One Key Shortcuts

Toggles and Screen Management

Hot Keys A–Z

Printable Keyboard Stickers

Shortcuts Guide

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ONE KEY SHORTCUTS [SEE PRINTABLE KEYBOARD STICKERS ON PAGE 11] F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12

Caps Lock A Enter

Backspace

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Home End

Insert

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Up

Delete

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Down

Pause

Break

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Shift Shift

Esc

Tab

Ctrl Start Alt Alt Ctrl

ARC

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STRETCH

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DIMSTYLE

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FILLET

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GROUP

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HATCH

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JOIN

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LINE

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ZOOM

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EXPLODE

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CIRCLE

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VIEW

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MOVE

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QSAVE WBLOCK

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ERASE

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REDRAW

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MTEXT

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OFFSET

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INSERT PAN

Toggle dynamic

input mode

Q QSAVE / Saves the current drawing.

A ARC / Creates an arc.

Z ZOOM / Increases or decreases the

magnification of the view in the

current viewport.

W WBLOCK / Writes objects or

a block to a new drawing file.

S STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed

by a selection window or polygon.

X EXPLODE / Breaks a compound

object into its component objects.

E ERASE / Removes objects from a drawing.

D DIMSTYLE / Creates and

modifies dimension styles.

C CIRCLE / Creates a circle.

R REDRAW / Refreshes the display

in the current viewport.

F FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges

of objects.

V VIEW / Saves and restores named

views, camera views, layout views,

and preset views.

T MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object.

G GROUP / Creates and manages saved

sets of objects called groups.

B BLOCK / Creates a block definition

from selected objects.

H HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected

objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or

gradient fill.

J JOIN / Joins similar objects to form

a single, unbroken object.

M MOVE / Moves objects a specified

distance in a specified direction.

I INSERT / Inserts a block or drawing

into the current drawing.

O OFFSET / Creates concentric circles,

parallel lines, and parallel curves.

L LINE / Creates straight line segments.

P PAN / Adds a parameter with grips

to a dynamic block definition.

Toggle object

snap mode

Display Help

Toggle text screen

Toggle 3DOsnap

Toggle Isoplane

Toggle Dynamic UCS

Toggle grid mode

Toggle ortho mode

Toggle snap mode

Toggle polar mode

Toggle object

snap tracking

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Toggle General Features

Ctrl+d Toggle coordinate display

Ctrl+g Toggle Grid

Ctrl+e Cycle isometric planes

Ctrl+f Toggle running object snaps

Ctrl+h Toggle Pick Style

Ctrl+Shift+h Toggle Hide pallets

Ctrl+i Toggle Coords

Ctrl+Shift+i Toggle Infer Constraints

Toggle Drawing Modes

F1 Display Help

F2 Toggle text screen

F3 Toggle object snap mode

F4 Toggle 3DOsnap

F5 Toggle Isoplane

F6 Toggle Dynamic UCS

F7 Toggle grid mode

F8 Toggle ortho mode

F9 Toggle snap mode

F10 Toggle polar mode

F11 Toggle object snap tracking

F12 Toggle dynamic input mode

Manage Screen

Ctrl+0 (zero) Clean Screen

Ctrl+1 Property Palette

Ctrl+2 Design Center Palette

Ctrl+3 Tool Palette

Ctrl+4 Sheet Set Palette

Ctrl+6 DBConnect Manager

Ctrl+7 Markup Set Manager Palette

Ctrl+8 Quick Calc

Ctrl+9 Command Line

Manage Workflow

Ctrl+c Copy object

Ctrl+x Cut object

Ctrl+v Paste object

Ctrl+Shift+c Copy to clipboard with base point

Ctrl+Shift+v Paste data as block

Ctrl+z Undo last action

Ctrl+y Redo last action

Ctrl+[ Cancel current command

(or ctrl+\)

ESC Cancel current command

Manage Drawings

Ctrl+n New Drawing

Ctrl+s Save drawing

Ctrl+o Open drawing

Ctrl+p Plot dialog box

Ctrl+Tab Switch to next

Ctrl+Shift+Tab Switch to previous drawing

Ctrl+Page Up Switch to previous tab

in current drawing

Ctrl+Page Down Switch to next tab

in current drawing

Ctrl+q Exit

Ctrl+a Select all objects

TOGGLES AND SCREEN MANAGEMENT

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HOT KEYS A–Z

A

A ARC / Creates an arc.

