acad commands

AutoCAD 2000 Command List All Commands

Short Command Type Description

3D Surface Draw 3D mesh objects

3A 3DARRAY 3D Create Array in any plane

3DCLIP 3D Display Invokes the interactive 3D view and opens the Adjust Clipping Planes window

3DCORBIT 3D DisplayInvokes the interactive 3D view and enables you to set the objects in the 3D view into continuous motion

3DDISTANCE 3D Display Invokes the interactive 3D view and makes objects appear closer or farther away

3F 3DFACE Surface Cap an area

3DMESH Surface Complex 3D surface

3DO 3DORBIT 3D Display Dynamic viewer

3DPAN 3D DisplayInvokes the interactive 3D view and enables you to drag the view horizontally and vertically

3P 3DPOLY 3D Create 3D polyline

3DSIN I / O Read in a 3D Studio file

3DSOUT I / O Write out a 3D Studio file

3DSWIVEL 3D Display Invokes the interactive 3D view and simulates the effect of turning the camera

3DZOOM 3D Display Invokes the interactive 3D view so you can zoom in and out on the view

'ABOUT Inquiry Version number etc. + user defined message

ACISIN I / O Read in Solid Model Data

ACISOUT I / O Write Solid Model Data

ADCCLOSE Tool Closes AutoCAD DesignCenter

ADC ADCENTER I / O AutoCAD Design Center

ADCNAVIGATE ToolDirects the Desktop in AutoCAD DesignCenter to the file name, directory location, or network path you specify

AL ALIGN Edit Move and Rotate together

AMECONVERT Tool Solid Model old to new version

'APERTURE Settings Osnap box

AP 'APPLOAD Prog Load your favourite .LSP & EXP programs

A ARC 2D Create Draw an ARC

AA AREA Inquiry Show or calculate area

AR ARRAY 2D Create Make many objects from one

ARX Prog Loads, unloads, and provides information about ObjectARX applications

ATTDEF Symbols Define Attributes

'ATTDISP Symbols Set display mode for attributes

ATTEDIT Symbols Edit Attributes

ATTEXT Symbols Extract attributes to a file

ATTREDEF Symbols Redefine Attributes

AUDIT Tool Evaluates the integgrity of a drawing

BACKGROUND Render Sets up the background for your scene

'BASE Settings Sets the insertion point of current drawing, if drawing is to be used within another

H BHATCH 2D Create Clever Hatching

'BLIPMODE Settings Set blips dots at the pick point

B BLOCK Symbols Make a block

BLOCKICON Symbols Generates preview images for blocks created with Release 14 or earlier

BMPOUT Image Write a .BMP graphics file

BO BOUNDARY 2D Create Make a pline from intersecting objects

BOX 3D Solids Solid box

BR BREAK Edit Split up an object

BROWSER Tool Launches the default Web browser defined in your system's registry

'CAL Tool The built in calculator

CAMERA 3D Display Sets a different camera and target location

CHA CHAMFER Edit Chamfers two objects

-CH CHANGE Edit Changes data on some objects + Thickness, Elevation & Layers

- CHPROP Edit Similar to CHANGE no elevation or data change

C CIRCLE 2D Create Draws a circle

CLOSE Tool Closes the current drawing

COL 'COLOR Settings Set new colour <<<<<< not recommended

COMPILE Tool Makes .SHX files from .SHP files

CONE 3D Solids Solid cone

CONVERT ToolOptimizes 2D polylines and associative hatches created in AutoCAD Release 13 or earlier

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CP COPY Edit Makes new objects from old

COPYBASE Windows Copies objects with a specified base point

COPYCLIP Windows Copy objects to windows clipboard

COPYHIST Windows Copies text in history window to clipboard

COPYLINK Windows Copies the current view to clipboard for OLE apps

CUTCLIP Windows As copyclip but erases objects from drawing

CYL CYLINDER 3D Solids Solid Cylinder

DBCCLOSE Tool Closes the dbConnect Manager

DBCONNECT Tool Provides an AutoCAD interface to external database tables

DBLIST Inquiry Tells you what's in the drawing (heavy !!)

