AUTO CAD SHORT CUTS
AutoCAD keyboard shortcuts
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List of shortcut keys
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Shortcut
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Command
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How useful
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Keys
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ALT+F8
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VBA Run
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ALT+F11
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VBA Editor
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CTRL+1
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Properties Palette
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CTRL+2
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DesignCenter Palette
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CTRL+3
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Tool Palette
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CTRL+4
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Sheet Set Manager Palette
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CTRL+5
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Info Palette
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CTRL+6
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DBConnect Manager
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+ –
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CTRL+7
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Markup Set Manager Palette
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+ –
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CTRL+A
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Selects objects in drawing
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CTRL+B
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Toggles Snap
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CTRL+C
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Copies objects to Clipboard
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CTRL+SHFT+C
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Copies objects to Clipboard with Base Point
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CTRL+D
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Toggles coordinate display
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CTRL+E
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Cycles through isometric planes
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CTRL+F
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Toggles running object snaps
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CTRL+G
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Toggles Grid
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CTRL+H
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Toggles PICKSTYLE on/off
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CTRL+J
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Executes last command
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CTRL+K
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Hyperlink
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+ –
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CTRL+L
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Toggles Ortho mode
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CTRL+M
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(No action)
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CTRL+N
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Creates a new drawing
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CTRL+O
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Opens existing drawing
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+ –
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CTRL+P
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Prints current drawing
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CTRL+Q
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Exit
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+ –
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CTRL+R
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Cycles layout viewports
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CTRL+S
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Saves current drawing
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CTRL+SHFT+S
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Saveas
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CTRL+T
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Toggles Tablet mode
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CTRL+V
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Pastes data from Clipboard
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CTRL+SHFT+V
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Pastes data from Clipboard as Block
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CTRL+X
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Cuts objects to Clipboard
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CTRL+Y
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Repeats last action
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CTRL+Z
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Reverses last action
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+ –
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CTRL+[
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Cancels current command
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CTRL+\
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Cancels current command
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+ –
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F1
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Displays Help
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+ –
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F2
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Toggles text window on/off
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F3
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Toggles OSNAP
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+ –
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F4
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Toggles TABMODE
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F5
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Toggles ISOPLANE
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+ –
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F6
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Toggles COORDS
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F7
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Toggles GRIDMODE
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F8
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Toggles ORTHO MODE
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F9
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Toggles SNAP MODE
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F10
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Toggles POLAR
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F11
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Toggles OTRACK
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Aliases
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3A
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*3DARRAY
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3DMIRROR
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*MIRROR3D
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3DNavigate
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*3DWALK
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3DO
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*3DORBIT
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3DW
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*3DWALK
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3F
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*3DFACE
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3M
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*3DMOVE
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3P
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*3DPOLY
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3R
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*3DROTATE
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A
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*ARC
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AC
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*BACTION
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ADC
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*ADCENTER
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AECTOACAD
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*-ExportToAutoCAD
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AA
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*AREA
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AL
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*ALIGN
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3AL
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*3DALIGN
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AP
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*APPLOAD
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AR
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*ARRAY
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-AR
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*-ARRAY
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ATI
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*ATTIPEDIT
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ATT
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*ATTDEF
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-ATT
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*-ATTDEF
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ATE
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*ATTEDIT
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-ATE
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*-ATTEDIT
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ATTE
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*-ATTEDIT
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B
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*BLOCK
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-B
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*-BLOCK
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BC
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*BCLOSE
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BE
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*BEDIT
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BH
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*HATCH
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BO
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*BOUNDARY
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-BO
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*-BOUNDARY
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BR
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*BREAK
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BS
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*BSAVE
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BVS
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*BVSTATE
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C
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*CIRCLE
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CAM
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*CAMERA
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CH
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*PROPERTIES
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-CH
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*CHANGE
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CHA
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*CHAMFER
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CHK
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*CHECKSTANDARDS
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CLI
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*COMMANDLINE
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COL
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*COLOR
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COLOUR
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*COLOR
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CO
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*COPY
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CP
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*COPY
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CT
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*CTABLESTYLE
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CYL
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*CYLINDER
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D
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*DIMSTYLE
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DAL
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*DIMALIGNED
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DAN
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*DIMANGULAR
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DAR
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*DIMARC
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JOG
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*DIMJOGGED
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DBA
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*DIMBASELINE
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DBC
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*DBCONNECT
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DC
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*ADCENTER
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DCE
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*DIMCENTER
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DCENTER
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*ADCENTER
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DCO
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*DIMCONTINUE
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DDA
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*DIMDISASSOCIATE
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DDI
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*DIMDIAMETER