AA AREA / Calculates the area and perimeter

of objects or of defined areas.

ADC ADCENTER / Manages and inserts content

such as blocks, xrefs, and hatch patterns.

AL ALIGN / Aligns objects with other objects

in 2D and 3D.

AP APPLOAD / Load Application.

AR ARRAY / Creates multiple copies of

objects in a pattern.

ARR ACTRECORD / Starts the Action Recorder.

ARM ACTUSERMESSAGE / Inserts a user

message into an action macro.

ARU ACTUSERINPUT / Pauses for user input

in an action macro.

ARS ACTSTOP / Stops the Action Recorder

and provides the option of saving the

recorded actions to an action macro file.

ATI ATTIPEDIT / Changes the textual content

of an attribute within a block.

ATT ATTDEF / Redefines a block and updates

associated attributes.

ATE ATTEDIT / Changes attribute

information in a block.

B

B BLOCK / Creates a block definition

from selected objects.

BC BCLOSE / Closes the Block Editor.

BE BEDIT / Opens the block definition

in the Block Editor.

BH HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or

selected objects with a hatch pattern,

solid fill, or gradient fill.

BO BOUNDARY / Creates a region or

a polyline from an enclosed area.

BR BREAK / Breaks the selected object

between two points.

BS BSAVE / Saves the current block

definition.

BVS BVSTATE / Creates, sets, or deletes

a visibility state in a dynamic block.

C

C CIRCLE / Creates a circle.

CAM CAMERA / Sets a camera and target

location to create and save a 3D

perspective view of objects.

CBAR CONSTRAINTBAR / A toolbar-like UI

element that displays the available

geometric constraints on an object.

CH PROPERTIES / Controls properties

of existing objects.

CHA CHAMFER / Bevels the edges of objects.

CHK CHECKSTANDARDS / Checks the current

drawing for standards violations.

CLI COMMANDLINE / Displays the Command

Line window.

COL COLOR / Sets the color for new objects.

CO COPY / Copies objects a specified

distance in a specified direction.

CT CTABLESTYLE / Sets the name

of the current table style.

CUBE NAVVCUBE / Controls the visibility and

display properties of the ViewCube tool.

CYL CYLINDER / Creates a 3D solid cylinder.

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HOT KEYS A–Z

D

D DIMSTYLE / Creates and modifies

dimension styles.

DAN DIMANGULAR / Creates an angular

dimension.

DAR DIMARC / Creates an arc length

dimension.

DBA DIMBASELINE / Creates a linear, angular,

or ordinate dimension from the baseline

of the previous or selected dimension.

DBC DBCONNECT / Provides an interface

to external database tables.

DCE DIMCENTER / Creates the center mark

or the centerlines of circles and arcs.

DCO DIMCONTINUE / Creates a dimension

that starts from an extension line of

a previously created dimension.

DCON DIMCONSTRAINT / Applies dimensional

constraints to selected objects or points

on objects.

DDA DIMDISASSOCIATE / Removes

associativity from selected dimensions.

DDI DIMDIAMETER / Creates a diameter

dimension for a circle or an arc.

DED DIMEDIT / Edits dimension text and

extension lines.

DI DIST / Measures the distance and

angle between two points.

DIV DIVIDE / Creates evenly spaced point

objects or blocks along the length

or perimeter of an object.

DJL DIMJOGLINE / Adds or removes a jog line

on a linear or aligned dimension.

DJO DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged dimensions

for circles and arcs.

DL DATALINK / The Data Link dialog box

is displayed.

