The following are guidelines for creating new command aliases.
1. Try the first character of the command, then try the first two,
then the first three.
2. Ignore "DD" at the beginning of a command.
3. Abbreviate the following prefixes:
Examples: 3 for 3D, A for ASE, D for Dim, I for Image, R for render.
4. Once an alias is defined, add suffixes for related aliases:
Examples: R for Redraw, RA for Redrawall, L for Line, LT for Linetype.
5. An alias should reduce a command by at least two characters.
6. Commands with a control key equivalent, status bar button, or function key
do not require a command alias.
Examples: Use Control-N, -O, -P, and -S for New, Open, Print, and Save
7. Use a hyphen to differentiate between command line and dialog box commands.
8. Exceptions to the rules include AA for Area, T for Mtext, X for Explode.
Sample aliases for AutoCAD commands
These examples include most frequently used commands.
full command shortcut command
*ALIGN
AL
*APPLOAD AP
*ARC A
*AREA AA
*ARRAY AR
*ASEADMIN AAD
*ASEEXPORT AEX
*ASELINKS ALI
*ASEROWS ARO
*ASESELECT ASE
*ASESQLED ASQ
*ATTDEF -AT
*ATTEDI -ATE
*BHATCH BH
*BHATCH H
*BLOCK -B
*BMAKE B
*BOUNDARY BO
*-BOUNDARY -BO
*BREAK BR
*CHAMFER CHA
*CHANGE -CH
*CIRCLE C
*COPY CO
*DDATTDEF AT
*DDATTE ATE
*DDCHPROP CH
*DDCOLOR COL
*DDEDIT ED
*DDGRIPS GR
*DDIM D
*DDINSERT I
*DDMODIFY MO
*DDOSNAP OS
*DDRENAME REN
*DDRMODES RM
*DDSELECT SE
*DDUCS UC
*DDUCSP UCP
*DDUNITS UN
*DDVIEW V
*DDVPOINT VP
*DIMALIGNED DAL
*DIMANGULAR DAN
*DIMBASELINE DBA
*DIMCENTER DCE
*DIMCONTINUE DCO
*DIMDIAMETER DDI
*DIMEDIT DED
*DIMLINEAR DLI
*DIMORDINATE DOR
*DIMOVERRIDEDOV
*DIMRADIUS DRA
*DIMSTYLE DST
*DIST DI
*DIVIDE DIV
*DONUT DO
*DRAWORDER DR
*DTEXT DT
*DVIEW DV
*ELLIPSE EL
*ERASE E
*EXPLODE X
*EXPORT EXP
*EXTEND EX
*EXTRUDE EXT
*FILLET F
*FILTER FI
*GROUP G
*GROUP -G
*HATCH -H
*HATCHEDIT HE
*HIDE HI
*IMAGE IM
*-IMAGE -IM
*IMAGEADJUSTIAD
*IMAGEATTACHIAT
*IMAGECLIP ICL
*IMPORT IMP
*INSERT -I
*INSERTOBJ IO
*INTERFERE IF
*INTERSECT IN
*LAYER LA
*-LAYER -LA
*LEADER LE
*LENGTHEN LEN
*LINE L
*LINETYPE LT
*-LINETYPE -LT
*LIST LI
*LIST LS
*LTSCALE LTS
*MATCHPROP MA
*MEASURE ME
*MIRROR MI
*MLINE ML
*MOVE M
*MSPACE MS
*MTEXT MT
*MTEXT T
*-MTEXT -T
*MVIEW MV
*OFFSET O
*-OSNAP -OS
*PAN P
*-PAN -P
*PASTESPEC PA
*PEDIT PE
*PLINE PL
*PLOT PRINT
*POINT PO
*POLYGON POL
*PREFERENCESPR
*PREVIEW PRE
*PSPACE PS
*PURGE PU
*QUIT EXIT
*RECTANGLE REC
*REDRAW R
*REDRAWALL RA
*REGEN RE
*REGENALL REA
*REGION REG
*RENAME -REN
*RENDER RR
*REVOLVE REV
*ROTATE RO
*RPREF RPR
*SCALE SC
*SCRIPT SCR
*SECTION SEC
*SETVAR SET
*SHADE SHA
*SLICE SL
*SNAP SN
*SOLID SO
*SPELL SP
*SPLINE SPL
*SPLINEDIT SPE
*STRETCH S
*STYLE ST
*SUBTRACT SU
*TABLET TA
*THICKNESS TH
*TILEMODE TI
*TOLERANCE TOL
*TOOLBAR TO
*TORUS TOR
*TRIM TR
*UNION UNI
*UNITS -UN
*VIEW -V
*VPOINT -VP
*WBLOCK W
*WEDGE WE
*XATTACH XA
*XBIND XB
*-XBIND -XB
*XCLIP XC
*XLINE XL
*XREF XR
*-XREF -XR
*ZOOM Z
( How to copy and paste: hold down your left mouse button and scroll over the top of the entire application until it is all highlighted. Then right click the highlighted text. You will see a text box with options appear, select "copy". Open your Microsoft Word program, or whatever program you intend to use, right click in the body of the document. Again, you will see the text box with options appear, select "paste". Then print it out. You may save it if you wish.)
