Keyboard Shortcuts

Function Keys

Function Key	Description	Related Commands
Esc	Cancels current command	—
F1	Displays online help	Help
F2	Shows and hides the command history in a separate Command Window	CommandHistory, HideCommandHistory
F3	Turns EntitySnaps on and off	EntitySnap, -EntitySnap
F4	—	—
F5	Switches the isometric grid to next isoplane	IsometricGrid
F6	Activates or deactivates the Dynamic Coordinate System	Dynamic CCS
F7	Turns the grid display on and off	Grid
F8	Turns ortho mode on and off	Ortho
F9	Turns snap mode on and off	Snap
F10	Turns Polar Guides on and off	—
F11	Turns Entity Tracking on and off	—
F12	Turns QuickInput on and off	—
Ctrl + F4	Exits the drawing but not the program	Close
Alt + F4	Exits the program	Exit

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Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcut	Description	Related Commands
Ctrl + 0	Maximizes the drawing area or returns to generic display mode	FullScreen, HideFullscreen
Ctrl + 1	Turns the Properties Palette on and off	Properties, HideProperties
Ctrl + 2	Turns the Design Resources Palette on and off	DesignResources, HideDesignResources
Ctrl + 3	Turns the Tools Palette on and off	ToolsPalette, HideToolsPalette
Ctrl + 4	Turns the Sheet Set Manager on and off	SheetSet
Ctrl + 5	Turns the Cloud Storage Palette on and off	CloudStorage, HideCloudstorage
Ctrl + 7	Turns the Comments Palette on and off	Comments, HideComments
Ctrl + 9	Turns the Command Window on and off	CommandWindow, HideCommandWindow
Ctrl + A	Selects all non-frozen entities in the current Viewport	SelectAll
Ctrl + Shift + A	Toggles the group selection	—
Ctrl + B	Toggles snap mode during command execution	Snap
Ctrl + C	Copies entities to the clipboard	ClipboardCopy
Ctrl + Shift + C	Copies entities with a specified reference point to the clipboard	Copy@
Ctrl + D	Toggles the dynamic CCS during command execution	Dynamic CCS
Ctrl + F	Finds and replaces Text in Notes, Annotations, and Dimension Text	Find
Ctrl + G	Toggles grid display during command execution	Grid
Ctrl + H	Toggles the group selection	—
Ctrl + I	Toggles coordinate display during command execution	Coordinates
Ctrl + K	Attaches a hyperlink to entities or modifies an existing hyperlink	Hyperlink
Ctrl + L	Toggles ortho mode during command execution	Ortho
Ctrl + N	Creates a new drawing file	New
Ctrl + O	Opens an existing drawing file	Open
Ctrl + P	Plots the drawing to a plotter, printer, or file	Print
Ctrl + Q	Exits the software	Exit
Ctrl + R	Cycles through Tiled Views without clicking	—
Ctrl + S	Saves the drawing under the current file name or a specified name	Save
Ctrl + Shift + S	Saves an unnamed drawing with a file name or renames the current drawing	SaveAs
Ctrl + V	Inserts data from the clipboard	Paste
Ctrl + Shift + V	Inserts entities from the clipboard as a Block	PasteAsBlock
Ctrl + W	Turns Cycling Selection on and off	—
Ctrl + X	Copies entities to the clipboard and deletes the entities	Cut
Ctrl + Y	Reverses the effects of the previous U or UndoN command	Redo
Ctrl + Z	Reverses the most recent command (Undo)	U
Ctrl + Page Up	Moves to the next working space (sheet or model)	—
Ctrl + Page Down	Moves to the previous sheet (sheet or model)	—
Del	Removes highlighted entities from a drawing	Delete
Shift	Enforces Ortho Mode	Ortho
Ctrl+Tab	Cycles through open drawing tabs	—

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You can customize keyboard shortcuts and temporarily override the shortcuts through the Customize command’s Keyboard tab.

Related Topics

Command Reference: Commands in Alphabetical Order

Command Reference: Commands in Pull-down Menu Order