AutoCAD LT Keyboard Shortcuts, Hotkeys & Commands Guide

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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 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 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 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	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 re-associates selected dimensions to objects or points on objects.
DRM	DRAWINGRECOVERY/Displays a list of drawing files that can be recovered after a programme 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 programme.
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 programme 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.
PRINT	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.

AutoCAD LT Keyboard Shortcuts

AutoCAD LT shortcuts & hotkey guide

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One-key shortcuts

Toggles and screen management

Toggle General Features

Toggle Drawing Modes

Manage Screen

Manage Workflow

Hot keys

A-C

D-F

G-I

J-L

M-O

P-R

S-U

V-Z

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