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Complete AutoCAD CommandsCommand Description OptionsABOUT Displays a dialogue box withAutoCAD version & serial numbers can be transparentAPERTURE Controls the size of the Object Snap
"OSNAP") target box -- should set to 7 can be transparentARCor
A
Draws an arc. The default method ofdrawing arcs is selecting three points(so-called "3 point arc"), which are thetwo endpoints of the arc and someother point along its locus. Othermethods of drawing an arc can bespecified by three letters, such as
SEA, which means "Start Point, EndPoint, and Included Angle."
A Included angleC Center point of arcD Direction angle of a line tangent to thearcE Endpoint of arcL Length of chord passing thru bothendpoints of the arcR RadiusS Start point of arc
uses the end of the last line or arc as thestart point for the arc
AREA Computes the area of any shape byselecting points at the corners of theshape, or by selecting a circle orpolyline after typing or picking the "E"option
A sets "Add" modeS sets "Subtract" modeE computes area of selected circle orpolyline
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ARRAY Makes multiple copies of selectedobjects in a rectangular (parallel withthe snap rotation) or circular pattern
R rectangular array typeP "polar" array type in circular pattern, youmust indicate number of items and angleto fill, and whether the objects get rotatedwith the angleC "circular" array type in a circular pattern,you must indicate angle between items,angle to fill, and whether objects getrotated with the angle
ATTDEF Creates an attribute definition entityfor textual information to beassociated with a block definition
I Controls attribute visibilityC Controls Constant/variable modeV Controls verify modeP Controls preset mode
ATTDISP Controls the visibility of attributeentities on a global basis can be transparentON Makes all attributes visible
OFF Makes all attributes invisibleN Visibility of attributes setindividually
ATTEDIT Permits editing of attributesATTEXT Extracts attribute data from drawings C CDF comma delimited format extract
D DXF format extractS SDF format extractE Extracts attributes from selected entities
AUDIT Invokes drawing integrity audit Y Fixes errors encounteredN Reports, but does not fix errorsencountered
BASE Specifies origin of current drawing forsubsequent insertion into anotherdrawing -- is normally set to point0,0,0
can be transparent
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BHATCH Fills an automatically definedboundary with a hatch pattern throughthe use of dialogue boxes. Also allowspreviewing and replacing adjustmentswithout starting over each time.
BLIPMODE Controls display of marker blips forpoint selection can be transparentON Enables temporary marker blips
OFF Disables temporary markerblips
BLOCK Forms a single compound entity froma group of entities within the currentdrawing
? Lists names of already-defined blocks inthe current drawing
BPOLY Creates a closed polyline of aboundary by picking an open areawithin a area enclosed by lines, arcs
or circles.BREAK Erases part of a line, arc or circle, or
splits it into two lines or arcs F allows respecification of first pointCHAMFER Creates a chamfer (a angled line
connection) at the intersection of twolines
D Sets chamfer distancesP Chamfers an entire polyline
CHANGE A multifunctioning command whichcan be used to alter the following:
1. location of individual
endpoints of lines
2. radius of a circle3. properties: layer, elevation,thickness, color and linetypeof lines, polylines, arcs andcircles4. style, font, size, location,rotation, and wording of textentities
P Changes properties of objectsC ColorE ElevationLA LayerLT LinetypeT Thickness
CHPROP Modifies properties of selectedobjects: layer, thickness, color andlinetype -- but not elevation
C ColorLA LayerLT LinetypeT Thickness
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CIRCLEorC
Draws a circle of any size. The defaultmethod is to pick a center point andpick a point on the radius or type theradius dimension, but other methodscan be selected.
2P Specifies circle by picking 2 points onthe diameter3P Specifies circle by picking 3 pointsthrough which the circle will passD Allows entering the diameter dimensioninstead of radius dimension
TTR Specifies circle by pickingtwo lines, arcs or circles for thecircle to be tangent to, andentering the dimension of theradius Enters radius of circle (thedefault)
COLORor COLOUR
Sets the current color forsubsequently drawn objects (objectsdrawn after the command is invoked).The default current color is a so-called"logical" color called "BYLAYER"which means that the color of theobject drawn will be the color whichthe current layer has been set to.
can be transparent sets currentcolor to color numberentered sets currentcolor to color nameenteredBYBLOCK sets floatingentity color
BYLAYER sets currentcolor to whatever color isassigned to the currentlayer
COMPILE Compiles shape and font files Morethan likely, you will never use thiscommand, unless you are creatingyour own letter design or are creating"shapes" to be used as commonlyused symbols in the drawing. Theseare not typically used in architecturaldrawings
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CONFIG Displays options to allow you toreconfigure the video display, digitizer,plotter, and operating parameters.You should not have to use thiscommand, since the configuration ofyour system has already been doneand you will have no need to changeit.
COPYorCP
Draws a copy of selected objectsusing two methods -- "base point"method, or "displacement" method.
M Allows multiple copies to bemade of an object
DBLIST Lists database information for everyentity in the drawing
DDATTDEF Displays a dialogue box that allowscreation of an attribute definition fortextual information to be associatedwith a block definition
I Controls attribute visibilityC Controls Constant/variablemodeV Controls verify modeP Controls preset mode
DDATTE Allows attribute editing via a dialoguebox
DDATTEXT Displays a dialogue box that extractsdata from a drawing.
