AutoCAD 2000 Command List All Commands

Short Command Type Description

3D Surface Draw 3D mesh objects
3A 3DARRAY 3D Create Array in any plane

3DCLIP 3D Display Invokes the interactive 3D view and opens the Adjust Clipping Planes window
Invokes the interactive 3D view and enables you to set the objects in the 3D view
3DCORBIT 3D Display into continuous motion

3DDISTANCE 3D Display Invokes the interactive 3D view and makes objects appear closer or farther away
3F 3DFACE Surface Cap an area
3DMESH Surface Complex 3D surface
3DO 3DORBIT 3D Display Dynamic viewer
Invokes the interactive 3D view and enables you to drag the view horizontally and
3DPAN 3D Display vertically
3P 3DPOLY 3D Create 3D polyline
3DSIN I/O Read in a 3D Studio file
3DSOUT I/O Write out a 3D Studio file

3DSWIVEL 3D Display Invokes the interactive 3D view and simulates the effect of turning the camera
3DZOOM 3D Display Invokes the interactive 3D view so you can zoom in and out on the view
'ABOUT Inquiry Version number etc. + user defined message
ACISIN I/O Read in Solid Model Data
ACISOUT I/O Write Solid Model Data
ADCCLOSE Tool Closes AutoCAD DesignCenter
ADC ADCENTER I/O AutoCAD Design Center
Directs the Desktop in AutoCAD DesignCenter to the file name, directory
ADCNAVIGATE Tool location, or network path you specify
AL ALIGN Edit Move and Rotate together
AMECONVERT Tool Solid Model old to new version
'APERTURE Settings Osnap box
AP 'APPLOAD Prog Load your favourite .LSP & EXP programs
A ARC 2D Create Draw an ARC
AA AREA Inquiry Show or calculate area
AR ARRAY 2D Create Make many objects from one
ARX Prog Loads, unloads, and provides information about ObjectARX applications
ATTDEF Symbols Define Attributes
'ATTDISP Symbols Set display mode for attributes
ATTEDIT Symbols Edit Attributes
ATTEXT Symbols Extract attributes to a file
ATTREDEF Symbols Redefine Attributes
AUDIT Tool Evaluates the integgrity of a drawing
BACKGROUND Render Sets up the background for your scene

'BASE Settings Sets the insertion point of current drawing, if drawing is to be used within another
H BHATCH 2D Create Clever Hatching
'BLIPMODE Settings Set blips dots at the pick point
B BLOCK Symbols Make a block
BLOCKICON Symbols Generates preview images for blocks created with Release 14 or earlier
BMPOUT Image Write a .BMP graphics file
BO BOUNDARY 2D Create Make a pline from intersecting objects
BOX 3D Solids Solid box
BR BREAK Edit Split up an object
BROWSER Tool Launches the default Web browser defined in your system's registry
'CAL Tool The built in calculator
CAMERA 3D Display Sets a different camera and target location
CHA CHAMFER Edit Chamfers two objects
-CH CHANGE Edit Changes data on some objects + Thickness, Elevation & Layers
- CHPROP Edit Similar to CHANGE no elevation or data change
C CIRCLE 2D Create Draws a circle
CLOSE Tool Closes the current drawing
COL 'COLOR Settings Set new colour <<<<<< not recommended
COMPILE Tool Makes .SHX files from .SHP files
CONE 3D Solids Solid cone
Optimizes 2D polylines and associative hatches created in AutoCAD Release 13
CONVERT Tool or earlier

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CP COPY Edit Makes new objects from old

