Autocad 2000 Command List - 300 Comandos

AutoCAD 2000 Command List

All Commands

Command

Type

Description

3D

Surface

Draw 3D mesh objects

3DARRAY

3D Create

Array in any plane

3DCLIP

3D Display

3DCORBIT

3D Display

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

3DFACE

Surface

Cap an area

3DMESH

Surface

Complex 3D surface

3DORBIT

3D Display

3DPAN

3D Display

Dynamic viewer Invokes the interactive 3D view and enables you to drag the view horizontally and vertically

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

ADCENTER

I/O

ADCNAVIGATE

Tool

AutoCAD Design Center Directs the Desktop in AutoCAD DesignCenter to the file name, directory location, or network path you specify

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

BHATCH

2D Create

Clever Hatching

'BLIPMODE

Settings

Set blips dots at the pick point

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

BOUNDARY

2D Create

Make a pline from intersecting objects

BOX

3D Solids

Solid box

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

'COLOR

Settings

Set new colour <<<<<< not recommended

COMPILE

Tool

Makes .SHX files from .SHP files

CONE

3D Solids

CONVERT

Tool

Solid cone Optimizes 2D polylines and associative hatches created in AutoCAD Release 13 or earlier

Short 3A

3F 3DO

3P

ADC

AL

H B

BO BR

COL

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05/08/02

AutoCAD 2000 Command List

All Commands

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

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

CP

CYL

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05/08/02

AutoCAD 2000 Command List

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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

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

F

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

LAYOUTWIZARD

Display

Creates a new layout and renames, copies, saves, or deletes an existing layout Starts 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

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

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

MIRROR

2D Create

Makes a new set of objects the mirror image of others

MIRROR3D

3D Create

As mirror in any plane

LTS

ME

MI

Terry Rawkins

05/08/02

AutoCAD 2000 Command List

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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

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

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

OSNAP

Settings

PAGESETUP

Display

Sets osnap mode Specifies the layout page, plotting device, paper size, and settings for each new layout

'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

PASTEORIG

Windows

Inserts data from the clipboard Pastes a copied object in a new drawing using the coordinates from the original drawing

PASTESPEC

Windows

PCINWIZARD

I/O

DD version of pasteclip Displays a wizard to import PCP and PC2 configuration file plot settings into the Model tab or current layout

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

PLOTSTYLE

I/O

M

MV

OS

P

PE

PLOTTERMANAGER

I/O

Plots a drawing to printer, plotter, file or graphics image Sets the current plot style for new objects, or the assigned plot style for selected objects Displays 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

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

RECTANGLE

2D Create

Draws a rectangle

LE

REC

Terry Rawkins

05/08/02

AutoCAD 2000 Command List

All Commands

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

REFCLOSE

Symbols

As redraw but in all view ports Saves back or discards changes made during in-place editing of a reference (an xref or a block)

REFEDIT

Symbols

REFSET

Symbols

Selects a reference for editing Adds 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

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

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

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

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

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

'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

SUBTRACT

3D Solids

Creates a solid by taking one solid from another

SYSWINDOWS

Windows

Arranges windows

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

REG

REV

RO

^S

SC

SP

SU TA

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05/08/02

AutoCAD 2000 Command List

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TEXT

Text

Creates new text DTEXT is better MTEXT better stil

'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

'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

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

XC

XCLIP

Symbols

Binds dependant of an XREF to aand drawing Defines an xref orsymbols block clipping boundary 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

'ZOOM

Display

Changes the current viewing magnifcation

F2

-V

-VP

Z

Terry Rawkins

05/08/02