C CDF comma delimited formatextractD DXF format extractS SDF format extractE Extracts attributes fromselected entities
DDCHPROP Displays a dialogue box that modifiesthe color, layer, linetype, andthickness of selected objects
C ColorLA LayerLT LinetypeT Thickness
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DDEDIT Allows text and attribute definitionediting
Undo Undoes edit toreturn to the previousvalue
DDEMODES Sets current entity properties (layer,linetype, elevation, thickness, and textstyle) via a dialogue box
can be transparent
DDGRIPS Allows you to enable grips and settheir colors and size via a dialoguebox
can be transparent
DDIM Controls dimensioning variablesthrough a series of dialogue boxes can be transparent
DDINSERT Allows you to insert a previously madeblock or file into the current drawing,select X- and Y- scale factors, rotation
angle, pre-explode the block, andselect the insertion point, through adialogue box
DDLMODES Sets layer properties and allows youto set the current layer, create a newlayer, freeze and thaw layers, freezeand thaw layers in the currentviewport, assign or reassign colorsand linetypes to layers, through adialogue box
can be transparent
DDOSNAP Allows you to set running OSNAPSand set the size of the target boxaperture through a dialogue box.
can be transparent
DDRMODES Allows you to set drawing aidsvariables through a dialogue box can be transparent
DDRENAME Allows you to rename layers, textstyles, linetypes, blocks, views, UserCoordinate Systems, viewportconfigurations, and dimension styles
DDSELECT Allows you to set entity selectionmodes, size of the pickbox, and entitysort method through a dialogue box
can be transparent
DDUCS Allows you to save the current UserCoordinate System and give it a namefor future retrieval, or to select a UCSthat is already saved
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DDUNITS Allows you to set the unit type(Architectural or Decimal), angledisplay format (degrees-minutes-seconds, or decimal degrees), andprecision of the units,
can be transparent
DELAY This command is used with SCRIPTfiles. It will delay the execution of thenext command for the time inmilliseconds specified after theDELAY command.
can be transparent
DIM Takes you out of the drawing editorand into the semi-automaticdimensioning program built intoAutoCAD. Will display a Dim: prompton the command prompt line. To getback to the drawing editor and theCommand: prompt, type the key.
DIM1 Same as above, but only allows onedimensioning command to be used,and then takes you automatically backto the drawing editor and theCommand: prompt.
DIMALIGNED
Dimensioning sub-command:Draws a linear dimension withthe dimension line parallel to the
selected dimension origin points.This lets you align a dimension
with an angled line that is not
either exactly horizontal or
vertical.DIMANGULAR
Dimensioning sub-command:Draws an arc and calculates the
angle between two non-parallel
lines, and draws the text andarrowheads. Arrowheads are the
standard AutoCAD filled
triangles, regardless of your
defined Arrow Block.DIM Dimensioning sub-command:
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BASELINE Continues a linear dimensionfrom the baseline (the so-called"first extension line") of the
previous or selected dimension.
This is not frequently used inarchitectural dimensions. The
spacing between each dimension
line is controlled by the
AutoCAD variable DIMDLI("Dimension Line Increment"),
which you should set at 0
normally, but if you use the
baseline command, you shouldreset to 1/8".
DIMCENTER
Dimensioning sub-command:Draws a pair of crossed lines at
the center of a circle or arc onthe current layer
DIMCONTINUE
Dimensioning sub-command:Continues a linear dimensionfrom the second extension line ofthe previous or selected
dimension. It is used to create aso-called "string" of dimensions.
This is used quite a bit inarchitectural drawings.
DIMDIAMETER
Dimensioning sub-command:Draws a dimension through the
center of a circle or arc,calculating the diameter, with
one of the arrow heads located at
the point on the circle or arcwhich is picked.
DIMEXIT
Dimensioning sub-command:Exits the dimensioning program
and returns from the Dim:
prompt to the normal
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DIMORDINATE
Dimensioning sub-command:Draws the X and Y coordinateswithin a box with a leader lineattached to the point, for a
selected point. Automaticallycalculates the coordinates.
DIMOVERRIDE
Dimensioning sub-command:Overrides the dimension
variable settings on a selected
dimension.DIMRADIUS
Dimensioning sub-command:Draws the radius dimension ofan arc or circle from the center
to the point on its locus where
the arc or circle was selected.DIMREDRAW
Dimensioning sub-command:Redraws the viewport, just like
the regular REDRAW
command.DIMRESTORE
Dimensioning sub-command:Makes a dimension style current
DIMROTATE
Dimensioning sub-command:Draws a linear dimension with
the distance measured originpoints, but with the actual
dimension line set at a different
angle.DIMSAVE
Dimensioning sub-command:Saves the currently setdimension variables under a
dimension style name for future
retrieval through the RESTORE
command.
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DIMSTATUS
Dimensioning sub-command:Lists all dimension variableswith their current status.
DIMSTYLE
Dimensioning sub-command:Switches to a new Text Style for
all future dimensions.DIMTEDIT
Dimensioning sub-command:Allows moving text in associativedimensions without having to
explode the dimensions.DIMTROTATE
Dimensioning sub-command:Allows rotation of the text ofseveral associative dimensions at
once.DIMUNDO
Dimensioning sub-command:Undoes any changes made by the
most recent dimensioningcommand.