DLU DATALINKUPDATE / Updates data to or

from an established external data link.

DO DONUT / Creates a filled circle or

a wide ring.

DOR DIMORDINATE / Creates ordinate

dimensions.

DOV DIMOVERRIDE / Controls overrides of sys-

tem variables used in selected dimensions.

DR DRAWORDER / Changes the draw

order of images and other objects.

DRA DIMRADIUS / Creates a radius dimension

for a circle or an arc.

DRE DIMREASSOCIATE / Associates or

re-associates selected dimensions

to objects or points on objects.

DRM DRAWINGRECOVERY / Displays a list of

drawing files that can be recovered after

a program or system failure.

DS DSETTINGS / Sets grid and snap,

polar and object snap tracking,

object snap modes, Dynamic Input,

and Quick Properties.

DT TEXT / Creates a single-line text object.

DV DVIEW / Defines parallel projection

or perspective views by using a camera

and target.

DX DATAEXTRACTION / Extracts

drawing data and merges data from

an external source to a data extraction

table or external file.

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HOT KEYS A–Z

E–F

E ERASE / Removes objects from a drawing.

ED DDEDIT / Edits single-line text, dimension

text, attribute definitions, and feature

control frames.

EL ELLIPSE / Creates an ellipse

or an elliptical arc.

EPDF EXPORTPDF / Exports drawing to PDF.

ER EXTERNALREFERENCES / Opens

the External References palette.

EX EXTEND / Extends objects to meet

the edges of other objects.

EXIT QUIT / Exits the program.

EXP EXPORT / Saves the objects in a

drawing to a different file format.

EXT EXTRUDE / Extends the dimensions of

a 2D object or 3D face into 3D space.

F FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges

of objects.

FI FILTER / Creates a list of requirements

that an object must meet to be included

in a selection set.

FS FSMODE / Creates a selection set of all

objects that touch the selected object.

FSHOT FLATSHOT / Creates a 2D representation

of all 3D objects based on the current view.

G–H

G GROUP / Creates and manages saved

sets of objects called groups.

GCON GEOCONSTRAINT / Applies or persists

geometric relationships between objects

or points on objects.

GD GRADIENT / Fills an enclosed area or

selected objects with a gradient fill.

GEO GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies

the geographic location information

for a drawing file.

H HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected

objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or

gradient fill.

HE HATCHEDIT / Modifies an existing

hatch or fill.

HI HIDE / Regenerates a 3D wireframe model

with hidden lines suppressed.

I–K

I INSERT / Inserts a block or drawing

into the current drawing.

IAD IMAGEADJUST / Controls the image

display of the brightness, contrast,

and fade values of images.

IAT IMAGEATTACH / Inserts a reference

to an image file.

ICL IMAGECLIP / Crops the display of a

selected image to a specified boundary.

ID ID / Displays the UCS coordinate values

of a specified location.

IM IMAGE / Displays the External

References palette.

IMP IMPORT / Imports files of different

formats into the current drawing.

IN INTERSECT / Creates a 3D solid, surface,

or 2D region from overlapping solids,

surfaces, or regions.

INF INTERFERE / Creates a temporary 3D solid

from the interferences between two sets

of selected 3D solids.

IO INSERTOBJ / Inserts a linked or

embedded object.

J JOIN / Joins similar objects to form

a single, unbroken object.

JOG DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged

dimensions for circles and arcs.

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HOT KEYS A–Z

L–M

L LINE / Creates straight line segments.

LA LAYER / Manages layers and

layer properties.

LAS LAYERSTATE / Saves, restores,

and manages named layer states.

LE QLEADER / Creates a leader and

leader annotation.

LEN LENGTHEN / Changes the length of

objects and the included angle of arcs.

LESS MESHSMOOTHLESS / Decreases the

level of smoothness for mesh objects

by one level.

LI LIST / Displays property data for

selected objects.

LO LAYOUT / Creates and modifies

drawing layout tabs.

LT LINETYPE / Loads, sets, and

modifies linetypes.

