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)
A new search engine has appeared on the landscape… It is Cuil.
Cuil was developed by a few Google “formers” who left the fold, got some investors and went it alone. It is interesting on the surface but not real flashy.
So – I typed in “CADD Manager” and came up as #1 on the list. Using that search term on Google provided the same results. So I typed in “CAD Manager” and came up as #3 on Google, but no where in site on Cuil.
I do like the autocomplete “suggestion” function.
You can turn it off and on under preferences… as well as safe search.
One thing I do like is the Next Page funtion at the bottom of the screen. It stays in one place. I don’t have to scroll to get the buttons.
Take a look for yourself and try some of your typical searches.
“The Whole Building Design Guide (www.wbdg.org) in cooperation with the buidingSMART Alliance and the National BIM Standard Project Committee is pleased to introduce a new section on Building Information Modeling. These pages will explore BIM concepts and link to BIM-associated initiatives, publications and events.”
One of the interesting pages on the WBDG site is the expansive reading list…
BIM Libraries—contains information on reports, guidelines, roadmaps, white papers, articles and BIM tools.
* Relevant Codes and Standards
* Reports / Guidelines / Publications
* White Papers
* Articles
* Books and Criteria
* Road Maps
* Tools
* Curricula
I have heard a lot of talk from a lot of CAD Managers about skipping a release of software. They have decided that it is better to not upgrade every time a software release comes out and have settled into a double jump process. This means that they are not upgrading when a new release comes out, they are waiting a release or sometimes two before they move forward.
This seems to be true for those on subscription and those that are not. When the financial portion of the upgrade decision is taken out of the mix, they are still waiting. If you have to pay for upgrades then it take a little more to get you to move, but when the cost of an upgrade is not a factor, CAD Managers are still jumping over a release.
What are you doing? Is your firm jumping on the band wagon as soon as the newest release is shipped? Do you wait one or even two releases?
From the Fool:
Everyone loves a great comeback story. And in the stock market, few things are more enjoyable than owning a stock on the cusp of its own massive turnaround. After all, many fortunes are made by the investors who succeed in buying great businesses:
1. during times of maximum pessimism,
2. while they’re being ignored and forgotten, or
3. when they’re being beat down to bargain-basement levels.
See the Fools list and more info on Autodesk stock here
Just published…
Upgrading hardware and controlling software is part of every day life.
What do you do to keep things moving forward and keep users satisfied?
Having trouble with your AutoCAD version? Do you think it might be a “bug”?
Take a look at the full lists of “Updates & Services Packs” for AutoCAD.
These are what Autodesk calls “Maintenance Releases”. They use to be called Patches and before that Bug Fixes. Now they have a more generic name.
There are service packs for just about every software title. They may be kind of hard to find…
When you go to the Autodesk site – go to the Service & Support pulldown > Technical Support… then select the product that you are looking for. Once inside the product area click on Data & Downloads nav on the left side. This opens another nav and page. Select Updates & Service Packs and there you are…
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The LAB is always a place to check for new items… like this one.
A new tool that went live on Autodesk Labs on July 10. The MEP Analysis Extension is a set of 25 utilities that MEP engineers can use to better understand how a building system will perform before it’s built. With these analysis capabilities, engineers can review the energy costs of the design and make changes to improve the performance of building systems and reduce its overall environmental impact.
Autodesk Investor Day and Presentations were held way back on Thursday, April 24, 2008 – but I just stumbled onto this site. You can see what the investors saw at the Investor Day event.
Here are the presentation slides that Carl Bass used to present.
Here is a slide from the presentation on AutoCAD.
There are many, many others – take a look
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