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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A detailed drawing of part of a view. In Revit Architecture - the ______ appears in a separate view. In the ______ - you can add annotations and detail - which will not display in the parent view. In the parent view - the ______ area is marked with a
Callout
NURB Surface
Extrusion
Local File
2. A graphical icon in the Revit drawing area that you ______ to change the shape or size of an element in the building model. When you select an element - Revit Architecture displays it's ______ as blue circles or triangles.
Pin
Design Option
Drag Control
Project
3. The order in which elements display in a view - as if layered on a flat surface. You can move an element backward or forward in the ______ - or bring it to the front or back of a stack of elements.
View Template
Project View
Design Option
Draw Order
4. A table that provides descriptions or information about symbols used in drawings. In Revit Architecture - you can create a ______ and include it on multiple sheets.
Parametric
Legend
Referencing View
Detail Group
5. 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
Fillet
Masking Region
DGN
Project
6. A family that consists of instances of other families (subcomponents). The subcomponents can belong to the same category (for example - various window types) or different categories (for example - an exterior door and two lighting fixtures). You crea
Nested Family
Design Option
Retaining Wall
Partial Explode
7. 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
Shared Family
Open Loop
Bounding Box
Generic Annotation
8. Settings that control the appearance or behavior of an individual element in a project. The ______ and type parameters of an element combine to establish its element properties. ______ are also called instance properties.
Object Style
Instance Parameters
Explode
Wireframe
9. A drafting term that refers to rounding a square corner - using a radius to define the curve.
Fillet
Underlay
Material
Model Text
10. Part of the Revit interface that provides context-sensitive settings and functions - depending on the tool currently in use. In the Revit window - the ______ is located below the ribbon and above the drawing area.
Pattern Component
Local File
Options Bar
Property
11. A graphic design for surfaces that are cut or shown in projection. You can use ______ for model patterns and drafting patterns.
Pan
Fill Pattern
Subcategory
Pushpin
12. 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
Slope Arrow
Offset
Lock
Open Loop
13. A 3D shape consisting of multiple polygons that are joined (meshed) together. For example - a ______ cube consists of 6 square surfaces that are joined together to form the cube shape. This is sometimes referred to as face-based geometry.
Polymesh
Orthographic View
Model Group
Key Schedule
14. Arranged along a radius or arc. In Revit Architecture - when you create a ______ array - the elements in the array are arranged along a curve.
Profile
Instance Parameters
Radial
Span Direction
15. 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
Detail Line
Break Line
Model Pattern
Partial Explode
16. A view of a model that displays as a callout or section in other views. This type of view typically represents the model in finer detail than shown in the parent view. It is used to add more information to specific parts of the model. A ______ reflec
Mullion
Curtain Wall
Partial Explode
Detail View
17. Representations of AutoCAD objects. Revit Architecture supports ______ from AutoCAD files. Unlike AutoCAD objects - ______ have no intelligence.
DGN
Proxy Graphics
In-place Family
Title Block
18. The point in the distance on which a camera is focusing.
Toposurface
Library
Focal Point
Wall Join
19. An Autodesk product. ______ optimizes mechanical/electrical/plumbing (MEP) systems engineering through data-driven system sizing and design. It provides a building information modeling design and documentation solution for MEP engineering.
View Control Bar
Mirror
Link
Revit MEP
20. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture shows the image with all surfaces shaded according to their material color settings and project light locations - and with all non-occluded edges drawn. A default light source provides illumination f
Shading with Edges
Building Maker
Element
Category
21. Available in the conceptual design environment - ______ mode is a transparent view that displays the underlying geometric skeleton of a form.
X-Ray
Spline
Workset
Title Block
22. The part of the Revit user interface that displays views - sheets - schedules - and other representations of the building model.
Highlight
Hosted Component
Drawing Area
Slope Arrow
23. A drawing file format supported by AutoCAD and other CAD applications. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
Frame
DWG
Perpendicular View
View Control Bar
24. A list of changes made to a building design or construction document. A ______ displays in the title block of a sheet. As you add views with revision clouds to sheets - the ______ updates with information about the corresponding revisions.
Revision Schedule
Constraint
Snap
Chain
25. The state of being aligned with (or facing the same direction as) a particular item or direction. For example - in Revit Architecture you can change the ______ of a view to True North - or you can change the ______ of a compound wall to reverse the o
Swatch
Orientation
Note Block
View Reference
26. Categories of elements that are derived from an imported drawing. You can change the visibility and graphic display of ______ through the visibility graphics menu.
