Are you in Control or is AutoCAD?
Being a long time user of AutoCAD I am a keyboard person; Shortcuts, Ctrl keys, and Macros are some of my favorite settings to customize and use during the design process. This post will describe keyboard shortcuts in AutoCAD. We are going to focus on shortcuts that use the CTRL key combination. I have listed the control key combinations below as well as including a link to the AutoCAD keyboard shortcut guide.
Control Keys on the Keyboard
CTRL KEY Combinations in AutoCAD
CTRL+Q = Quit
CTRL+W = Selection Cycling ON/OFF
CTRL+U = Polar angle ON/OFF
CTRL+O = OPEN
CTRL+P = PRINT/PLOT
CTRL+A = Selecting all Entities in the drawing even under Layer OFF mode ( But not under Freeze mode ) CTRL+S = Quick save the file.
CTRL+D = Coordinate Display (CORDS) ON/OFF (F6 is the alternate Button)
CTRL+F = OSNAP ON/OFF (F3 is the alternate Button)
CTRL+G = GRID ON/OFF (F7 is the alternate Button)
CTRL+H = PICKSTYLE variable ON/OFF
CTRL+J & CTRL+M = Repeats last Command
CTRL+K = HYPERLINK
CTRL+L = ORTHO ON/OFF (F8 is the alternate Button)
CTRL+Z = Undo a single action
CTRL+X = CUTCLIP
CTRL+C = COPYCLIP
CTRL+V = PASTELCLIP
CTRL+B = SNAP ON/OFF
CTRL+N = NEW
CTRL + TAB = Switching between drawings opened
CTRL+1 = PROPERTIES window Open/Close
CTRL+2 = DESIGNCENTER window Open/Close
CTRL+3 = TOOL PALETTE window Open/Close
CTRL+4 = SHEETSET window Open/Close
CTRL+5 = INFOPALETTE (ASSIST) window Open/Close
CTRL+6 = DBCONNECT window Open/Close
CTRL+7 = MARKUP window Open/Close
CTRL+0 = Clean Screen (Hiding All Tool bars) – good for Presentations For more keyboard shortcuts check out this handy guide provided by Autodesk. Click on the image to follow the link.
Please see the attached video describing some shortcuts in AutoCAD.
Below find the link to the 150+ AutoCAD keyboard shortcuts. Follow the link and download this useful pdf file to help you in you everyday design work.
Hope you all are well and are enjoying the start to your summer. Be safe and happy….until next month.
Sam
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