AutoCAD Learning: AutoCAD Shortcut Keys

AutoCAD 2007

Shortcut Keys

1. Like other software, AutoCAD can define shortcut keys which is to ease user and save time to search the menu from pull down menu or to an icon by selecting certain shortcut keys from keyboard. The bad things is user have to familiar and remember each of the shortcut keys Below is the shortcut keys that AutoCAD user usually use.

Shortcut Keys Description

F1 Display help menu

F2 Display text window on/off

F3 Osnap on/off

F8 Ortho on/off

F9 Snap on/off

CTRL+PAGE UP Change current layout to previous layout

CTRL+PAGE DOWN Change current layout to next layout

CTRL+A Select object in the drawing

CTRL+B Snap on/off

CTRL+C Copy object to clipboard

CTRL+F Osnap on/off

CTRL+L Ortho on/off

CTRL+N Creates new drawing

CTRL+O Opens existing drawing

CTRL+P Prints current drawing

CTRL+S Saves current drawing

CTRL+V Paste data from clipboard

CTRL+X Cut object to clipboard

CTRL+Y Repeat last action (REDO)

CTRL+Z Reverse last action (UNDO)

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Assigning Your Own Shortcut Keys

2. Users also can assign or define their own shortcut keys. Select View (Figure 1), go to Toolbars (Figure 2). Then the Customize User Interface window pop up (Figure 3). Go to the Keyboard Shortcuts.

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Figure 2

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3. Double click the Keyboard Shortcuts to select it. You can see there are many Keyboard Shortcuts (Figure 4). For example, click on New (Figure 4). At the red circle you can see the shortcut is CTRL+N. Click at shown arrow (Figure 5) and new shortcut keys will pop up and enter any keyboard shortcut keys you want and click ok (Figure 6).

Figure 4