AutoCAD keyboard shortcuts 

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Zeynel -
7 years ago
- Shortcuts

You'll surely want to know some of the keyboard shortcuts, while using professional software like AutoCAD. You'll notice some of the shortcuts are quite different in AutoCAD than other programs, as they are generally sequence of letters rather than usual holding and pressing letters. But don't worry, this will allow you to memorize them better.

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E then D

DDEDIT / Edits single-line text, dimension text, attribute definitions, and feature control frames

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E then L

ELLIPSE / Creates an ellipse or an elliptical arc

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E then P then D then F

EXPORTPDF / Exports drawing to PDF

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E then R

EXTERNALREFERENCES / Opens the External References palette

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E then X

EXTEND / Extends objects to meet the edges of other objects

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E then X then I then T

QUIT / Exits the program

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E then X then P

EXPORT / Saves the objects in a drawing to a different file format

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E then X then T

EXTRUDE / Extends the dimensions of a 2D object or 3D face into 3D space

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F

FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges of objects

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F then I

FILTER / Creates a list of requirements that an object must meet to be included in a selection set

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F then S

FSMODE / Creates a selection set of all objects that touch the selected object

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F then S then H then O then T

FLATSHOT / Creates a 2D representation of all 3D objects based on the current view

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G

GROUP / Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups

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G then C then O then N

GEOCONSTRAINT / Applies or persists geometric relationships between objects or points on objects

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G then D

GRADIENT / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a gradient fill

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G then E then O

GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies the geographic location information for a drawing file

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H

HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill

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H then E

HATCHEDIT / Modifies an existing hatch or fill

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H then I

HIDE / Regenerates a 3D wireframe model with hidden lines suppressed

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I

INSERT / Inserts a block or drawing into the current drawing

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I then A then D

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

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I then A then T

IMAGEATTACH / Inserts a reference to an image file

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I then C then L

IMAGECLIP / Crops the display of a selected image to a specified boundary

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I then D

ID / Displays the UCS coordinate values of a specified location

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I then M

IMAGE / Displays the External References palette

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I then M then P

IMPORT / Imports files of different formats into the current drawing

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I then N

INTERSECT / Creates a 3D solid, surface, or 2D region from overlapping solids, surfaces, or regions

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I then N then F

INTERFERE / Creates a temporary 3D solid from the interferences between two sets of selected 3D solids

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I then O

INSERTOBJ / Inserts a linked or embedded object

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J

JOIN / Joins similar objects to form a single, unbroken object

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J then O then G

DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged dimensions for circles and arcs

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L

LINE / Creates straight line segments

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L then A

LAYER / Manages layers and layer properties

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L then A then S

LAYERSTATE / Saves, restores, and manages named layer states

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L then E

QLEADER / Creates a leader and leader annotation

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L then E then N

LENGTHEN / Changes the length of objects and the included angle of arcs

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L then E then S then S

MESHSMOOTHLESS / Decreases the level of smoothness for mesh objects by one level

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L then I

LIST / Displays property data for selected objects

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L then O

LAYOUT / Creates and modifies drawing layout tabs

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L then T

LINETYPE / Loads, sets, and modifies linetypes

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L then T then S

LTSCALE / Changes the scale factor of linetypes for all objects in a drawing

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L then W

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

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M

MOVE / Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction

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M then A

MATCHPROP / Applies the properties of a selected object to other objects

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M then A then T

MATERIALS / Shows or hides the Materials window

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M then E

MEASURE / Joins similar objects to form a single, unbroken object

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M then E then A

MEASUREGEOM / Measures the distance, radius, angle, area, and volume of selected objects or sequence of points

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M then I

MIRROR / Creates a mirrored copy of selected objects

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M then L

MLINE / Creates multiple parallel lines

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M then L then A

MLEADERALIGN / Aligns and spaces selected multileader objects

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M then L then C

MLEADERCOLLECT / Organizes selected multileaders that contain blocks into rows or columns, and displays the result with a single leader

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M then L then D

MLEADER / Creates a multileader object

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M then L then E

MLEADEREDIT / Adds leader lines to, or removes leader lines from, a multileader object

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M then L then S

MLEADERSTYLE / Creates and modifies multileader styles

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M then O

PROPERTIES / Controls properties of existing objects

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M then O then R then E

MESHSMOOTHMORE / Increases the level of smoothness for mesh objects by one level

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M then S

MSPACE / Switches from paper space to a model space viewport

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M then S then M

MARKUP / Opens the Markup Set Manager

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M then T

MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object

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M then V

MVIEW / Creates and controls layout viewports

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N then O then R then T then H

GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies the geographic location information for a drawing file

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N then S then H then O then T

NEWSHOT / Creates a named view with motion that is played back when viewed with ShowMotion

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N then V then I then E then W

NEWVIEW / Creates a named view with no motion

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O

OFFSET / Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel curves

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OBJECTSELECTION + LIMIT

OPTIONS / Customizes the program settings

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OFFSETSRF

SURFOFFSET/ Creates a parallel surface or solid by setting an offset distance from a surface

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OP

OPTIONS / Customizes the program settings

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OPENPROJECT

SURFOFFSET / Creates a parallel surface or solid by setting an offset distance from a surface

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O then R then B then I then T

3DORBIT / Rotates the view in 3D space, but constrained to horizontal and vertical orbit only

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O then S

OSNAP / Sets running object snap modes

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P

PAN / Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition

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P then A

PASTESPEC / Pastes objects from the Clipboard into the current drawing and controls the format of the data

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P then A then R

PARAMETERS / Controls the associative parameters used in the drawing

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P then A then R then A then M

BPARAMETER / Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition

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P then A then T then C then H