DDATTDEF Symbols DD version of attdef

DDATTE Symbols DD version of attedit

DDATTEXT Symbols DD version of attext

DDCOLOR Settings DD version of color <<<<<< not recommended

ED DDEDIT Text Edit text and attributes

GR 'DDGRIPS Settings DD version of grips

DDIM Dims Sets dim styles

I DDINSERT Symbols DD version of insert

CH DDMODIFY Edit Modify any object

DDPTYPE Settings DD version of pdmode

DDRENAME Tool DD version of rename

DDUCS Settings DD version of ucs

UCP DDUCSP Settings UCS presets

UN 'DDUNITS Settings DD version of units

V DDVIEW Display DD version of view

VP DDVPOINT 3D Display DD version of vpoint

'DELAY Prog Used in script files to delay progress

DIM Dims Enter the Dimensioning mode

DAL DIMALIGNED Dims Draws an aligned dim

DAN DIMANGULAR Dims Draws a angular dim

DBA DIMBASELINE Dims Dims from a fixed point

DCE DIMCENTER Dims Puts in the centre mark

DCO DIMCONTINUE Dims Dims from the last dim

DDI DIMDIAMETER Dims Draws a dia dim

DED DIMEDIT Dims Edits dim text

DLI DIMLINEAR Dims Draws a linear dim

DOR DIMORDINATE Dims Draws co ordinate dim

DOV DIMOVERRIDE Dims Overrides dim variables

DRA DIMRADIUS Dims Draws a Rad dim

DST DIMSTYLE Dims Sets or updates a dim style

DIMTED DIMTEDIT Dims Moves and rotates dim text

DI 'DIST Inquiry Measures a distance

DIV DIVIDE 2D Create Sets out marks a set fraction of the object

DO DONUT 2D Create Draws a washer type object

'DRAGMODE Settings Sets visibility of ghost objects

DR DRAWORDER Tool Changes the display order of images and other objects

DS DSETTINGS Settings Specifies settings for Snap mode, grid, and polar and object snap tracking

AV DSVIEWER Display Opens the Aerial View window

DT DTEXT Text Draws text, smarter than TEXT

DV DVIEW 3D Display 3D perspective view

DWGPROPS Tool Sets and displays the properties of the current drawing

DXBIN I / O Reads in a .DXB file, write a .DXB via plot

DXFIN I / O Reads in a .DXF file.

DXFOUT I / O Writes a .DXF file.

EDGE Surface Makes an edge of a 3D face invisible

EDGESURF Surface Makes a 3D Surface from 4 objects

'ELEV Settings Sets the 3D Z elevation

EL ELLIPSE 2D Create Draws an ellipse

E ERASE Edit Deletes any object from the drawing

X EXPLODE Edit Splits up a block into its component parts

EXP EXPORT I / O Saves objects to other file formats

EXPRESSTOOLS Tool Activates the installed AutoCAD Express Tools if currently unavailable



EX EXTEND Edit Makes objects larger, stops at another object

EXT EXTRUDE 3D Solids Makes a solid from a closed 2D shape

'FILL Settings Sets the fill mode for Plines and donuts

F FILLET Edit Joins two objects with a radius

FILTER Tool Gets objects that obey a search criteria

FIND Text Finds, replaces, selects, or zooms to specified text

FOG Render Provides visual cues for the apparent distance of objects

'GRAPHSCR Display Flips screen to drawing mode

'GRID Settings Puts a grid of non snapable dots on the screen

G GROUP Symbols Links many objects

-H HATCH 2D Create The old hatch command <<<<<< not recommended

- HATCHEDIT Edit Modifies an existing hatch block

F1 HELP Tool Help on any command, PLEASE USE IT!