DIMUPDATE
Dimensioning sub-command:Changes selected associative
dimensions to use the currentdimension variables, the current
text style, and the current units
setting.DIMVARIABLES
Dimensioning sub-command:Lists the settings of dimensionvariables associated with a
particular dimension style.DIMVERTICAL
Dimensioning sub-command:Draws a vertical lineardimension line
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DIST Finds distance between two points can be transparentDIVIDE Places points along a line, polyline,
arc, or circle, dividing it into thespecified number of equal parts
B Uses a specified Block to dividethe object instead of a point
DONUTor DOUGHNUT
Draws filled rings with specified insideand outside diameters
DRAGMODE Allows control of dynamic draggingfeature for copy and move commands can be transparentON Makes dragging of object
visibleOFF Disables visual draggingA Auto mode -- enables draggingwhen possible
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DTEXT Draws text "Dynamically" so that asyou enter text letters or numbers, theyare visible on the screen
J Prompts for Justification optionsS Allows you to select text stylesthat are already createdA Aligns text between two points,with style-specified width factor,AutoCAD adjusts height to keepletter proportion as designated inthe style.C Centers text horizontallyF Fits text between two points,with a specified height, AutoCADadjusts width of letters to fitM Centers text horizontally and
verticallyR Right-justifies textBL Bottom-left justificationBC Bottom-center justificationBR Bottom-right justificationML Middle-left justificationMC Middle-center justificationMR Middle-right justificationTL Top-left justificationTC Top-center justificationTR Top right justification
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DVIEW Allows perspective viewing of drawing CA Sets CAmera angle relative tothe Target
T Sub-option, togglesbetween angle in the X-Yplane, and angle from theX-Y plane
CL Sets Front and Back CLippingplanesD Sets Camera to Target distanceand turns on Perspective viewingH Removes hidden lines on theselection setOFF Turns Perspective viewingoffPA PAns drawing across thescreenPO Allows specification ofCamera and Target pointsTA Rotates the TArget pointabout the Camera
T Sub-option, togglesbetween angle in the X-Yplane, and angle from theX-Y plane
TW Twists the view around theline of sightU Undoes a DVIEW sub-commandX Exits the DVIEW commandZ Sets lens length
DXBIN Inserts specially coded binary filesinto the drawing
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DXFIN Loads a drawing interchange file (DXFfile) to be able to read a drawing filecreated by another CAD program
DXFOUT Writes a drawing interchange file(DXF file) to be able to use anAutoCAD drawing in another CADprogram
B Writes binary DXF fileE Outputs selected entities only
(0-16) Floating pointprecision
EDGESURF Constructs a 3d Polygon meshapproximating a Coons surface patchinterpolated between 4 adjoiningedges
ELEV Sets Elevation (distance above theground plane) and Thickness
(extruded distance from the bottom ofan object to the top) for subsequentlydrawn entities
ELLIPSE Draws ellipses C Allows specification of Centerpoint of ellipse rather than firstaxis endpointR Allows specification ofeccentricity rotation rather thanlength of second axisI Draws Isometric circle in currentisoplane
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END Saves the drawing and exits AutoCADback to DOS or WINDOWS
ERASEorE
Erases selected entities from thedrawing
EXPLODE Separates a block, dimension or hatchpattern into its constituent entities ormakes a polyline into a series ofstraight lines. In the case of a blockthat is exploded, if it was originallydrawn on the 0 layer, it returns to thatlayer, regardless of the layer it was
inserted on, and it loses its referentialconnection to the original block. In thecase of a dimension or hatch patternthat has been exploded, their parts goback to the 0 layer, and are assignedthe logical color (BYBLOCK)regardless of the layer they weredrawn on. In the case of an explodedpolyline, it loses any width it may havehad.
EXTEND Lengthens a line, arc, or polyline tomeet a specified "boundary edge" U Undoes effect of last Extendcommand
FILES Allows DOS disk and file utility tasksto be done through a dialogue box can be transparent
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FILL Controls whether solids, traces, widepolylines, and donuts will be filled withink. Note that fill is only visible whenviewing these entities in plan(perpendicular to line of sight)
can be transparentON entities visually filled withsolid ink
OFF entities not visually filled but are shown inoutline only
FILLET Constructs an arc of specified radiusbetween two lines, arcs, circles, or willcreate arcs of the specified radius atthe vertices of a polyline. Radius ofthe arc to be constructed may be setto 0, which will make a sharp corner
P Fillets an entire Polyline at theverticesR Allows setting of the filletradius. Default value is 0. Radiusremains set until changed again
FILMROLL Generates a file for rendering byAutoShade, a separate program
GRAPHSCR A "toggle." Flips the display on single-screen systems (most of them) fromtext-screen to graphics-screen, andvice-versa.
can be transparent
GRID Displays a rectangular grid of whitedots on the screen at a specified X-and Y- spacing
can be transparentON Turns grid display onOFF Turns grid display offS Locks grid spacing to SNAPresolutionA Sets grid aspect (different X-and Y- spacings
Setsgrid spacing forboth X- and Y-coordinates Setsgrid spacing tomultiple "X" ofsnap spacing
HANDLES Assigns a unique, permanent numberto each entity of the drawing ON Enables HandlesDESTROY Discards all
entity Handles
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HATCH Allows drawing of cross-hatching andpattern filling uses hatchpattern name from library file to fill
designated area with a pseudo-block hatch entity -- can bereduced to individual lines andpoints by EXPLODEing it. uses hatchpattern name from library file to filldesignated area with individuallines and points, not a blockU "User-defined" hatch patterndrawn of parallel lines with aspecified distance between, at aspecified angle, and either single-hatching or double (cross)-hatching? Lists names of available hatchpatterns or U can befollowed by a comma and thefollowing sub-commands:
I Ignores any boundariesinside the outermostboundaryN Normal style of
selecting boundaries withalternating hatched andunhatched nested areasO Hatches outermostboundary area only
HELPor?
