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Complete List of AccuDraw Shortcut Key-ins

The following table lists each keyboard shortcut, its corresponding key-in, and its effect. Additional information about the effect of individual keyboard shortcuts is presented in the general discussions of AccuDraw procedures. These shortcuts are effective only while the AccuDraw window has the focus.

Key Icon in the Ribbon Key-in Effect
<Enter> ACCUDRAW LOCK SMART Smart Lock - In Rectangular coordinates, locks X to 0 if the pointer is on the drawing plane y-axis or Y to 0 if the pointer is on the x-axis. In Polar coordinates, locks Angle to 0°, 90°, -90°, or 180° if the pointer is on a drawing plane axis or otherwise locks Distance to its last entered value.
<M> ACCUDRAW MODE Switches between Rectangular and Polar coordinates.
<O> ACCUDRAW SETORIGIN Moves the drawing plane origin to the current pointer position.
<V>   ACCUDRAW ROTATE VIEW Rotates the drawing plane to align with the view axes . Pressing this key a second time restores context-sensitive rotation.
<T> ACCUDRAW ROTATE TOP Rotates the drawing plane to align with the axes in a standard Top view . Pressing this key a second time restores context-sensitive rotation.
<F> ACCUDRAW ROTATE FRONT Rotates the drawing plane to align with the axes in a standard Front view . Pressing this key a second time restores context-sensitive rotation.
<S> ACCUDRAW ROTATE SIDE Rotates the drawing plane to align with the axes in a standard Side view . Pressing this key a second time restores context-sensitive rotation.
<B>   ACCUDRAW ROTATE BASE TOGGLE Rotates the drawing plane to align with the active ACS, or if you set up a rotation in the dialog, it will return you to that rotation. In a new file (where you haven't used an ACS yet) it will be the rotation of the view.
<E> ACCUDRAW ROTATE CYCLE Rotates between three main planes: top, front, and side (3D only). This also works when your original plane is an ACS or context rotation, so you do not have to use RX, RY to rotate to a 90° plane.
<X> ACCUDRAW LOCK X Switches the lock status for the X value.
<Y> ACCUDRAW LOCK Y Switches the lock status for the Y value.
<Z> ACCUDRAW LOCK Z Switches the lock status for the Z value .
<D> ACCUDRAW LOCK DISTANCE Switches the lock status for the Distance value.
<A> ACCUDRAW LOCK ANGLE Switches the lock status for the Angle value.
<L, I> ACCUDRAW LOCK INDEX Locks the current index state. If an axis or distance is not indexed, indexing is disabled. If an axis or distance is indexed, it is locked. The effect is temporary, lasting until a data point is entered or the shortcut is run again. This is useful if you need to index to one axis but not the other, or to enter a data point very close to an axis but not on the axis.
<L, P>   ACCUDRAW LOCK GRIDPLANE Switches the ACS Plane and ACS Plane Snap locks, and the Grid view attribute for all views.
<L, A>   LOCK ACS TOGGLE Switches the ACS Plane lock.
<L, S>   LOCK SNAP CONSTRUCTION TOGGLE Switches the ACS Plane snap lock.
<L, Z>   ACCUDRAW LOCK STICKYZ Switches the Sticky Z lock, which is used in conjunction with the ACS Plane Snap lock to force a series of snap points to lie on the active ACS' XY plane (Z=0).
<R, Q> ACCUDRAW ROTATE QUICK Used to quickly and temporarily rotate the drawing plane. The procedure is described in the Rotate Quick keyboard shortcut.
<R, A>   ACCUDRAW ROTATE ACS Used to permanently rotate the drawing plane. Because it rotates the current ACS, this rotation will still be active after the tool in use is exited. If on, the tool setting Use Current Origin causes the drawing plane origin to be used as the x-axis origin, thereby eliminating the need to enter an extra data point. Of course, in many cases it is desirable to be able to define the x-axis origin at a different location than the drawing plane origin.
<R, C> ACCUDRAW ROTATE CURRENTACS Rotates the drawing plane to the current ACS.
<R, E> ACCUDRAW ROTATE ELEMENT Rotates the drawing plane to match the orientation of a selected element.
<R, V>   ACCUDRAW ROTATE ORIENTVIEW Rotates the active view to match the current drawing plane.
<R, X>   ACCUDRAW ROTATE X Rotates the drawing plane 90° about its x-axis .
<R, Y>   ACCUDRAW ROTATE Y Rotates the drawing plane 90° about its y-axis .
<R, Z>   ACCUDRAW ROTATE Z Rotates the drawing plane 90° about its z-axis.
<?>   ACCUDRAW DIALOG SHORTCUTS Opens the AccuDraw Shortcuts window.
<~>   ACCUDRAW BUMP TOOLSETTING Changes a control in the tool settings dialog (shortcut is ~, usually right below the <Esc> key — there is no need to press the <Shift> key). It finds the first enabled control in the tool settings dialog that is an option menu or a check box. If it is an option menu it selects the next valid value. If it is a check box it switches it from off to on or vice versa. For instance, if you are drawing a SmartLine and the focus is in the AccuDraw window, you can press the <~> key and it switches to arcs without moving the focus from the AccuDraw window.
<G, T>   DIALOG TOOLSETTING Moves focus to the Tool Settings window.
<G, K>   DIALOG CMDBROWSE Opens (or moves focus to) the Key-in window
<G, S>   ACCUDRAW DIALOG SETTINGS Opens (or moves focus to) the AccuDraw Settings dialog
<G, A>   ACCUDRAW DIALOG GETACS Opens the Get ACS dialog, which lets you select a saved Auxiliary Coordinate System.
<W, A>   ACCUDRAW DIALOG SAVE ACS Opens the Write to ACS dialog, which lets you save the drawing plane alignment as an ACS.
<P>   POINT KEYIN SINGLE Opens the Data Point Key-in dialog for entering a single data point.
<M>   POINT KEYIN MULTIPLE Opens the Data Point Key-in dialog for entering multiple data points.
<I>   SNAP INTERSECT Activates Intersect snap mode.
<N>   SNAP NEAREST Activates Nearest snap mode.
<C>   SNAP CENTER Activates Center snap mode.
<K>   ACCUDRAW DIALOG SNAPDIVISOR Opens the Keypoint Snap Divisor dialog, which is used to set the Snap Divisor for keypoint snapping.
<H, A>   ACCUDRAW Toggle Suspends AccuDraw for the current tool operation. Selecting a new tool, or entering a Reset re-enables AccuDraw.
<H, S>   ACCUSNAP Toggle Turns AccuSnap on or off.
<H, U>   ACCUSNAP SUSPEND Suspends AccuSnap for the current tool operation. Selecting a new tool, or entering a Reset re-enables AccuSnap.
<Q>   ACCUDRAW QUIT Deactivates AccuDraw.

In addition to the AccuDraw shortcuts, the key-in ACCUDRAW LOCK GRIDPLANE is mapped to the F8 function key. This performs the same function as the <L, P> shortcut, which switches the ACS Plane and ACS Plane Snap locks, and the Grid view attribute for all views.

Note: Keyboard shortcuts are not case sensitive.