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DED
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*DIMEDIT
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DI
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*DIST
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DIV
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*DIVIDE
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DJL
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*DIMJOGLINE
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DJO
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*DIMJOGGED
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DL
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*DATALINK
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DLI
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*DIMLINEAR
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DLU
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*DATALINKUPDATE
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DO
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*DONUT
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DOR
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*DIMORDINATE
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DOV
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*DIMOVERRIDE
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DR
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*DRAWORDER
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DRA
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*DIMRADIUS
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DRE
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*DIMREASSOCIATE
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DRM
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*DRAWINGRECOVERY
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DS
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*DSETTINGS
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DST
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*DIMSTYLE
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DT
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*TEXT
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DV
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*DVIEW
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DX
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*DATAEXTRACTION
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E
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*ERASE
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ED
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*DDEDIT
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EL
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*ELLIPSE
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ER
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*EXTERNALREFERENCES
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EX
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*EXTEND
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EXIT
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*QUIT
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EXP
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*EXPORT
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EXT
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*EXTRUDE
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F
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*FILLET
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FI
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*FILTER
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FREEPOINT
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*POINTLIGHT
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FSHOT
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*FLATSHOT
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G
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*GROUP
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-G
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*-GROUP
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GD
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*GRADIENT
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GEO
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*GEOGRAPHICLOCATION
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GR
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*DDGRIPS
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H
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*HATCH
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-H
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*-HATCH
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HE
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*HATCHEDIT
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HI
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*HIDE
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I
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*INSERT
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-I
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*-INSERT
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IAD
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*IMAGEADJUST
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IAT
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*IMAGEATTACH
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ICL
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*IMAGECLIP
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IM
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*IMAGE
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-IM
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*-IMAGE
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IMP
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*IMPORT
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IN
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*INTERSECT
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INF
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*INTERFERE
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IO
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*INSERTOBJ
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J
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*JOIN
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L
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*LINE
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LA
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*LAYER
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-LA
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*-LAYER
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LAS
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*LAYERSTATE
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LE
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*QLEADER
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LEN
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*LENGTHEN
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LI
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*LIST
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LINEWEIGHT
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*LWEIGHT
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LMAN
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*LAYERSTATE
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LO
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*-LAYOUT
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LS
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*LIST
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LT
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*LINETYPE
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-LT
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*-LINETYPE
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LTYPE
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*LINETYPE
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-LTYPE
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*-LINETYPE
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LTS
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*LTSCALE
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LW
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*LWEIGHT
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M
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*MOVE
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MA
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*MATCHPROP
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MAT
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*MATERIALS
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ME
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*MEASURE
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MI
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*MIRROR
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ML
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*MLINE
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MLA
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*MLEADERALIGN
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MLC
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*MLEADERCOLLECT
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MLD
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*MLEADER
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+ –
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MLE
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*MLEADEREDIT
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+ –
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MLS
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*MLEADERSTYLE
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MO
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*PROPERTIES
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MS
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*MSPACE
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+ –
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MSM
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*MARKUP
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+ –
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MT
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*MTEXT
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+ –
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MV
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*MVIEW
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+ –
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NORTH
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*GEOGRAPHICLOCATION
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+ –
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NORTHDIR
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*GEOGRAPHICLOCATION
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O
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*OFFSET
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+ –
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OP
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*OPTIONS
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+ –
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ORBIT
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*3DORBIT
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+ –
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OS
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*OSNAP
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-OS
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*-OSNAP
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+ –
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P
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*PAN
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+ –
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-P
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*-PAN
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+ –
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PA
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*PASTESPEC
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+ –
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PARAM
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*BPARAMETER
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+ –
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PARTIALOPEN
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*-PARTIALOPEN
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+ –
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PE
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*PEDIT
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+ –
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PL
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*PLINE
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PO
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*POINT
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POL
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*POLYGON
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PR
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*PROPERTIES
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+ –
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PRCLOSE
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*PROPERTIESCLOSE
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+ –
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PROPS
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*PROPERTIES
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+ –
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PRE
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*PREVIEW
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+ –
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PRINT
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*PLOT
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PS
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*PSPACE
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PSOLID
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*POLYSOLID
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PTW
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*PUBLISHTOWEB
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+ –
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PU
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*PURGE
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+ –
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-PU