Displays a list of all valid commandsand data entry options, or obtains helpfor a specific command or prompt
can be transparentif invoked while another command is in process, itwill assume that you want help on that command
HIDE Regenerates a 3d visual image of thedrawing with hidden lines removed
ID Displays the X,Y, and Z coordinates ofa point selected can be transparent
IGESIN Loads an IGES interchange file
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IGESOUT Writes an IGES interchange fileINSERT Inserts a previously created block or
drawing file into the current drawing Inserts afilename from the defaultdirectory into the currentdrawing, assuming thatthere is no block by thatname in the currentdrawing=Creates a block in thecurrent drawing with thesame name as the file Inserts a blockin its constituent entitiesrather than as a block --
also called a "Star Block"or Pre-exploded blockC Reply to X scale prompt --allows scale to be specified bytwo points (Corner specification ofscale)XYZ Reply to X scale prompt --allows specification of X, Y, and Zscales~ Displays a file dialogue box? Lists names of defined blockswithin the current drawing
ISOPLANE Selects the plane of an isometric gridto be the current plane for anorthogonal drawing
can be transparentL Left planeR Right planeT Top plane
Toggle to nextplane in series, Left,Right, and Top
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LAYERorLA
Creates named drawing layers,assigns color and linetype propertiesto those layers, allows layers to befrozen and thawed, locked andunlocked, and allows current layer tobe set
can be transparentC Assigns color to named layerF Freezes named layers (commaseparates a list of layers to befrozen, * can be used as awildcard) -- current layer cannotbe frozenL Assigns linetype to named layerLO Locks named layer
M Makes a layer -- creates a newlayer and makes it the currentlayerN Creates new layers with named
names (comma separates a list oflayers to be created, * can beused as a wildcard)ON Turns named layers on if theywere turned off (commaseparates a list of layers to beturned on, * can be used as awildcard)OFF Turns named layers off ifthey were turned on (commaseparates a list of layers to be
turned off, * can be used as awildcard)
LAYERorLA(Continued)
S Sets named layer as the currentlayerT Thaws named layers which arefrozen (comma separates a list oflayers to be frozen, * can be used
as a wildcard)U Unlocks named layer? Gives information about namedlayers, * can be used as awildcard
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LIMITS Changes the imaginary boundaries ofthe drawing, and controls whetherdrawing can be made outside of theboundaries. If Limit-checking is ON,drawing cannot be done outside oflimits.
can be transparent Sets lower-leftand upper -right drawinglimits
ON Enables limit-checkingOFF Disables limit-checking
LINEorL
Draws straight lines In reply to FromPoint: prompt, line beginsat end of previous line orarc
C In reply to To point: prompt,closes the polygon back to first"From Point"U In reply to To point: prompt,undoes last line segment
LINETYPE A linetype is a series of lines andspaces -- dots and dashes --Sets the current linetype to be usedfor all subsequent entities to bedrawn, allows creation of new linetypedefinitions, and allows loading ofpreviously created linetypes fromDOS files
can be transparent? Lists a linetype library , ornamed linetypes which are loadedC Creates a linetype definitionL Loads a previously creatredlinetype definitionS Set current linetype -- note thatthe current linetype should alwaysbe set to the logical linetype"BYLAYER"
LIST Lists all information about selectedobject, such as what type of entity it is(Line, Arc, Circle, Block, etc.), whatlayer it is on, what color it is, thelocation of its endpoints, what its Z-axis (elevation), what its thickness is,etc.
LOAD Loads a file of user-defined shapes tobe used with the Shape command ? Lists the names of loadedShape files
LTSCALE Sets scale factor to be applied to alllinetypes within the drawing can be transparent
MEASURE Places points (or, optionally, Blocks)at intervals along a selected line,polyline, arc or circle. The interval
B specifies that a defined Block isto be used as a marker instead ofa point.
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distance is given by the user. If pointsare used as the marker to be placedalong the entity, they are not visibleunless the Point type is set to type 3with the PDMODE command.
MENU Loads a Menu file into the menu areas(Screen, pull-down, tablet, and button)
MINSERT Inserts multiple copies of a Block in arectangular pattern (word stands for"Multiple Insert." The entire arraycreated then becomes a Block.
fname Loads fname andforms a rectangular arrayof the resulting Blockfname=f Creates Blockfname from file f andforms a rectangular array
? Lists names of defined Blocks
within the drawingC (as a reply to X scale prompt)specifies scale via two selectedpoints ("Corner" specification ofscale)XYZ (as a reply to X scaleprompt) readies Minsert for X, Y,and Z scales)- displays a file dialogue box
MIRROR Reflects designated entities about auser-specified axis
MOVEorM
Moves designated entities to anotherlocation
MSLIDE Makes a slide from the currentdisplay. Slide shows the drawing only,and not the UCSICON, the Toolbar,the Aerial View or menus.
MSPACE Switches to Model SpaceMULTIPLE Causes the next command to repeat
until cancelled
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MVIEW Creates and controls Viewports ON Turns selectedViewports on and causesthe Model to beregenerated in theselected Viewports.OFF Turns selectedViewports off and causesModel to be not displayedin the selected Viewports.Hideplot Causes hiddenlines to be removed inselected Viewports duringPaper Space plotting.Fit Creates a singleViewport to fit the current
Paper Space view
2 Creates 2 Viewports inspecified area or fit to thecurrent Paper Spaceview.3 Creates 3 Viewports inspecified area or fit to thecurrent Paper Spaceview.4 Creates 4 Viewports in
specified area or fit to thecurrent Paper Spaceview.Restore Translatesviewport configurationssaved with the VPORTScommand into individualViewport entities in PaperSpace. Creates anew Viewport within the
area specified by 2points.
