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| AA | Area | calculates the area and perimeter between chosen points |
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| A | Arc | allows you to create an arc in the drawing |
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| C | Circle | creates a circle |
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| CHA | Chamfer | attaches two lines in a drawing using an angled line |
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| DI | Distance | command used in AutoCAD to determine the length from two points. |
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| DIMALI | Aligned dimension | command used in AutoCAD that creates dimensions that are aligned to the elements selected |
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| DIMLIN | Linear dimension | command used in AutoCAD that creates dimensions that are horizontal or vertical to the elements selected |
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| EXT | Extrude | command used in AutoCAD to create a 3d form from 2d linework |
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| F | Fillet | attaches two lines in a drawing can be used for perpendicular corners or curves |
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Flatshot | command used in AutoCAD to create a 2d image from a 3d model |
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J | Join | Joins multiple lines into a poly-line |
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| LTS | Line type scale | command used in AutoCAD to change the scale factor of linetypes for all objects in a drawing. Changing the linetype scale factor causes the drawing to be regenerated. |
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| M | Move | command used to move elements in the drawing |
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| Plan | command used in AutoCAD to return to plan veiw |
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| PL | Poly-line | command used in AutoCAD that a polyline is a connected sequence of line segments created as a single object. |
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| PU | Purge | command used in AutoCAD that allows you to delete unused to remove unused layers |
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| SC | Scale | command used in AutoCAD to change the size of 3D objects uniformly or along a specified axis or plane. |
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TR | Trim | Allows you to trim lines to other lines in the drawing |
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| UCSicon | User Coordinate System icon | command used in AutoCAD to helps you visualize the current orientation of the user coordinate system with respect to your current viewing direction. |
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| UNION | Boolean Union | command used in AutoCAD to combine more than one 3d form into a single form |
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| -VP | View point | command used in AutoCAD to Creates a vector that defines a direction from which the drawing can be viewed. The view defined is as if the viewer is looking from the point back at the origin (0,0,0). |
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| Xref | external reference block | allows you to attach or overlay another file into the drawing |
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Z | Zoom | allows you to zoom into elements or extents in your drawing. |
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