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A. AutoCAD Command, Command Alias, Purpose. ACTRECORD, ARR, Starts the Action Recorder. ACTSTOP ... Skiptocontent TableofContents AutoCADCommandsandAliasesABCDHFEGIJLMNOPQRSTUVWXZ3KeyboardShortcutsDrawingModesManageScreen&WorkflowGeneralFeatures AutoCADCommandsandAliases FollowingisthecompletelistofAutoCADcommandsintheiralphabeticalorder.Inthefirstcolumn,wehaveanAutoCADcommand,itsAliasinthesecondcolumnandthethirdcolumntelluswhatthatparticularcommandismeantfor. A AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeACTRECORDARRStartstheActionRecorder.ACTSTOPARSStopstheActionRecorderandprovidestheoptionofsavingtherecordedactionstoanactionmacrofile.ACTUSERINPUTARUPausesforuserinputinanactionmacro.ACTUSERMESSAGEARMInsertsausermessageintoanactionmacro.ADCENTERADCManagesandinsertscontentsuchasblocks,xrefs,andhatchpatterns.ALIGNALAlignsobjectswithotherobjectsin2Dand3D.ANALYSISZEBRAZEBRAProjectsstripesontoa3Dmodeltoanalyzesurfacecontinuity.APPLOADAPLoadApplication.ARCACreatesanarc.AREAAACalculatestheareaandperimeterofobjectsorofdefinedareas.ARRAYARCreatesmultiplecopiesofobjectsinapattern.ATTDEFATTRedefinesablockandupdatesassociatedattributes.ATTEDITATEChangesattributeinformationinablock.ATTIPEDITATIChangesthetextualcontentofanattributewithinablock. B AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeBCLOSEBCClosestheBlockEditor.BEDITBEOpenstheblockdefinitionintheBlockEditor.BLOCKBCreatesablockdefinitionfromselectedobjects.BOUNDARYBOCreatesaregionorapolylinefromanenclosedarea.BPARAMETERPARAMAddsaparameterwithgripstoadynamicblockdefinition.BREAKBRBreakstheselectedobjectbetweentwopoints.BSAVEBSSavesthecurrentblockdefinition.BVSTATEBVSCreates,sets,ordeletesavisibilitystateinadynamicblock. C AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeCAMERACAMSetsacameraandtargetlocationtocreateandsavea3Dperspectiveviewofobjects.CHAMFERCHABevelstheedgesofobjects.CHECKSTANDARDSCHKChecksthecurrentdrawingforstandardsviolations.CIRCLECCreatesacircle.CLOSEALLClosesallopendrawings.COLORCOLSetsthecolorfornewobjects.COMMANDLINECLIDisplaystheCommandLinewindow.CONSTRAINTBARCBARAtoolbar-likeUIelementthatdisplaystheavailablegeometricconstraintsonanobject.COPYCOCopiesobjectsaspecifieddistanceinaspecifieddirection.CTABLESTYLECTSetsthenameofthecurrenttablestyle.CYLINDERCYLCreatesa3Dsolidcylinder. D H F AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeDATAEXTRACTIONDXExtractsdrawingdataandmergesdatafromanexternalsourcetoadataextraction.DATALINKDLTheDataLinkdialogboxisdisplayed.DATALINKUPDATEDLUUpdatesdatatoorfromanestablishedexternaldatalink.DBCONNECTDBCProvidesaninterfacetoexternaldatabasetables.DDEDITEDEditssingle-linetext,dimensiontext,attributedefinitions,andfeaturecontrolframes.DDVPOINTVPSetsthe3Dviewingdirection.DIMANGULARDANCreatesanangulardimension.DIMARCDARCreatesanarclengthdimension.DIMBASELINEDBACreatesalinear,angular,orordinatedimensionfromthebaselineofthepreviousorselecteddimension.DIMCENTERDCECreatesthecentermarkorthecenterlinesofcirclesandarcs.DIMCONSTRAINTDCONAppliesdimensionalconstraintstoselectedobjectsorpointsonobjects.DIMCONTINUEDCOCreatesadimensionthatstartsfromanextensionlineofapreviouslycreateddimension.DIMDIAMETERDDICreatesadiameterdimensionforacircleoranarc.DIMDISASSOCIATEDDARemovesassociativityfromselecteddimensions.DIMEDITDEDEditsdimensiontextandextensionlines.DIMJOGGEDJOGCreatesjoggeddimensionsforcirclesandarcs.DIMJOGGEDDJOCreatesjoggeddimensionsforcirclesandarcs.DIMJOGLINEDJLAddsorremovesajoglineonalinearoraligneddimension.DIMORDINATEDORCreatesordinatedimensions.DIMOVERRIDEDOVControlsoverridesofsystemvariablesusedinselecteddimensions.DIMRADIUSDRACreatesaradiusdimensionforacircleoranarc.DIMREASSOCIATEDREAssociatesorre-associatesselecteddimensionstoobjectsorpointsonobjects.DIMSTYLEDCreatesandmodifiesdimensionstyles.DISTDIMeasuresthedistanceandanglebetweentwopoints.DIVIDEDIVCreatesevenlyspacedpointobjectsorblocksalongthelengthorperimeterofanobject.DONUTDOCreatesafilledcircleorawidering.DRAWINGRECOVERYDRMDisplaysalistofdrawingfilesthatcanberecoveredafteraprogramorsystemfailure.DRAWORDERDRChangesthedraworderofimagesandotherobjects.DSETTINGSDSSetsgridandsnap,polarandobjectsnaptracking,objectsnapmodes,DynamicInput,DVIEWDVDefinesparallelprojectionorperspectiveviewsbyusingacameraandtarget. E AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeELLIPSEELCreatesanellipseoranellipticalarc.ERASEERemovesobjectsfromadrawing.ETRANSMITZIPCreatesaSelf-ExtractingorZippedTransmittalPackage.EXPLODEXBreaksacompoundobjectintoitscomponentobjects.EXPORTEXPSavestheobjectsinadrawingtoadifferentfileformat.EXPORTPDFEPDFExportsdrawingtoPDF.EXTENDEXExtendsobjectstomeettheedgesofotherobjects.EXTERNALREFERENCESEROpenstheExternalReferencespalette.EXTRUDEEXTExtendsthedimensionsofa2Dobjector3Dfaceinto3Dspace. G AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeFILLETFRoundsandfilletstheedgesofobjects.FILTERFICreatesalistofrequirementsthatanobjectmustmeettobeincludedinaselectionset.FLATSHOTFSHOTCreatesa2Drepresentationofall3Dobjectsbasedonthecurrentview.FSMODEFSCreatesaselectionsetofallobjectsthattouchtheselectedobject. AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeGEOCONSTRAINTGCONAppliesorpersistsgeometricrelationshipsbetweenobjectsorpointsonobjects.GEOGRAPHICLOCATIONGEOSpecifiesthegeographiclocationinformationforadrawingfile.GEOGRAPHICLOCATIONNORTHSpecifiesthegeographiclocationinformationforadrawingfile.GRADIENTGDFillsanenclosedareaorselectedobjectswithagradientfill.GROUPGCreatesandmanagessavedsetsofobjectscalledgroups. AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeHATCHHFillsanenclosedareaorselectedobjectswithahatchpattern,solidfill,orgradientfill.HATCHBHFillsanenclosedareaorselectedobjectswithahatchpattern,solidfill,orgradientfill.HATCHEDITHEModifiesanexistinghatchorfill.HIDEHIRegeneratesa3Dwireframemodelwithhiddenlinessuppressed.HIDEPALETTESPOFFHidescurrentlydisplayedpalettes(includingthecommandline). I AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeIDIDDisplaystheUCScoordinatevaluesofaspecifiedlocation.IMAGEIMDisplaystheExternalReferencespalette.IMAGEADJUSTIADControlstheimagedisplayofthebrightness,contrast,andfadevaluesofimages.IMAGEATTACHIATInsertsareferencetoanimagefile.IMAGECLIPICLCropsthedisplayofaselectedimagetoaspecifiedboundary.IMPORTIMPImportsfilesofdifferentformatsintothecurrentdrawing.INSERTIInsertsablockordrawingintothecurrentdrawing.INSERTOBJIOInsertsalinkedorembeddedobject.INTERFEREINFCreatesatemporary3Dsolidfromtheinterferencesbetweentwosetsofselected3Dsolids.INTERSECTINCreatesa3Dsolid,surface,or2Dregionfromoverlappingsolids,surfaces,orregions. J AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeJOINJJoinssimilarobjectstoformasingle,unbrokenobject. L AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeLAYERLAManageslayersandlayerproperties.LAYERSTATELASSaves,restores,andmanagesnamedlayerstates.LAYOUTLOCreatesandmodifiesdrawinglayouttabs.LENGTHENLENChangesthelengthofobjectsandtheincludedangleofarcs.LINELCreatesstraightlinesegments.LINETYPELTLoads,sets,andmodifieslinetypes.LISTLIDisplayspropertydataforselectedobjects.LTSCALELTSChangesthescalefactoroflinetypesforallobjectsinadrawing.LWEIGHTLWSetsthecurrentlineweight,lineweightdisplayoptions,andlineweightunits. M AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeMARKUPMSMOpenstheMarkupSetManager.MATCHPROPMAAppliesthepropertiesofaselectedobjecttootherobjects.MATERIALSMATShowsorhidestheMaterialswindow.MEASUREMECreatespointobjectsorblocksatmeasuredintervalsalongthelengthorperimeterofanobject.MEASUREGEOMMEAMeasuresthedistance,radius,angle,area,andvolumeofselectedobjectsorsequenceofpoints.MESHSMOOTHLESSLESSDecreasesthelevelofsmoothnessformeshobjectsbyonelevel.MESHSMOOTHMOREMOREIncreasesthelevelofsmoothnessformeshobjectsbyonelevel.MESHSPLITSPLITSplitsameshfaceintotwofaces.MIRRORMICreatesamirroredcopyofselectedobjects.MLEADERMLDCreatesamultileaderobject.MLEADERALIGNMLAAlignsandspacesselectedmultileaderobjects.MLEADERCOLLECTMLCOrganizesselectedmultileadersthatcontainblocksintorowsorcolumns,anddisplaystheresult.MLEADEREDITMLEAddsleaderlinesto,orremovesleaderlinesfrom,amultileaderobject.MLEADERSTYLEMLSCreatesandmodifiesmultileaderstyles.MLINEMLCreatesmultipleparallellines.MOVEMMovesobjectsaspecifieddistanceinaspecifieddirection.MSPACEMSSwitchesfrompaperspacetoamodelspaceviewport.MTEXTMTCreatesamultilinetextobject.MTEXTTCreatesamultilinetextobject.MVIEWMVCreatesandcontrolslayoutviewports. N AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeNAVSWHEELWHEELDisplaysawheelthatcontainsacollectionofviewnavigationtools.NAVVCUBECUBEControlsthevisibilityanddisplaypropertiesoftheViewCubetool.NEWSHOTNSHOTCreatesanamedviewwithmotionthatisplayedbackwhenviewedwithShowMotion.NEWVIEWNVIEWCreatesanamedviewwithnomotion. O AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeOFFSETOCreatesconcentriccircles,parallellines,andparallelcurves.OPTIONSOPCustomizestheprogramsettings.OOPSRestoresthemostrecentlydeleteditems.OSNAPOSSetsrunningobjectsnapmodes. P