CAD Tab

The following tables describe the tools on the CAD tab.

Draw Panel

Tool		Description	Command
	Line	Create straight line segments.	LINE
	Polyline	Create a 2D polyline.	PLINE
	Circle, Center, Radius	Create a circle using a center point and a radius.	CIRCLE
	Circle, Center, Diameter	Create a circle using a center point and a diameter.	CIRCLE
	Circle, 2-Point	Create a circle using two end points of the diameter.	CIRCLE
	Circle, 3-Point	Create a circle using 3 points of the circumference.	CIRCLE
	Circle, Tan, Tan, Radius	Create a circle with a specified radius tangent to two objects.	CIRCLE
	Circle, Tan, Tan, Tan	Create a circle tangent to three objects.	CIRCLE
	Arc, 3-Point	Create an arc using three points	ARC
	Arc, Start, Center, End	Create an arc using the start point, center, and endpoint.	ARC
	Arc, Start, Center, Angle	Create an arc using a start point, center, and an included angle.	ARC
	Arc, Start, Center, Length	Create an arc using a start point, center, and the length of a chord.	ARC
	Arc, Start, End, Angle	Create an arc using a start point, endpoint, and an included angle.	ARC
	Arc, Start, End, Direction	Create an arc using a start point, endpoint, and a tangent direction at the start point .	ARC
	Arc, Start, End, Radius	Create an arc using a start point, endpoint, and a radius.	ARC
	Arc, Center, Start, End	Create an arc using a center point, start point, and a third point that determines the endpoint.	ARC
	Arc, Center, Start, Angle	Create an arc using a center point, start point, and the included angle.	ARC
	Arc, Center, Start, Length	Create an arc using a center point, start point, and the length of a chord.	ARC
	Arc, Continue	Create an arc tangent to the last line or arc drawn.	ARC
	Rectangle	Create a rectangular polyline.	RECTANG
	Polygon	Create an equilateral closed polygon.	POLYGON
	Ellipse, Center	Create an ellipse using a specified center point.	ELLIPSE
	Ellipse, Axis, End	Create an ellipse or an elliptical arc.	ELLIPSE
	Ellipse, Elliptical Arc	Create an elliptical arc.	ELLIPSE
	Hatch	Fill an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern or fill.	HATCH
	Hatch, Gradient	Fill an enclosed area or selected objects with a gradient fill.	GRADIENT
	Boundary	Create a region or a polyline from an enclosed area.	BOUNDARY
	Spline Fit	Create a smooth curve that passes through or near specified points.	SPLINE
	Spline CV	Draw a spline with control vertices.	SPLINE
	Construction Line	Create a line of infinite length.	XLINE
	Ray	Create a line that starts at a point and continues to infinity	RAY
	Multiple Points	Create multiple point objects.	POINT
	Divide	Create evenly spaced point objects or blocks along the length or perimeter of an object.	DIVIDE
	Measure	Create point objects or blocks at measured intervals along the length or perimeter of an object.	MEASURE
	Region	Convert an object that encloses an area into a region object.	REGION
	Wipeout	Create a wipeout object.	WIPEOUT
	3D Polyline	Create a 3D polyline.	3DPOLY
	Helix	Create a 2D spiral or 3D spring.	HELIX
	Donut	Create a filled circle or a wide ring.	DONUT
	Revision Cloud, Rectangular	Create a revision cloud drawing a rectangle.	REVCLOUD
	Revision Cloud, Polygonal	Create a revision cloud drawing a polyline.	REVCLOUD
	Revision Cloud, Freehand	Create a revision cloud drawing a freeform polyline.	REVCLOUD