SURFPATCH / Creates a new surface by fitting a cap over a surface edge that forms a closed loop

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P then C

POINTCLOUD / Provides options to create and attach point cloud files

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P then C then A then T then T then A then C then H

POINTCLOUDATTACH / Inserts an indexed point cloud file into the current drawing

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P then C then I then N then D then E then X

POINTCLOUDINDEX / Creates an indexed point cloud (PCG or ISD) file from a scan file

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P then E

PEDIT / Edits polylines and 3D polygon meshes

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P then L

PLINE / Creates a 2D polyline

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P then O

POINT / Creates a point object

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P then O then F then F

HIDEPALETTES / Hides currently displayed palettes (including the command line)

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P then O then L

POLYGON / Creates an equilateral closed polyline

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P then O then N

SHOWPALETTES / Restores the display of hidden palettes

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P then R

PROPERTIES / Displays Properties palette

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P then R then E

PREVIEW / Displays the drawing as it will be plotted

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PRINT

PLOT / Plots a drawing to a plotter, printer, or file

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P then S

PSPACE / Switches from a model space viewport to paper space

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P then S then O then L then I then D

POLYSOLID / Creates a 3D wall-like polysolid

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P then T then W

PUBLISHTOWEB / Creates HTML pages that include images of selected drawings

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P then U

PURGE / Removes unused items, such as block definitions and layers, from the drawing

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P then Y then R

PYRAMID / Creates a 3D solid pyramid

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Q then C

QUICKCALC / Opens the QuickCalc calculator

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Q then C then U then I

QUICKCUI / Displays the Customize User Interface Editor in a collapsed state

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Q then P

QUICKPROPERTIES / Displays open drawings and layouts in a drawing in preview images

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Q then S then A then V then E

QSAVE / Saves the current drawing

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Q then V then D

QVDRAWING / Displays open drawings and layouts in a drawing using preview images

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Q then V then D then C

QVDRAWINGCLOSE / Closes preview images of open drawings and layouts in a drawing

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Q then V then L

QVLAYOUT / Displays preview images of model space and layouts in a drawing

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Q then V then L then C

QVLAYOUTCLOSE / Closes preview images of model space and layouts in the current drawing

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R

REDRAW / Refreshes the display in the current viewport

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R then A

REDRAWALL / Refreshes the display in all viewports

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R then C

RENDERCROP / Renders a specified rectangular area, called a crop window, within a viewport

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R then E

REGEN / Regenerates the entire drawing from the current viewport

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R then E then A

REGENALL / Regenerates the drawing and refreshes all viewports

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R then E then C

RECTANG / Creates a rectangular polyline

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R then E then G

REGION / Converts an object that encloses an area into a region object

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R then E then N

RENAME / Changes the names assigned to items such as layers and dimension styles

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R then E then V

REVOLVE / Creates a 3D solid or surface by sweeping a 2D object around an axis

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R then O

ROTATE / Rotates objects around a base point

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R then P

RENDERPRESETS / Specifies render presets, reusable rendering parameters, for rendering an image

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R then P then R

RPREF / Displays or hides the Advanced Render Settings palette for access to advanced rendering settings

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R then R

RENDER / Creates a photorealistic or realistically shaded image of a 3D solid or surface model

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R then W

RENDERWIN / Displays the Render window without starting a rendering operation

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S

STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or polygon

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S then C

SCALE / Enlarges or reduces selected objects, keeping the proportions of the object the same after scaling

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S then C then R

SCALESCRIPT / Executes a sequence of commands from a script file

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S then E then C

SECTION / Uses the intersection of a plane and solids, surfaces, or mesh to create a region

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S then E then T

SETVAR / Lists or changes the values of system variables

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S then H then A

SHADEMODE / Starts the VSCURRENT command

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S then L

SLICE / Creates new 3D solids and surfaces by slicing, or dividing, existing objects

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S then N

SNAP / Restricts cursor movement to specified intervals

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S then O

SOLID / Creates solid-filled triangles and quadrilaterals

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S then P

SPELL / Checks spelling in a drawing

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S then P then E

SPLINEDIT / Edits a spline or spline-fit polyline

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S then P then L

SPLINE / Creates a smooth curve that passes through or near specified points

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S then P then L then A then N then E

SECTIONPLANE / Creates a section object that acts as a cutting plane through 3D objects

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S then P then L then A then Y

SEQUENCEPLAY / Plays named views in one category

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S then P then L then I then T

MESHSPLIT / Splits a mesh face into two faces

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S then S then M

SHEETSET / Opens the Sheet Set Manager

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S then T

STYLE / Creates, modifies, or specifies text styles

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S then T then A

STANDARDS / Manages the association of standards files with drawings

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S then U

SUBTRACT / Combines selected 3D solids, surfaces, or 2D regions by subtraction

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T

MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object

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T then A

TABLET / Calibrates, configures, and turns on and off an attached digitizing tablet

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T then B

RABLE / Creates an empty table object

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T then E then D then I then T

TEXTEDIT / Edits a dimensional constraint, dimension, or text object

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T then H

THICKNESS / Sets the default 3D thickness property when creating 2D geometric objects

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T then I

TILEMODE / Controls whether paper space can be accessed

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T then O

TOOLBAR / Displays, hides, and customizes toolbars

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T then O then L

TOLERANCE / Creates geometric tolerances contained in a feature control frame

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T then O then R

TORUS / Creates a donut-shaped 3D solid

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T then P

TOOLPALETTES / Opens the Tool Palettes window

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T then R

TRIM / Trims objects to meet the edges of other objects

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T then S

TABLESTYLE / Creates, modifies, or specifies table styles


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