COPYBASE Windows Copies objects with a specified base point
COPYCLIP Windows Copy objects to windows clipboard
COPYHIST Windows Copies text in history window to clipboard
COPYLINK Windows Copies the current view to clipboard for OLE apps
CUTCLIP Windows As copyclip but erases objects from drawing
CYL CYLINDER 3D Solids Solid Cylinder
DBCCLOSE Tool Closes the dbConnect Manager
DBCONNECT Tool Provides an AutoCAD interface to external database tables
DBLIST Inquiry Tells you what's in the drawing (heavy !!)
DDATTDEF Symbols DD version of attdef
DDATTE Symbols DD version of attedit
DDATTEXT Symbols DD version of attext
DDCOLOR Settings DD version of color <<<<<< not recommended
ED DDEDIT Text Edit text and attributes
GR 'DDGRIPS Settings DD version of grips
DDIM Dims Sets dim styles
I DDINSERT Symbols DD version of insert
CH DDMODIFY Edit Modify any object
DDPTYPE Settings DD version of pdmode
DDRENAME Tool DD version of rename
DDUCS Settings DD version of ucs
UCP DDUCSP Settings UCS presets
UN 'DDUNITS Settings DD version of units
V DDVIEW Display DD version of view
VP DDVPOINT 3D Display DD version of vpoint
'DELAY Prog Used in script files to delay progress
DIM Dims Enter the Dimensioning mode
DAL DIMALIGNED Dims Draws an aligned dim
DAN DIMANGULAR Dims Draws a angular dim
DBA DIMBASELINE Dims Dims from a fixed point
DCE DIMCENTER Dims Puts in the centre mark
DCO DIMCONTINUE Dims Dims from the last dim
DDI DIMDIAMETER Dims Draws a dia dim
DED DIMEDIT Dims Edits dim text
DLI DIMLINEAR Dims Draws a linear dim
DOR DIMORDINATE Dims Draws co ordinate dim
DOV DIMOVERRIDE Dims Overrides dim variables
DRA DIMRADIUS Dims Draws a Rad dim
DST DIMSTYLE Dims Sets or updates a dim style
DIMTED DIMTEDIT Dims Moves and rotates dim text
DI 'DIST Inquiry Measures a distance
DIV DIVIDE 2D Create Sets out marks a set fraction of the object
DO DONUT 2D Create Draws a washer type object
'DRAGMODE Settings Sets visibility of ghost objects
DR DRAWORDER Tool Changes the display order of images and other objects
DS DSETTINGS Settings Specifies settings for Snap mode, grid, and polar and object snap tracking
AV DSVIEWER Display Opens the Aerial View window
DT DTEXT Text Draws text, smarter than TEXT
DV DVIEW 3D Display 3D perspective view
DWGPROPS Tool Sets and displays the properties of the current drawing
DXBIN I/O Reads in a .DXB file, write a .DXB via plot
DXFIN I/O Reads in a .DXF file.
DXFOUT I/O Writes a .DXF file.
EDGE Surface Makes an edge of a 3D face invisible
EDGESURF Surface Makes a 3D Surface from 4 objects
'ELEV Settings Sets the 3D Z elevation
EL ELLIPSE 2D Create Draws an ellipse
E ERASE Edit Deletes any object from the drawing
X EXPLODE Edit Splits up a block into its component parts
EXP EXPORT I/O Saves objects to other file formats
EXPRESSTOOLS Tool Activates the installed AutoCAD Express Tools if currently unavailable

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EX EXTEND Edit Makes objects larger, stops at another object

EXT EXTRUDE 3D Solids Makes a solid from a closed 2D shape
'FILL Settings Sets the fill mode for Plines and donuts
F FILLET Edit Joins two objects with a radius
FILTER Tool Gets objects that obey a search criteria
FIND Text Finds, replaces, selects, or zooms to specified text
FOG Render Provides visual cues for the apparent distance of objects
'GRAPHSCR Display Flips screen to drawing mode
'GRID Settings Puts a grid of non snapable dots on the screen
G GROUP Symbols Links many objects
-H HATCH 2D Create The old hatch command <<<<<< not recommended
- HATCHEDIT Edit Modifies an existing hatch block
F1 HELP Tool Help on any command, PLEASE USE IT!
HI HIDE 3D Display 3D hide
^K HYPERLINK Tool Attaches a hyperlink to a graphical object or modifies an existing hyperlink

HYPERLINKOPTIONS Tool Controls the visibility of the hyperlink cursor and the display of hyperlink tooltips
ID 'ID Inquiry Returns the X,Y,Z data of a point, saves this as last point
IMP IMAGE Image Image manaager