Sub-options to the "2" Option:Horizontal Creates ahorizontal divisionbetween the 2 newViewports
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Vertical Creates a verticaldivision between the 2new Viewports.
Sub-options to the "3" Option:
Above Specifiesplacement of largerViewport above the other2Below Specifiesplacement of largerViewport below the other2Horizontal Splits area intothirds horizontallyLeft Specifies placementof larger Viewport to theleft of the other 2
Right Specifies placement of thelarger Viewport to the right of theother 2Vertical Splits area into thirdsvertically
NEW Creates a new drawing. Whenselected from a menu or typed in atthe Command: prompt, this commandbrings up a dialogue box which allowssetting a name for the new drawing bytyping the name in the box, selectionof a "prototype" drawing or typing aname of the new drawing and then an= sign and then the name of a drawingto be used as a prototype.
OFFSET Creates a new line, polyline arc orcircle parallel to the entity and at aspecified distance from it.
specifies offsetdistanceT "Through" allowsspecification of a pointthrough which the offsetline, polyline, arc or circleis to pass
OOPS restores erased entities, or entitiesmade into a Block
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OPEN Opens an existing drawingORTHO Constrains drawing so that only lines
aligned with the grid can be drawn --usually means only horizontal orvertical lines, however, if thecrosshairs are rotated through the"Snap" "Rotate" command sequence,the lines drawn are constrained tobeing parallel with the crosshairrotation. Constraint can be overriddenby snapping to a point or by enteringexact coordinates for endpoints.
can be transparent
OSNAP Enables points to be precisely locatedon reference points of existingobjects. This is the so-called "RunningMode" of OSNAP, which sets
selection method to run continuouslyuntil set to NON (none) or untiloverridden by selecting another"Interrupt Mode" OSNAP method fromthe cursor menu. Combinations ofOSNAP methods can be used byselecting a series of optionsseparated by commas. For instance, ifyou want ot always pick eitherendpoints or intersection points whenlocating endpoints of lines, you wouldissue the command as follows:OSNAP END,INT
can be transparentCEN CENter of arc orcircleEND closest ENDpoint ofarc or lineINS INSertion point ofText or BlockINT INTersection of line,arc, or circleMID MIDpoint of line, arc,rectangle side, or polygonsideNEA NEArest pointselected by aperture online, polyline, arc, or circleNOD NODe (anothername for a Point)NON NONe -- used whena "Running OSNAP" is onto temporarily turn offOSNAP selectionPER PERpendicular pointto line, arc or circle --when used with an arc orcircle it will draw a line tothe surface of the arc orcircle heading toward thecenter pointQUA QUAdrant point of
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arc or circle (top, bottom,right or left side)QUI QUIck mode -- this isa modifier to one of theother OSNAP options -- itwill find the first point thatmeets the requirements,not necessarily theclosest point to theaperture.TAN TANgent point to arcor circle
PAN Moves the display window withoutchanging the magnification factor can be transparent
PEDIT Allows editing of polylines which arealready drawn C Closes an open polylineD Decurves, or returns a Splinecurve to its control frame or seriesof connected straight linesE Edit verticesF Fits curve to a polyline -- makesa series of straight lines into acurve which will pass through theverticesJ Joins a line or arc or anotherpolyline to an open polylineL Toggles linetype generation tobe either a continuous pattern ofdashes passing through thevertices, or a pattern which startsand ends at each vertexO Opens a closed polylineS Uses the polyline vertices as a
frame for a Spline Curve -- type ofSpline Curve is set by theVariable "Splinetype."U Undoes one editing operationW Sets a uniform width for thePolyline
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PEDIT(Continued) Vertex Editing Options:B Sets first vertex for Break
G "Go" -- performs a Break orStraighten operationI Inserts a new vertex aftercurrent oneM Moves current vertexN Makes the Next vertex currentP Makes the Previous vertexcurrentR Regenerates the PolylineS Sets first vertex for StraightenT Sets tangent direction forcurrent vertexW Sets new width for thefollowing segmentX Exits vertex editing, or cancelsBreak and Straighten
PEDIT Mesh Allows editing of Meshes which arealready drawn D De-smooth -- restores originalmesh
E Edits mesh verticesM Opens (or closes) the mesh inthe M directionN Opens (or closes) the mesh in
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the N directionS Fits a smooth surface asdefined by the VariableSURFTYPEU Undoes one editing operationX Exits Pedit command
Vertex Editing Options:D Makes previous vertex Down inM direction currentL Makes previous vertex to Left inN direction currentM Moves the marked vertexN Makes the Next vertex currentP Makes the Previous vertexcurrentR Makes next vertex to Right in Ndirection currentRE Redisplays the polygon meshU Makes the next vertex Up in M
direction currentX Exits vertex editing
PFACE Creates a 3D mesh of arbitrarycomplexity and surface characteristics
PLAN Puts the display in "Plan" view, withVpoint set to 0,0,1, relative to either
the current UCS, a specified UCS, orthe World Coordinate System
C Establishes the Plan view of theCurrent UCSU Establishes the Plan view of aspecified UCSW Establishes the Plan view ofthe World Coordinate System
PLINE Draws a 2D polyline, which are H sets the half-width of the
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connected line or arc segments withuser-determined width and taper polyline segments
U Undoes previous segmentW sets the width of polyline
segments
Exits the Plinecommand
The following options are available only as long asyou are drawing in Line mode:
A Switches to the Arc mode toallow integration of arcs into thepolylineC Closes the polyline with straightsegmentL Segment length (continuesprevious segment)
The following options are available only as long asyou are in the Arc mode:
A Included angleCE Center PointCL Closes with arc segmentD Starting directionL Chord length, or switches to linemodeR RadiusS Second point of 3-point arc
PLOT Plots a drawing to a plotting device, aprinter, or to a "Plot File."
