
Keyboard shortcuts or hotkeys are the shortest and quickest way of activating some of the common AutoCAD operations or commands. LA This command can be used to open layer properties manage palette which is a tool for creating and managing layers in a drawing. CHA This command can be used to add slant edges to the sharp corners, these slant edges are also called chamfers. X This command can be used to explode objects like Polyline to simple lines, an array or a block to a simple geometry etc.į This command can be used to add rounded corners to the sharp edges of the geometry, these round corners are also called fillets. ST Using this command you can open text style window which controls properties of the default AutoCAD text style. I This command can be used to insert an existing block or a drawing as a block in AutoCAD. B This command is used for creating a block, the properties of the block can be defined using the block definition window. SC This command is used to change the scale of an object. OP Using this command you can open options window which contains most of the settings of AutoCAD. TR This command is used for trimming a geometry. ARRAY Using this command you can make Rectangular, polar or Path array. CO This command is used to copy object(s) in AutoCAD. REG This command can be used to make a region geometry in AutoCAD. ELLIPSE As the name suggests, this command can be used to make an ellipse with the major and minor axis. ARC As the name suggests, this command can be used to make an arc in AutoCAD. POL This command can be used to make a polygon with minimum 3 sides and a maximum of 1024 sides. REC This command will make a rectangle in AutoCAD. PL This command can be used to make a Polyline in your drawing.



C It is the command used for making a circle in AutoCAD. L It can be used for making simple lines in the drawing. These are some of the Draw and Modify commands which make the very basics of AutoCAD and if you are just starting to learn AutoCAD then you should know all of these basic commands. This is the list of some of the most basic AutoCAD commands which every AutoCAD user should know.
