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.