AutoCAD Single-Letter Command

Let's now proceed with our next tricks and tips sharing. Let me give you some of the most commonly used single letter command. The advantage in using these keyboard shortcuts lets you enhance your typing ability plus you can save more time and effort. You don't need to  memorize or familiarize yourself with its icons. All you have to do is get yourself associated with your most commonly used command to insert an object. For example, instead of clicking the icon for inserting a LINE object, you can simply input letter "L" then enter for the command "line". This trick is widely used now by most auto CAD operator and draftsman around the world due to its simplicity and more comfortability. The table below shows the complete list of single letter command:

Shortcut Key    Function
A <Enter>       Draws an Arc
B <Enter>       Block Definition
C <Enter>       Draws a Circle
D <Enter>       Dimension Style Manager
E <Enter>       Erase an object
F <Enter>       Fillet
G <Enter>      Object Grouping
H <Enter>      Hatch and Gradient
I <Enter>       Insert
J <Enter>       Join an object
L <Enter>       Draws a Line
M <Enter>      Moves an object
O <Enter>      Open a File
P <Enter>       Pan
R <Enter>       Redraw
S <Enter>       Stretch an object
T <Enter>       Insert text
U <Enter>       Undo last action
V <Enter>       View Manager
W <Enter>      Write Block
X <Enter>       Explodes an object/block
Z <Enter>       Zoom

Those are the single-letter command that helps you make your work faster and reliable. In this way of making drafting plans and design, you can say that it is more accurate than the icon-clicking way because you are more focused in your work. Therefore, I should suggest that you better try and make this as your principal way in making drawings. More comfortable, more reliable. Hope that it helps you a little bit. Thanks for reading. :D