Modify Panel

Tool		Description	Command
	Move	Move objects a specified distance in a specified direction.	MOVE
	Rotate	Rotate objects around a base point.	ROTATE
	Trim	Trim objects to meet the edges of other objects.	TRIM
	Extend	Extend objects to meet the edges of other objects.	EXTEND
	Erase	Remove objects from a drawing.	ERASE
	Copy	Copy objects a specified distance in a specified direction.	COPY
	Mirror	Create a mirrored copy of selected objects.	MIRROR
	Fillet	Round and fillet the edges of objects.	FILLET
	Chamfer	Bevel the edges of objects.	CHAMFER
	Blend Curves	Create a tangent or smooth spline between the endpoints of two open curves.	BLEND
	Explode	Break a compound object into its component objects.	EXPLODE
	Stretch	Stretch objects crossed by a selection window or polygon.	STRETCH
	Scale	Enlarge or reduce selected objects, keeping the proportions of the object the same when scaling.	SCALE
	Array, Rectangular Array	Distribute object copies into any combination of rows, columns, and levels.	ARRAYRECT
	Array, Path Array	Evenly distribute object copies along a path or a portion of a path.	ARRAYPATH
	Array, Polar Array	Evenly distribute object copies in a circular pattern around a center point or axis of rotation.	ARRAYPOLAR
	Offset	Create concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel curves.	OFFSET
	Set to ByLayer	Change the property overrides of selected objects to ByLayer.	SETBYLAYER
	Change Space	Move objects between model space and paper space.	CHSPACE
	Lengthen	Change the length of objects and the included angle of arcs.	LENGTHEN
	Edit Polyline	Edit polylines and 3D polygon meshes.	PEDIT
	Edit Spline	Edit a spline or spline-fit polyline.	SPLINEDIT
	Edit Hatch	Modify an existing hatch object.	HATCHEDIT
	Edit Array	Edit associative array objects and their source objects.	ARRAYEDIT
	Align	Align objects with other objects in 2D and 3D.	ALIGN
	Break	Break the selected object between two points.	BREAK
	Break at Point	Break the selected object at a single point.	BREAK
	Join	Join similar objects to form a single, unbroken object.	JOIN
	Reverse	Reverse the direction of line, polyline, spline and helix objects.	REVERSE
	Copy Nested Objects	Copy objects nested inside blocks and external references.	NCOPY
	Delete Duplicate Objects	Clean up overlapping geometry by removing duplicated and/or unneeded objects.	OVERKILL
	Draw Order, Bring to Front	Force selected objects to be displayed in front of all other objects.	DRAWORDER
	Draw Order, Send to Back	Force selected objects to be displayed behind all other objects.	DRAWORDER
	Draw Order, Bring Above Objects	Force selected objects to be displayed in front of specified reference objects.	DRAWORDER
	Draw Order, Send Under Objects	Force selected objects to be displayed behind specified reference objects.	DRAWORDER
	Draw Order, Bring Text to Front	Force text objects to be displayed in front of all other objects.	TEXTTOFRONT
	Draw Order, Bring Dimensions to Front	Force dimension objects to be displayed in front of all other objects.	TEXTTOFRONT
	Draw Order, Bring Leaders to Front	Force leader objects to be displayed in the front of all other objects.	TEXTTOFRONT
	Draw Order, Bring All Annotations to Front	Force all Annotation objects to be displayed in the front of all other objects.	TEXTTOFRONT
	Draw Order, Send Hatches to Back	Force all hatches to be displayed behind all other objects.	HATCHTOBACK

Annotation Panel

Tool		Description	Command
	Text, Multiline Text	Create a multiline text object.	MTEXT
	Text, Single Line	Display text on screen as it is entered.	TEXT
	Dimension	Create multiple types of dimensions within a single command session.	DIM
	Linear	Create a linear dimension.	DIMLINEAR
	Aligned	Create an aligned linear dimension.	DIMALIGNED
	Angular	Create an angular dimension.	DIMANGULAR
	Arc Length	Create an arc length dimension.	DIMARC
	Radius	Create a radius dimension for a circle or an arc.	DIMRADIUS
	Diameter	Create a diameter dimension for a circle or an arc.	DIMDIAMETER
	Ordinate	Create ordinate dimensions.	DIMORDINATE
	Jogged	Create jogged dimensions for circles and arcs.	DIMJOGGED
	Leader	Create a multileader object.	MLEADER
	Add Leader	Add a leader line to an existing multileader object.	AIMLEADEREDITADD
	Remove Leader	Remove a leader line from an existing multileader object.	AIMLEADEREDITREMOVE
	Align	Align and spaces selected multileader objects.	MLEADERALIGN
	Collect	Organize selected multileaders that contain blocks into rows or columns, and displays the result with a single leader line.	MLEADERCOLLECT
	Table	Create an empty table object.	TABLE
	Text Style	Create, modify, or specify text styles.	STYLE
	Dimension Style	Create and modify dimension styles.	DIMSTYLE
	Multileader Style	Create and modify multileader styles.	MLEADERSTYLE
	Table Style	Create, modify, or specify table styles.	TABLESTYLE

Layers Panel

Tool		Description	Command
	Layer Properties	Manager layers and layer properties.	LAYER
	Off	Turn off the layer of a selected object.	LAYOFF
	Isolate	Hide or locks all layers except those of the selected objects.	LAYISO
	Freeze	Freeze the layer of selected objects.	LAYFRZ
	Lock	Lock the layer of a selected object.	LAYLCK
	Make Current	Set the current layer to that of a selected object.	LAYMCUR
	Turn All Layers On	Turn on all layers in the drawing.	LAYON
	Unisolate	Restore all layers that were hidden or locked with the LAYISO command.	LAYUNISO
	Thaw All Layers	Thaw all layers in the drawing.	LAYTHW
	Unlock	Unlock the layer of a selected object.	LAYULK
	Match Layers	Change the layer of a selected object to match the destination layer.	LAYMCH
	Previous	Undo the last change or set of changes made to layer settings.	LAYERP
	Change to Current Layer	Change the layer property of selected objects to the current layer.	LAYCUR
	Copy Objects to New Layer	Copy one or more objects to another layer.	COPYTOLAYER
	Layer Walk	Display objects on selected layers and hides objects on all other layers.	LAYWALK
	VP Freeze in All Viewports except Current	Freeze selected layers in all layout viewports except the current viewport.	LAYVPI
	Merge	Merge selected layers into a target layer, removing the previous layers from the drawing.	LAYMRG
	Delete	Delete all objects on a layer and purges the layer.	LAYDEL
	Locked Layer Fading	Turn on or turn off the fading effect applied to locked layers.	LAYLOCKFADECTL

