Commands

The 177 commands you can type in the command window (or run by id with CadExecute / CadCmdStart). Names follow AutoCAD where an equivalent exists; type ? in the command window for this same list.

Draw — 38

Command	Aliases	Description
`arc`	a	Draw an arc.
`arc3p`	—	Draw an arc through three points.
`arccontinue`	—	Continue an arc from the last point.
`arccsa`	—	Arc by centre, start, included angle.
`arccse`	—	Arc by centre, start, end.
`arccsl`	—	Arc by centre, start, chord length.
`arcsca`	—	Arc by start, centre, included angle.
`arcsce`	—	Arc by start, centre, end.
`arcscl`	—	Arc by start, centre, chord length.
`arcsea`	—	Arc by start, end, included angle.
`arcsed`	—	Arc by start, end, direction.
`arcser`	—	Arc by start, end, radius.
`centermark`	—	Draw a centre mark on a circle or arc.
`circle`	c, ci	Draw a circle (centre + radius).
`circle2p`	—	Draw a circle through two points.
`circle3p`	—	Draw a circle through three points.
`circle3tan`	—	Draw a circle tangent to three objects.
`circlecd`	—	Draw a circle by centre and diameter.
`circlecr`	—	Draw a circle by centre and radius.
`ellipse`	el	Draw an ellipse or elliptical arc.
`hatch`	bhatch, h, bh	Fill an area with a solid or pattern hatch.
`leader`	qleader, le, ld	Draw a leader with an arrowhead and text.
`line`	l	Draw a straight line (or connected segments).
`lineangle`	lang	Draw a line at a given angle.
`linebisector`	lbis	Draw the bisector line of an angle.
`linehv`	lhv	Draw a horizontal or vertical line.
`lineparallel`	lpar	Draw a line parallel to another.
`mline`	ml	Draw a multiline (parallel elements).
`mtext`	mt	Place multiline (paragraph) text.
`pline`	polyline, pl	Draw a polyline (line/arc segments with bulges).
`point`	po	Place a point entity.
`polygon`	pol	Draw a regular polygon.
`ray`	—	Draw a semi-infinite construction line.
`rectangle`	rectang, rec	Draw a rectangle.
`spline`	spl	Draw a spline through fit points.
`text`	dtext, dt, t	Place single-line text.
`wtext`	wt	Place window-formatted text.
`xline`	xl	Draw an infinite construction line.

Modify — 30

Command	Aliases	Description
`align`	al	Align entities by source/destination points.
`array`	ar	Copy entities in a pattern.
`break`	br	Break an entity between two points.
`breakdivide`	bd	Break an entity at division points.
`chamfer`	cha	Bevel a corner between two entities.
`copy`	co, cp	Copy selected entities.
`deletefree`	—	Delete free (unconnected) entities.
`divide`	div	Place points dividing an entity evenly.
`erase`	e, del	Delete selected entities.
`explode`	x	Explode a block/polyline into components.
`explodetext`	xt	Explode text into outline geometry.
`extend`	ex	Extend entities to a boundary edge.
`fillet`	f	Round a corner between two entities.
`join`	j	Join collinear/contiguous entities.
`lengthen`	len	Change the length of an entity.
`linegap`	—	Insert a gap in a line.
`linejoin`	lj	Join two lines at their intersection.
`matchprop`	ma	Copy properties from one entity to others.
`measure`	me	Place points at measured intervals.
`mirror`	mi	Mirror selected entities across an axis.
`move`	m	Move selected entities.
`moverotate`	—	Move and rotate in one operation.
`offset`	o	Offset a curve by a distance.
`plineaddvertex`	pladdnode	Add a vertex to a polyline.
`plinedelvertex`	pldelnode	Delete a vertex from a polyline.
`reverse`	revertdir	Reverse a curve's direction.
`rotate`	ro	Rotate selected entities about a base point.
`scale`	sc	Scale selected entities about a base point.
`stretch`	s	Stretch entities crossing a window.
`trim`	tr	Trim entities to a cutting edge.

Order — 4

Command	Aliases	Description
`draworderbottom`	toback, back	Send entities to the back.
`draworderlower`	lower	Send entities one step backward.
`draworderraise`	raise	Bring entities one step forward.
`drawordertop`	tofront, front	Bring entities to the front.

Dimension — 8

Command	Aliases	Description
`dimaligned`	dal	Aligned dimension.
`dimangular`	dan	Angular dimension.
`dimbaseline`	dba	Baseline dimension from a common origin.
`dimcontinue`	dco	Continue a dimension from the last.
`dimdiameter`	ddi	Diametric dimension.
`dimlinear`	dli	Linear (horizontal/vertical) dimension.
`dimordinate`	dor	Ordinate dimension.
`dimradius`	dra, dimrad	Radial dimension.

Block — 11

Command	Aliases	Description
`attdef`	att	Define a block attribute.
`attedit`	ate	Edit block attribute values.
`battman`	attman	Manage a block's attribute definitions.
`block`	bmake, b, acadblock	Create a block definition from entities.
`blockclose`	bclose	Close the block editor.
`blockedit`	bedit, be	Edit a block definition in place.
`image`	im	Open the raster-image manager.
`imageattach`	iat	Attach a raster image.
`insert`	i, ddinsert	Insert a block reference.
`xattach`	xa	Attach an external-reference drawing.
`xref`	xr	Open the external-reference manager.

