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AutoCAD LT shortcuts & hotkey guide
Work faster and more efficiently by using the AutoCAD Keyboard Shortcuts below.
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One-key shortcuts
Below, 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. |
Toggles and screen management
Below, 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Hot keys
The 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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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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