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Quick Reference AutoCAD Release 2002

Keyboard Shortcuts Drag 'n Drop Command Shortcuts Object Selection Methods Object Snaps Coordinate System

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Keyboard Shortcuts
Key Sequence Other Keys
F1 F2 Ctrl + F Ctrl + T Ctrl + E Ctrl + D Ctrl + G Ctrl + L Ctrl + B Ctrl + U Alt + F10 Ctrl + W F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 Escape (ESC) Delete Page Up Page Down Up Arrow Down Arrow Ctrl + Up Ctrl + Down Ctrl + Left Ctrl + Right Ctrl + K Ctrl + C Ctrl + N Ctrl + O Ctrl + P Ctrl + S Ctrl + V Ctrl + X Ctrl + Y Ctrl + Z Ctrl + A

Description of Task Performed

AutoCAD Help AutoCAD Text Window Osnap Toggle On/Off Tablet Toggle On/Off Isoplane Toggle (Top/Left/Right) Coordinates Toggle On/Off Grid Toggle On/Off Ortho Toggle On/Off Snap Toggle On/Off Polar Snap Toggle On/Off Object Snap Tracking Toggle On/Off Cancels commands and dialog boxes Erases objects that are selected through PickFirst Scrolls up through the Text Window and command line Scrolls down through the Text Window and command line Puts the last command or option typed at the Command Line. Puts the post command or option typed at the Command Line. Moves the cursor in the Edit Window Up Moves the cursor in the Edit Window Down Moves the cursor in the Edit Window Left Moves the cursor in the Edit Window Right Activates the Hyperlink Dialog Copy information to the Clipboard Starts New Drawing Brings up the Open Drawing dialog box Brings up the Plot/Print dialog box Saves current drawing Pasts information from Clipboard into the drawing Cuts information to the Clipboard from the drawing Redo Undo Groups Toggle On/Off

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Keyboard Shortcuts
Key Sequence
Ctrl + M Ctrl + J Ctrl + R Ctrl + F4 Ctrl + 1 Ctrl + 2 Ctrl + 6 Alt + F4 Alt + F8 Alt + F11

Other Keys
Enter

Description of Task Performed

Repeats Last Command Cycles through the available Viewports in the current drawing Closes the current AutoCAD drawing Properties Page Toggle On/Off AutoCAD Design Center (ADC) Toggle On/Off DbConnect Toggle On/Off Closes out the AutoCAD Application Launches VBARun (Macros) Launches the Visual Basic Integrated Development Environment

Drag n Drop Files

File Extension
ARX BMP DOC DWG DXF DVB GIF HTM/HTML JPG LIN LSP MNS MNU SCR SHP SVF TXT WK? XLS

Description
AutoCAD RunTime Extension file (Loads Application) Bitmap (Inserts Image) Microsoft Word Document (Inserts document into the drawing) AutoCAD Drawing File (Inserts File into drawing as block) Drawing Interchange File (DXFINs the file) AutoCAD VBA Source File (Loads into IDE) Graphical Interlace File (Inserts Image) HyperText Markup Language Source File (Inserts text from the Web page into the drawing) JPEG File (Inserts Image) LineType Definition File (Loads LineTypes in file) AutoLISP File (Loads Application) Menu Source File (Loads Menu) Menu Template File (Loads and Compiles Menu) Script File (Runs Script) AutoCAD Shape Source File (Compiles) Systems Variable File (Bonus Tools) Text File (Converts text from file into Mtext) Lotus 1-2-3 Spreadsheet (Inserts spreadsheet into drawing) Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (Inserts spreadsheet into drawing)

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Command Shortcuts
Command
ARC AREA ADCENTER ALIGN APPLOAD ARRAY ATTEDIT BMAKE (BLOCK) BHATCH BOUNDARY BREAK CIRCLE PROPERTIES CHANGE CHAMFER COPY DDIM DIMALIGNED DIMANGULAR DIMBASELINE DBCONNECT DIMCENTER DIMCONTINUE DIMEDIT DIST DIVIDE DIMLINEAR DONUT DTEXT DVIEW ERASE DDEDIT ELLIPSE EXTEND FILLET FILTER GROUP OPTIONS (SELECTION) HATCHEDIT HIDE DDINSERT IMAGE LINE LAYER LEADER

Shortcut
A AA ADC AL AP AR ATE B BH or H BO BR C CH -CH CHA CO D DAL DAN DBA DBC DCE DCO DED DI DIV DLI DO DT DV E ED EL EX F FI G GR HE HI I IM L LA LE

Command
LENGTHEN LIST LINETYPE MOVE MATCHPROP MEASURE MIRROR MLINE DMODIFY MTEXT MVIEW OFFSET OSNAP PAN PEDIT PLINE POINT OPTIONS PREVIEW PLOT (PRINT) PURGE REDRAW REDRAWALL REGEN REGENALL RECTANGLE RENAME DDRMODES ROTATE STRETCH SCALE SELECT SPELL SPLINE SPLINEDIT STYLE TILEMODE TOOLBAR TRIM DDUCS UNITS VIEW DDVPOINT WBLOCK EXPLODE

Shortcut
LEN LI or LS LT M MA ME MI ML MO MT or T MV O OS P PE PL PO PR PRE PRINT PU R RA RE REA REC REN RM RO S SC SE SP SPL SPE ST TI TO TR UC UN V VP W X

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Command Shortcuts
Command
XLINE XREF ZOOM

Shortcut
XL XR Z

Command

Shortcut

Object Selection Methods

Selection Method
SINGLE WINDOW

Keyboard Sequence
SI W

Description
Only allows you to select one object to modify and then terminates the command. Allows you to create a user defined window (or box) to define the objects to be modified. Only objects inside the box will be modified and/or selected. Allows you to create a user defined window (or box) to define the objects to be modified. Objects inside the box and objects that touch the box will be modified and/or selected. Selects the most recent object that was added to the drawing. Allows you to create a true user defined window (or box) that is irregular in shape to define objects to be modified. Objects inside the box (or shape) will be modified and/or selected. Allows you to create a true user defined window (or box) that is irregular in shape to define objects to be modified. Objects inside the box (or shape) and objects that touch the box will be modified and/or selected. Selects the objects that intersect the selection lines to be modified and/or selected. Allows you to select all the objects in the drawing that are not locked, and/or frozen through the layer controls. Allows you to continue to select objects to be modified after user the REMOVE sub option. Allows you to remove objects that were selected, but now don't need to be modified. Allows you to select the previous object(s) that were selected through one of the Modify commands.

CROSSING

LAST WINDOW POLYGON

L WP

CROSSING POLYGON

CP

FENCE ALL

F ALL

ADD REMOVE PREVIOUS

A R P

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Object Snap Methods

Object Snap
APPARENT INTERSECTION CENTER ENDPOINT INTERSECTION INSERTION MIDPOINT NEAREST NODE NONE PERPENDICULAR QUADRANT QUICK TANGENT PARALLEL EXTENSION

Keyboard Sequence
APP CEN END INT INS MID NEA NOD NON PER or PERP QUA QUI TAN PAR EXT

Marker Symbol

Coordinate System
Entry Style
Polar Coordinates Absolute Coordinates Relative Coordinates Last Point Relative Polar Coordinates Direct Distance

Sequence
Distance<Angle X,Y @X,Y @ @Distance<Angle Move pointing device in the direction for the angle to use, and enter distance.

Description
Distance is specified and angle is based from 0,0 Exact coordinate point A point relative to the last point selected or used Last point selected or used Point based on a distance and angle from the last point selected or used Direction and distance are specified for next point.

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