IAD IMAGEADJUST Image Controls the image display of the brightness, contrast, and fade values of images
IAT IMAGEATTACH Image Attaches a new image to the current drawing
ICL IMAGECLIP Image Creates new clipping boundaries for an image object
IMAGEFRAME Image Controls whether AutoCAD displays the image frame or hides it from view
IMAGEQUALITY Image Controls the display quality of images
IMP IMPORT I/O Imports files in various formats into AutoCAD
-I INSERT Symbols Inserts a block or a drawing
INSERTOBJ Windows Inserts a linked or embedded object
INF INTERFERE 3D Solids Creates a new solid from the common volume of two solids
INF INTERSECT 3D Solids Boolean operation on regions and solids
F5 'ISOPLANE Settings Sets the isometric plane Left, Right or Top
LA LAYER Settings The new layer command
-LA 'LAYER Settings The old layer command

LO LAYOUT Display Creates a new layout and renames, copies, saves, or deletes an existing layout
Starts the Layout wizard, in which you can designate page and plot settings for a
LAYOUTWIZARD Display new layout
LEAD LEADER Dims Draws a dim leader
LEN LENGTHEN Edit Changes an object by a factor
LIGHT Render Places a light in the drawing used by render
'LIMITS Settings Sets the size of sheet used by zoom all, grid and ps
L LINE 2D Create Draws a line 2D or 3D
LT 'LINETYPE Settings Sets or loads the linetype <<<<<< not recommended
LI LIST Inquiry Reports on objects
LOAD I/O Load in shape files
LOGFILEOFF I/O Turns off the log file
LOGFILEON I/O I wonder what
LSEDIT Render Edits a landscape object
LSLIB Render Maintains libraries of landscape objects

LSNEW Render Adds realistic landscape items, such as trees and bushes, to your drawings
LTS LTSCALE Settings Sets the linetype scale factor
LWEIGHT Settings Sets the current lineweight, lineweight display options, and lineweight units
MAKEPREVIEW Settings Makes a perview image for drawings
MASSPROP Inquiry Reports on the mass properties of Solids
MATCHPROP Tool Copies the properties from one object to one or more objects
MATLIB Render Access to the renderers materials library
ME MEASURE 2D Create Sets out marks a set distance along an object
MENU I/O Loads in a new menu
MENULOAD I/O Loads a partial menu
MENUUNLOAD I/O Unloads parial menu files
MINSERT Symbols Multiple insert
MI MIRROR 2D Create Makes a new set of objects the mirror image of others
MIRROR3D 3D Create As mirror in any plane

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- MLEDIT Edit Multi line Edit

