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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 | Toggles and Screen Management
Hot Keys: A-C | D-F | G-I | J-L | M-O | P-R | S-U | V-Z
One-key shortcuts
Below, you’ll find an abbreviated list of common commands that can be used in 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 multi-line 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 Centre Palette |
| Ctrl+3 | Tool Palette |
| Ctrl+4 | Sheet Set Palette |
| Ctrl+7 | Mark-up 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 the 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 | ADCENTRE/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 | COLOUR/Sets the colour 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 centre 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 dialogue 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 reassociates 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 co-ordinate 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/Organises 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 | MARK-UP/Opens the Mark-up Set Manager. |
| MT | MTEXT/Creates a multi-line 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/Customises 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 username, 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. |
| TC | 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. |
| TS | STYLE/Creates, modifies or specifies text styles. |
| SU | SUBTRACT/Creates a new region by subtracting one overlapping region from another. |
| T | MTEXT/Creates a multi-line 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. |
| ST | TABLESTYLE/Creates, modifies or specifies table styles. |
| UC | UCSMAN/Manages defined user co-ordinate systems. |
| UN | UNITS/Controls co-ordinate 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. |
