Shortcut Keys in 3D Drawing in Auto-CAD

Some of Shortcut Keys in 3D Drawing in Auto-CAD:

To Perform	Command	Shortcut
Command line 3D solid options	3D	3D
Draw a cube	BOX	BOX
Draw a cylinder	CYLINDER	CYLINDER
Opens UCS dialogue	DDUCS	DDUCS
Opens UCS dialogue at orthographic tab	DDUCSP	DDUCSP
Extrude a face	EXTRUDE	EXT
Intersect an object	INTERSECT	IN
Revolves an object about an axis	REVOLVE	REV
Open render dialogue box	RENDER	RR
Section	SECTION	SE
Slice a solid	SLICE	SL
Subtract selection from solid	SUBTRACT	SU
Draw torus shape	TORUS	TOR
Displays UCS manager dialogue box	DDUCS	UC
UCS Command line options	UCS	UCS
Union solids	UNION	UNI
Opens viewport dialogue box	VPORTS	VPORTS
Draw a wedge	WEDGE	WE

Shortcut Keys to control Universal co-ordinate system (UCS) in Auto-CAD:

To Perform	Command	Shortcut
Align UCS with an object, first select UCS	OBJECT	OB
Display UCS manager dialogue box	DDUCS	UC
Universal co-ordinate system options	UCS	UCS
Change the UCS icon appearance	UCSICON	UCSICON
Return to the WCS	WORLD	W

Shortcut Keys for View-ports:

To Perform	Shortcut
Opens viewports dialogue box	VPORTS
Perspective view.	DV
Switch to model space in a viewport	MS
Create a viewport using command line	-VPORTS
Make a viewport in paper space	MV
Switch to paper space from viewport	PS
Cycle through viewports	CTRL+R
Switch up between layout tabs	CTRL+PAGE UP
Switch down between layout tabs	CTRL+PAGE DOWN
To prevent a viewport from editing right mouse click on the viewport and select DISPLAY LOCKED/YES

Shortcut Keys for External Reference – XREF:

To Perform	Command	Shortcut
Edit an external reference in place	REFEDIT	REFEDIT
Opens select reference file dialogue for attaching Xref	XATTACH	XA
Opens Xbind dialogue - allows import only of symbols etc	XBIND	XB
Create a border in an xref to hide outside area	XCLIP	XC
Opens a selected xref in a new window	XOPEN	XOPEN
Opens Xref manager dialogue box	XREF	XR

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