If you have recently shifted from AutoCAD to DraftSight and checking what all AutoCAD Commands are available in DraftSight then this post is for you.

Not all AutoCAD Commands have same name in DraftSight. For easy access we have listed most of AutoCAD Command in following Table. You can search your AutoCAD Command and find it’s name in DraftSight. ๐
Acronym:
— NA — = Not Available
Sr. No. | AutoCAD 2018 | DraftSight 2018 |
---|---|---|
1 | 3DARRAY | _PATTERN3D |
2 | MIRROR3D | _MIRROR3D |
3 | 3DWALK | -- NA -- |
4 | 3DORBIT | _ROLLVIEW |
5 | 3DPRINT | -- NA -- |
6 | 3DFACE | _FACE |
7 | 3DMOVE | -- NA -- |
8 | 3DPOLY | _POLYLINE3D |
9 | 3DROTATE | -- NA -- |
10 | 3DSCALE | -- NA -- |
11 | ARC | _ARC |
12 | BACTION | -- NA -- |
13 | ADCENTER | -- NA -- |
14 | -ExportToAutoCAD | -- NA -- |
15 | AREA | _GETAREA |
16 | ALIGN | _ALIGN |
17 | 3DALIGN | _ALIGN3D |
18 | APPLOAD | -- NA -- |
19 | ALLPLAY | -- NA -- |
20 | ARRAY | _PATTERN |
21 | -ARRAY | _-PATTERN |
22 | ACTRECORD | -- NA -- |
23 | ACTUSERMESSAGE | -- NA -- |
24 | -ACTUSERMESSAGE | -- NA -- |
25 | ACTUSERINPUT | -- NA -- |
26 | ACTSTOP | -- NA -- |
27 | -ACTSTOP | -- NA -- |
28 | ATTIPEDIT | _EDITIPBLOCKATTRIBUTE |
29 | ATTDEF | _MAKEBLOCKATTRIBUTE |
30 | -ATTDEF | _-MAKEBLOCKATTRIBUTE |
31 | ATTEDIT | _EDITBLOCKATTRIBUTE |
32 | -ATTEDIT | _-EDITBLOCKATTRIBUTE |
33 | BLOCK | _MAKEBLOCK |
34 | -BLOCK | _-MAKEBLOCK |
35 | BCLOSE | -- NA -- |
36 | BEDIT | -- NA -- |
37 | HATCH | HATCH |
38 | SURFBLEND | -- NA -- |
39 | BOUNDARY | AREABOUNDARY |
40 | -BOUNDARY | _-AREABOUNDARY |
41 | BREAK | SPLIT |
42 | BSAVE | -- NA -- |
43 | BVSTATE | -- NA -- |
44 | CIRCLE | CIRCLE |
45 | CAMERA | -- NA -- |
46 | CONSTRAINTBAR | -- NA -- |
47 | PROPERTIES | _PROPERTIES |
48 | CHANGE | MODIFY |
49 | CHAMFER | CHAMFER |
50 | CHECKSTANDARDS | VERIFYSTANDARDS |
51 | COMMANDLINE | COMMANDWINDOW |
52 | COLOR | LINECOLOR |
53 | COPY | COPY |
54 | MESHSMOOTH | -- NA -- |
55 | BCPARAMETER | -- NA -- |
56 | MESHCREASE | -- NA -- |
57 | SURFSCULPT | -- NA -- |
58 | CONSTRAINTSETTINGS | -- NA -- |
59 | CTABLESTYLE | SETACTTBLSTYL |
60 | -- NA -- VVCUBE | -- NA -- |
61 | A -- NA -- LYSISCURVATURE | -- NA -- |
62 | CYLINDER | -- NA -- |
63 | DIMSTYLE | DIMENSIONSTYLE |
64 | DIMALIGNED | PARALLELDIMENSION |
65 | DIMANGULAR | ANGLEDIMENSION |
66 | DIMARC | ARCLENGTHDIMENSION |
67 | ERASE | DELETE |
68 | DIMJOGGED | JOGGEDDIEMNSION |
69 | DIMBASELINE | BASELINEDIMENSION |
70 | DBCONNECT | -- NA -- |
71 | DIMCENTER | CENTERMARK |
72 | DIMCONTINUE | CONTINUEDIMENSION |
73 | DIMCONSTRAINT | -- NA -- |
74 | DIMDISASSOCIATE | UNRELATEDIMENSION |
75 | DIMDIAMETER | DIAMETERDIMENSION |
76 | DIMEDIT | EDITDIMENSION |
77 | DELCONSTRAINT | -- NA -- |
78 | DIST | GETDISTANCE |
79 | DIVIDE | MARKDIVISIONS |
80 | DIMJOGLINE | -- NA -- |
81 | DATALINK | -- NA -- |
82 | DIMLINEAR | LINEARDIMENSION |
83 | DATALINKUPDATE | -- NA -- |
84 | DONUT | RING |
85 | DIMORDINATE | ORDINATEDIMENSION |
86 | DIMOVERRIDE | _OVERRIDEDIMENSIONSTYLE |
