Keyboard ALT + g to toggle grid overlay AutoCAD LT shortcuts & hotkey guideWork faster and more efficiently by using the AutoCAD Keyboard Shortcuts below. Jump to a sectionOne-key shortcutsBelow,
you'll find an abbreviated list of common commands that can be used on AutoCAD LT.
| 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.
| | N
| NEW / Create a new drawing.
| | 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.
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Toggles and screen managementBelow, you'll find an abbreviated list of commands that can be used in AutoCAD LT. Toggle General Features
| Ctrl+E
| Cycle isometric planes
| | Ctrl+F
| Toggle running object snaps
| | Ctrl+G
| Toggle Grid
| | Ctrl+H
| Toggle Pick Style
| | Ctrl+Shift+H
| Toggle display palettes
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Toggle Drawing Modes
| F1
| Display Help
| | F2
| Toggle text screen
| | F3
| Toggle object snap mode
| | F5
| Toggle Isoplane
| | 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
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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+7
| Markup Set Manager Palette
| | Ctrl+8
| Quick Calc
| | Ctrl+9
| Command Line
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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+[ (or Ctrl+\)
| Cancel current command
| | Esc
| Cancel current command
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Hot keysThe following commands change based on specific editor pane you are actively using. A-C
| A
| ARC / Creates an arc.
| | AA
| AREA / Calculates the area and perimeter of objects or defined areas.
| | ADC
| ADCENTER / Manages and inserts content such as blocks, xrefs, and hatch patterns.
| | AL
| ALIGN / Aligns objects with other objects in 2D.
| | AR
| ARRAY / Creates multiple copies of objects in a pattern.
| | ATE
| ATTEDIT / Changes attribute information in a block.
| | ATI
| ATTIPEDIT / Changes the textual content of an attribute within a block.
| | ATT
| ATTDEF / Redefines a block and updates associated attributes.
| | 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
| CIRCLE / Creates a circle.
| | 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.
| | CLI
| COMMANDLINE / Displays the Command Line window.
| | CO
| COPY / Copies objects a specified distance in a specified direction.
| | COL
| COLOR / Sets the color for new objects.
| | CT
| CTABLESTYLE / Sets the name of the current table style.
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D-F
| 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.
| | 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.
| | 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 system 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.
| | DX
| SAVEAS / Saves the current drawing.
| | E
| ERASE / Removes objects from a drawing.
| | 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.
| | F
| FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges of objects.
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G-I
| G
| GROUP / Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups.
| | 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
| INSERT / Inserts a block or drawing into the current drawing.
| | 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 2D region object from the overlapping area of two or more existing regions.
| | IO
| INSERTOBJ / Inserts a linked or embedded object.
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J-L
| J
| JOIN / Joins similar objects to form a single, unbroken object.
| | JOG
| DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged dimensions for circles and arcs.
| | 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.
| | 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.
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M-O
| M
| MOVE / Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction.
| | MA
| MATCHPROP / Applies the properties of a selected object to other objects.
| | 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.
| | 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.
| | 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.
| | NORTH
| GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies the geographic location information for a drawing file.
| | O
| OFFSET / Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel curves.
| | OP
| OPTIONS / Customizes the program settings.
| | OS
| OSNAP / Sets running object snap modes.
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P-R
| 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.
| | PC
| PCINWIZARD /Displays a wizard to import PCP and PC2 configuration file plot settings into the Model or current layout.
| | PE
| PEDIT / Edits polylines, objects to be joined to polylines and related objects.
| | 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.
| | PU
| PURGE / Removes unused items, such as block definitions and layers, from the drawing.
| | QC
| QUICKCALC / Opens the QuickCalc calculator.
| | 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.
| | R
| REDRAW / Refreshes the display in the current viewport.
| | RC
| REVCLOUD /Creates or modifies a revision cloud.
| | 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
| REVDATE /Inserts or updates a block containing user name, current time and date, and drawing name.
| | RO
| ROTATE / Rotates objects around a base point.
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S-U
| 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.
| | SET
| SETVAR / Lists or changes the values of system variables.
| | SHA
| SHADEMODE / Starts the VSCURRENT command.
| | 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.
| | SSM
| SHEETSET / Opens the Sheet Set Manager.
| | ST
| STYLE / Creates, modifies, or specifies text styles.
| | SU
| SUBTRACT / Creates a new region by subtracting one overlapping region from another.
| | T
| MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object.
| | TA
| TEXTALIGN / Aligns multiple text objects vertically, horizontally, or obliquely
| | 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.
| | TOL
| TOLERANCE / Creates geometric tolerances contained in a feature control frame.
| | 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.
| | 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.
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V-Z
| V
| VIEW / Saves and restores named views, camera views, layout views, and preset views.
| | VGO
| VIEWGO / Restores a named view.
| | W
| WBLOCK / Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file.
| | WHEEL
| NAVSWHEEL / Displays a wheel that contains a collection of view navigation tools.
| | 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.
| | ZIP
| ETRANSMIT / Creates a Self-Extracting or Zipped Transmittal Package.
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