AutoCAD keyboard shortcuts

AutoCAD's default CUIx keymap controls drawings, palettes, selection and editing, drafting aids, viewports, layouts, and 3D subobject filters. This record follows the Windows shortcut table published for AutoCAD 2026.

Windows · 75 shortcuts

Application and drawing files

Create, open, save, plot, close, and quit drawings, then move among open file tabs without reaching for the application menu.

ActionWindows
Close the application windowAltF4
Close the current drawingCtrlF4
Create a new drawingCtrlN
Open an existing drawingCtrlO
Plot the current drawingCtrlP
Quit AutoCADCtrlQ
Save the current drawingCtrlS
Open Save AsCtrlShiftS
Move to the next file tabCtrlF6
Move to the next file tabCtrlTab
Move to the previous file tabCtrlShiftTab
Move focus to the Start tabCtrlHome

Palettes and interface

Toggle Clean Screen, core palettes, command history, the command line, Quick Properties, and AutoCAD development dialogs.

ActionWindows
Open the Macros dialogAltF8
Open the Visual Basic EditorAltF11
Open the Text windowCtrlF2
Toggle Clean ScreenCtrl0
Toggle the Properties paletteCtrl1
Toggle DesignCenterCtrl2
Toggle Tool PalettesCtrl3
Toggle Sheet Set ManagerCtrl4
Toggle dbConnect ManagerCtrl6
Toggle Markup Set ManagerCtrl7
Toggle the QuickCalc paletteCtrl8
Toggle the Command Line windowCtrl9
Hide or show palettesCtrlShiftH
Toggle Quick PropertiesCtrlShiftP

Selection and editing

Select, group, copy, paste, cut, undo, redo, and repeat commands while retaining AutoCAD-specific base-point and block paste operations.

ActionWindows
Select all unlocked and unfrozen drawing objectsCtrlA
Toggle GroupsCtrlShiftA
Copy objects to the Windows ClipboardCtrlC
Copy objects with a base pointCtrlShiftC
Paste data from the Windows ClipboardCtrlV
Paste Clipboard data as a blockCtrlShiftV
Cut objects to the Windows ClipboardCtrlX
Reverse the last actionCtrlZ
Cancel the preceding Undo actionCtrlY
Repeat the last commandCtrlJ
Repeat the last commandCtrlM
Select the previously selected objectsCtrlShiftL
Cancel the current commandCtrl[
Cancel the current commandCtrl\

Drafting aids and display modes

Toggle snap, grids, object snaps, Ortho, Polar Tracking, Dynamic UCS, inferred constraints, and other drafting state stored in AutoCAD.

ActionWindows
Toggle SnapCtrlB
Toggle Dynamic UCSCtrlD
Cycle through isometric planesCtrlE
Enable implied-face extrusionCtrlShiftE
Toggle running object snapsCtrlF
Toggle grid display modeCtrlG
Toggle PICKSTYLECtrlH
Toggle the Coordinates displayCtrlI
Toggle Infer ConstraintsCtrlShiftI
Toggle Ortho modeCtrlL
Toggle Tablet modeCtrlT
Toggle Polar TrackingCtrlU
Toggle selection cyclingCtrlW
Toggle 3D Object Snap modeCtrlShiftY

Layouts and viewports

Cycle through model and layout viewports, then move directly between neighboring layout tabs in the current drawing.

ActionWindows
Cycle through tiled or floating viewportsCtrlR
Move to the previous layoutCtrlPage Up
Move to the next layoutCtrlPage Down

Function keys and 3D selection filters

Open help and command history, toggle common drawing modes, and constrain subobject selection to vertices, edges, faces, or solid history.

ActionWindows
Open Help for the active contextF1
Expand Command Line history or open the Text windowF2
Toggle OSNAPF3
Toggle 3DOSNAPF4
Toggle ISOPLANEF5
Toggle UCSDETECTF6
Toggle GRIDMODEF7
Toggle ORTHOMODEF8
Toggle SNAPMODEF9
Toggle Polar TrackingF10
Toggle Object Snap TrackingF11
Toggle Dynamic InputF12
Remove the subobject selection filterShiftF1
Limit subobject selection to verticesShiftF2
Limit subobject selection to edgesShiftF3
Limit subobject selection to facesShiftF4
Limit subobject selection to solid historyShiftF5

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