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Accelerator Keys

Use this appendix as a guide to help you get acquainted

with AutoCAD

®

Mechanical 6 accelerator keys.

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Using Accelerator Keys

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Accelerator Keys

Accelerator Keys

Many frequently used commands are accessible using automated shortcuts
known as accelerator keys. Accelerator keys are available for AutoCAD as well
as for AutoCAD

®

Mechanical.

WARNING!

Accelerator keys are automatically loaded when you install

AutoCAD Mechanical 6. Accelerator keys specific to AutoCAD Mechanical 6 are
appended at the end of the acad.pgp file. If you have created custom accelerator
keys with the same letter combinations as those in the following table, they will
be superseded because the last entry in the file is activated by the keystrokes. To
restore your custom accelerator keys, move the definition to the end of the
acad.pgp file.

To use an accelerator key to start a command

1

On the command line, enter the key(s) that correspond to the command you
want to use.

2

Press

ENTER

, the spacebar, or the right mouse button to execute the com-

mand.

Accelerator keys available in AutoCAD Mechanical 6

Key

Function

Command

bal

Place Balloon

AMBALLOON

cb

Centerline Cross with Hole

AMCENCRHOLE

cha

Chamfer

AMCHAM2D

cl

Centerline

AMCENTLINE

clin

Draw C-Lines

AMCONSTLINES

cloo

C-Lines ON/OFF

AMCLINEO

cr

Copy+Rotate+Move

AMCOPYRM

cs

Centerline Cross

AMCENCROSS

dan

Angle Dimensioning

AMPOWERDIM_ANG

dau

Automatic Dimensioning

AMAUTODIM

dmed

Multi Edit

AMDIMMEDIT

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f

Fillet

AMFILLET2D

h

User Defined Hatch

AMUSERHATCH

hioo

Invisible Lines ON/OFF

AMLAYINVO

l0

Layer AM_0

AMLAYER

l1

Layer AM_1

AMLAYER

l2

Layer AM_2

AMLAYER

l3

Layer AM_3

AMLAYER

l4

Layer AM_4

AMLAYER

l5

Layer AM_5

AMLAYER

l6

Layer AM_6

AMLAYER

l7

Layer AM_7

AMLAYER

l8

Layer AM_8

AMLAYER

l10

Layer AM_10

AMLAYER

l11

Layer AM_11

AMLAYER

lib

Library

AMLIBRARY

lg

Layer/Layer Group Control

AMLAYER

lgmo

Move to another Layer Group

AMLGMOVE

lgv

Layer Group Visibility

AMLAYVISENH

lmo

Move to another Layer

AMLAYMOVE

o

Offset

AMOFFSET

oo

3DOrbit

3DORBIT

par

Create Part Reference

AMPARTREF

pc

Power Copy

AMPOWERCOPY

pd

Power Dimensioning

AMPOWERDIM

ped

Power Edit

AMPOWEREDIT

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Accelerator Keys

per

Power Erase

AMPOWERERASE

prc

Power Recall

AMPOWERRECALL

proo

Part Reference Layer ON/OFF

AMLAYPARTREFO

pss

Power Snap Settings 1-4

AMPOWERSNAP

rec

Rectangle

AMRECTANG

s1

Power Snap Settings 1

AMPSNAP1

s2

Power Snap Settings 2

AMPSNAP2

s3

Power Snap Settings 3

AMPSNAP3

s4

Power Snap Settings 4

AMPSNAP4

sm

Scale Monitor

AMSCMONITOR

stoo

Standard Parts Layer ON/OFF

AMLAYPARTO

tioo

Title Block Layer ON/OFF

AMLAYTIBLO

txl

Language Converter

AMLANGCONV

u0

Units 0

AMUNIT_0

u1

Units 1

AMUNIT_1

u2

Units 2

AMUNIT_2

u3

Units 3

AMUNIT_3

u4

Units 4

AMUNIT_4

v1

Upper Left

AMVIEWUL

v2

Upper Right

AMVIEWUR

v3

Lower Left

AMVIEWLL

v4

Lower Right

AMVIEWLR

v5

Center

AMVIEWCEN

val

View All

AMVIEWALL

vpoo

Viewport Layer ON/OFF

AMLAYVPO

Accelerator keys available in AutoCAD Mechanical 6