HI HIDE 3D Display 3D hide

^K HYPERLINK Tool Attaches a hyperlink to a graphical object or modifies an existing hyperlink

HYPERLINKOPTIONS Tool Controls the visibility of the hyperlink cursor and the display of hyperlink tooltips

ID 'ID Inquiry Returns the X,Y,Z data of a point, saves this as last point

IMP IMAGE Image Image manaager

IAD IMAGEADJUST Image Controls the image display of the brightness, contrast, and fade values of images

IAT IMAGEATTACH Image Attaches a new image to the current drawing

ICL IMAGECLIP Image Creates new clipping boundaries for an image object

IMAGEFRAME Image Controls whether AutoCAD displays the image frame or hides it from view

IMAGEQUALITY Image Controls the display quality of images

IMP IMPORT I / O Imports files in various formats into AutoCAD

-I INSERT Symbols Inserts a block or a drawing

INSERTOBJ Windows Inserts a linked or embedded object

INF INTERFERE 3D Solids Creates a new solid from the common volume of two solids

INF INTERSECT 3D Solids Boolean operation on regions and solids

F5 'ISOPLANE Settings Sets the isometric plane Left, Right or Top

LA LAYER Settings The new layer command

-LA 'LAYER Settings The old layer command

LO LAYOUT Display Creates a new layout and renames, copies, saves, or deletes an existing layout

LAYOUTWIZARD DisplayStarts the Layout wizard, in which you can designate page and plot settings for a new layout

LEAD LEADER Dims Draws a dim leader

LEN LENGTHEN Edit Changes an object by a factor

LIGHT Render Places a light in the drawing used by render

'LIMITS Settings Sets the size of sheet used by zoom all, grid and ps

L LINE 2D Create Draws a line 2D or 3D

LT 'LINETYPE Settings Sets or loads the linetype <<<<<< not recommended

LI LIST Inquiry Reports on objects

LOAD I / O Load in shape files

LOGFILEOFF I / O Turns off the log file

LOGFILEON I / O I wonder what

LSEDIT Render Edits a landscape object

LSLIB Render Maintains libraries of landscape objects

LSNEW Render Adds realistic landscape items, such as trees and bushes, to your drawings

LTS LTSCALE Settings Sets the linetype scale factor

LWEIGHT Settings Sets the current lineweight, lineweight display options, and lineweight units

MAKEPREVIEW Settings Makes a perview image for drawings

MASSPROP Inquiry Reports on the mass properties of Solids

MATCHPROP Tool Copies the properties from one object to one or more objects

MATLIB Render Access to the renderers materials library

ME MEASURE 2D Create Sets out marks a set distance along an object

MENU I / O Loads in a new menu

MENULOAD I / O Loads a partial menu

MENUUNLOAD I / O Unloads parial menu files

MINSERT Symbols Multiple insert

MI MIRROR 2D Create Makes a new set of objects the mirror image of others

MIRROR3D 3D Create As mirror in any plane



- MLEDIT Edit Multi line Edit

ML MLINE 2D Create Draws up to 16 lines at once

MLSTYLE Settings Multi line set up

MODEL Display Switches from a layout tab to the Model tab and makes it current

M MOVE Edit Moves objects from one location to another

MSLIDE Image Makes an Autocad slide

MS MSPACE Display Switches from paper space to a model space viewport

MT MTEXT Text Makes a block of text also reads in ASCII text

'MTPROP Text Sets mtext properties

MULTIPLE Tool Repeats the next command until canceled

MV MVIEW Display Cuts a new view port into Paper Space

MVSETUP Display The Mview wizard

^N NEW I / O Starts a new drawing with a given template file

O OFFSET 2D Create Draws objects parallel to chosen object

OLELINKS Windows Updates, changes, and cancels existing links

OLESCALE Windows Displays the OLE Properties dialog box

- OOPS Edit Undoes the last erase

^O OPEN I / O Opens an existing drawing file

OP OPTIONS Settings Sets the overall settings of the system

'ORTHO Settings Constrains cursor movement to X or Y

OS OSNAP Settings Sets osnap mode

PAGESETUP DisplaySpecifies the layout page, plotting device, paper size, and settings for each new layout

P 'PAN Display Moves your eye relative to the drawing

PARTIALOAD I / O Loads additional geometry into a partially opened drawing

PARTIALOPEN I / O Loads geometry from a selected view or layer into a drawing

PASTEBLOCK Windows Pastes a copied block into a new drawing

PASTECLIP Windows Inserts data from the clipboard

PASTEORIG WindowsPastes a copied object in a new drawing using the coordinates from the original drawing

