CAD Command Line Quick Reference Guide

To bring up this list on the CAD Command Line enter "?". Commands can have multiple keyboard shortcuts. For example, both E (for erase) and D (for delete) launch the Delete command. Entering the full name of a supported command will also launch it.

Note: Command names and keyword shortcuts are translated, but aliases are not. Shortcuts are capitalized and underlined in each language. Whenver possible, the shortcut character will be kept the same in different languages, but frequently, the character must be different.

Command	Alias	Keyword shortcuts
Break Line	BR br	na
Chamfer	CHA cha	S - Selected segments E - Entire line T - Trim (toggle) O - One distance W - Two distances A - Distance with angle
Clip Lines	CL cl	I - Remove lines inside O - Remove lines outside B - Break lines
Copy Objects	CO co	2 - 2D 3 - 3D N - No drag D - Drag W - Drag with dependents
Create Arc	A a
Create Boundary	BO bo	GE - Generic (boundary) BO - Borrow pit DU - Dump zone/waste site AV - Avoidance zone ST - Stockpile CU - Cut zone FI - Fill zone PR - Project SE - Section CO - Compaction UT - Utilities P - Polygon A - Alignment corridor F - From a line
Create Circle	C c	C - Center and radius T - Three point ? - Undefined elevation
Create Linestring	L l	C - Coordinate P - Point ID EL - auto-advance elevation E - Extend vertical L - Line A - Arc AR - Arc T - Tangent arc BE - Tangent (coordinate) BEA - Tangent (bearing, arc length) RA - Tangent (radius, arc length) DE - Tangent (delta angle, arc length) EN - Tangent (end tangent) TA - Tangent (tangent tangent) SM - Smooth curve BF - Best fit arc PI - PI arc ST - Straight D - Delection angle LE - Perpendicular left RI - Perpendicular right AH - Straight ahead SP - Specified angle FO - Foresight BS - Backsight
Create Point	PO po	G - Grid L - Local GL - Global E - Enabled CH - Enabled as check D - Disabled
Create a Polygon	POL pol	EL - Auto-advance elevation (toggle) E - Extend vertical (toggle)
Create Polyline	PL pl	? - Undefined elevation C - Close line Control + Z - Undo last polyline created
Create Rectangle	REC rec	D - Diagonal T - Three point
Delete Objects	E e	na
Divide Line	DIV div	L - Divide entire line S - Divide a line segment N - Number of segments L - Length of segments 2d - 2D 3d - 3D
Explode Objects	X x	D - Delete block after exploding R - Retain blocks after exploding
Extend Lines	EX ex	B - Extend to a bounding line D - Extend by a distance Press [Control] - Trim mode (toggle)
Fillet	F f	S - Selected segments E - Entire line T - Trim
Join Lines	J j	na
Match Properties	MA ma	ALL - Match all properties SH - Show dialog to choose properties to match
Mirror Objects	MI mi	D - Delete source objects R - Retain source objects
Move Objects	M m	2 - 2D 3 - 3D N - No drag D - Drag W - Drag with dependents
Offset Line	O o	E - Entire object S - Segment
Rotate Objects	RO ro	M - Move (rotate) C - Copy 2 - 2D 3 - 3D N - No drag D - Drag W - Drag with dependents
Scale Objects	SC sc	na
Select Similar Objects	SS ss	SH - Show dialog to choose properties to match
Trim Lines	TR tr EX ex	B - Trim to a bounding line D - Trim by a distance Press [Control] while picking a line to toggle the mode.
Start new command	Escape	na
Rerun the last command	Spacebar	na
Accept the default value or keyword shortcut	Enter	na
Coordinate Pickers
Angle/Distance Bearing/Distance Lat/Long Northing/Easting Point ID Station/Offset Azimuth/Distance	‘AD ‘BD ‘LL ‘NE ‘PN ‘SO ‘ZD

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