ML MLINE 2D Create Draws up to 16 lines at once
MLSTYLE Settings Multi line set up
MODEL Display Switches from a layout tab to the Model tab and makes it current
M MOVE Edit Moves objects from one location to another
MSLIDE Image Makes an Autocad slide
MS MSPACE Display Switches from paper space to a model space viewport
MT MTEXT Text Makes a block of text also reads in ASCII text
'MTPROP Text Sets mtext properties
MULTIPLE Tool Repeats the next command until canceled
MV MVIEW Display Cuts a new view port into Paper Space
MVSETUP Display The Mview wizard
^N NEW I/O Starts a new drawing with a given template file
O OFFSET 2D Create Draws objects parallel to chosen object
OLELINKS Windows Updates, changes, and cancels existing links
OLESCALE Windows Displays the OLE Properties dialog box
- OOPS Edit Undoes the last erase
^O OPEN I/O Opens an existing drawing file
OP OPTIONS Settings Sets the overall settings of the system
'ORTHO Settings Constrains cursor movement to X or Y
OS OSNAP Settings Sets osnap mode
Specifies the layout page, plotting device, paper size, and settings for each new
PAGESETUP Display layout
P 'PAN Display Moves your eye relative to the drawing
PARTIALOAD I/O Loads additional geometry into a partially opened drawing
PARTIALOPEN I/O Loads geometry from a selected view or layer into a drawing
PASTEBLOCK Windows Pastes a copied block into a new drawing
PASTECLIP Windows Inserts data from the clipboard
Pastes a copied object in a new drawing using the coordinates from the original
PASTEORIG Windows drawing
PASTESPEC Windows DD version of pasteclip
Displays a wizard to import PCP and PC2 configuration file plot settings into the
PCINWIZARD I/O Model tab or current layout
PE PEDIT Edit Edits polylines and 3D meshes
PFACE Surface Makes a complex 3D mesh
VT PLAN Display Sets view to a plan view wrt UCS or WCS
PL PLINE 2D Create Draws a polyline
^P PLOT I/O Plots a drawing to printer, plotter, file or graphics image
Sets the current plot style for new objects, or the assigned plot style for selected
PLOTSTYLE I/O objects
Displays the Plotter Manager, where you can launch the Add-a-Plotter wizard
PLOTTERMANAGER I/O and the Plotter Configuration Editor
PO POINT 2D Create Draws a point PDMODE must be greater than 1
POL POLYGON 2D Create Draws a equilateral polygon
OP PREFERENCES Settings Sets the overall settings of the system
PRE PREVIEW Display Shows how the drawing will look when it is printed or plotted
CH PROPERTIES Edit Dynamic editing
PRC PROPERTIESCLOSE Edit Closes the Properties window
PSDRAG Settings Controls visibility of PSIN
PSETUPIN I/O Imports a user-defined page setup into a new drawing layout
PSFILL Display Fills a 2D pline with a Post Script pattern
PSIN Image Reads in a Post Script file
PSOUT Image Writes a .EPS file
PS PSPACE Display Enters Paper Space
PU PURGE Tool Clears out redundant objects
QDIM Dims Quickly creates a dimension
LE QLEADER Dims Quickly creates a leader and leader annotation
QSAVE I/O Quick SAVE
QSELECT Tool Quickly creates selection sets based on filtering criteria
'QTEXT Text Controls the visibility of text
EXIT QUIT I/O Exits AutoCAD
RAY RAY 2D Create Draws a line that radiates from a point to infinity
RECOVER I/O Repairs a damaged drawing
REC RECTANGLE 2D Create Draws a rectangle

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REDEFINE Tool Restores core commands overridden by undefine

- REDO Edit Undoes the last undo
R 'REDRAW Display Clears the screen of blips and repairs any screen breaks
RA 'REDRAWALL Display As redraw but in all view ports
Saves back or discards changes made during in-place editing of a reference (an
REFCLOSE Symbols xref or a block)
REFEDIT Symbols Selects a reference for editing
Adds or removes objects from a working set during in-place editing of a
REFSET Symbols reference (an xref or a block)
RE REGEN Tool Recalculates all objects to suit current screen
REA REGENALL Tool As regen but in all view ports
'REGENAUTO Settings Controls regen
REG REGION Symbols Creates a region from a set of objects
REINIT Settings Re initialises hard ware and the .PGP file
REN RENAME Tool Changes the names of objects such as blocks, layers etc
RR RENDER Render Renders the current screen
REPLAY Render Displays a graphics file eg BMP or TGA
'RESUME Prog Continues an interrupted script
REV REVOLVE 3D Solids Makes a round Solid from a 2D poly line
REVSURF Surface Makes a round Surface from a 2D poly line
RMAT Render Manages the rendering materials
RO ROTATE Edit Rotates objects about a plane
ROTATE3D 3D Create Rotates in any plane
RPREF Settings Sets render
RSCRIPT Prog Rewinds a script
RULESURF Surface Creates a 3D mesh between two curves
^S SAVE I/O Saves current drawing to disk and continues in that drawing
SAVEAS I/O Saves current drawing under a new name continues with new name
SAVEIMG Image Saves a rendered image to a graphics file
SC SCALE Edit Changes the actual size of object(s)
SCENE Display Saves and recalls settings related to lights & cameras
SCR 'SCRIPT Prog Runs a script file of autocad commands
SEC SECTION 3D Solids Cuts through a solid to make a region
SELECT Tool Sets up a 'Previous' selection set
SETUV Render Maps materials onto objects
SET 'SETVAR Tool Access to the many autocad sytem variables
SHA SHADE Render Gives a crude render of current scene
SHM SHADEMODE Render Shades the objects in the current viewport
SHAPE Symbols Inserts a shape
SHOWMAT Render Returns an objects material
- SKETCH 2D Create Freehand drawing
SL SLICE 3D Solids Cuts a solid
SNAP Settings Sets the value for cursor snap
SOLDRAW 3D Display Draws Solid objects in Profile
SO SOLID 2D Create Creates a filled area
SED SOLIDEDIT 3D Solids Edits a solid, extrudes some more, moves holes etc.
SOLPROF 3D Display Project a profile of a solid object
SOLVIEW 3D Display Sets up SolDraw
SP 'SPELL Tool Checks the spelling in a drawing
SPHERE 3D Solids Creates a 3D solid sphere
SPL SPLINE 2D Create Creates a NURBS curve
SPE SPLINEDIT Edit Edits a NURBS curve
STATS Inquiry Displays render statistics
'STATUS Inquiry Displays drawing statistics
STLOUT I/O Outputs a solid
- STRETCH Edit Changes the length of object(s)
ST 'STYLE Text Sets the current text style
STYLESMANAGER I/O Displays the Plot Style Manager
SU SUBTRACT 3D Solids Creates a solid by taking one solid from another
SYSWINDOWS Windows Arranges windows
TA TABLET Tool Sets up or turns on the tablet
TABSURF Surface Creates a surface from a polygon and a vector
TBCONFIG Tool Creates and customizes toolbars

