75+ essential AutoCAD shortcuts

Plus: Lab-made coronavirus variant killed 80% of mice: What you need to know. Oct 20, 2022 [Blueprint]( Fancy saving yourself a whole lot of time and effort? Me too. Well, you’re in luck ...get ready to turbocharge your AutoCAD experience. For the uninitiated, AutoCAD is one of the most popular engineering applications worldwide …and with good reason. In fact, it was one of the first computer-aided design (CAD) programs designed for personal computers, when it was invented back in the 1980s. These days, it comes with a whole load of invaluable shortcuts and commands to make it easier and faster, and we’ve helpfully [compiled the most useful ones]( for you here. (You’re welcome.) But before you save yourself time with that (and probably money, if you up your productivity), take a look at what you might spend your extra earnings on. How about… a seven-seater hybrid air taxi? It’s called Planar, it’s from Korea, and you can [check it out in this video](. Pretty cool, eh? Good morning. 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In fact, a new edition is published yearly, and new features are continually added ...it’s the engineering gift that keeps on giving. AutoCAD also comes with several valuable shortcuts and commands, which make it easier and faster. Here, we take a look at what we consider to be [the most useful ones – 75 of them, in fact](. It starts by explaining the difference between two main functions in AutoCAD (commands and shortcuts), for those of you who might be new to the whole thing. But it then goes on to provide you with what I’m immodestly going to describe as invaluable insights that will save you a whole heap of time. → Recent versions (such as AutoCAD 2017) include a huge amount of enhanced features that can make your design work even more efficient. Which, if you’re in the world of AutoCAD already, are well worth checking out. 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