AutoCAD Commands
A
ARC
Creates an arc.
ARRAY
Creates multiple copies of objects in a pattern.
BREAK
Erases parts of objects or splits an object in two.
‘CAL
Evaluates mathematical and geometric expressions.
CHAMFER
Bevels the edges of objects.
CHANGE
Changes the properties of existing objects.
CIRCLE
Creates a circle.
COPY
Duplicates objects.
D
DDEDIT
Edits text and attribute definitions.
DDINSERT
Inserts a block or another drawing.
‘DDUNITS
Controls coordinate and angle display formats and determines precision.
DIM
Accesses Dimensioning mode.
‘DIST
Measures the distance and angle between two points.
DTEXT
Displays text on screen as it is entered.
E
ELLIPSE
Creates an ellipse or an elliptical arc.
ERASE
Removes objects from a drawing.
EXPLODE
Breaks a compound object into its component objects.
EXTEND
Extends an object to meet another object.
F
FILLET
Rounds and fillets the edges of objects.
G
‘GRID
Displays a dot grid.
H
HATCH
Fills a specified boundary with a pattern.
HATCHEDIT
Modifies an existing hatch object.
I
INSERT
Places a named block or drawing into the current drawing.
‘ISOPLANE
Specifies the current isometric plane.
L
‘LAYER
Manages layers.
‘LIMITS
Sets and controls the drawing boundaries.
LINE
Creates straight line segments.
‘LINETYPE
Creates, loads, and sets linetypes.
LIST
Displays database information for selected objects.
‘LTSCALE
Sets the linetype scale factor.
M
MIRROR
Creates a mirror image copy of objects.
MOVE
Displaces objects a specified distance in a specified direction.
MSPACE
Switches from paper space to a model space viewport.
MVSETUP
Sets up the specifications of a drawing.
N
NEW
Creates a new drawing file.
O
OFFSET
Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel curves.
OOPS
Restores erased objects.
OPEN
Opens an existing drawing file.
‘ORTHO
Constrains cursor movement.
‘OSNAP
Sets running object snap modes and changes the target box size.
P
‘PAN
Moves the drawing display in the current viewport.
PLOT
Plots a drawing to a plotter, printer, or file.
POLYGON
Creates an equilateral closed polyline.
PREFERENCES
Customizes the AutoCAD settings.
PSPACE
Switches from a model space viewport to paper space.
R
REDO
Reverses the effects of the previous UNDO or U command.
REGEN
Regenerates the drawing and refreshes the current viewport.
ROTATE
Moves objects about a base point.
S
SAVE
Saves the drawing under the current file name or a specified name.
SAVEAS
Saves an unnamed drawing with a file name or renames the current drawing.
SCALE
Enlarges or reduces selected objects equally in the X, Y, and Z directions.
STRETCH
Moves or stretches objects.
‘STYLE
Creates named styles spatial index.
T
TRIM
Trims objects at a cutting edge defined by other objects.
U
U
Reverses the most recent operation.
UNDO
Reverses the effect of commands.
W
WBLOCK
Writes objects to a new drawing file.
X
XATTACH
Attaches an external reference to the current drawing.
XBIND
Binds dependent symbols of an xref to a drawing.
XCLIP
Defines an xref clipping boundary and sets the front or back clipping planes.
XREF
Controls external references to drawing files.
Z
‘ZOOM
Increases or decreases the apparent size of objects in the current viewport.