Block Panel

Tool		Description	Command
	Insert block	Insert a block or drawing into the current drawing.	INSERT
	Create	Create a block definition from selected objects.	BLOCK
	Edit	Open the block definition in the Block Editor.	BEDIT
	Edit Attributes	Edit attributes in a block reference.	EATTEDIT
	Single	Edit attributes in a block reference.	ATTEDIT
	Multiple	Edit the various attributes of a block individually or globally.	ATTEDIT
	Define Attributes	Create an attribute definition for storing data in a block.	ATTDEF
	Manage Attributes	Manage the attributes for a selected block definition.	BATTMAN
	Synchronize Attributes	Update block references with new and changed attributes from a specified block definition.	ATTSYNC
	Retain Attribute Display	Restore the original visibility of each block attribute, visible or hidden.	ATTDISP
	Display All Attributes	Make all block attributes visible, overriding the original visibility settings.	ATTDISP
	Hide All Attributes	Makes all block attributes invisible, overriding the original visibility settings.	ATTDISP
	Set Base Point	Set the insertion base point for the current drawing.	BASE

Properties Panel

Tool		Description	Command
	Match Properties	Apply the properties of the selected object to other objects.	MATCHPROP
	Object Color	Provides a choice of colors to make current if no objects are selected, or changes the color of the selected objects.	COLOR
	Lineweight	Provides a choice of lineweights to make current if no objects are selected, or changes the lineweight of selected objects.	LWEIGHT
	Linetype	Provides a choice of linetypes to make current if no objects are selected, or changes the linetype of selected objects.	LINETYPE
	Plot Style	Set the current plot style for new objects, or the assigned plot style for selected objects.	PLOTSTYLE
	Transparency, ByLayer	Provides a choice of transparency to make current if no objects are selected, or changes the transparency of selected objects. This option only affects the display on the screen. It does not affect plotting or plot preview.	CETRANSPARANCY
	Transparency, ByBlock	Provides a choice of transparency to make current if no objects are selected, or changes the transparency of selected objects. This option only affects the display on the screen. It does not affect plotting or plot preview.	CETRANSPARANCY
	Transparency Value	Provides a choice of transparency to make current if no objects are selected, or changes the transparency of selected objects. This option only affects the display on the screen. It does not affect plotting or plot preview.	CETRANSPARANCY
	List	Display property data for the selected object.	LIST

Groups Panel

Tool		Description	Command
	Group	Create a group of objects.	GROUP
	Ungroup	Explode or ungroup a group.	UNGROUP
	Group Edit	Adds or remove objects from a group.	GROUPEDIT
	Group Selection On/Off	Turn group selection on or off.	PICKSTYLE
	Group Manager	Display group dialog to manage named groups.	CLASSICGROUP
	Group Bounding Box On/Off	Turn group bounding box on or off.	GROUPDISPLAYMODE

Utilities Panel

Tool		Description	Command
	Measure, Quick	Display measurements of the geometry near the cursor in a 2D plan view.	MEASUREGEOM
	Measure, Distance	Measure the distance between two points or along a polyline.	MEASUREGEOM
	Measure, Radius	Measure the radius of a circle or arc.	MEASUREGEOM
	Measure, Angle	Measure the angle.	MEASUREGEOM
	Measure, Area	Measure the area.	MEASUREGEOM
	Measure, Volume	Measure the volume.	MEASUREGEOM
	Quick Select	Create a selection set based on filtering criteria.	QSELECT
	Select All	Select all objects in either model space or the current layout, except those objects on frozen or on locked layers.	AI_SELALL
	Calculator	Display or hide the QuickCalc calculator.	QUICKCALC
	ID Point	Display the UCS coordinate values of a specified location.	ID
	Point Style	Specify the display style and size of point objects.	PTYPE

Clipboard Panel

Tool		Description	Command
	Paste	Paste objects from the clipboard into the current drawing.	PASTECLIP
	Copy Clip	Copy selected objects to the clipboard.	CUTCLIP
	Cut	Copy selected objects to the clipboard and removes them from the drawing.	COPYCLIP
	Paste as Block	Paste object from the clipboard in to the current drawing as a block.	PASTEBLOCK
	Paste as Hyperlink	Create a hyperlink to a file and associates it with a selected object.	PASTEHYPERLINK
	Paste to Original Coordinates	Paste objects from the clipboard into the current drawing using the original coordinates.	PASTEORIG
	Paste Special	Paste objects from the clipboard into the current drawing and controls the format of the data.	PASTESPEC