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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Wall Join
Dimension
Casework
Referencing View
2. To transfer a file or a collection of information from an outside location into a Revit project. In Revit Architecture - you can ______ groups - templates - detail components - entourage - materials - families of model elements and annotation element
Load
Spline
Autodesk Seek
Phase
3. 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
Type Selector
Symbolic Line
Toposurface
4. (1) A point in the current view that you can use for positioning or dimensioning a model element. When you move the cursor near a ______ - Revit Architecture displays a temporary dimension between the element being placed and the ______. To display d
Frame
Toposurface
Reference Point
Array
5. 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.
Centerline
Spline
Element Borrowing
Project Parameters
6. A 3-dimensional shape that results from removing shapes from solid geometry.
UV grid
Projection Line Style
Curtain System
Void Geometry
7. A dimension that Revit Architecture displays as you draw or place elements in a view. ______ can help you to position an element in the desired location - or to draw a line to the desired length or angle. When you finish drawing or placing an element
Area Scheme
Temporary Dimension
Tessellation
DGN
8. 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
Camera
Curtain System
Project View
Building Footprint
9. An open file format that is supported by many CAD applications. A ______ file is a text file that describes a 2D drawing. The text is not encoded or compressed - so ______ files are generally large. Revit Architecture can import and export DXF files.
Array
3D reference plane
Solid Geometry
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
10. Open Database Connectivity. ______ is a general export tool that works in conjunction with many software drivers. You can export information about model elements in a Revit project to an ______ database.
Callout
Sketch
Zoom
ODBC
11. A wall that consists of multiple vertical layers. Each layer can use a different material (such as concrete - insulation - and interior finish) and have a different function (such as structure - thermal layer - and substrate).
Compound Wall
Explode
Project Template
Resize
12. The graphic design (fill pattern) used to represent a surface when shown in projection.
Surface Pattern
Stair Calculator
Design Option
System Family
13. 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
Polyline
Rule-based Filter
UV grid
Frame
14. To choose an object in the drawing area. Many of the controls and tools that you use to modify an element in the drawing area are available only when an element is ______. In Revit Architecture - a ______ element displays in the ______ color - and co
Primary View
Project Browser
Referencing View
Select
15. Autodesk Exchange File - the file format used by Autodesk applications to transmit design information.
ADSK
RFA
Collinear
Leader
16. A view whose plane is parallel to the plane of another view. For example - a Level 1 floor plan is parallel to a Level 2 floor plan. An east elevation view is parallel to a west elevation view. The following drawing illustrates the parallel planes th
RFA
Extrusion
Parallel View
Mark
17. An invisible 3-dimensional rectangular space that contains all model elements - annotation elements - and datum elements defined in a family-based element. The ______ helps define the family origin of some elements - and aids joining and cutback of s
Bounding Box
Curtain System
Lock
Type
18. A tool that displays links to information about product updates and announcements. To access the ______ - click the satilite dish in the InfoCenter toolbar in the upper right corner of the Revit window.
Communication Center
Load
Array
Massing Study
19. A joint at a 45-degree angle - or evenly angled between the joined elements. ______ can apply to walls - wall sweeps - railings - structural floors - roof fascia - curtain wall mullions - and other model elements. When 2 walls join - you can edit the
Shortcut Menu
Miter
Resize
Pin
20. A shape (such as a circle or cloud) that contains identification text for a grid - level - view title - callout - or annotation.
Halftone
Project North
Import Symbol
Bubble
21. A project view that shows details not directly associated with the building model. For example - a ______ can show how carpet transitions to tile - or details of a roof drain. A ______ typically shows construction details that may not be apparent in
Drafting View
System Family
Reference Point
Plan
22. A Revit family that can be used as a building block for creating families. Revit Architecture provides ______ for floors - walls - ceilings - roofs - drawing sheets - viewports - and other elements. You cannot delete ______.
System Family
Mullion
Highlight
Control
23. A drop-down list on the ribbon from which you can select a family type for the element being added or modified.
Void Geometry
Text Note
Shading
Type Selector
24. Part of the Revit interface that shows a logical hierarchy for all views - schedules - sheets - families - groups - and linked Revit models in the current project.