PASTESPEC Windows DD version of pasteclip

PCINWIZARD I / ODisplays a wizard to import PCP and PC2 configuration file plot settings into the Model tab or current layout

PE PEDIT Edit Edits polylines and 3D meshes

PFACE Surface Makes a complex 3D mesh

VT PLAN Display Sets view to a plan view wrt UCS or WCS

PL PLINE 2D Create Draws a polyline

^P PLOT I / O Plots a drawing to printer, plotter, file or graphics image

PLOTSTYLE I / OSets the current plot style for new objects, or the assigned plot style for selected objects

PLOTTERMANAGER I / ODisplays the Plotter Manager, where you can launch the Add-a-Plotter wizard and the Plotter Configuration Editor

PO POINT 2D Create Draws a point PDMODE must be greater than 1

POL POLYGON 2D Create Draws a equilateral polygon

OP PREFERENCES Settings Sets the overall settings of the system

PRE PREVIEW Display Shows how the drawing will look when it is printed or plotted

CH PROPERTIES Edit Dynamic editing

PRC PROPERTIESCLOSE Edit Closes the Properties window

PSDRAG Settings Controls visibility of PSIN

PSETUPIN I / O Imports a user-defined page setup into a new drawing layout

PSFILL Display Fills a 2D pline with a Post Script pattern

PSIN Image Reads in a Post Script file

PSOUT Image Writes a .EPS file

PS PSPACE Display Enters Paper Space

PU PURGE Tool Clears out redundant objects

QDIM Dims Quickly creates a dimension

LE QLEADER Dims Quickly creates a leader and leader annotation

QSAVE I / O Quick SAVE

QSELECT Tool Quickly creates selection sets based on filtering criteria

'QTEXT Text Controls the visibility of text

EXIT QUIT I / O Exits AutoCAD

RAY RAY 2D Create Draws a line that radiates from a point to infinity

RECOVER I / O Repairs a damaged drawing

REC RECTANGLE 2D Create Draws a rectangle



REDEFINE Tool Restores core commands overridden by undefine

- REDO Edit Undoes the last undo

R 'REDRAW Display Clears the screen of blips and repairs any screen breaks

RA 'REDRAWALL Display As redraw but in all view ports

REFCLOSE SymbolsSaves back or discards changes made during in-place editing of a reference (an xref or a block)

REFEDIT Symbols Selects a reference for editing

REFSET SymbolsAdds or removes objects from a working set during in-place editing of a reference (an xref or a block)

RE REGEN Tool Recalculates all objects to suit current screen

REA REGENALL Tool As regen but in all view ports

'REGENAUTO Settings Controls regen

REG REGION Symbols Creates a region from a set of objects

REINIT Settings Re initialises hard ware and the .PGP file

REN RENAME Tool Changes the names of objects such as blocks, layers etc

RR RENDER Render Renders the current screen

REPLAY Render Displays a graphics file eg BMP or TGA

'RESUME Prog Continues an interrupted script

REV REVOLVE 3D Solids Makes a round Solid from a 2D poly line

REVSURF Surface Makes a round Surface from a 2D poly line

RMAT Render Manages the rendering materials

RO ROTATE Edit Rotates objects about a plane

ROTATE3D 3D Create Rotates in any plane

RPREF Settings Sets render

RSCRIPT Prog Rewinds a script

RULESURF Surface Creates a 3D mesh between two curves

^S SAVE I / O Saves current drawing to disk and continues in that drawing

SAVEAS I / O Saves current drawing under a new name continues with new name

SAVEIMG Image Saves a rendered image to a graphics file

SC SCALE Edit Changes the actual size of object(s)

SCENE Display Saves and recalls settings related to lights & cameras

SCR 'SCRIPT Prog Runs a script file of autocad commands

SEC SECTION 3D Solids Cuts through a solid to make a region

SELECT Tool Sets up a 'Previous' selection set

SETUV Render Maps materials onto objects

SET 'SETVAR Tool Access to the many autocad sytem variables

SHA SHADE Render Gives a crude render of current scene

SHM SHADEMODE Render Shades the objects in the current viewport

SHAPE Symbols Inserts a shape

SHOWMAT Render Returns an objects material

- SKETCH 2D Create Freehand drawing

SL SLICE 3D Solids Cuts a solid

SNAP Settings Sets the value for cursor snap

SOLDRAW 3D Display Draws Solid objects in Profile

SO SOLID 2D Create Creates a filled area

SED SOLIDEDIT 3D Solids Edits a solid, extrudes some more, moves holes etc.

