50 AutoCAD Commands You Should Know

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50 AutoCAD Commands You Should Know

08:00 - 22 November, 2016 | by Nicols Valencia | Translated by Matthew Valletta
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Aer spending countless hours in front of AutoCAD working on a project, youre bound to have your
own set of favorite commands to standardize a few steps. We also bet that you dont have them all
memorizedor oen forget them. To help you remember, we've made a list of 50 commands that can
help you speed up your work game, discover new shortcuts, or come in use as a handy tool for when
you forget what the command you need iscalled.
The following listing was developed and corroborated by our team for the 2013, 2014 and 2015
versions of AutoCAD in English. We also prepared a series of GIFs to visualize some of the trickier
ones.
When youve finished reading, we would love to know what your favorite commands are (including
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APPLOAD
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APPLOAD
Defines which applications to load when starting / opening AutoCAD. Very useful if AutoCAD and
your computer dont get along so well.
AREA
Calculates the area and perimeter of a defined object or a surface that you select vertex by vertex,
according to the metric units defined in settings.
BACKGROUND
Choose a background image for the work area. It can be a single color (Solid), a gradual color
(Gradient) or an image (Image) from your computer.
BMPOUT
Generates a bitmap image (.bmp format) aer selecting a series of objects, surfaces, or regions.
BOX
Creates a 3D box, defining height, width and depth.
BURST
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Explodes a block or an object, but keeps its attributes intact aer exploding it. Highly
recommended.
CHSPACE
Moves objects from the layout to the model, and vice versa. The best part is that the objects are
scaled automatically in the new space.
CLOSEALL
Closes all open AutoCAD windows. If there are changes to any of your files that you havent saved
yet, you will be asked if you want to save them. Unlike QUIT, you wont exit AutoCAD with this
command, just return to Start.
COLOR
Choose a layer color for future objects, lines and surfaces.
DIMALIGNED
Creates a dimension aligned with an axis / line.
DIMANGULAR
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Creates a dimension aligned with an arc or circle.
DIMBASELINE
Creates a linear, angular or coordinate dimension, starting from a baseline of an earlier dimension.
DIMRADIUS
Creates a radius dimension for circles and arcs. Not to be confused with DIMANGULAR and
DIMBASELINE.
DIMTEDIT
Edits the text location of existing dimensions.
EDGESURF
Creates a three-dimensional polygonal mesh.
EXPLODE
Breaks up an object or block into each of its individual components. Before using, make sure youre
on the right layer.
ID
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Displays the coordinates of any point on the worksheet.
LIGHT
Manage lights and lighting eects on 3D models. You will most likely be prompted to change the
viewport, or turn o the default lighting.
LINETYPE
Create, organize, and select line types.
MATLIB
Import and export materials from and to a library.
MLINE
Creates multiple parallel lines.
MLEDIT
Edit multiple parallel lines.
MULTIPLE
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Repeats the next command until you cancel (Esc)
MVSETUP
Sets up the layout of a drawing.
OOPS
Restores the most recently deleted items. Its advantage over U is that you can use it aer using
BLOCK (or WBLOCK, export selected items to a new .DWG file), because those commands can delete
selected objects aer creating a block.
Unfortunately, you cant use OOPS aer PURGE.
OVERKILL
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Cleans up your drawings. It goes over your entire model and deletes any duplicate or overlapping
items. An incredible help for those who are obsessed with order and clarity in planimetry.
PAGESETUP
Specifies the page layout, plus the plotting device, paper size, and other settings for each new
layout.
PFACE
Creates a 3D mesh vertex by vertex.
PREVIEW
Shows how the drawing will look when printed or sent to a plotter. Before you do this, you need to
have configured the layout of the page (PAGESTEUP).
PURGE
Remove unused objects in the drawing you are working on, through a series of filters: blocks, layers,
materials, thickness of lines, texts, among others.
QDIM
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Quickly creates a dimension, aer selecting objects.
QLEADER
Quickly creates a leader, and a leader annotation.
QSAVE
Autosave the file. Very useful when AutoCAD stops working and youve gone hours without saving
any work. If you havent named the file yet, its the same as SAVEAS.
QSELECT
Quickly select objects according to a list of available filters: colors, line type and layers, among
others.
RECOVER
Recovers a damaged file.
RENDER
Creates a render of the model you're working on.
REVOLVE
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Creates revolved solids (3D) by rotating 2D objects around a user-defined axis.
RULESURF
Creates a surface that joins two curves previously defined by the user.
SAVEALL
Automatically saves all drawings you are working on.
SHOWMAT
Displays a set of information for a selected object, including line thickness, color, dimensions,
radius, and area.
SKETCH
Create a series of freehand drawing segments.
SPELL
Checks the spelling in texts using the language settings from your operating system, not AutoCAD.
SUBTRACT
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Creates a region from a solid, surface, or region by subtraction.
TABLET
Calibrates and configures a tablet or Wacom.
TIME
Displays a statistics table of the file you are working on: creation date, last update, and edit time. If
youre interrupted, you can activate / deactivate the stopwatch.
The same as Ctrl + Z, undoes the most recent operation.
UNDEFINE
Deletes an AutoCAD command, even this one. If you want to reverse your decision, REDEFINE.
VPORTS
Manages AutoCad windows for 2D and 3D models.
XLINE
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Creates an infinite line.
3DSOUT
Export a file compatible with 3D Studio (.3ds format).
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MorilsLijoy23daysago
helloguysiwouldaddMOCOROformoverotatecopyscaleinonecommand
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AishwaryaShankar5monthsago
STRETCH,PREVIOUS,Ctrl+Shift+V(pasteasblock),SUPERHATCHthesecommandsare
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Vicente7monthsago
IwouldaddFLATSHOT
Captureanyviewofa3Dobjectinthemodelspaceandinsertitasablockinthesamedrawing.
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IwouldaddAUDIT.Whenworkingwithdifferentconsultants,sometimesthefilesgetmessyand
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WasabigfanofEXTRIMinschool
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1.Clickthexatthetoprighthandofthescreen.
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2.OpenRevit.
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Creates a 3D box, defining height, width and depth.

Choose a layer color for future objects, lines and surfaces.

Creates a dimension aligned with an axis / line.

Creates a dimension aligned with an arc or circle.

Edits the text location of existing dimensions.

Creates a three-dimensional polygonal mesh.

Displays the coordinates of any point on the worksheet.

Create, organize, and select line types.

Import and export materials from and to a library.

Creates multiple parallel lines.

Edit multiple parallel lines.

Repeats the next command until you cancel (Esc)

Sets up the layout of a drawing.

Unfortunately, you cant use OOPS aer PURGE.

Creates a 3D mesh vertex by vertex.

Quickly creates a dimension, aer selecting objects.

Quickly creates a leader, and a leader annotation.

Recovers a damaged file.

Creates a render of the model you're working on.

Creates revolved solids (3D) by rotating 2D objects around a user-defined axis.

Automatically saves all drawings you are working on.

Create a series of freehand drawing segments.

Creates a region from a solid, surface, or region by subtraction.

Calibrates and configures a tablet or Wacom.

The same as Ctrl + Z, undoes the most recent operation.

Manages AutoCad windows for 2D and 3D models.

Creates an infinite line.

Export a file compatible with 3D Studio (.3ds format).

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