AutoCAD and Its Applications ADVANCED 2012

AutoCAD Command Aliases

Command Alias
3DALIGN 3AL
3DFACE 3F
3DMOVE 3M
3DORBIT 3DO, ORBIT
3DPLOT 3DPRINT
3DPOLY 3P
3DPRINT 3DP, RAPIDPROTOTYPE
3DROTATE 3R
3DSCALE 3S
3DWALK 3DNAVIGATE, 3DW
ACTRECORD ARR
ACTSTOP ARS
-ACTSTOP -ARS
ACTUSERINPUT ARU
ACTUSERMESSAGE ARM
-ACTUSERMESSAGE -ARM
ADCENTER ADC, CONTENT, DC, DCENTER
ALIGN AL
ALLPLAY APLAY
ANALYSISCURVATURE CURVATUREANALYSIS
ANALYSISZEBRA ZEBRA
APPLOAD AP
ARC A
AREA AA
ARRAY AR
-ARRAY -AR
ATTDEF ATT, DDATTDEF
-ATTDEF -ATT
ATTEDIT ATE, DDATTE
-ATTEDIT -ATE, ATTE
ATTEXT DDATTEXT

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Command Alias
ATTIPEDIT ATI
BACTION AC
BCLOSE BC
BCPARAMETER CPARAM
BEDIT BE
BLOCK B, BMAKE, BMOD, ACADBLOCKDIALOG
-BLOCK -B
BOUNDARY BO, BPOLY
-BOUNDARY -BO
BPARAMETER PARAM
BREAK BR
BSAVE BS
BVSTATE BVS
CAMERA CAM
CHAMFER CHA
CHANGE -CH
CHECKSTANDARDS CHK
CIRCLE C
COLOR COL, COLOUR, DDCOLOR
COMMANDLINE CLI
CONSTRAINTBAR CBAR
CONSTRAINTSETTINGS CSETTINGS
COPY CO, CP
CTABLESTYLE CT
CVADD INSERTCONTROLPOINT
CVHIDE POINTOFF
CVREBUILD REBUILD
CVREMOVE REMOVECONTROLPOINT
CVSHOW POINTON
CYLINDER CYL
DATAEXTRACTION DX
DATALINK DL
DATALINKUPDATE DLU
DBCONNECT AAD, AEX, ALI, ARO, ASE, ASQ, DBC

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Command Alias
DDEDIT ED
DDGRIPS GR
DDVPOINT VP
DELCONSTRAINT DELCON
DIMALIGNED DAL, DIMALI
DIMANGULAR DAN, DIMANG
DIMARC DAR
DIMBASELINE DBA, DIMBASE
DIMCENTER DCE
DIMCONSTRAINT DCON
DIMCONTINUE DCO, DIMCONT
DIMDIAMETER DDI, DIMDIA
DIMDISASSOCIATE DDA
DIMEDIT DED, DIMED
DIMJOGGED DJO, JOG
DIMJOGLINE DJL
DIMLINEAR DIMLIN, DLI, DIMHORIZONTAL, DIMROTATED, DIMVERTICAL
DIMORDINATE DOR, DIMORD
DIMOVERRIDE DOV, DIMOVER
DIMRADIUS DIMRAD, DRA
DIMREASSOCIATE DRE
DIMSTYLE D, DDIM, DIMSTY, DST
DIMTEDIT DIMTED
DIST DI
DIVIDE DIV
DONUT DO, DOUGHNUT
DIMTEDIT DIMTED
DRAWINGRECOVERY DRM
DRAWORDER DR
DSETTINGS DS, SE, DDRMODES
DVIEW DV
EDITSHOT ESHOT
ELLIPSE EL
ERASE E

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Command Alias
EXPLODE X
EXPORT EXP
-EXPORT -QPUB
EXPORTDWF EDWF
EXPORTDWFX EDWFX
EXPORTPDF ESHOT
-EXPORTTOAUTOCAD AECTOACAD
EXTEND EX
EXTERNALREFERENCES ER
EXTRUDE EXT
FILLET F
FILTER FI
FLATSHOT FSHOT
GEOGRAPHICLOCATION GEO, NORTH, NORTHDIR
GEOMCONSTRAINT GCON
GRADIENT GD
GROUP G
-GROUP -G
HATCH H, BH
-HATCH -H
HATCHEDIT HE
HATCHTOBACK HB
HIDE HI
HIDEPALETTES POFF
IMAGE IM
-IMAGE -IM
IMAGEADJUST IAD
IMAGEATTACH IAT
IMAGECLIP ICL
IMPORT IMP
INSERT I, DDINSERT, INSERTURL
-INSERT -I
INSERTOBJ IO

