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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Perpendicular View
Stair Calculator
Rough Opening
Core
2. Project coordinates that are used for remembering the mutual positions of multiple interlinked files. Those interlinked files can be all RVT files - or a combination of RVT - DWG - and DXF files.
Family
Revision Schedule
Shared Coordinates
Far clip plane
3. A 2D drawing of a building model that shows the layout of walls - rooms - and other building components. A floor ______ presents a view of the building as though you are looking down on it from above - with the roof and intervening levels removed. A
Workset
Plan
Dependent View
Surface Pattern
4. A graphic design for surfaces that are cut or shown in projection. You can use ______ for model patterns and drafting patterns.
Fill Pattern
RVT
Void Geometry
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
5. A group of view-specific elements - such as text and filled regions.
Room Separation Line
Lock
Detail Group
Room-bounding Elements
6. A functional area (such as structural - mechanical - electrical - or architectural) - or an area of expertise (such as architecture - structural engineering - or construction). In a Revit project - you can assign ______ to categories and to views. Yo
Keynote Legend
Parameter
Selection Box
Discipline
7. A fixed starting point - or the point in a coordinate system where the axes intersect. In Revit Architecture - you use an ______ for many functions - such as positioning a linked project - creating a custom fill pattern - positioning a group - resizi
Origin
Scope Box
Shortcut Menu
Key Schedule
8. A parameter that defines a relationship between elements in a building design. For example - you can specify the top ______ for a wall as Level 2. If Level 2 moves upward - the height of the wall increases to maintain the relationship.
Resize
Constraint
Highlight
RPC
9. (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).
Symbolic Line
Datum
Sketch
on-bearing Wall
10. A Revit feature that allows you to specify a value for a dimension as you sketch an element in a view. You specify a start point for the element - start sketching in the desired direction - type the exact dimension desired - and press Enter. Revit Ar
Line Style
Status Bar
Cutback
Listening Dimensions
11. Comments or revision instructions from someone who reviewed a building design. When you publish construction documents as DWF files - the files can be ______ up electronically using a program such as Autodesk Design Review. Then the ______ can be lin
Head
Extrusion
Markup
Hosted Component
12. A vertical plane in a wall that is used for dimensioning. You create a wall by sketching the ______ of the wall in a plan view or a 3D view. You specify what to use for the ______ in the element properties of the wall: the wall centerline - core cent
Selection Box
Tick Mark
Location Line
Instance Parameters
13. 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
Spot Elevation Dimension
Material Takeoff Schedule
Load
Tick Mark
14. A dimension that specifies a particular size for an element or a distance between elements or points. ______ always display in the view in which they are created. You can lock ______ so that they cannot be changed without first unlocking them. You ca
Shading
Project Template
Permanent Dimension
Grid
15. The North/South and East/West coordinates of an individual point with respect to the shared coordinate system for a group of linked Revit projects.
Floor Plan
Shading with Edges
Selection Filter
Spot Coordinate
16. A linked set of lines or walls. When drawing walls or lines in a building model - you can simplify the process by drawing a ______. You can also select a ______ of lines or walls to manipulate them simultaneously.
Chain
Work Plane
Highlight
Zoom
17. Pre-built components - such as cabinets and cupboards for a kitchen or bathroom. Revit Architecture provides family types for ______.
Slope Arrow
Mirror
Draw Order
Casework
18. The area covered by or required by an object. For example - the ______ of a toaster on your kitchen counter is the amount of countertop that the toaster covers. In Revit Architecture - you can create a roof or floor based on the ______ of the walls.
Host
Import Symbol
Collinear
Footprint
19. The amount of material that must be excavated and removed from a site to prepare it for construction. For example - in the following drawing - the red area indicates the ______ - and the blue area indicates the fill volume required to level the site
Compound Wall
Cut Volume
Label
RTE
20. A user interface mechanism that allows you to manipulate and activate a view that has been placed on a sheet. When you activate a view through a ______ - you can edit the model directly on the sheet.
Viewport
Closed Loop
Isolate
Core
21. A user interface mechanism that crops the model in a 3D view. Elements in the building model that are outside the ______do not display in the view or in an exported view.
Camera
Workset
Referring View
Section Box
22. A set of horizontal planes that control the visibility and display of objects in a view. The horizontal planes are Top Clip Plane - Cut Plane - Bottom Clip Plane - and View Depth. Elements outside the ______ do not display in the view.
Rendering
Shading
View Range
Polymesh
23. Reference planes are displayed in the conceptual design environment in the 3-dimensional views.
3D reference plane
Structural Column
Wireframe
Section Box
24. A column that supports a vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Shortcut Menu
Rule-based Filter
Structural Column
Footprint
25. A photorealistic image of a building model used to evaluate the impact of natural light and shadows on the buildings and site.
