Some of Basic AutoCAD Commands Part@!1

This is the list of some of the most basic AutoCAD commands which every AutoCAD user should know. 

L

It can be used for making simple lines in the drawing.

C

It is the command used for making a circle in AutoCAD.

PL

This command can be used to make a Polyline in your drawing.

REC

This command will make a rectangle in AutoCAD.

POL

This command can be used to make a polygon with minimum of 3 sides and a maximum of 1024 sides.

ARC

As the name suggests, this command can be used to make an arc in AutoCAD.

ELLIPSE

As the name suggests, this command can be used to make an ellipse with the major and minor axis.

I

This command can be used to insert an existing block or a drawing as a block in AutoCAD.

ST

Using this command you can open text style window which controls properties of the default AutoCAD text style.

X

This command can be used to explode objects like Polyline to simple lines, an array or a block to a simple geometry etc.

F

This command can be used to add rounded corners to the sharp edges of the geometry, these round corners are also called fillets.

CHA

This command can be used to add slant edges to the sharp corners, these slant edges are also called chamfers.

LA

This command can be used to open layer properties manage palette which is a tool for creating and managing layers in a drawing.

Keyboard Shortcut Keys

Ctrl + C

Select objects from the drawing area and press Ctrl + C to copy to objects to the clipboard.

Ctrl + V

To paste the copied objects of the clipboard in the drawing keeping their original properties, you can use this keyboard shortcut.

Ctrl + Shift + V

To paste the copied objects as a block you can use this keyboard shortcut, the block thus created will have a random set of characters as is name. You can use this keyboard shortcut to make blocks quickly without going through the create block window.

Ctrl + Z

This keyboard shortcut can be used to undo last action in your drawing. You can press this shortcut key multiple times to undo many actions.

Ctrl + Y

This keyboard shortcut can be used to redo the last undo action which you have performed.

Ctrl + Tab

You can use this keyboard shortcut to cycle through all open drawing tabs in AutoCAD.