LTS LTSCALE / Changes the scale factor of

linetypes for all objects in a drawing.

LW LWEIGHT / Sets the current lineweight,

lineweight display options, and

lineweight units.

M MOVE / Moves objects a specified

distance in a specified direction.

MA MATCHPROP / Applies the properties

of a selected object to other objects.

MAT MATERIALS / Shows or hides the

Materials window.

ME MEASURE / Creates point objects or

blocks at measured intervals along the

length or perimeter of an object.

MEA MEASUREGEOM / Measures the

distance, radius, angle, area, and volume

of selected objects or sequence of points.

MI MIRROR / Creates a mirrored

copy of selected objects.

ML MLINE / Creates multiple parallel lines.

MLA MLEADERALIGN / Aligns and spaces

selected multileader objects.

MLC MLEADERCOLLECT / Organizes selected

multileaders that contain blocks into

rows or columns, and displays the result

with a single leader.

MLD MLEADER / Creates a multileader object.

MLE MLEADEREDIT / Adds leader lines to,

or removes leader lines from,

a multileader object.

MLS MLEADERSTYLE / Creates and

modifies multileader styles.

MO PROPERTIES / Controls properties

of existing objects.

MORE MESHSMOOTHMORE / Increases the

level of smoothness for mesh objects

by one level.

MS MSPACE / Switches from paper space

to a model space viewport.

MSM MARKUP / Opens the Markup

Set Manager.

MT MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object.

MV MVIEW / Creates and controls

layout viewports.

N–O

NORTH GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies

the geographic location information

for a drawing file.

NSHOT NEWSHOT / Creates a named view

with motion that is played back when

viewed with ShowMotion.

NVIEW NEWVIEW / Creates a named view

with no motion.

O OFFSET / Creates concentric circles,

parallel lines, and parallel curves.

OP OPTIONS / Customizes the

program settings.

ORBIT 3DORBIT / Rotates the view in

3D space, but constrained to

horizontal and vertical orbit only.

OS OSNAP / Sets running object snap modes.

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HOT KEYS A–Z

P

P PAN / Adds a parameter with grips

to a dynamic block definition.

PA PASTESPEC / Pastes objects from the

Clipboard into the current drawing

and controls the format of the data.

PAR PARAMETERS / Controls the

associative parameters used

in the drawing.

PARAM BPARAMETER / Adds a parameter

with grips to a dynamic block

definition.

PATCH SURFPATCH / Creates a new surface

by fitting a cap over a surface edge

that forms a closed loop.

PC POINTCLOUD / Provides options to

create and attach point cloud files.

PCATTACH POINTCLOUDATTACH / Inserts

an indexed point cloud file into

the current drawing.

PCINDEX POINTCLOUDINDEX / Creates an

indexed point cloud (PCG or ISD) file

from a scan file.

PE PEDIT / Edits polylines and

3D polygon meshes.

PL PLINE / Creates a 2D polyline.

PO POINT / Creates a point object.

POFF HIDEPALETTES / Hides currently

displayed palettes (including the

command line).

POL POLYGON / Creates an equilateral

closed polyline.

PON SHOWPALETTES / Restores

the display of hidden palettes.

PR PROPERTIES / Displays Properties palette.

PRE PREVIEW / Displays the drawing

as it will be plotted.

PRINT PLOT / Plots a drawing to a plotter,

printer, or file.

PS PSPACE / Switches from a model

space viewport to paper space.

PSOLID POLYSOLID / Creates a 3D

wall-like polysolid.

PTW PUBLISHTOWEB / Creates HTML pages

that include images of selected drawings.

PU PURGE / Removes unused items,

such as block definitions and layers,

from the drawing.

PYR PYRAMID / Creates a 3D solid pyramid.

Q

QC QUICKCALC / Opens the

QuickCalc calculator.

QCUI QUICKCUI / Displays the Customize User

Interface Editor in a collapsed state.

QP QUICKPROPERTIES / Displays open

drawings and layouts in a drawing

in preview images.

