35 Essential AutoCAD Commands - The CAD Masters

AutoCAD Issues? – Try These Commands: ; OVERKILL – deletes overlapping duplicate objects ; PURGE – removes unused layers, blocks, styles, etc. × AutoCAD CivilDesign&Surveying BuildingDesign GIS Subscription AllCategories AutoCAD AutoCADforMac AutodeskUniversity BIM360 CivilDesign&Surveying CMITools Civil3D InfraWorks Survey BuildingDesign AutoCADArchitecture CollaborationforRevit DynamoStudio MEP Navisworks Revit RevitQuickSelect GIS Map3D Map3DEnterprise Hardware MechanicalDesign Inventor RealityCapture 3DR Standards CADStandardsManager Subscription Copyright©2018CADMasters,Inc.AllrightsReserved.  AutoCAD,Map3D September11,2017byCADMastersTeam 0 0 0 0 0 0 Weallneedtosavealittletimeandworkmoreefficiently.So,wedecidedtoputtogetherahandylistofessentialAutoCADCommandsandShortcuts.YoucanalsodownloadaprintableversionHERE AutoCADCommands&Shortcuts F3–ObjectSnap(on/off) F8–OrthoMode(on/off) F12–DynamicInput(on/off) PDFIMPORT–ConvertsaPDFintoaCADdwg. GEOGRAPHICLOCATION–PlacesatruescaleAerialmapintoyourCADdwg. DC –DESIGNCENTER–Usefulforcopyingitemsfromanotherdrawing(i.e.blocks,layers,styles,layouts). M2P–MidBetween2Points–Snaptoalocationbetweentwopoints. MA –MatchProperties–Copyproperties(i.e.layer,rotation,styles,size)fromoneobjecttoanother. AL –ALIGN–Alignsobjectswithotherobjectsin2Dand3D. DI –DISTANCE–Measuresandliststhedistancefromonepointtoanotherinthecommandline. DIV –DIVIDE–Createsevenlyspacedpointobjectsorblocksalongthelengthorperimeterofanobject. DR –Draw–Changestheorderinwhichobjectsdisplaywhenontopofeachother. F –FILLET–Placesanarcofspecifiedradiusattheintersectionorextendedintersectionoftwoobjects. O –OFFSET–Createsconcentriccircles,parallellines,andparallelcurves. TR –TRIM–Trimsobjectstomeettheedgesofotherobjects. LA–DisplaystheLayersPropertiesManager. PR–DisplaysthePropertiesPalette. QCor‘QC–DisplaystheQuickCalculator(‘QCworkswhileinanothercommand). NCOPY –NestedCopy–Copyindividualobjectsfromanexternalreferenceorblockreference. CHSPACE –ChangeSpace–Moveanobjectthroughaviewportfrompaperspacetomodelspaceorviceversa. RE –REGEN–Regeneratestheentiredrawingfromthecurrentviewport. REA REGENALL–Regeneratesthedrawingandrefreshesallviewports. PUBLISH–Plotmultiplesheetsatatime. FIELD–Createstextthatautomaticallygrabsinformationfromyourdrawing. AutoCADIssues?–TryTheseCommands: OVERKILL–deletesoverlappingduplicateobjects PURGE–removesunusedlayers,blocks,styles,etc. AUDIT–checksthecurrentdrawingforerrorsandattemptstofixtheerrors. RECOVER–Repairsadamageddrawingfile. RECOVERALL –Repairsadamageddrawingfilealongwithallattachedxrefs. WBLOCK–Selectgeometryandre-saveouttoanewfile. Geospatial (Requires:Map3DorCivil3D) GEOMAP–Displaysamapfromanonlinemapservice,inthecurrentviewport.Themapis  availableonlyifyouaresignedintoAutodeskA360andthedrawingfilecontainsgeographic locationinformation. MAPCLEAN–Drawingcleanuphelpsyouimprovetheaccuracyofyourmaps,correctcommonmaperrors(resultingfromsurveying,digitizing,scanningerrors,forexample),andremoveunnecessarydetailfromcomplexmaps. MAPIMPORT–Insertgeoreferencedvectors(i.e..SHP). MAPINSERT–Insertgeoreferencedimageformats(i.e..JPG/JPW,.SID/.SDW,.TIF/.TFW). MAPWSPACE–EnablestheTaskPaneforconnectingtoGISdatasources.   IfyouarelookingintopurchasingAutoCADorAutoCADLTsubscriptions,CADMasters isoffering25%offone-yearsubscriptionsthroughSeptember15th AdditionalResources NationalMapViewer–DownloadGISdataavailabletothepublic USDAGeospatialDataGateway TrimbleDataMarketplace DigitalGlobe CensusBureau CADMastersTeam 0 0 0 0 0 0 September11,2017 NoCommentsYet LeaveaReplyCancelreplyYouremailaddresswillnotbepublished. Savemyname,email,andwebsiteinthisbrowserforthenexttimeIcomment. Δ RelatedNews November12,2020 April9,2020 May24,2018 Backtoblog