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Command Alias
INTERFERE INF
INTERSECT IN
ISOLATEOBJECTS ISOLATE
JOIN J
LAYER LA, DDLMODES
-LAYER -LA
LAYERSTATE LMAN, LAS
-LAYOUT LO
LEADER LEAD
LENGTHEN LEN
LINE L
LINETYPE LT, LTYPE, DDLTYPE
-LINETYPE -LT, -LTYPE
LIST LI, LS, SHOWMAT
LTSCALE LTS
LWEIGHT LW, LINEWEIGHT
MARKUP MSM
MATBROWSEROPEN RMAT, MAT
MATCHPROP MA, PAINTER
MATERIALMAP SETUV
MATERIALS FINISH
MEASURE ME
MEASUREGEOM MEA
MESHCREASE CREASE
MESHREFINE REFINE
MESHSMOOTH CONVTOMESH, SMOOTH
MESHSMOOTHLESS LESS
MESHSMOOTHMORE MORE
MESHSPLIT SPLIT
MESHUNCREASE UNCREASE
MIRROR MI
MIRROR3D 3DMIRROR
MLEADER MLD

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Command Alias
MLEADERALIGN MLA
MLEADERCOLLECT MLC
MLEADEREDIT MLE
MLEADERSTYLE MLS
MLINE ML
MOVE M
MSPACE MS
MTEXT T, MT
-MTEXT -T
MVIEW MV
NAVSMOTION MOTION
NAVSMOTIONCLOSE MOTIONCLS
NAVSWHEEL WHEEL
NAVVCUBE CUBE
NEWVIEW NVIEW
NEWSHOT NSHOT
OFFSET O
OPEN DXFIN, OPENURL
OPTIONS OP, PREFERENCES
OSNAP OS, DDOSNAP
-OSNAP -OS
PAN P
-PAN -P
PARAMETERS PAR
-PARAMETERS -PAR
-PARTIALOPEN PARTIALOPEN
PASTESPEC PA
PEDIT PE
PLINE PL
PLOT PRINT, DWFOUT
PLOTSTAMP DDPLOTSTAMP
POINT PO
POINTCLOUD PC

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Command Alias
POINTCLOUDATTACH PCATTACH
POINTCLOUDINDEX PCINDEX
POINTLIGHT FREEPOINT
POLYGON POL
POINTLIGHT FREEPOINT
POLYSOLID PSOLID
PREVIEW PRE
PROPERTIES PR, CH, PROPS, MO, DDMODIFY, DDCHPROP
PROPERTIESCLOSE PRCLOSE
PSPACE PS
PUBLISHTOWEB PTW
PURGE PU
-PURGE -PU
PYRAMID PYR
QLEADER LE
QUICKCALC QC
QUICKCUI QCUI
QUIT EXIT
QVDRAWING QVD
QVDRAWINGCLOSE QVDC
QVLAYOUT QVL
QVLAYOUTCLOSE QVLC
RECTANG REC, RECTANGLE
REDRAW R
REDRAWALL RA
REGEN RE
REGENALL REA
REGION REG
RENAME REN
-RENAME -REN
RENDER RR
RENDERCROP RC
RENDERENVIRONMENT FOG

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Command Alias
RENDERPRESETS RP, RFILEOPT
RENDERWIN RW, RENDSCR
REVOLVE REV
RIBBON DASHBOARD
RIBBONCLOSE DASHBOARDCLOSE
ROTATE RO
RPREF RPR
SAVE SAVEURL
SAVEAS DXFOUT
SCALE SC
SCRIPT SCR
SECTION SEC
SECTIONPLANE SPLANE
SECTIONPLANEJOG JOGSECTION
SECTIONPLANETOBLOCK GENERATESECTION
SEQUENCEPLAY SPLAY
SETVAR SET
SHADEMODE SHA
SHEETSET SSM
SHOWPALETTES PON
SLICE SL
SNAP SN
SOLID SO
SPELL SP
SPLINE SPL
SPLINEDIT SPE
STANDARDS STA
STRETCH S
STYLE ST, DDSTYLE
SUBTRACT SU
SURFBLEND BLENDSRF
SURFEXTEND EXTENDSRF
SURFFILLET FILLETSRF

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Command Alias
SURFNETWORK NETWORKSRF
SURFOFFSET OFFSETSRF
SURFPATCH PATCH
SURFSCULPT CREATESOLID
TABLE TB
TABLESTYLE TS
TABLET TA
TEXT DT, DTEXT
TEXTEDIT TEDIT
THICKNESS TH
TILEMODE TM, TI
TOLERANCE TOL
TOOLBAR TO
TOOLPALETTES TP
TORUS TOR
TRIM TR
UCSMAN UC, DDUCS, DDUCSP
UNION UNI
UNISOLATEOBJECTS UNHIDE, UNISOLATE
UNITS UN, DDUNITS
-UNITS -UN
VIEW V, DDVIEW
-VIEW -V
VIEWGO VGO
VIEWPLAY VPLAY
VISUALSTYLES VSM
-VISUALSTYLES -VSM
VPOINT -VP
VPORTS VIEWPORTS
VSCURRENT VS
WBLOCK W, ACADWBLOCKDIALOG
-WBLOCK -W
WEDGE WE

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Command Alias
XATTACH XA
XBIND XB
-XBIND -XB
XCLIP XC
XLINE XL
XREF XR
-XREF -XR
ZOOM Z

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