QSAVE QSAVE / Saves the current drawing.

QVD QVDRAWING / Displays open

drawings and layouts in a drawing

using preview images.

QVDC QVDRAWINGCLOSE / Closes preview

images of open drawings and layouts

in a drawing.

QVL QVLAYOUT / Displays preview images

of model space and layouts in a drawing.

QVLC QVLAYOUTCLOSE / Closes preview

images of model space and layouts

in the current drawing.

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HOT KEYS A–Z

R

R REDRAW / Refreshes the display

in the current viewport.

RA REDRAWALL / Refreshes the display

in all viewports.

RC RENDERCROP / Renders a specified

rectangular area, called a crop window,

within a viewport.

RE REGEN / Regenerates the entire drawing

from the current viewport.

REA REGENALL / Regenerates the drawing

and refreshes all viewports.

REC RECTANG / Creates a rectangular polyline.

REG REGION / Converts an object that

encloses an area into a region object.

REN RENAME / Changes the names assigned

to items such as layers and dimension

styles.

REV REVOLVE / Creates a 3D solid or surface

by sweeping a 2D object around an axis.

RO ROTATE / Rotates objects around

a base point.

RP RENDERPRESETS / Specifies render

presets, reusable rendering parameters,

for rendering an image.

RPR RPREF / Displays or hides the

Advanced Render Settings palette for

access to advanced rendering settings.

RR RENDER / Creates a photorealistic

or realistically shaded image of

a 3D solid or surface model.

RW RENDERWIN / Displays the

Render window without starting

a rendering operation.

S

S STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed

by a selection window or polygon.

SC SCALE / Enlarges or reduces selected

objects, keeping the proportions of

the object the same after scaling.

SCR SCRIPT / Executes a sequence

of commands from a script file.

SEC SECTION / Uses the intersection of

a plane and solids, surfaces, or mesh

to create a region.

SET SETVAR / Lists or changes the

values of system variables.

SHA SHADEMODE / Starts the

VSCURRENT command.

SL SLICE / Creates new 3D solids and surfac-

es by slicing, or dividing, existing objects.

SN SNAP / Restricts cursor movement

to specified intervals.

SO SOLID / Creates solid-filled triangles

and quadrilaterals.

SP SPELL / Checks spelling in a drawing.

SPE SPLINEDIT / Edits a spline or spline-fit

polyline.

SPL SPLINE / Creates a smooth curve that

passes through or near specified points.

SPLANE SECTIONPLANE / Creates a section

object that acts as a cutting plane

through 3D objects.

SPLAY SEQUENCEPLAY / Plays named views

in one category.

SPLIT MESHSPLIT / Splits a mesh face

into two faces.

SPE SPLINEDIT / Edits a spline or

spline-fit polyline.

SSM SHEETSET / Opens the Sheet Set Manager.

ST STYLE / Creates, modifies,

or specifies text styles.

STA STANDARDS / Manages the association

of standards files with drawings.

SU SUBTRACT / Combines selected 3D solids,

surfaces, or 2D regions by subtraction.

HOT KEYS A–Z

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T

T MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object.

TA TABLET / Calibrates, configures, and turns

on and off an attached digitizing tablet.

TB TABLE / Creates an empty table object.

TEDIT TEXTEDIT / Edits a dimensional constraint,

dimension, or text object.

TH THICKNESS / Sets the default 3D

thickness property when creating

2D geometric objects.

TI TILEMODE / Controls whether

paper space can be accessed.

TO TOOLBAR / Displays, hides,

and customizes toolbars.

TOL TOLERANCE / Creates geometric

tolerances contained in a feature

control frame.

TOR TORUS / Creates a donut-shaped 3D solid.

TP TOOLPALETTES / Opens the

Tool Palettes window.

TR TRIM / Trims objects to meet the

edges of other objects.

TS TABLESTYLE / Creates, modifies,

or specifies table styles.

U–W

UC UCSMAN / Manages defined

user coordinate systems.

