Shortcut Keys for Dimensioning in Auto-CAD:

 

To Perform

Command

Shortcut

Displays the calculator

QUICKCALC

CTRL+8

Opens dimension style manager dialogue box

DIMSTYLE

D

Aligned linear dimension line

DIMALIGNED

DAL

Angular dimension line

DIMANGULAR

DAN

Arc length dimension

DIMARC

DAR

Ordinate dimension from baseline of previous dimension

DIMBASELINE

DBA

Ordinate dimension from 2nd extension line of previous dimension

DIMCONTINUE

DCO

Diameter dimension for circles and arcs

DIMDIAMETER

DDI

Edit dimension text on dimension objects

DIMEDIT

DED

Check a distance

DIST

DI

Creates centre mark

DIMCENTER

DIMCENTER

Linear dimension

DIMLINEAR

DLI

Ordinate point dimension

DIMORDINATE

DOR

Override dimension style

DIMOVERRIDE

DOV

Radial dimension for circles and arcs

DIMRADIUS

DRA

Display the co-ordinate values of a point

ID

ID

Opens drawing units dialogue box

UNITS

UN