Shortcut Keys for Object SNAP – OSNAP

To Perform Command Shortcut Switches OSNAP on/off OSNAP F3 Turns snap on/off SNAP F9 or CTRL+B Turns object snap tracking on/off OSNAP TRACK F11 or CTRL+W Apparent intersection of 2 objects APPARENT INT APP Snap to centre point CEN of CEN Opens drafting settings/object snap dialogue DDOSNAP DS Snap to end of line etc ENDPOINT END…

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Shortcut Keys for TEXT in Auto-CAD Drawing

      To Perform Command Shortcut Single line dynamic text – Justify/Align to fit within text line DTEXT DT Edit text DDEDIT ED Opens find and replace dialogue box FIND FIND Change the justification point without moving text JUSTIFYTEXT JUSTIFYTEXT Mirrtext 0 to turn off T MIRRTEXT MIRRTEX Scales text without moving the text insertion point SCALETEXT…

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Shortcut Keys for Dimensioning in Auto-CAD

To Perform Command Shortcut Displays the calculator QUICKCALC CTRL+8 Opens dimension style manager dialogue box DIMSTYLE D Aligned linear dimension line DIMALIGNED DAL Angular dimension line DIMANGULAR DAN Arc length dimension DIMARC DAR Ordinate dimension from baseline of previous dimension DIMBASELINE DBA Ordinate dimension from 2nd extension line of previous dimension DIMCONTINUE DCO Diameter dimension…

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How to Entry Coordinates in Auto-CAD software

Location measured by distance from 0,0 in current UCS #X,Y Location measured by distance from last point @X,Y Location measured by distance and angle from 0,0 in current UCS #distance<angle Location measured by distance and angle from last point @distance<angle Location by extracting and combining coordinate values from 2 or 3 points .x or.y or .xy etc An…

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How to Use the Control Keys in Auto-CAD software

CTRL+0 Turns user interface elements on/off CTRL+1 Turns properties on/off CTRL+2 Turns design centre on/off CTRL+3 Turns tool palettes window on/off CTRL+8 Launches calculator window CTRL+A Select all CTRL+C Copies objects to clipboard CTRL+H Turns a group on or off CTRL+J Repeats last command CTRL+N Opens create new drawing dialogue box CTRL+O Opens the select…

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