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AutoCAD Full List of Every Command and its Function

kieran.leadbetter — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:01:24 GMT

Good Morning, I have an easy question this morning, would anyone know where I can find a large pdf or spreadsheet of every AutoCAD Command and Shortcut alongside its function. Every day I keep learning new commands like LayTrans, which is incredibly useful but I never heard of it for the 10 odd years I have used AutoCAD.

I have searched the AutoCAD Help page which can filter for commands, but it doesn't ensure it shows every type of command within it, a single PDF or Spreadsheet would be so much more helpful

Kind Regards,

Betreff: AutoCAD Full List of Every Command and its Function

cadffm — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:23:47 GMT

Hi,

>>"I have searched the AutoCAD Help page which can filter for commands, "

https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2024/ENU/

>>"but it doesn't ensure it shows every type of command within it,"

Every "type" ? There are just one "Type" of commands, all other things are not commands.

I know what commands are not listed there, but i am wondering that YOU will know such things,

give us a sample please*, which ones you are missing??

*it helps us to understand what you are talking about.

>>"a single PDF or Spreadsheet would be so much more helpful"

How would it b e more helpful than listed on the screen?

Without more informations, it can't be more helpful.

Except: If you are not willing to lern all the thing.. as PDF list it is much easier to overview and ignoring the content.

And no, I can't offer such a list. You will find a lot of such lists, but more from older days and not containing all things.

>>"but I never heard of it for the 10 odd years I have used AutoCAD. "

This is because you never finished a general complete book or the user manual (Autocad Help/F1).

Re: AutoCAD Full List of Every Command and its Function

AVCPlugins — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:39:36 GMT

I've been working in AutoCAD for 25 years but I find something new almost every day. It's easier to learn Chinese than to remember all the commands. Don't try to embrace the unknown 🙂

To answer seriously, I can advise from personal experience: I also tried to master absolutely all programs and all their commands. This is a dead end. There is no point in going through the commands. It makes sense to identify overly labor-intensive patterns in your work and try to find ways to reduce wasted time and reduce the number of errors. Only after such an analysis does it make sense to search on help and on the Internet. The function you need may be in a plugin that you have not installed and will never find in a simple list. And there is no point in changing commands that don’t give you problems anyway. Solve those problems that really exist and do not invent problems where there are none.

Good luck 🙂

Re: AutoCAD Full List of Every Command and its Function

cadffm — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:55:12 GMT

@AVCPlugins schrieb:

but I find something new

My newest one, the undocumented : OPTCHPROP (<- since v2009)

to change object : style dimstyle tablestyle or mleader style

@kieran.leadbetter

undocumented commands are undocumented, so it is risky to use if you are not sure about what really happen.

Usual functions like Standard / laytrans are documented

Hint: It is a bit problematic to create an url to list command with special characters,

so it is good to know this resources too: https://www.cadforum.cz/en/command.asp#google_vignette

Re: AutoCAD Full List of Every Command and its Function

dany_rochefort — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:10:24 GMT

@kieran.leadbetter Printing off your PGP file will get you all command names with all their aliases. Most command names are pretty self explanatory. For 2D drafting it's always gonna be the same 30 ish commands that repeat. For 3D drafting, add to that another 20 to 30 commands extra.

PGP file has about 350 commands listed, most of which people won't need. Like the ANALYSISZEBRA command... 🤣

Re: AutoCAD Full List of Every Command and its Function

pendean — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 18:35:46 GMT

To add to the replies... https://xlncad.com/complete-list-of-autocad-commands/
https://www.scan2cad.com/blog/cad/autocad-commands/

https://www.google.com/search?q=all+autocad+commands+list

Re: AutoCAD Full List of Every Command and its Function

kieran.leadbetter — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 14:14:09 GMT

This is a really useful website, slow to navigate through but better than any of the other websites I have seen, thank you

Re: AutoCAD Full List of Every Command and its Function

kieran.leadbetter — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 14:16:10 GMT

I like the first portion of this reply, put a smile on my face

Makes sense what your saying, especially about trying not to go through all the autocad commands, so I probably won't put too much time into reading it all but an occasional glance to the link sent by Cadffm for a new command or two to add into my regular routines wouldn't help either.

Thank you