Toggle Snap mode, when snap mode is active AutoCAD cursor will jump to specific points in the drawing area which is defined in snap mode.Д«y default, the value of this system variable is set to -3 which keeps it off you change this system variable to 3 to make dynamic input active. This status bar tool will toggle the visibility of background grid which is often visible in your drawing area. This section shows the most frequently used status bar options along with their properties and uses. You can activate or deactivate status bar icons using keyboard shortcuts, commands or by clicking on its respective icon. Use its toolsВ in making or editing your drawing hence they are availableВ on status bar for easy access. You can use this keyboard shortcut to cycle through all open drawing tabs in AutoCAD.ДЄn important feature of AutoCAD user interface. Used to redo the last undo action which you have performed. You can press this shortcut key multiple times to undo many actions. Used to undo last action in your drawing. You can use this keyboard shortcut to make blocks quickly without going through the create block window. To paste the copied objects as a block you can use this keyboard shortcut, the block thus created will have a random set of characters as is name. To paste the copied objects of the clipboard in the drawing keeping their original properties, you can use this keyboard shortcut. Select objects from the drawing area and press Ctrl + C to copy to objects to the clipboard. Used to bring back command lines hidden from the drawing area. You can use this keyboard shortcut to toggle the visibility of the command line. You can use it to open design center palette which contains many AutoCAD blocks that can be used directly in your drawing. You can also use PR command to open the property palette. You can use this palette to modify most of the properties of the object too. Select and object and press Ctrl + 1 to open the properties palette which lists properties of the object. Press it again to reset default AutoCAD interface. You can use this keyboard shortcut to save the drawing as a new file, in short, this is the hotkey for вЂњsave asвЂќ command.Д¬lears screen to show only the drawing area and hides palettes and tabs. You can use this keyboard shortcut to save a drawing file. You can use this shortcut to open a new drawing a tab in AutoCAD. In this list I have included some of the most frequently used and useful keyboard shortcuts. Keyboard shortcuts or hotkeys are the shortest and quickest way of activating some of the common AutoCAD operations or commands. This command can be used to open layer properties manage palette which is a tool for creating and managing layers in a drawing. Used to add slant edges to the sharp corners, these slant edges are also called chamfers. Used to add rounded corners to the sharp edges of the geometry, these round corners are also called fillets. Used to explode objects like Polyline to simple lines, an array or a block to a simple geometry etc. Using this command, you can open text style window which controls properties of the default AutoCAD text style. Used to insert an existing block or a drawing as a block in AutoCAD. Used for creating a block, the properties of the block can be defined using the block definition window. Using this command, you can open options window which contains most of the settings of AutoCAD. Using this command, you can make Rectangular, polar or Path array. This command makes an ellipse with the major and minor axis. This utocad command makes an arc in AutoCAD. This autocad command makes a polygon with minimum of 3 sides and a maximum of 1024 sides. This autocad command will make a rectangle in AutoCAD. This command is used to make a Polyline in your drawing. It is used for making a circle in AutoCAD. It is used for making simple lines in the drawing. Each autocad command is followed by a description of its use below it. Below are some of the AutoCAD Draw and Modify commands and keyboard shortcuts.

Autocad command shortcuts