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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A representation of a building model that simulates a person walking through the model along a defined path. The following ______ view shows the ______ path in red.
Walkthrough
Fill Pattern
Hosted Component
Markup
2. A Revit setting that determines the amount of geometry displayed in a view. ______ settings include coarse - medium - and fine - where coarse shows the least detail and fine shows the most detail. The following image illustrates the 3 ______ for a de
Highlight
View Reference
Revolve
Detail Level
3. Passing through or lying on the same straight line. Sketching a line that is ______ with an existing wall
Note Block
Toposurface
Curtain Wall
Collinear
4. A group of view-specific elements that are associated with a model group. For example - an ______ may be comprised of door tags and window tags.
Attached Detail Group
Radial
Grid
Matchline
5. A construction document that has been reviewed and revised or commented on (marked up). Typically - the reviewer is the project designer - a client - or another building professional. When you export construction documents as DWF files - the files ca
DWF markups
Shading
Workset
Infill Element
6. A graphic design for surfaces that are cut or shown in projection. You can use ______ for model patterns and drafting patterns.
End Cap
Cut Line Style
Open Loop
Fill Pattern
7. (1) To draw a line or shape. Revit Architecture provides several tools and techniques for ______. (2) A drawing of a 2D shape. The following ______ contains an open loop (the roof) and a closed loop (the walls - floor - and ceiling).
Sketch
Worksharing
Surface Pattern
Permanent Dimension
8. The beginning of a sketched line.
Object
Room-bounding Elements
Symbol
Start Point
9. A filter with user-defined rules that determine the visibility/graphics settings for model elements in a particular view. For example - you can create a ______ that displays all fire-rated walls as solid red in a plan view to distinguish them from no
Rule-based Filter
Mark
Line Weight
Detail Component
10. For a subcomponent of a family - a property that defines its display (the line weight - line color - and line pattern). For example - you can assign one ______ to the wood trim of a window and another ______ to the glass.
Type
Frame
Stacked Wall
Subcategory
11. To change the size of a model element. For example - in Revit Architecture you can ______ a wall or a foundation to adjust to changing specifications.
Hidden Element
Subcategory
Plan Region
Resize
12. A defined area that obscures elements in a view. ______ are useful when you are creating a model family from an imported 2D DWG file - and you need the model element to obscure other elements when placed in a view. You can also use them to hide parts
Masking Region
UV grid
NURB Surface
Fill Pattern
13. A Revit element that contains all objects (such as blocks and xrefs) from an imported drawing. When you move the cursor over the imported objects - Revit Architecture shows information about the ______. You can explode an ______ to convert it into in
Import Symbol
Shortcut Menu
Revit MEP
Building Footprint
14. An element in a building model that represents actual 3D geometry. For example - walls - windows - doors - and roofs are ______. For example - the following image shows only ______. It does not include annotation elements (such as dimensions or text
Model Element
ADSK
Compound Wall
Fill Volume
15. A 3-dimensional shape that has measurable volume. Non-volumetric geometry refers to a 2-dimensional shape.
View Properties
Radial
Poche
Volumetric Geometry
16. In an animation - a single image (for example - in a walkthrough animation or a solar study). In a building - a rigid structure built into a wall to hold a door - window - or other component. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the material and f
Resize
on-bearing Wall
Section Box
Frame
17. A wall that supports no additional vertical load except its own weight. ______ can be used to define and divide spaces in Revit Architecture.
Family
gbXML
Detail Line
on-bearing Wall
18. A non-physical item that is used to establish project context. ______ include levels - grids - and reference planes. For example - the following image shows a grid - which is used for the placement of columns and other model elements. The grid is not
Datum
Parametric
Polyline
Retaining Wall
19. (1) For elements that can slope (including roofs - ramps - floors - and ceilings) - the upper end of the slope. For example - in the following illustration - the ______ is the upper end of the sloped floor. (2) In Revit Architecture - the symbol that
Far clip plane
Head
Type Parameters
Template
20. A line that connects an annotation to an element or part of the building model in a view. In Revit Architecture - you can control the line weight - style - and color of the ______ - as well as its position - shape - and arrowhead.
Type
Leader
RFA
Perspective View
21. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture displays the image of the model with all edges and lines drawn - but no surfaces.
Wireframe
Centerline
Worksharing
Generic Model
22. Text used in a building model - such as for signage. You can add ______ in a project view and in the Family Editor for families that can be represented in 3D - such as walls - doors - windows - and furniture. An instance of ______ is a model element.
Perspective View
Room-bounding Elements
Model Text
Workset
23. A uniform distance from an element or line - along which the element or line will move - or a new element or line will be created. For example - when creating walls - you might specify an ______ of 5 meters. When you select an existing wall - Revit A
Full Explode
Offset
Infill Element
Symbolic Line
24. An elevation tag that refers to an existing elevation or drafting view. When you add a ______ to a project - Revit Architecture does not create a new view for it. Instead - the reference elevation uses an existing elevation - allowing you to indicate
Reference Elevation
Shortcut Menu
Compound Wall
Split
25. A sketched line that does not connect to itself. Instead - it leaves an open space between the start point and endpoint of the line. In Revit Architecture - you use ______ to sketch a roof by extrusion and to split toposurfaces and faces. In the foll
View Control Bar
Legend
Plan Region
Open Loop
26. A series of dashes or dots alternating with blank spaces. In the building industry - construction documents often use different line style conventions to convey information and to differentiate one line from another. For example - dimensions may use
Pushpin
Line Pattern
Profile
Discipline
27. A list of all instances of annotations (Also referred to as an annotation schedule). Note blocks are useful for listing notes that are applied to elements in a project.