Material
Polymesh
Cutback
Solar Study
26. A horizontal plane that helps to define the view range in a floor plan or reflected ceiling plan. By default - the ______ is the same as the bottom clip plane. However - you can specify the ______ to show elements (such as foundation footings) below
View Depth
Planting
Hidden Line Mode
Tick Mark
27. A face or surface of a form that has been divided into UV grids. The grids act as a guide in patterning the surface. Manipulating the ______ also manipulates the parametrically dependent patterns and component families.
Patterned Surface
Cutback
Divided Surface
Face
28. The process of disassembling an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into its next highest level of elements: nested import symbols. A ______ yields more import symbols - which - in turn - can be exploded into elements or other import s
Dimension
Hidden Line
Project Template
Partial Explode
29. A finite horizontal plane that acts as a reference for level-hosted elements - such as roofs - floors - and ceilings. In Revit Architecture - you define a ______ for each vertical height or story within a building - or other needed reference of the b
Hosted Component
Revit MEP
Level
Building Pad
30. A building component consisting of panels - curtain grids - and mullions. In Revit a ______ usually does not have a rectangular shape.
Curtain System
Rehost
Color Scheme
Line Weight
31. The part of the Revit user interface that displays views - sheets - schedules - and other representations of the building model.
Drawing Area
Imported Categories
True North
Zoom
32. 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
Tick Mark
Origin
Viewport
33. A line used when designing families of model elements or placing elements in a building model. When you draw a ______ in a view - the line is visible in other - related views. A straight ______ provides 4 planes to sketch on. One plane is parallel to
Generic Model
Markup
Parametric
Reference Line
34. To reverse the position of a selected model element - using a line as the ______ axis. For example - if you ______ a wall on a reference plane - the wall flips opposite the original wall. You can pick the ______ axis or draw a temporary axis. Use the
Referencing View
Mirror
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
Blend
35. 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
gbXML
UV grid
Curtain Wall
36. A model element that can exist in a building model only if sponsored by another (host) element. Doors - windows - model lines - and components (such as furniture) are ______.
Template
Divided Surface
Hosted Component
Underlay
37. A menu of context-sensitive options. A ______ displays when you right-click an element or view.
Shortcut Menu
Parametric
Note Block
Perspective View
38. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture hides the lines of elements that are obscured by other surfaces.
Building Maker
Grid
Radial
Hidden Line Mode
39. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture displays the image of the model with all edges and lines drawn - but no surfaces.
UV grid
Snap
Wireframe
gbXML
40. A text placeholder added to tags or title blocks. You create a ______ as part of a tag or title block family while in the Family Editor. When you place the tag or title block in the project - you replace the ______ with the actual value for that inst
Label
Nested Family
Reference Section
Layer
41. Non-uniform rational B-spline. A mathematical model commonly used in computer graphics for representing and generating curves and surfaces. In Revit Architecture - you can create roofs and curtain systems on ______.
Cutback
NURB Surface
Floor Plan
Isolate
42. To explicitly join elements (such as walls or columns) to other modeling components. For example - you can ______ walls to floors - ceilings - and roofs. You can ______ columns to roofs - floors - ceilings - reference planes - structural framing memb
Building Maker
Reference Elevation
Attach
Spot Coordinate
43. Stairs that consist of one solid piece of material - such as concrete. In Revit Architecture - you can specify that stairs are ______ in the stair type properties. You can also specify the material for ______.
Monolithic Stairs
View Reference
Datum Extent
UV grid
44. 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.
In-place Family
Divided Surface
Note Block
Listening Dimensions
45. The file type for a Revit project template.
Autodesk Seek
Panel
RTE
Cut Volume
46. A group of elements that you use to model or document a building design. For example - ______ of model elements include walls - windows - columns - and beams. ______ of annotation elements include dimensions - tags - and text notes. ______ are organi
Revit MEP
Layer Mapping File
Drawing List
Category
47. A divided surface on which geometric shapes have been applied. These patterns become part of the surface and (depending on their shape) will require a specific number of grid cells when applied.
Import Symbol
Model Pattern
Patterned Surface
Reference Line
48. A stage or time period in the construction process of a building project. Typical ______ include existing construction - demolition - remodeling - and new construction. Revit Architecture tracks the ______ in which views or components are created or
Template
Zoom
Mullion
Phase
49. The direction toward the North Pole. Drafting conventions dictate that Project North is the top of the view. You may want to orient a view to ______ when producing solar studies (to create accurate sunlight and shadow patterns for the project) or ren
Link
Target Point
Structural Column
True North
50. A wall that has 2 or more horizontal layers - each consisting of different materials and surfaces.
Crop Region
Shared Family
Stacked Wall
System Family