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Keyboard shortcuts in AutoCAD for Mac.

Most of the keyboard shortcuts defined in AutoCAD for Mac (and AutoCAD LT for Mac) are the same as the standard hotkeys in AutoCAD for Windows (see the overview). But some "hot keys" are defined differently in AutoCAD for MacIntosh:

  
⌘1 - open/close the Tool Sets palette  
⌘2 - open/close the Content palette  
⌘3 - open/close the command window 
⌘4 - open/close the Layers palette
⌘5 - open/close the Properties Inspector palette
⌘6 - toggles the status bar 
⌘7 - open/close the Reference Manager palette
⌘8 - open/close the Material Browser palette
 
⌘/ - launches the online help (browser)  
⌘E - displays the Export Data dialog
⌘F - displays the Find and Replace dialog
⌘G - groups selected objects  
⌘I - displays the Properties Inspector palette
⌘R - regenerates the current viewport  
⌘W - closes the current drawing  
 
⌘+ - zoom-in 2x  
⌘- - zoom-out 0.5x  
⌘, - displays the Application Preferences dialog 
⌘. - displays the Quick View dialog
 
Shift⌘C (Shift-Cmd-C) - displays the color palette
Shift⌘; (Shift-Cmd-;) - displays the Check Spelling dialog

ACAD2012ACLT2012

MacOSCAD

19.8.2011 34647×

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applies to: AutoCAD 2012 · AutoCAD LT 2012 ·

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