Type Catalog
Reference Label
Family
Note Block
28. The settings used in a project that you want to apply to another project. ______ include family types - line weights - materials - view templates - and object styles.
Project Standards
UV grid
Chain
Fillet
29. A family of elements that is created within the context of the current project. An ______ exists only in the project and cannot be loaded into other projects. Using ______ - you can create components that are unique to a project or components that re
In-place Family
Underlay
Line Weight
Patterned Surface
30. A file format for fill patterns. A pattern file is a text file that contains definitions for model or drafting patterns in a project.
PAT
Project Template
Cut Line Style
Key Schedule
31. A table of information that you create to simplify or automate data entry in other - larger schedules. A ______ can reduce the time required to produce a larger schedule and help to generate accurate cost estimates. For example - a room schedule for
Load
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Structural Column
Key Schedule
32. The amount of rotation at an axis caused by downward force applied to a beam at a distance from its supporting members. A ______ connection is a connection that is designed to transfer ______ and other forces between a beam and its supporting members
RPC
Dimension
Moment
Framing Elevation
33. To connect a file to a Revit project. When a ______ file is updated - the updated information is automatically made available in the Revit project. ______ avoids the need to re-import updated information into the project. In Revit Architecture - you
View-specific
Pattern Component
Link
Text Note
34. A family of model elements that can be used to create subcomponents of a nested family. When you use ______ to create a nested family - you can select - tag - and schedule the individual subcomponents in a project. (If subcomponents are not from ____
Listening Dimensions
View Depth
Object
Shared Family
35. A collection of view properties (such as view scale - discipline - detail level - and visibility settings) that can be applied to a project view. For example - you might create one ______ for a structural floor plan - and another ______ for an exit f
Type Parameters
View Template
Layer Mapping File
Retaining Wall
36. A 3-dimensional shape used in a building model. You can use the Family Editor to create ______ shapes to build families of model elements.
Solid Geometry
Resize
Closed Loop
RPC
37. A setting that determines the appearance or behavior of an element - type - or view. Also called a parameter.
Tick Mark
Property
Compound Wall
Permanent Dimension
38. The structural part of a compound wall or other host element. When you use Revit Architecture to design a compound wall - you specify the layers and materials that compose the ______ of the wall - as well as the interior and exterior layers of the wa
3D reference plane
Shortcut Menu
Core
Tick Mark
39. A method of displaying model elements in views. For example - you can choose to display a model using wireframe - hidden lines - shading - or shading with edges. You can specify the ______ for a view using the View Control Bar at the bottom of the Re
Model Graphics Style
Projection Line Style
View Reference
Imported Categories
40. A user interface mechanism that you use to select elements within a defined area by dragging the cursor around them. To create a ______ - place the cursor near the elements to select - click and hold the left mouse button - and drag the cursor diagon
Component
DWG
Walkthrough
Selection Box
41. A construction document. In Revit Architecture - you place project views on ______ to create a construction document set.
Sheet
Cut Plane
Tag
Polyline
42. A list of the subcomponents or materials of any Revit family. ______ have all the functionality and characteristics of other schedule views - but they allow you to show more detail about the assembly of a component. Any material that is applied to a
Type
Selection Filter
Material Takeoff Schedule
DWF markups
43. A curved line drawn by specifying and positioning a number of points. Revit Architecture uses a mathematical polynomial function to smoothly join the segments at these points - creating the curved line.
Grid
Spline
Ground plane
Layer
44. Text that documents a building model. ______ are usually related to a parameter for a model element or type. You can create ______ families and nest them inside host model families - so that the annotations display in the project. This is useful if y
Options Bar
Extrusion
Generic Annotation
Room Separation Line
45. A set of colors and fill patterns used to graphically designate rooms or areas in a floor plan. You can apply ______ based on any parameter value for a room or area. For example - if you want to color rooms by department - set the Department paramete
Mark
Pushpin
Bounding Box
Color Scheme
46. The Z-shaped line used in a drafting view or detail view to obscure parts of the drawing - to focus the drawing on a particular area. The following drafting view uses ______ above and below the section to obscure less intricate parts of the door asse
Massing Study
View Properties
Scope Box
Break Line
47. A view of a floor plan or a reflected ceiling plan for a building model.
Plan View
Note Block
Tick Mark
RFA
48. The file format for projects created using Google® SketchUp - a general purpose modeling and visualization tool. You can import ______ files into a Revit project.
Floor Plan
Template
SKP
Project North
49. An Autodesk product. ______ is a building design and documentation system that uses building information modeling to coordinate changes across all aspects of an architecture project.
Revit Architecture
Building Footprint
Rough Opening
Parameter
50. An end of a wall that does not join to another wall. The unjoined end of the wall is exposed. You can specify whether compound wall layers wrap at ______. For example - the following image shows a cross-section of a compound wall that uses interior w
End Cap
Generic Annotation
Dependent View
View Control Bar