SOLPROF 3D Display Project a profile of a solid object

SOLVIEW 3D Display Sets up SolDraw

SP 'SPELL Tool Checks the spelling in a drawing

SPHERE 3D Solids Creates a 3D solid sphere

SPL SPLINE 2D Create Creates a NURBS curve

SPE SPLINEDIT Edit Edits a NURBS curve

STATS Inquiry Displays render statistics

'STATUS Inquiry Displays drawing statistics

STLOUT I / O Outputs a solid

- STRETCH Edit Changes the length of object(s)

ST 'STYLE Text Sets the current text style

STYLESMANAGER I / O Displays the Plot Style Manager

SU SUBTRACT 3D Solids Creates a solid by taking one solid from another

SYSWINDOWS Windows Arranges windows

TA TABLET Tool Sets up or turns on the tablet

TABSURF Surface Creates a surface from a polygon and a vector

TBCONFIG Tool Creates and customizes toolbars



TEXT Text Creates new text DTEXT is better MTEXT better stil

F2 'TEXTSCR Display Flips to text screen

'TIME Tool Displays the current and elapsed time

TOL TOLERANCE Dims Creates geometric tolerances

TO TOOLBAR Tool Sets which of many toolbars are active

TOR TORUS 3D Solids Creates a 3D Dough Nut SOLID

- TRACE 2D Create The old pline command <<<< don't use

TRANSPARENCY Image Controls whether background pixels in an image are transparent or opaque

'TREESTAT Inquiry Stats on the spatial index

TR TRIM Edit Cuts one object with another

^Z U Edit Undo the last command

UCS Settings Sets, Restores, Rotates etc the UCS

UCSICON Display Sets the display mode for the ucs icon

UCSMAN Tool Manages defined user coordinate systems

UNDEFINE Tool Suppresses an internal command

U UNDO Edit Undoes more than one command

UNI UNION 3D Solids Adds together two solids

-UN 'UNITS Settings Sets the display mode and precission of numbers

UPD UPDATE Dims Up dated dimension to current style

VBAIDE Prog Displays the Visual Basic Editor

VBALOAD Prog Loads a global VBA project into the current AutoCAD session

VBAMAN Prog Loads, unloads, saves, creates, embeds, and extracts VBA projects

VBARUN Prog Runs a VBA macro

VBASTMT Prog Executes a VBA statement on the AutoCAD command line

VBAUNLOAD Prog Unloads a global VBA project

-V 'VIEW Display Sets and Restores zoom settings

VIEWRES Display Sets the resolution for circles and arcs etc.

VLISP Prog Displays the Visual LISP interactive development environment (IDE)

VPCLIP Display Clips viewport objects

VPLAYER Display Selectively hides objects on certain layers in certain VPORTS

-VP VPOINT 3D Display Sets the position of the veiwers eye

VPORTS Display Multi views in model space

VSLIDE Image View a slide

W WBLOCK Symbols Export a block, becomes a drawing

WE WEDGE 3D Solids Creates a solid wedge

WHOHAS Tool Displays ownership information for opened drawing files

WMFIN Image Imports a Windows metafile

WMFOPTS Image Sets options for WMFIN

WMFOUT Image Saves objects to a Windows metafile

XA XATTACH Symbols Attaches an external reference to the current drawing

XB XBIND Symbols Binds dependant symbols of an XREF to a drawing

XC XCLIP SymbolsDefines an xref or block clipping boundary and sets the front or back clipping planes

XL XLINE 2D Create Draws a line of infinate length

- XPLODE Edit Breaks a compound object into its component parts

XR XREF Symbols Links current drawing to an external drawing

XREFCLIP Symbols Inserts and clips a XREF

Z 'ZOOM Display Changes the current viewing magnifcation


acad commands

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