Volumetric Geometry
Partial Explode
Imported Categories
Attached Detail Group
27. A drop-down list on the ribbon from which you can select a family type for the element being added or modified.
Property
DWG
Library
Type Selector
28. 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.
Building Maker
Note Block
Snap
Ground plane
29. 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
Drafting View
Detail Level
Camera
Miter
30. 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.
Spline
Divided Surface
Centerline
Snap
31. An arrangement of elements in a building model. For example - in a large office - you can create an ______ of desks and chairs. In a structural design - you can create an ______ of beams or columns. You can create a linear ______ - in which the eleme
Work Plane
Area Scheme
Element Properties
Array
32. A view-specific element that shows the size of an element or shows distances between elements or points in a building model. As you place an element - Revit Architecture displays temporary ______ so that you can place the element accurately. You can
Shading
Tessellation
Dimension
Drawing List
33. 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
Core
Divided Surface
Full Explode
Panel
34. A shape (such as a circle or cloud) that contains identification text for a grid - level - view title - callout - or annotation.
Orthographic View
Model Group
Bubble
Curtain Wall
35. A sketch line that indicates where to split a view for a dependent view - as shown.
Chain
Radial
Project Template
Matchline
36. In Revit Architecture - a vertical or horizontal strip between panels of a curtain wall or curtain system.
Orthographic View
Lock
View Properties
Mullion
37. In a 3D context - ______ moves the camera left and right. In a 2D context - ______ scrolls the view. If you are using ______ with an active view on a sheet - ______ scrolls the sheet view - not the active view on the sheet.
Listening Dimensions
Pan
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Callout
38. A visualization tool that you use to create a 3D view of a building model. When you place a camera in a 2D view - you can control the target point - the ______ level - and the focal point of the ______. The following views show a camera positioned in
Scope Box
Camera
Spline
Far clip plane
39. An element that you hide in a particular view.
Hidden Element
Target Point
UV grid
Material Takeoff Schedule
40. A model element - annotation element - datum element - or imported element in a project.
In-place Family
Project North
Object
Detail Level
41. 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.
Referencing View
on-bearing Wall
Reference Line
Shared Coordinates
42. Settings that control the appearance or behavior of all elements of a particular family type. ______ are also called type properties. The instance parameters and ______ of an element combine to establish its element properties.
Perpendicular View
Detail View
Type Parameters
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
43. Part of the Revit interface that displays information about what is highlighted or selected - or hints on what to do next. The ______ is located in the lower left corner of the Revit window.
Material Takeoff Schedule
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Status Bar
Snap
44. A graphic (shaped like a cloud) that indicates changes in a construction document. In Revit Architecture - you can sketch ______ in all views except 3D views. The cloud is visible only in the view in which it is sketched.
Line Style
Revision Cloud
Curtain Wall
Curtain System
45. A graphic design that is applied to the surface of a model element. ______ represent the actual appearance of an element - such as brick coursing or ceramic tile on a wall. They are fixed with respect to the model and scale with the model.
Model Pattern
Isolate
Category
Tag
46. A collection of elements in a workshared project that can be worked on independently. A ______ is typically a discrete functional area - such as interior - exterior - or site. When you enable worksharing - you can divide a project into ______ - with
Panel
Detail Level
Workset
Reference Elevation
47. A collection of predefined project resources that are available on the Internet. For example - you can access ______ of templates - detail components - entourage - and families of model elements and annotation elements.
Miter
RFA
Web Library
Symbolic Line
48. A family of geometry that does not fit into any of the other - pre-defined categories (such as columns - roofs - and floors). In a Revit project - an instance of a ______ is a model element. You can create a ______ as a loadable family - or as an in-
Perpendicular View
Shape Handle
Volumetric Geometry
Generic Model
49. The process of generating a photorealistic illustration of a building design. Rendered images are often used to present building designs to clients. Revit Architecture renders 3D project views with various effects - such as lights - plants - decals -
Project
Rendering
Color Scheme
Work Plane
50. Text displayed in a callout tag when a reference callout is created in the plan view - or text displayed in a section head when a reference section is created in the plan view.
Drafting View
Reference Label
Panel
Start Point