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TEXT Text Creates new text DTEXT is better MTEXT better stil
F2 'TEXTSCR Display Flips to text screen
'TIME Tool Displays the current and elapsed time
TOL TOLERANCE Dims Creates geometric tolerances
TO TOOLBAR Tool Sets which of many toolbars are active
TOR TORUS 3D Solids Creates a 3D Dough Nut SOLID
- TRACE 2D Create The old pline command <<<< don't use
TRANSPARENCY Image Controls whether background pixels in an image are transparent or opaque
'TREESTAT Inquiry Stats on the spatial index
TR TRIM Edit Cuts one object with another
^Z U Edit Undo the last command
UCS Settings Sets, Restores, Rotates etc the UCS
UCSICON Display Sets the display mode for the ucs icon
UCSMAN Tool Manages defined user coordinate systems
UNDEFINE Tool Suppresses an internal command
U UNDO Edit Undoes more than one command
UNI UNION 3D Solids Adds together two solids
-UN 'UNITS Settings Sets the display mode and precission of numbers
UPD UPDATE Dims Up dated dimension to current style
VBAIDE Prog Displays the Visual Basic Editor
VBALOAD Prog Loads a global VBA project into the current AutoCAD session
VBAMAN Prog Loads, unloads, saves, creates, embeds, and extracts VBA projects
VBARUN Prog Runs a VBA macro
VBASTMT Prog Executes a VBA statement on the AutoCAD command line
VBAUNLOAD Prog Unloads a global VBA project
-V 'VIEW Display Sets and Restores zoom settings
VIEWRES Display Sets the resolution for circles and arcs etc.
VLISP Prog Displays the Visual LISP interactive development environment (IDE)
VPCLIP Display Clips viewport objects
VPLAYER Display Selectively hides objects on certain layers in certain VPORTS
-VP VPOINT 3D Display Sets the position of the veiwers eye
VPORTS Display Multi views in model space
VSLIDE Image View a slide
W WBLOCK Symbols Export a block, becomes a drawing
WE WEDGE 3D Solids Creates a solid wedge
WHOHAS Tool Displays ownership information for opened drawing files
WMFIN Image Imports a Windows metafile
WMFOPTS Image Sets options for WMFIN
WMFOUT Image Saves objects to a Windows metafile
XA XATTACH Symbols Attaches an external reference to the current drawing
XB XBIND Symbols Binds dependant
Defines an xref orsymbols of an XREF
block clipping to aand
boundary drawing
sets the front or back clipping
XC XCLIP Symbols planes
XL XLINE 2D Create Draws a line of infinate length
- XPLODE Edit Breaks a compound object into its component parts
XR XREF Symbols Links current drawing to an external drawing
XREFCLIP Symbols Inserts and clips a XREF
Z 'ZOOM Display Changes the current viewing magnifcation

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