87 | DRAWORDER | DISPLAYORDER |
88 | DIMRADIUS | RADIUSDIMENSION |
89 | ANALYSISDRAFTANGLE | -- NA -- |
90 | DIMREASSOCIATE | RELATEDIMENSION |
91 | DRAWINGRECOVERY | -- NA -- |
92 | DSETTINGS | DRFTINGOPTIONS |
93 | TEXT | SIMPLENOTE |
94 | DVIEW | -- NA -- |
95 | DATAEXTRACTION | -- NA -- |
96 | DDEDIT | EDITANNOTATION |
97 | ELLIPSE | ELLIPSE |
98 | EXTERNALREFERENCES | REFERENCES |
99 | EDITSHOT | -- NA -- |
100 | EXTEND | EXTEND |
101 | QUIT | -- NA -- |
102 | EXPORT | EXPORT |
103 | EXTRUDE | EXTRUDE |
104 | SURFEXTEND | -- NA -- |
105 | FILLET | FILLET |
106 | FILTER | SELECTIONFILTER |
107 | SURFFILLET | -- NA -- |
108 | POINTLIGHT | POINTLIGHT |
109 | FLATSHOT | -- NA -- |
110 | GROUP | QUICKGROUP |
111 | -GROUP | -- NA -- |
112 | GEOMCONSTRAINT | -- -- NA -- -- |
113 | GRADIENT | FILLAREA |
114 | SECTIONPLANETOBLOCK | -- NA -- |
115 | GEOGRAPHICLOCATION | -- NA -- |
116 | DDGRIPS | ENTITYGRIPS |
117 | -HATCH | _-HATCH |
118 | HATCHEDIT | EDITHATCH |
119 | HATCHTOBACK | -- NA -- |
120 | HIDE | HIDEVIEW |
121 | INSERT | INSERTBLOCK |
122 | -INSERT | _-INSERTBLOCK |
123 | IMAGEADJUST | -- NA -- |
124 | IMAGEATTACH | ATTACHIMAGE |
125 | IMAGECLIP | -- NA -- |
126 | IMAGE | REFERENCES |
127 | -IMAGE | EDITIMAGE |
128 | IMPORT | IMPORT |
129 | INTERSECT | -- NA -- |
130 | CVADD | -- NA -- |
131 | INTERFERE | -- NA -- |
132 | INSERTOBJ | INSERTOBJECT |
133 | ISOLATEOBJECTS | -- NA -- |
134 | QVDRAWING | -- NA -- |
135 | QVDRAWINGCLOSE | -- NA -- |
136 | QVLAYOUT | -- NA -- |
137 | QVLAYOUTCLOSE | -- NA -- |
138 | JOIN | WELD |
139 | SECTIONPLANEJOG | -- NA -- |
140 | LINE | LINE |
141 | LAYER | LAYER |
142 | -LAYER | _-LAYER |
143 | LAYERSTATE | -- NA -- |
144 | QLEADER | SMARTLEADER |
145 | LENGTHEN | EDITLENGTH |
146 | MESHSMOOTHLESS | -- NA -- |
147 | LIST | GETPROPERTIES |
148 | LWEIGHT | LINEWEIGHT |
149 | -LAYOUT | _-SHEET |
150 | LINETYPE | LINESTYLE |
151 | -LINETYPE | _-LINESTYLE |
152 | LTSCALE | LINESCALE |
153 | MOVE | MOVE |
154 | MATCHPROP | PROPERTYPAINTER |
155 | MATBROWSEROPEN | -- NA -- |
156 | MEASURE | MARKLENGTHS |
157 | MEASUREGEOM | -- NA -- |
158 | MIRROR | MIRROR |
159 | MLINE | RICHLINE |
160 | MLEADERALIGN | -- NA -- |
161 | MLEADERCOLLECT | -- NA -- |
162 | MLEADER | -- NA -- |
163 | MLEADEREDIT | -- NA -- |
164 | MLEADERSTYLE | -- NA -- |
165 | MESHSMOOTHMORE | -- NA -- |
166 | NAVSMOTION | -- NA -- |
167 | NAVSMOTIONCLOSE | -- NA -- |
168 | MSPACE | MODELMODE |
169 | MARKUP | -- NA -- |
170 | MTEXT | NOTE |
171 | MVIEW | VIEWPORT |
172 | SURFNETWORK | -- NA -- |
173 | NEWSHOT | -- NA -- |
174 | NEWVIEW | -- NA -- |
175 | OFFSET | OFFSET |
176 | SURFOFFSET | -- NA -- |
177 | OPTIONS | OPTIONS |
178 | OSNAP | ENTITYSNAP |
179 | -OSNAP | _-ENTITYSNAP |
180 | PAN | PAN |
181 | -PAN | _-PAN |
182 | PASTESPEC | PASTESELECTED |
183 | PARAMETERS | -- NA -- |
184 | -PARAMETERS | -- NA -- |
185 | BPARAMETER | -- NA -- |
186 | -PARTIALOPEN | -- NA -- |
187 | SURFPATCH | -- NA -- |
188 | POINTCLOUD | -- NA -- |
