2D Polygon tool

Inner Boundary mode is active; click in an enclosed area to create a 2D polygon based on the area’s inner boundary

Reshape tool (2D modes)

Move Polygon Handles mode is active, and the cursor is over a handle; click-click to move the handle

Move Edges Parallel mode is active, and the cursor is over a handle; click-click to move the handle

Change Vertex mode is active, and the cursor is over a vertex handle; click to change the vertex to the type selected in the Tool bar

Add Vertex mode is active, and the cursor is over a handle; click-drag the handle to create a new vertex

Delete Vertex mode is active, and the cursor is over a vertex handle; click to delete the vertex

Rectangular Marquee mode is active, and the cursor is not over any handle

Lasso Marquee mode is active, and the cursor is not over any handle

Polygonal Marquee mode is active, and the cursor is not over any handle

Reshape tool (3D modes)

The cursor is over a handle on a selected 3D object that can be dragged vertically (for example, the top handle of an extrude)

The cursor is over a handle on a selected 3D object that can be dragged in any direction (for example, any handle on a NURBS curve)

The cursor is over a handle on a selected 3D object that can be scaled (for example, a radius handle on a sphere)

Change Vertex mode is active, and the cursor is over a vertex handle; click to change the vertex type

Add Vertex mode is active, and the cursor is over a handle; click-drag the handle to create a new vertex

Delete Vertex mode is active, and the cursor is over a vertex handle; click to delete the vertex

Align Plane tool

Click to define the X and Y axes on the selected object

Angular Dimension tool

Edges mode is active; click two intersecting objects to create the dimension object

Attribute Mapping tool

Click-drag to scale the fill larger or smaller (the cursor is over a corner handle of the mapping object)

Click-drag to rotate the fill (the cursor is over a middle handle of the mapping object)

Click-drag to move the origin of the fill (the cursor is over other parts of the mapping object)

Center Mark tool

Click the highlighted object to create a center mark

Chamfer Edge tool

Select Faces preference off

The cursor highlights edges that can be used in the chamfer operation

Select Faces preference on

The cursor highlights faces that can be used in the chamfer operation

Constraint tools

Click the objects to be constrained

Edit Curtain Wall tool

Click to add a new frame to the curtain wall

Click to split the frames at the frame intersection

Click the second collinear frame to combine the frames

Click to move the frame grid along the curtain wall

Extract tool

Extract Point or
Extract Curve mode

The cursor highlights edges that can be used in the extract operation

Extract Iso-parametric Curve or Extract Surface mode

The cursor highlights faces that can be used in the extract operation

Eyedropper tool

Pick up Attributes mode is active

Apply Attributes mode is active

Fillet Edge tool

Select Faces preference off

The cursor highlights edges that can be used in the fillet operation

Select Faces preference on

The cursor highlights faces that can be used in the fillet operation

Fixed Point Resize tool

Click the point on the selected object that is to remain fixed, and then move the cursor to resize the object

Flyover tool

Click-drag to “fly over” the drawing

Help (What’s This? command)

Click a tool or command to open the online help topic that describes it

Loft Surface tool

The cursor highlights curves that can be used in the loft operation

Move Page tool

Click to move the page print boundary

Pan tool

The Pan tool is active, or the pan mode is activated when another tool is active (Space bar is pressed)

Polyline tool

Bézier Vertex mode

Cubic Vertex mode

Arc Vertex Fillet mode

Power Pack

Edge Selection

Extract tool’s Point and Curve modes, Chamfer Edge tool, and the Fillet Edge tool

Face Selection

Extract tool’s Surface modes, Shell Solid tool, Push/Pull tool, as well as the Chamfer Edge and Fillet Edge tools with the Select Faces option turned on.

Press the Alt key (Windows) or Option key (Mac) to select the back faces of solid objects.

Curve Selection

Loft Surface tool, Project tool, and Push/Pull tool

Surface Selection

Project tool

Project tool

The cursor highlights curves that can be used in the project operation

Push/Pull tool

In Extrude Face or Move Face mode, the cursor highlights faces that can be used in the push/pull operation

Radial Dimension tool

Click the highlighted circle to create a radial dimension

Render Bitmap tool

Click-drag to select the area from which to create a rendered bitmap image

Rotate View tool

Click-drag to rotate the drawing view

Selection tool

Click to scale the selected object

The cursor is over an object; click to select or click-drag to move the object

Click-drag to duplicate the object (the Ctrl key is pressed on Windows, or the Option key is pressed on Mac)

The cursor is over an object; click to select or click-drag to move the object

Click to add an object to the current selection (the Shift key is pressed)

Click-drag to duplicate an object (the Ctrl key is pressed on Windows, or the Option key is pressed on Mac)

The cursor is not over any selectable object

Lasso Marquee mode is active

Polygonal Marquee mode is active

The cursor is over edges or points of multiple objects; use either the Coincident Selection key or the Select Coincident Objects command to select the appropriate objects

The cursor is over edges or points of multiple objects, and the Shift key is pressed; use either the Coincident Selection key or the Select Coincident Objects command to select the appropriate objects to add to the selection

The cursor is over edges or points of multiple objects; use either the Coincident Selection key or the Select Coincident Objects command to select the appropriate objects to move

The cursor is over the resizing points of multiple objects; use either the Coincident Selection key or the Select Coincident Objects command to select the appropriate objects to resize

Set Working Plane tool

Click to place the working plane

Click the square center grip and move the cursor to move the working plane

Click a red, green, or blue axis grip and move the cursor to rotate the working plane

Shear tool

Click the point on the selected object that is to remain fixed, and then move the cursor to shear the object

Shell Solid tool

The cursor highlights faces that can be used in the shell solid operation

Symbol Insertion tool

Symbol Pick up mode is active; click a symbol to make it active

Text tool

Click to create a text object

Click to place the text editing cursor in a text object or in a field

Translate View tool

Translates the drawing view from side to side or up and down

In perspective projection, adjusts the distortion by moving the cursor up (more distorted) or down

Trim tool

Click to trim the object under the cursor

Walkthrough tool

Walk mode is active; click-drag to simulate a walkthrough by moving through the drawing

Look Around mode is active; click-drag to change the viewing angle up, down, left, or right

Elevator mode is active; click-drag to move the viewer higher or lower

The cross indicates the control point of the walkthrough

Worksheet object

The cursor is over a worksheet cell

The cursor is over a worksheet column header cell

The cursor is over a worksheet row header cell

Click-drag left or right to change the column width

Click-drag up or down to change the row height

Click-drag left/right to remove/add columns; click-drag up/down to remove/add rows

Click-drag to move the column or row to a new location

Zoom tool

Marquee mode is active; click and move the cursor to create a marquee around the area to zoom in on

Marquee mode is active, and the Alt key (Windows) or Option key (Mac) is pressed; click and move the cursor to create a marquee around the area to zoom out on

Interactive mode is active; click-drag up to zoom in, or click-drag down to zoom out

Context menus

(Mac only)

The control key is pressed while the cursor is over an object or an open area in the drawing; click to open the context menu

All remaining tools

Click to begin the tool operation (such as placing a new drawing object, or splitting an existing object)