Key | Feature | Description |
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F7 | Grid display | Turns the grid display on and off. |
F8 | Ortho | Locks cursor movement to horizontal or vertical. |
F9 | Grid snap | Restricts cursor movement to specified grid intervals. |
F10 | Polar tracking | Guides cursor movement to specified angles. |
What does the F7 function key do?
Commonly used to spell check and grammar check a document in Microsoft programs such as Microsoft Outlook, Word etc. Shift+F7 runs a Thesaurus check on word highlighted.
What does F9 do in AutoCAD?
F9 – Toggles Grid Snap (snap to grid) on and off. See the comments on F7 above. F10 – Toggles Polar Tracking on and off. This can be very useful when working with designs that have more than one geometric orientation.
How do I use F1 in AutoCAD?
Published on October 4, 2020 October 4, 2020 by Linnart Felkl M.Sc. In AutoCAD you can use keyboard keys F1 to F12 to access helpful functions.
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F1 – F12 functions in AutoCAD.
F1 | Help function; opens for active tool tip |
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F5 | Cycle through isoplane settings |
F6 | Aligns user coordinate system with planar surfaces |
F7 | Display or hide grid |
What is Alt F4?
What do Alt and F4 do? Pressing the Alt and F4 keys together is a keyboard shortcut to close the currently active window. For example, if you press this keyboard shortcut while playing a game, the game window will close immediately.
What is AutoCAD F4?
F4. 3D object snap. Turns additional object snaps for 3D on and off.
What are the shortcut keys in AutoCAD?
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Ctrl+C | Copy object |
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Ctrl+Shift+V | Paste data as block |
Ctrl+Z | Undo last action |
Ctrl+Y | Redo last action |
Ctrl+[ | Cancel current command (or ctrl+) |
How do I use F8 in AutoCAD?
F8. This command will turn ORTHO mode on or off. This is one of the most useful keys in AutoCAD. This mode is used when the user has to specify an angle or distance using two points using a pointing device.
What does AutoCAD stand for?
it is comprised of 2 words Auto and CAD. AUTO stands here for AUTODESK ,an american company (parent company of autocad) CAD stands here for computer aided drafting or design as this software is used mainly for drafting but also has some designing features.