UN UNITS / Controls coordinate and

angle display formats and precision.

UNHIDE / UNISOLATEOBJECTS / Displays

UNISOLATE objects previously hidden with the

ISOLATEOBJECTS or HIDEOBJECTS

command.

UNI UNION / Unions two solid

or two region objects.

V VIEW / Saves and restores named

views, camera views, layout views,

and preset views.

VGO VIEWGO / Restores a named view.

VP DDVPOINT / Sets the 3D

viewing direction.

VPLAY VIEWPLAY / Plays the animation

associated to a named view.

VS VSCURRENT / Sets the visual

style in the current viewport.

VSM VISUALSTYLES / Creates and

modifies visual styles and applies

a visual style to a viewport.

W WBLOCK / Writes objects or

a block to a new drawing file.

WE WEDGE / Creates a 3D solid wedge.

WHEEL NAVSWHEEL / Displays a wheel

that contains a collection of

view navigation tools.

X–Z

X EXPLODE / Breaks a compound object

into its component objects.

XA XATTACH / Inserts a DWG file

as an external reference (xref).

XB XBIND / Binds one or more definitions

of named objects in an xref to the

current drawing.

XC XCLIP / Crops the display of a selected

external reference or block reference

to a specified boundary.

XL XLINE / Creates a line of infinite length.

XR XREF / Starts the

EXTERNALREFERENCES command.

Z ZOOM / Increases or decreases

the magnification of the view

in the current viewport.

ZEBRA ANALYSISZEBRA / Projects stripes onto

a 3D model to analyze surface continuity.

ZIP ETRANSMIT / Creates a Self-Extracting

or Zipped Transmittal Package.

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ARC

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STRETCH

D

DIMSTYLE

F

FILLET

G

GROUP

H

HATCH

J

JOIN

L

LINE

Z

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EXPLODE

C

CIRCLE

V

VIEW

B

BLOCK

M

MOVE

F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6

Help

Text

Screen

Object

Snap

3DOsnap Isoplane Dynamic

UCS

F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12

Grid Ortho Snap Polar

Object Snap

Tracking

Dynamic

Input

F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6

Help

Text

Screen

Object

Snap

3DOsnap Isoplane Dynamic

UCS

F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12

Grid Ortho Snap Polar

Object Snap

Tracking

Dynamic

Input

Q W

QSAVE WBLOCK

E

ERASE

R

REDRAW

T

MTEXT

I O

OFFSET

P

INSERT PAN

A

ARC

S

STRETCH

D

DIMSTYLE

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FILLET

G

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HATCH

J

JOIN

L

LINE

Z

ZOOM

X

EXPLODE

C

CIRCLE

V

VIEW

B

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M

MOVE

F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6

Help

Text

Screen

Object

Snap

3DOsnap Isoplane Dynamic

UCS

F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12

Grid Ortho Snap Polar

Object Snap

Tracking

Dynamic

Input

Q W

QSAVE WBLOCK

E

ERASE

R

REDRAW

T

MTEXT

I O

OFFSET

P

INSERT PAN

A

ARC

S

STRETCH

D

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FILLET

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HATCH

J

JOIN

L

LINE

Z

ZOOM

X

EXPLODE

C

CIRCLE

V

VIEW

B

BLOCK

M

MOVE

F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6

Help

Text

Screen

Object

Snap

3DOsnap Isoplane Dynamic

UCS

F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12

Grid Ortho Snap Polar

Object Snap

Tracking

Dynamic

Input

Q W

QSAVE WBLOCK

E

ERASE

R

REDRAW

T

MTEXT

I O

OFFSET

P

INSERT PAN

A

ARC

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STRETCH

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DIMSTYLE

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FILLET

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GROUP

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HATCH

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JOIN

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LINE

Z

ZOOM

X

EXPLODE

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CIRCLE

V

VIEW

B

BLOCK

M

MOVE

Q W

QSAVE WBLOCK

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R

REDRAW

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INSERT PAN

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