Select — 10

Command	Aliases	Description
`selectall`	selall	Select every entity.
`selectbydist`	—	Select entities within a distance.
`selectbyid`	—	Select an entity by its handle.
`selectbylayer`	—	Select every entity on a layer.
`selectbytext`	—	Select text entities by content.
`selectbyuserdata`	—	Select entities by their user-data tag.
`selectfence`	—	Select entities crossing a polyline fence.
`selectpoint`	—	Select the entity under a point.
`selectpolygon`	—	Select entities inside a polygon fence.
`selectwindow`	—	Select entities inside a rectangle.

Snap — 11

Command	Aliases	Description
`osnap`	ddosnap, dsettings, ds, se	Open the object-snap settings dialog.
`snapcenter`	center, cen	One-shot centre snap.
`snapend`	endpoint, end	One-shot endpoint snap.
`snapgrip`	grip	One-shot grip snap.
`snapintersection`	intersection, int	One-shot intersection snap.
`snapmid`	midpoint, mid	One-shot midpoint snap.
`snapnearest`	nearest, nea	One-shot nearest snap.
`snapnode`	node, nod	One-shot node (point) snap.
`snapnone`	none, non	Turn off the running snap for one pick.
`snapperpendicular`	perpendicular, per	One-shot perpendicular snap.
`snaptangent`	tangent, tan	One-shot tangent snap.

Drafting — 11

Command	Aliases	Description
`dsettingsall`	draftaids	Open the drafting-settings dialog.
`grid`	—	Toggle the reference grid.
`griddialog`	ddgrid	Open the grid settings dialog.
`lwdisplay`	—	Toggle lineweight display.
`ortho`	—	Toggle orthogonal mode.
`osnaptoggle`	—	Toggle running object snap.
`polar`	ddpolar	Open the polar-tracking dialog.
`polartoggle`	—	Toggle polar tracking.
`rasterdisplay`	—	Toggle raster-image display.
`setrelz`	—	Set the relative Z (elevation).
`snap`	snapmode	Toggle snap-to-grid.

Format — 10

Command	Aliases	Description
`blockmanager`	blocks, bmgr	Open the block-definition manager.
`color`	colour, col, ddcolor	Set the current colour.
`dimstyle`	d, dst, ddim, dimset	Open the dimension-style editor.
`layer`	la, ddlmodes	Open the layer manager.
`layerorder`	—	Reorder the layer list.
`linetype`	lt, ddltype, ltype	Open the linetype manager.
`lineweight`	lw	Set the current lineweight.
`mlstyle`	mlinestyle, mls	Open the multiline-style editor.
`pointstyle`	ddptype	Set the point display style.
`textstyle`	style, st, ddstyle, ts	Open the text-style editor.

Layout — 6

Command	Aliases	Description
`pagefirst`	—	Go to the first layout tab.
`pagelast`	—	Go to the last layout tab.
`pagenext`	—	Go to the next layout tab.
`pageprevious`	—	Go to the previous layout tab.
`pageselect`	—	Select a layout by name.
`pagesetup`	layoutmgr, pg	Open page setup / layout manager.

Zoom — 16

Command	Aliases	Description
`currentlayeronly`	—	Toggle showing only the current layer.
`pan`	p, panrt	Real-time pan.
`pandown`	—	Pan down.
`panleft`	—	Pan left.
`panpoint`	—	Pan by two points.
`panright`	—	Pan right.
`panup`	—	Pan up.
`plan`	viewtop	Set the plan (top) view.
`vpoint`	viewvpoint	Set a viewpoint.
`zoomextents`	ze, zoome, zoomext, extents	Zoom to the drawing extents.
`zoomin`	zi	Zoom in.
`zoomobjects`	zs, zoomsel	Zoom to the selected entities.
`zoomout`	zoo, zoomo	Zoom out.
`zoomprevious`	zp, zoomp	Return to the previous view.
`zoomrealtime`	zr, zoomrt	Real-time zoom.
`zoomwindow`	zw, zoomw	Zoom to a window.

View — 1

Command	Aliases	Description
`regen`	re	Regenerate the drawing.

Inquiry — 7

Command	Aliases	Description
`area`	aa	Measure area and perimeter.
`areapoint`	—	Measure the area enclosing a point.
`calibrate`	—	Calibrate the drawing scale.
`distance`	di, dist	Measure distance and angle between two points.
`distpline`	—	Measure length along a polyline.
`drawinginfo`	dwgprops, status	Show drawing statistics.
`properties`	props, ddmodify, entprop	Open the properties window.

Print — 4

Command	Aliases	Description
`plot`	print	Print / plot with a dialog.
`plotquick`	—	Print with the current settings, no dialog.
`preview`	ppreview	Open print preview.
`rasterize`	—	Export the view to a raster image.

Edit — 10

Command	Aliases	Description
`cancel`	reset	Cancel the running command.
`copyclip`	—	Copy selection to the clipboard.
`cutclip`	cut	Cut selection to the clipboard.
`help`	?	List the available commands.
`options`	op, preferences	Open the options dialog.
`pasteclip`	paste	Paste from the clipboard.
`redo`	—	Redo the last undone operation.
`repeat`	—	Repeat the last command.
`setvar`	—	Get or set a system variable.
`undo`	u	Undo the last operation.