM
Too bad Autodesk did not think of putting an accelerator key combination in to turn the View Cube on and off…
November 16th, 2010 at 2:58 PM
@ Chimaobi.
1. Draw a line where you want your break to be.
2. Type TR (shortcut) to Trim.
3. Select cutting line
4. right click or enter
5. select side of line or arc you want cut off.
6. delete temporary cutting line if needed.
November 24th, 2010 at 5:21 AM
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December 10th, 2010 at 2:48 PM
a list of CAD commands can be found in the
1 menu
2 files
3 function keys
4 contents list
December 22nd, 2010 at 12:14 AM
SIR,
I AM HARSHA G.M.
I AM STRUCTURE DESIGN ENGINEER IN CES COMPANY IN BANGALORE, INDIA
I AM VERY THANKS FULL OF CADDManager Blog.
SIR, CAN U GIVE SOME EXAMPLE ,REGARDING MACRO ….
HOW TO CREATE, WHERE CAN IT BE USED ….
THANKS YOU….
December 22nd, 2010 at 3:16 AM
SIR,
I AM WORKING IN AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D (COUNTOUR,ALIGNMENT,L-SEC,CROSS-SEC)
DO U HAVE ANY SPECIAL COMMANDS OR TRICKY COMMANDS…
SIR, REGARDING ASSEMBLY, DAYLIGHT, CORRIDOR….
THANKS YOU….
December 27th, 2010 at 4:56 AM
HEllo this is harsha frm bangalore.
Can any one tel me the shortcut key for ‘break at point’. im not getting that shortcut from any website. So someone send me.
January 11th, 2011 at 12:07 AM
thanks so much CADDManager Blog.
January 25th, 2011 at 6:35 AM
Is there a way to set up quick key to select specific layers? I often have to keep switching between layers and want a faster way of doing it.
February 10th, 2011 at 12:14 AM
SIR,
I AM Asgar Khan
I AM ELECTRICAL DRAUGHTSMEN ENGINEER IN SBG COMPANY IN KSA,
I AM VERY THANKS FULL OF CADDManager Blog.
SIR, CAN U GIVE SOME EXAMPLE ,REGARDING MACRO ….
HOW TO CREATE, WHERE CAN IT BE USED ….
THANKS YOU….