POINT Draws single points. Appearance ofthe points is set by the VariablePDMODE
POLYGON Draws regular polygons with aspecified number of sides. Polygonsare Polyline entities.
E Specifies size and rotation ofpolygon by picking endpoints ofone edgeC Circumscribes polygon around
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a circleI Inscribes polygon within a circle
PSDRAG Controls the appearance of animported Postscript image that isbeing "dragged" (that is, positionedand scaled) into place by the PSINcommand
0 Only the images bounding box
is displayed as you drag it intoplace1 The complete renderedPostScript image is displayed asyou drag it into place
PSFILL Fills 2D Polyline outlines withPostScript fill patterns defined in theACAD.PSF file
. Entering a period results in no fillpattern? Lists the fill patterns defined inACAD.PSF file
PSIN Imports Encapsulated PostScript(EPS) files
PSOUT Exports the current view of yourdrawing to an EncapsulatedPostScript (EPS) file
PSPACE Switches to Paper Space -- this willwork only if the Variable TILEMODE isset to 0.
PURGE Removes unused Blocks, Text Styles,Layers, Linetypes, and DimensionStyles from current drawing
A Purges All unused namedobjectsB Purges unused BlocksD Purges unused DimstylesLA Purges unused LAyersLT Purges unused Linetypes
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SH Purges unused Shape filesST Purges unused Text Styles
QSAVE
Saves the current drawing "Quickly"without requesting a filename (as longas file has already been given aname)
QTEXT Controls display of text -- commandstands for "QuickTEXT" ON Lines of textdisplayed as rectangles
OFF Lines of text displayed astext
QUIT Exits AutoCAD -- if the currentdrawing has not been Saveds in itscurrent state, a dialogue box will
appear asking if you want to Save thedrawing, Discard the changes, orCancel the Exit command
RECOVER Attempts to recover damaged orcorrupted drawings
REDEFINE Restores a built-in command whichmay have been deleted by thecommand UNDEFINE
REDO Reverses a previous command if itwas U or UNDO
REDRAW Refreshed or cleans up the currentViewport can be transparent
REDRAWALL Redraws all viewports can be transparentREGEN Regenerates the current Viewport by
recalculating the vector locations of allendpoints
REGENALL Regenerates all ViewportsREGENAUTO Controls automatic regeneration
performed by other commands can be transparentON Allows automatic regensOFF Prevents automatic regens
REINIT Allows the I/O ports, the digitizer, thedisplay, the plotter, and theACAD.PGP file to be reinitialized. This
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command allows selection of whatyou want to reinitialize through adialogue box. It is most useful whenyou make changes "on the fly" to theACAD.PGP file and want toimmediately make use of those
changes without having to exitAutoCAD and get back into it.
RENAME Changes the names associated withText Styles, Layers, Linetypes,Blocks, Views, User CoordinateSystems, Viewport Configurations,and Dimension Styles.
B Renames BlocksD Renames Dimension StylesLA Renames LayersLT Renames LinetypesS Renames Text StylesU Renames UCSVI Renames ViewsVP Renames Viewports
RESUME Resumes an interrupted commandscript can be transparent
REVSURF Creates a 3D polygon meshapproximating a surface of revolution,
by rotating a curve around a selectedaxis
ROTATE Rotates existing objects parallel to thecurrent UCS
RSCRIPT Restarts a command script from thebeginning
SAVE Requests a filename and saves thedrawing
SAVEAS Same as SAVE, but also renames the
current drawing and keeps the newname current
SCALE Alters the size of existing objects R Resizes with respect to areference size
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SCRIPT Runs a command script. A script is aan ASCII file which contains variouscommands that when executedoperates just as if you typed in thosecommands, one by one, by hand
can be transparent
SELECT Groups objects into selection sets foruse in subsequent commands
SETVAR Allows you to display or change thesetting of system variables. Thiscommand is no longer necessary tochange the value of system variables.You now can type in the name of thevariable to change it.
can be transparent? Lists specified (or all) systemvariables and their settings
SH Short for "SHell." Allows access tointernal operating system (DOS)
commands. Once SH is invoked,followed by two s, the DOSPrompt will be displayed, so you canenter any DOS command. To getback to AutoCAD, simply type EXIT atthe DOS prompt.
SHADE Shades 3D model in current ModelSpace Viewport
SHAPE Draws predefined Shapes ? Lists available Shape names
SHELL Allows access to internal operatingsystem (DOS) commands. Once SHis invoked, followed by two s,the DOS Prompt will be displayed, soyou can enter any DOS command. Toget back to AutoCAD, simply typeEXIT at the DOS prompt.
SKETCH Permits freehand sketching simulation C Connect: restarts SKETCH atendpointE Erases (backs up over)temporary linesP Raises/lowers sketching penQ Discards temporary lines,
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remains in SKETCHR Records temporary lines,remains in SKETCHX Records temporary lines, exitsSKETCH. Draws line to current point
SNAP Specified a round-off interval for pointentry so that entities can be placed atprecise locations
can be transparent sets snapalignment resolutionON aligns designatedpoints
OFF does not align designatged
pointsA sets aspect ratio(differing X and Yspacing)R Rotates the snap gridand crosshairs, and turnson SNAP after, if notalready turned onS Selects either Standard(rectangular) or IsometricSnap grid
SOLID Draws filled polygons. Fill can beturned ON or OFF with the FILLcommand
STATUS Displays drawing statistics and modeson the Text Screen can be transparent
STRETCH Allows moving a portion of a drawingwhile retaining their connections toother parts of the drawing. You cannotstretch Blocks, Hatch patterns, or Textentities, however.
