Keyboard Shortcut Keys
Ctrl + 0
Clears screen to show only the drawing area and hides palettes and tabs. Press it again to reset default AutoCAD interface
Ctrl + 1
Select and object and press Ctrl + 1 to open the properties palette which lists properties of the object. You can use this palette to modify most of the properties of the object too. You can also use PR command to open the property palette
Ctrl +C
Select objects from the drawing area and press Ctrl + C to copy to objects to the clipboard
Ctrl + Y
This keyboard shortcut can be used to redo the last undo action which you have performed
Ctrl + Z
This keyboard shortcut can be used to undo last action in your drawing. You can press this shortcut key multiple times to undo many actions
Ctrl + Shift + V
To paste the copied objects as a block you can use this keyboard shortcut, the block thus created will have a random set of characters as is name. You can use this keyboard shortcut to make blocks quickly without going through the create block window
Ctrl + V
To paste the copied objects of the clipboard in the drawing keeping their original properties, you can use this keyboard shortcut
Ctrl +2
You can use it to open design center palette which contains many AutoCAD blocks the can be used directly in your drawing
Ctrl + Tab
You can use this keyboard shortcut to cycle through all open drawing tabs I AutoCAD
Ctrl + S
You can use this keyboard shortcut to save a drawing file
Ctrl + Shift + S
You can use this keyboard shortcut to save the drawing as a new file or in short this is shortcut for "save as" command
Ctrl + 9
You can use this keyboard shortcut to toggle the visibility of command line. If for some reason your command line is hidden from the drawing area, then use this keyboard shortcut to bring it back
Ctrl + N
You can use this shortcut to open a new drawing a tab in AutoCAD