189 | POINTCLOUDATTACH | -- NA -- |
190 | POINTCLOUDINDEX | -- NA -- |
191 | PEDIT | EDITPOLYLINE |
192 | PLINE | POLYLINE |
193 | POINT | POINT |
194 | HIDEPALETTES | -- NA -- |
195 | CVSHOW | -- NA -- |
196 | CVHIDE | -- NA -- |
197 | POLYGON | POLYGON |
198 | SHOWPALETTES | -- NA -- |
199 | PROPERTIESCLOSE | HIDEPROPERTIES |
200 | PREVIEW | PREVIEW |
201 | PLOT | |
202 | PSPACE | SHEETMODE |
203 | POLYSOLID | -- NA -- |
204 | PUBLISHTOWEB | -- NA -- |
205 | PURGE | CLEAN |
206 | -PURGE | _-CLEAN |
207 | PYRAMID | -- NA -- |
208 | QUICKCALC | SMARTCALCULATOR |
209 | QUICKCUI | -- NA -- |
210 | QUICKPROPERTIES | -- NA -- |
211 | REDRAW | REFRESH |
212 | REDRAWALL | REFRESHALL |
213 | RENDERCROP | -- NA -- |
214 | REGEN | REBUILD |
215 | REGENALL | REBUILDALL |
216 | CVREBUILD | -- NA -- |
217 | RECTANG | RECTANGLE |
218 | MESHREFINE | -- NA -- |
219 | REGION | REGION |
220 | CVREMOVE | -- NA -- |
221 | RENAME | RENAME |
222 | -RENAME | -RENAME |
223 | REVOLVE | -- NA -- |
224 | ROTATE | ROTATE |
225 | RENDERPRESETS | -- NA -- |
226 | RPREF | -- NA -- |
227 | RENDER | ARENDER |
228 | RENDERWIN | -- NA -- |
229 | STRETCH | STRETCH |
230 | SCALE | SCALE |
231 | SCRIPT | LOADSCRIPT |
232 | SECTION | -- NA -- |
233 | SETVAR | SETVARIABLE |
234 | SHADEMODE | SHADEVIEW |
235 | SLICE | -- NA -- |
236 | SNAP | SNAP |
237 | SOLID | SOLID |
238 | SPELL | SPELLCHECK |
239 | SPLINE | SPLINE |
240 | SECTIONPLANE | -- NA -- |
241 | SEQUENCEPLAY | -- NA -- |
242 | MESHSPLIT | -- NA -- |
243 | SPLINEDIT | -- NA -- |
244 | SHEETSET | -- NA -- |
245 | STYLE | TEXTSTYLE |
246 | STANDARDS | DRAWINGSTANDARDS |
247 | SUBTRACT | -- NA -- |
248 | -MTEXT | -NOTE |
249 | TABLET | -- NA -- |
250 | TABLE | TABLE |
251 | TEXTEDIT | EDITANNOTATION |
252 | THICKNESS | SETACTTHK |
253 | TILEMODE | SWITCHAREA |
254 | TOOLBAR | CUSTOMIZE |
255 | TOLERANCE | TOLERANCE |
256 | TORUS | -- NA -- |
257 | TOOLPALETTES | -- NA -- |
258 | TRIM | TRIM |
259 | TABLESTYLE | TABLESTYLE |
260 | UCSMAN | CSSTYLE |
261 | UNITS | UNITSYSTEM |
262 | -UNITS | -UNITSYSTEM |
263 | MESHUNCREASE | -- NA -- |
264 | UNISOLATEOBJECTS | -- NA -- |
265 | UNION | -- NA -- |
266 | VIEW | VIEWS |
267 | VIEWGO | -- NA -- |
268 | VIEWPLAY | -- NA -- |
269 | -VIEW | -VIEWS |
270 | DDVPOINT | -- NA -- |
271 | VPOINT | VIEWDIRECTION |
272 | VSCURRENT | -- NA -- |
273 | VISUALSTYLES | -- NA -- |
274 | -VISUALSTYLES | -- NA -- |
275 | WBLOCK | EXPORTDRAWING |
276 | -WBLOCK | -EXPORTDRAWING |
277 | WEDGE | -- NA -- |
278 | -- NA -- VSWHEEL | -- NA -- |
279 | EXPLODE | EXPLODE |
280 | XATTACH | ATTACHDRAWING |
281 | XBIND | -- NA -- |
282 | -XBIND | -- NA -- |
283 | XCLIP | CLIPREFERENCE |
284 | XLINE | INFINITELINE |
285 | XREF | REFERENCES |
286 | -XREF | _-REFERENCES |
287 | ZOOM | ZOOM |
288 | ANLYSISZEBRA | -- NA -- |
290 | SCALELISTEDIT | EDITSCALELIST |
291 | VPLAYER | VIEWPORTLAYER |
292 | VPMAX | -- NA -- |
293 | VPMIN | -- NA -- |
294 | VPORTS | VIEWTILES |
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