STYLE Creates named Text styles, with user-selected combinations of font, height,
can be transparent? Lists specified (or all) currently
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mirroring, obliging, and horizontalscaling. defined text styles
TABLET Aligns the digitizing tablet withcoordinates of a paper drawing toaccurately copy it with AutoCAD
ON Turns Tablet Mode ON (but ithas to be CALibrated first)OFF Turns Tablet Mode OFFCAL Calibrates Tablet for use --sets the distance to be used tocopy the drawing to an accuratescaleCFG Configures tablet menusand pointing area
TABSURF Creates a polygon meshapproximating a general tabulatedsurface defined by a path and adirection vector
TEXT Draws text characters of any size withselected styles J Prompts for justification options
S Lists or selects text styleA Aligns text between two points,with style-specified width factor,AutoCAD computes approximateheight proportional to length oftext lineC Centers text horizontally about
a defined pointF Fits text between two points,with specified height, AutoCADcomputes approximate widthfactor to fill the distance betweenthe two points
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M Centers text horizontally andvertically about a defined pointR Right-justifies textBL Bottom Left justification
BC Bottom Center justificationBR Bottom Right justificationML Middle Left justificationMC Middle Center justificationMR Middle Right justificationTL Top Left justification
TC Top Center justificationTR Top Right justification
TEXTSCR A "toggle." Flips the display on single-screen systems (most of them) fromtext-screen to graphics-screen, andvice-versa.
can be transparent
TIME Displays drawing creation and updatetimes, and permits control of anelapsed timer.
can be transparentD Displays current timesON Starts user elapsed timerOFF Stops user elapsed timerR Resets user elapsed timer
TRACE Draws solid filled lines of specifiedwidth. Has mostly been supersededby the PLINE command.
TREESTAT Displays information on the drawing'scurrent spatial index, such as thenumber and depth of nodes in thedrawing database.
TRIM Erases a portion of selected entitiesthat cross a specified "cutting edge" U Undoes last trim operation
U Reverses the effect of the previous
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commandUCS Defines or modifies the current User
Coordinate System D ("Delete") Deletes one or moresaved coordinate systemsE ("Entity") Sets a UCS with thesame extrusion direction as thatof the selected entityO ("Origin") Shifts the origin of thecurrent coordinate systemP ("Previous") Restores thePrevious UCSR ("Restore") Restores apreviously saved UCSS ("Save") Saves the current UCSV ("View") Establishes a newUCS whose Z-axis is parallel tothe current viewing directionW ("World") Sets the current UCSto the World Coordinate SystemX Rotates the current UCSaround the X-axisY Rotates the current UCSaround the Y-axisZ Rotates the current UCSaround the Z-axisZA Defines a UCS using an originpoint and a point on the positiveportion of the Z-axis3 Defines a UCS using an originpoint, a point on the positiveportion of the X-axis, and a point
on the positive Y-portion of theXY plane? Lists specified saved coordinatesystems
UCSICON Controls visibility and placement ofthe User Coordinate System Icon,
A Changes settings of all activeviewports
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which graphically indicates the originand orientation of the current UCS.The options normally affect only thecurrent viewport.
N ("NoOrigin") Displays theUCSICON at the lower-left cornerof the viewport (i.e., not at theOrigin)OR ("ORigin") Displays theUCSICON at the origin of thecurrent UCS, if possible (if theorigin point is not within thecurrent viewport, the location ofthe UCSICON defaults to thelower-left corner of the viewport)OFF Turns the UCSICON offON Turns the UCSICON on
UNDEFINE Deletes the definition of a built-inAutoCAD commandUNDO Reverses the effect of multiple
commands, and provides control overthe "Undo" facility
Undoes the of most recentcommands in reverseorder
A ("Auto") Controls treatment ofmenu items as UNDO "Groups"B ("Back") Undoes back toprevious UNDO "Mark"C ("Control") Enables/disables theUNDO featureE ("End") Terminates an UNDOGroup (a sequence to be treatedas one command)G ("Group") Begins an UNDOGroup (a sequence to be treatedas one command)M ("Mark") Places "marker" in
UNDO file (for use with "Back")Control Sub-Options
All Enables the full UNDOfeatureNone Disables U andUNDO entirely, and
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discards any previousUNDO information savedearlier in the editingsessionOne Limits U and UNDOto a single operation
UNITS Selects coordinate and angle displayformats and precision can be transparent
VIEW Saves the current graphic display andspace as a named view, or restores asaved view and space to the display
can be transparentD Deletes a named viewR Restores named view to screenS Saves current display asnamed viewW Saves specified Window asnamed view? Lists specified named views
VIEWPORTSorVPORTS
Used in Model Space only, and hasbeen superseded by Paper SpaceVports, created with the MVIEWcommand. Divides the AutoCADgraphics display into multipleviewports, each of which can contain
a different view of the current drawing(maximum of 4 "tiled" viewports perviewport)
D Deletes a saved viewportconfigurationJ Joins (merges) two viewportsR Restores a saved viewport
configurationS Saves the current viewportconfigurationSI ("SIngle") Displays a SIngleviewport filling the entire graphicsarea2 Divides the current viewport into2 viewports3 Divides the current viewport into3 viewports4 Divides the current viewport into4 viewports? Lists the current and savedviewport configurations
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VIEWRES Allows you to control the precisionand speed of circle and arc drawingon the monitor by specifying thenumber of sides in a circle. Acts likean AutoCAD variable. Recommendthat it be set to 2000.
