AutoCAD Civil 3D
Basic Command Line Shortucts
Objects
| Input | Command |
|---|
| po | draw point |
| l | draw line |
| pl | draw 2D polyline |
| 3dpoly, 3p | draw 3d polyline |
| c | draw circle |
| rec | draw rectangle |
| cylinder | draw cylinder |
| spl | draw spline |
| xref | bring up external reference dialogue |
| di | distance |
| id | coords |
| ha | hatch |
| i | insert |
| ctrl+shift+c | Copy with base point |
| ctrl+shift+v | Paste as block |
Layer
| Input | Command |
|---|
| layiso | isolate selected layers |
| laymcur | make current layer of selected object |
| laymch | make selected objects same layer |
| laydel | delete layer of selected object |
| layfrz | freeze layer of selected objects |
| laythw | thaw all layers |
| layon | turn on all layers |
| layoff | turn off selected layers |
| Draworder | bring layers to front or send to back |
| audit | audit drawing and fix errors |
| pu | purge drawing |
| matchprop | match properties |
| la | layer manager |
Edit/View
| Input | Command |
|---|
| layiso | isolate selected layers |
| laymcur | make current layer of selected object |
| laymch | make selected objects same layer |
| laydel | delete layer of selected object |
| layfrz | freeze layer of selected objects |
| laythw | thaw all layers |
| layon | turn on all layers |
| layoff | turn off selected layers |
| Draworder | bring layers to front or send to back |
| audit | audit drawing and fix errors |
| pu | purge drawing |
| matchprop | match properties |
| la | layer manager |
Snap Overides
| Input | Command |
|---|
| m2p | mid between 2 points snap |
| .x | hold x coord |
| .y | hold y coord |
| .z | hold z coord |
| .xy | hold x and y coords |
| .xz | hold x and z coords |
| .yz | hold y and z coords |
| nea | nearest snap |
| per | perpendicular snap |
| appint | apparent intersect snap |
| int | intersection snap |
| end | endpoint snap |
| mid | midpoint snap |
| node | node snap |
| ins | insertion point snap |
| Input | Command |
|---|
| F1 | Help |
| F2 | Command prompt in text window |
| F3 | snap on/off |
| F4 | 3d snap on/off |
| F5 | Isoplane toggles |
| F6 | Dynamic UCS (change coord sys based on object) |
| F7 | Display Grid |
| F8 | Orthogonal snap |
| F9 | Snap to grid on/off |
| F10 | Polar display on/off |
| F11 | Object snap tracking on/off |
| F12 | Dynamic input |