AutoCADCommandAutoCADCommandPurposePANPAddsaparameterwithgripstoadynamicblockdefinition.PARAMETERSPARControlstheassociativeparametersusedinthedrawing.PASTESPECPAPastesobjectsfromtheClipboardintothecurrentdrawingandcontrolstheformatofthedata.PEDITPEEditspolylinesand3Dpolygonmeshes.PLINEPLCreatesa2Dpolyline.PLOTPRINTPlotsadrawingtoaplotter,printer,orfile.POINTPOCreatesapointobject.POINTCLOUDPCProvidesoptionstocreateandattachpointcloudfiles.POINTCLOUDATTACHPCATTACHInsertsanindexedpointcloudfileintothecurrentdrawing.POINTCLOUDINDEXPCINDEXCreatesanindexedpointcloud(PCGorISD)filefromascanfile.POLYGONPOLCreatesanequilateralclosedpolyline.POLYSOLIDPSOLIDCreatesa3Dwall-likepolysolid.PREVIEWPREDisplaysthedrawingasitwillbeplotted.PROPERTIESMOControlspropertiesofexistingobjects.PROPERTIESPRDisplaysPropertiespalette.PROPERTIESCHControlspropertiesofexistingobjects.PSPACEPSSwitchesfromamodelspaceviewporttopaperspace.PUBLISHTOWEBPTWCreatesHTMLpagesthatincludeimagesofselecteddrawings.PURGEPURemovesunuseditems,suchasblockdefinitionsandlayers,fromthedrawing.PYRAMIDPYRCreatesa3Dsolidpyramid. Q AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeQLEADERLECreatesaleaderandleaderannotation.QSAVEQSAVESavesthecurrentdrawing.QUICKCALCQCOpenstheQuickCalccalculator.QUICKCUIQCUIDisplaystheCustomizeUserInterfaceEditorinacollapsedstate.QUICKPROPERTIESQPDisplaysopendrawingsandlayoutsinadrawinginpreviewimages.QUITEXITExitstheprogram.QVDRAWINGQVDDisplaysopendrawingsandlayoutsinadrawingusingpreviewimages.QVDRAWINGCLOSEQVDCClosespreviewimagesofopendrawingsandlayoutsinadrawing.QVLAYOUTQVLDisplayspreviewimagesofmodelspaceandlayoutsinadrawing.QVLAYOUTCLOSEQVLCClosespreviewimagesofmodelspaceandlayoutsinthecurrentdrawing. R AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeRECTANGRECCreatesarectangularpolyline.REDRAWRRefreshesthedisplayinthecurrentviewport.REDRAWALLRARefreshesthedisplayinallviewports.REGENRERegeneratestheentiredrawingfromthecurrentviewport.REGENALLREARegeneratesthedrawingandrefreshesallviewports.REGIONREGConvertsanobjectthatenclosesanareaintoaregionobject.RENAMERENChangesthenamesassignedtoitemssuchaslayersanddimensionstyles.RENDERRRCreatesaphotorealisticorrealisticallyshadedimageofa3Dsolidorsurfacemodel.RENDERCROPRCRendersaspecifiedrectangulararea,calledacropwindow,withinaviewport.RENDERPRESETSRPSpecifiesrenderpresets,reusablerenderingparameters,forrenderinganimage.RENDERWINRWDisplaystheRenderwindowwithoutstartingarenderingoperation.REVOLVEREVCreatesa3Dsolidorsurfacebysweepinga2Dobjectaroundanaxis.ROTATERORotatesobjectsaroundabasepoint.RPREFRPRDisplaysorhidestheAdvancedRenderSettingspaletteforaccesstoadvancedrenderingsettings. S AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeSAVEALLSavesallopendrawings.SCALESCEnlargesorreducesselectedobjects,keepingtheproportionsoftheobjectthesameafterscaling.SCRIPTSCRExecutesasequenceofcommandsfromascriptfile.SECTIONSECUsestheintersectionofaplaneandsolids,surfaces,ormeshtocreatearegion.SECTIONPLANESPLANECreatesasectionobjectthatactsasacuttingplanethrough3Dobjects.SEQUENCEPLAYSPLAYPlaysnamedviewsinonecategory.SETVARSETListsorchangesthevaluesofsystemvariables.SHADEMODESHAStartstheVSCURRENTcommand.SHEETSETSSMOpenstheSheetSetManager.SHOWPALETTESPONRestoresthedisplayofhiddenpalettes.SLICESLCreatesnew3Dsolidsandsurfacesbyslicing,ordividing,existingobjects.SNAPSNRestrictscursormovementtospecifiedintervals.SOLIDSOCreatessolid-filledtrianglesandquadrilaterals.SPELLSPChecksspellinginadrawing.SPLINESPLCreatesasmoothcurvethatpassesthroughornearspecifiedpoints.SPLINEDITSPEEditsasplineorspline-fitpolyline.SPLINEDITSPEEditsasplineorspline-fitpolyline.STANDARDSSTAManagestheassociationofstandardsfileswithdrawings.STRETCHSStretchesobjectscrossedbyaselectionwindoworpolygon.STYLESTCreates,modifies,orspecifiestextstyles.SUBTRACTSUCombinesselected3Dsolids,surfaces,or2Dregionsbysubtraction.SURFPATCHPATCHCreatesanewsurfacebyfittingacapoverasurfaceedgethatformsaclosedloop. T AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeTABLETBCreatesanemptytableobject.TABLESTYLETSCreates,modifies,orspecifiestablestyles.TABLETTACalibrates,configures,andturnsonandoffanattacheddigitizingtablet.TEXTDTCreatesasingle-linetextobject.TEXTEDITTEDITEditsadimensionalconstraint,dimension,ortextobject.THICKNESSTHSetsthedefault3Dthicknesspropertywhencreating2Dgeometricobjects.TILEMODETIControlswhetherpaperspacecanbeaccessed.TOLERANCETOLCreatesgeometrictolerancescontainedinafeaturecontrolframe.TOOLBARTODisplays,hides,andcustomizestoolbars.TOOLPALETTESTPOpenstheToolPaletteswindow.TORUSTORCreatesadonut-shaped3Dsolid.TRIMTRTrimsobjectstomeettheedgesofotherobjects. U AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeUCSMANUCManagesdefinedusercoordinatesystems.UNISOLATEOBJECTSUNHIDEUNISOLATEobjectspreviouslyhiddenwiththeISOLATEOBJECTSorHIDEOBJECTScommand.UNISOLATEOBJECTSUNISOLATEUNISOLATEobjectspreviouslyhiddenwiththeISOLATEOBJECTSorHIDEOBJECTScommand.UNIONUNIUnionstwosolidortworegionobjects.UNITSUNControlscoordinateandangledisplayformatsandprecision. V AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeVIEWVSavesandrestoresnamedviews,cameraviews,layoutviews,andpresetviews.VIEWGOVGORestoresanamedview.VIEWPLAYVPLAYPlaystheanimationassociatedtoanamedview.VISUALSTYLESVSMCreatesandmodifiesvisualstylesandappliesavisualstyletoaviewport.VSCURRENTVSSetsthevisualstyleinthecurrentviewport. W AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeWBLOCKWWritesobjectsorablocktoanewdrawingfile.WEDGEWECreatesa3Dsolidwedge. X AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeXATTACHXAInsertsaDWGfileasanexternalreference(xref).XBINDXBBindsoneormoredefinitionsofnamedobjectsinanxreftothecurrentdrawing.XCLIPXCCropsthedisplayofaselectedexternalreferenceorblockreferencetoaspecifiedboundary.XLINEXLCreatesalineofinfinitelength.XREFXRStartstheEXTERNALREFERENCEScommand. Z AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurposeZOOMZIncreasesordecreasesthemagnificationoftheviewinthecurrentviewport. 3 AutoCADCommandCommandAliasPurpose3DORBITORBITRotatestheviewin3Dspace,butconstrainedtohorizontalandverticalorbitonly. 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