VPLAYER Sets viewport visibility for new andexisting layers ? Lists layers frozen in a selectedviewport
F ("Freeze") Freezes specifiedlayers in selected viewportsT ("Thaw") Thaws specified layersin selected viewportsR ("Reset") Resets specifiedlayers to their default visibilityN ("Newfrz") Creates new layersthat are frozen in all viewportsV ("Vpvisdflt") Sets the defaultviewport visibility for existinglayers
VPOINT Selects the viewpoint for a 3Dvisualization R Selects viewpoint viatwo rotation angles
Selects viewpoint
via a graphic compassand axis tripod whichappears on the screen Specifies x, y,and z relative coordinatesof viewpoint
VSLIDE Displays a previously created slide file viewsslide with nameof "filename.SLD"*filename
preloads slidewhich the nextcommandVSLIDE will view
WBLOCK Writes selected entities or previouslycreated Block to a drawing file writesspecified entities to
"filename.DWG"
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= filename.DWG to becreated is same as theentities included in apreviously defined Blockby the same name* writes entire drawing tothe filename.DWG andpurges all unreferencedblocks, layers, linetypes,text and dimensioningstyles writes selectedobjects
XBIND Makes portions of an Xref apermanent part of your drawing
B ("Block") Makes a block in the
Xref a permanent part of yourdrawingD ("Dimstyle") Makes a dimstylein the Xref a permanent part ofyour drawingL ("Layer") Makes a layer in theXref a permanent part of yourdrawingLT ("LType") Makes a Ltype in theXref a permanent part of your
drawingS ("Style") Makes a text style inthe Xref a permanent part of yourdrawing
XREF Allows you to work with otherAutoCAD drawings without addingthem permanently to your drawingand without altering their contents
A ("Attach") "Attaches" a new Xrefto the drawing or updates an Xrefthat is already attachedB ("Bind") Makes an Xref apermanent part of your drawingD ("Detach") Removes an Xreffrom your drawingP ("Path") Allows you to view andedit the filename path (directoryand sub-directory) that AutoCADsearches when loading a
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particular XrefR ("Reload") Updates one ormore Xrefs at any time? Lists Xrefs in your drawing andthe drawing associated with eachone
ZOOM Enlarges or reduces the displaymagnification of the drawing, withoutchanging the actual size of the entities
can be transparent multiplier fromoriginal magnification multiplierfrom currentmagnificationmultiplier of
magnification relative topaper space -- used forplotting to get right plotscale in each viewport
A ("All") fills limits of drawing toscreenC ("Center") makes picked pointthe center of the screenD ("Dynamic") makes anadjustible rectangular lens appearon the screen which is capable ofbeing made smaller or larger andmoved to different positions overthe drawing and once set by theuser, the drawing will quicklyzoom to the location andmagnification set for the lens.This sub-command is no longeruseful because all computershave very fast zooms naturallynow.E ("Extents") makes the farthestedges of the actual visibledrawing fill up the graphics screenL ("Lower-Left") makes the pointpicked become shoved to thelower-left corner of the graphicsscreen
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P ("Previous") zooms back towhatever the last zoom, previousto the current zoom was --AutoCAD stores about 10 ofthese, so you can walk backwardin zoom magnification 10 times
V ("Virtual Screen") makes thelargest area available to thegraphics card fill the graphicsscreen -- this varies with thequantity of graphics RAM thatyour graphics card hasW ("Window") asks you to pickthe lower left corner and theupper right corner of a zoomwindow and then fits that windowto the graphics screen
3DFACE Draws flat planes in 3D space witheither 3 corners or 4 corners (3 sidedor 4 sided flat planes). These areused to hide objects behind them inspace to create the illusion of a solidobject. 3DFACEs can also be shadedusing the SHADE command, in whichcase the entire plane takes on thecolor assigned to its edges. Normally(without using the HIDE or SHADEcommands, 3DFACEs aretransparent, which means that objectsbehind them in space are visiblethrough them, and they appear as"wireframes."
I ("Invisible") this is used by typingin the letter "I" just before pickinga corner point for the 3DFACE,and it will make the edge of the3DFACE drawn from that point tothe next one "Invisible" (that is, itwill not be shown as a line on thedrawing). This is important when
joining several 3DFACEs togetherto cover a complex, multi-facetedsurface, where you do not wantthe "seams" of the 3DFACEs toshow in the final drawing. Thevisibility of edges of 3DFACEscan further be turned on or off bythe AutoCAD variable"SPLFRAME." When SPLFRAMEis set to 1 ("on"), both edgeswhich have been made "Invisible"as well as normal, visible edgesare shown on the drawing. WhenSPLFRAME is set to 0 ("off"),Invisible edges are not shown.The purpose of sometimeswanting to see invisible edges is
that you may want to move,stretch, or copy the 3DFACE andif its edges are invisible, youcannot select them foprmodification. You can only selecta 3DFACE by picking on a visibleedge.
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3DMESH Draws a 3D polygon mesh byspecifying its size, in terms of thenumber of faces in each direction(called M and N directions), and thelocation in 3D space of each vertex(the corner of a face) in the mesh.
3DPOLY Creates a 3D polyline C Closes the polyline back to thefirst pointU Undoes (deletes) the lastsegment entered
Exits 3DPOLYcommand