Load
Floor Plan
Project Browser
DGN
25. A file format developed by the International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI). ______ provides an interoperability solution between ______-compatible software applications in the construction and facilities management industry. The format has esta
Join
Datum
Keynote Legend
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
26. A web service that lets you search for - download - and integrate product and design information into your drawing. You can also publish families to the ______ website to make them available for other designers to incorporate into their designs.
Leader
Compound Wall
Autodesk Seek
Partial Explode
27. A user interface mechanism that defines the boundaries of a view. Elements in the building model that are outside the ______ do not display in the view or on a sheet on which the view is placed. In the following floor plan view - the inner - solid re
Reference Line
Crop Region
Parametric
Select
28. 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
Generic Annotation
Text Note
Tessellation
Imported Categories
29. A wall that has 2 or more horizontal layers - each consisting of different materials and surfaces.
Stacked Wall
Symbolic Line
Structural Column
Open Loop
30. A 2D drawing of a building model that shows the layout of walls and other building components. In Revit Architecture - a ______ is also referred to as a floor plan view.
Head
ODBC
Floor Plan
Surface Pattern
31. 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
Site Utility
Solid Geometry
End Cap
Room-bounding Elements
32. The substance of which an element is made. In Revit Architecture - the ______ assigned to an element determines how the element appears in a view or rendering. Revit Architecture includes several ______ in the default project templates - or you can d
Surface Pattern
Element
Material
Mirror
33. A set of initial conditions for a project. Revit Architecture provides several ______ - and you can create your own ______. Any new project based on a ______ inherits all families - settings (such as units - fill patterns - line styles - line weights
Shared Parameters
Footprint
Reference Section
Project Template
34. Passing through or lying on the same straight line. Sketching a line that is ______ with an existing wall
Witness line
Note Block
Collinear
Setback
35. An open schema created to help building designers gather information about the energy consumption characteristics of building projects. To perform energy analysis for a building model - you can export a Revit project to ______. Using a third-party ap
Head
gbXML
Revit Structure
Massing Study
36. A graphic style applied to an element when a view displays the element - so that you are seeing a representation of its exterior surface. For the ______ of an element - you can specify the line weight - color - and fill pattern.
Draw Order
NURB Surface
gbXML
Projection Line Style
37. A file format for fill patterns. A pattern file is a text file that contains definitions for model or drafting patterns in a project.
Chain
View Properties
PAT
Collinear
38. 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.
Shared Coordinates
Embedded Wall
Reference Elevation
Surface Pattern
39. 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-
Generic Model
Reference Label
Element Properties
Building Maker
40. 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
Web Library
Mullion
Reference Line
View-specific
41. 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
Cut Volume
Masking Region
Swatch
System Family
42. Pre-built components - such as cabinets and cupboards for a kitchen or bathroom. Revit Architecture provides family types for ______.
Casework
Attach
Link
Reference Section
43. A view of a floor plan or a reflected ceiling plan for a building model.
View Template
Plan View
Component
ODBC
44. The clip plane that is at the side of the view farthest from the start point of an elevation view - a section view - a 3D view - or a walkthrough view. In the following floor plan - the green dotted line opposite the blue line represents the ______ f
RFA
Far clip plane
Label
Masking Region
45. A list of model elements that belong to a particular family type but that differ in size or other characteristics. Using ______ - you can load only the size you need - rather than loading the entire family type. For example - suppose that you want to
Generic Annotation
Listening Dimensions
Type Catalog
Floor Plan
46. 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.
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Chain
Legend
Face
47. 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
View Control Bar
Head
Room Separation Line
48. 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
X-Ray
Room-bounding Elements
Key Schedule
Tessellation
49. 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.
Witness line
Project Template
Void Geometry
Viewport
50. A line that indicates the middle of a dimension or model element (such as a column or a wall). In Revit Architecture - you can use an element's ______ to measure - dimension - align - resize - specify constraints - and perform other functions in a bu
Element Properties
Centerline
Focal Point
Color Scheme