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*-PURGE
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PYR
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*PYRAMID
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QC
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*QUICKCALC
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QCUI
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*QUICKCUI
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R
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*REDRAW
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RA
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*REDRAWALL
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RC
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*RENDERCROP
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RE
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*REGEN
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REA
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*REGENALL
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REC
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*RECTANG
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REG
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*REGION
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REN
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*RENAME
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-REN
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*-RENAME
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REV
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*REVOLVE
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RO
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*ROTATE
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RP
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*RENDERPRESETS
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RPR
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*RPREF
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RR
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*RENDER
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RW
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*RENDERWIN
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S
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*STRETCH
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SC
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*SCALE
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+ –
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SCR
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*SCRIPT
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+ –
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SE
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*DSETTINGS
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+ –
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SEC
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*SECTION
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+ –
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SET
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*SETVAR
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+ –
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SHA
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*SHADEMODE
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+ –
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SL
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*SLICE
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+ –
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SN
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*SNAP
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SO
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*SOLID
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SP
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*SPELL
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SPL
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*SPLINE
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SPLANE
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*SECTIONPLANE
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SPE
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*SPLINEDIT
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SSM
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*SHEETSET
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+ –
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ST
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*STYLE
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STA
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*STANDARDS
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+ –
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SU
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*SUBTRACT
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+ –
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T
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*MTEXT
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+ –
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-T
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*-MTEXT
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+ –
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TA
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*TABLET
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+ –
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TB
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*TABLE
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+ –
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TH
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*THICKNESS
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+ –
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TI
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*TILEMODE
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+ –
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TO
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*TOOLBAR
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+ –
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TOL
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*TOLERANCE
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+ –
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TOR
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*TORUS
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+ –
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TP
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*TOOLPALETTES
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+ –
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TR
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*TRIM
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+ –
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TS
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*TABLESTYLE
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+ –
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UC
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*UCSMAN
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+ –
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UN
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*UNITS
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+ –
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-UN
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*-UNITS
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+ –
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UNI
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*UNION
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+ –
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V
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*VIEW
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+ –
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-V
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*-VIEW
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+ –
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VP
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*DDVPOINT
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+ –
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-VP
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*VPOINT
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+ –
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VS
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*VSCURRENT
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+ –
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VSM
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*VISUALSTYLES
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+ –
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-VSM
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*-VISUALSTYLES
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+ –
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W
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*WBLOCK
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+ –
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-W
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*-WBLOCK
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+ –
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WE
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*WEDGE
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+ –
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X
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*EXPLODE
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+ –
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XA
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*XATTACH
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+ –
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XB
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*XBIND
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+ –
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-XB
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*-XBIND
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+ –
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XC
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*XCLIP
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+ –
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XL
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*XLINE
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+ –
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XR
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*XREF
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+ –
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-XR
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*-XREF
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+ –
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Z
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*ZOOM
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+ –
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Aliases (Alternative from Release 13)
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AV
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*DSVIEWER
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+ –
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CP
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*COPY
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+ –
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DIMALI
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*DIMALIGNED
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+ –
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DIMANG
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*DIMANGULAR
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+ –
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DIMBASE
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*DIMBASELINE
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+ –
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DIMCONT
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*DIMCONTINUE
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+ –
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DIMDIA
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*DIMDIAMETER
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+ –
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DIMED
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*DIMEDIT
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+ –
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DIMTED
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*DIMTEDIT
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+ –
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DIMLIN
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*DIMLINEAR
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+ –
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DIMORD
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*DIMORDINATE
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+ –
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DIMRAD
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*DIMRADIUS
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+ –
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DIMSTY
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*DIMSTYLE
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+ –
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DIMOVER
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*DIMOVERRIDE
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+ –
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LEAD
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*LEADER
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+ –
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TM
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*TILEMODE
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+ –
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Aliases (Hyperlink/URL Release 14 compatibility)
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SAVEURL
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*SAVE
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+ –
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OPENURL
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*OPEN
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+ –
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INSERTURL
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*INSERT
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+ –
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COMMENTS