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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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1. In Revit Architecture - the adjacent materials of a compound structure - such as a wall. You can define the ______ in a compound structure.
Building Maker
Matchline
Layer
Leader
2. 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.
ODBC
Divided Surface
3D reference plane
Type Parameters
3. A design method in which different team members are responsible for designing different functional areas of the same project file.
Worksharing
Curtain System
Level
Label
4. A wall that has 2 or more horizontal layers - each consisting of different materials and surfaces.
Split
Stacked Wall
Drawing Area
Area
5. 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
Link
Filled Region
Drafting View
Resize
6. Topographical surface. A graphic representation of the terrain of a building site or plot. The ______ may include contour lines to represent elevations.
Detail View
Toposurface
Material Takeoff Schedule
Flip Control
7. A wall that is inserted into another wall of a different type or construction. ______ are useful - for example - when you need to create a storefront on a building exterior. The following image shows a curtain wall embedded in a host wall.
System Family
Embedded Wall
Drawing List
Closed Loop
8. 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
Shared Parameters
Reference Elevation
Element Borrowing
Generic Annotation
9. 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 -
Infill Element
Rendering
Import Symbol
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
10. The orientation of a structural floor. When you place a structural floor in the plan view - Revit Architecture creates a ______ component. Rotate the ______ component to change the orientation of the structural floor.
Shading
RTE
Schedule
Span Direction
11. Categories of elements that are derived from an imported drawing. You can change the visibility and graphic display of ______ through the visibility graphics menu.
Imported Categories
Drag Control
Pin
Category
12. 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
Reference Point
Object
Project Base Point
13. One or more masses in a Revit project. ______ allow you to explore design ideas by using shapes to conceptualize a building model. When your conceptual design is complete - you can add building elements directly to these shapes.
Viewport
Area
Massing Study
Work Plane
14. A design methodology that maintains a single database of information about a building design. All information for a building design - from geometry to construction data - is stored in a project file. This information includes components used to desig
Scale
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Moment
Void Geometry
15. A 3D view of a building model - in which components that are further away appear smaller than those that are closer. In Revit Architecture - you create a ______ by placing a camera in a 3D view.
ADSK
Detail Level
Perspective View
DGN
16. A drop-down list on the ribbon from which you can select a family type for the element being added or modified.
Datum Extent
Layer
Load
Type Selector
17. 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.
Break Control
Fillet
Masking Region
Section Box
18. 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.
Referencing View
Model Text
Revit Architecture
Halftone
19. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture displays the image of the model with all edges and lines drawn - but no surfaces.
Footprint
Massing Study
Filled Region
Wireframe
20. 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
Phase
Frame
Dependent View
ODBC
21. 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
Symbol
Fill Volume
Lock
22. A model element that exists in 3D space and is visible in all views of a Revit project. You can use ______ to represent 3D geometry in a building design - such as cords or cables that secure a tarp. You can sketch straight - curved - arc - circular -
Detail Group
Model Line
Stacked Wall
Leader
23. A graphic design for surfaces that are cut or shown in projection. You can use ______ for model patterns and drafting patterns.
Project North
Fill Pattern
Explode
Break Line
24. Pre-built components - such as cabinets and cupboards for a kitchen or bathroom. Revit Architecture provides family types for ______.
Casework
Spline
Focal Point
Shared Parameters
25. A line that provides information but is not intended to represent actual geometry in an element. For example - when creating a door family - you might sketch ______ in an elevation view to represent a door swing. ______ are visible parallel to the vi
Revit Structure
Markup
Local File
Symbolic Line
26. 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.
Projection Line Style
Collinear
Embedded Wall
Instance Parameters
27. A graphical icon in the Revit drawing area that you use to manipulate elements. For example - when you select a chain of walls - blue circles display. These blue circles are drag ______. You can drag such a ______ to change the shape of the walls. Ot
Head
Control
Focal Point
View Range
28. 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
UV grid
Split
Project View
Attach
29. A Revit file that contains all information about a building design.
Revision Cloud
Project
Miter
Detail View
30. (1) To jump to a line or reference point in a drawing. (2) A line or reference point to which Revit Architecture will jump when you are placing a component or sketching a line. When you place a model element or sketch a line in a drawing - Revit Arch
Tag
Snap
Face
Web Library
31. Passing through or lying on the same straight line. Sketching a line that is ______ with an existing wall
Location Line
i-drop
Perpendicular View
Collinear
32. 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
Structural Column
DWF markups
End Cap
Trim
33. A drafting term that refers to rounding a square corner - using a radius to define the curve.
RTE
Fillet
Radial
Type Parameters
34. 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
Pattern Component
View Control Bar
Constraint
Reference Line
35. To disassemble an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into its next highest level of elements.
Cut Volume
Select
Fill Pattern
Explode
36. 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
Moment
Shape Handle
Parametric
37. (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
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Halftone
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
38. A master project file for a model on which multiple team members are working. The model can be subdivided into functional areas (worksets) - such as interior - exterior - and site. The ______ stores the current ownership information for all elements
Chain
Pin
RTE
Central File
39. A horizontal height at which certain elements in the view are shown in cross-section.
Embedded Wall
Cut Plane
Footprint
Orthographic View
40. A set of characteristics that define the line weight - line color - line pattern - and material for a category of model elements - annotation elements - or imported objects in a project.
View-specific
Parametric
Building Footprint
Object Style
41. The characteristic of being visible in one project view only.
View-specific
Crop Region
X-Ray
Centerline
42. 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.
Model Element
Vertex
Draw Order
Template
43. 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
Stacked Wall
Generic Annotation
Communication Center
View Depth
44. A sketch line that indicates where to split a view for a dependent view - as shown.
View Control Bar
Matchline
Keynote Legend
Stacked Wall
45. User-defined fields that you add to families or projects and then share with other families and projects. They are stored in a file independently of a family file or Revit project; this allows you to access the file from different families or project
Fill Volume
RTE
Shared Parameters
Generic Model
46. A drawing that shows the ceiling in a building design. Also called an RCP view. When you add a level to a building model - Revit Architecture automatically creates an ______ for it.
Tag
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Curtain System
Model Text
47. 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
Subcategory
Miter
Detail View
Proxy Graphics
48. The process of completely disassembling an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into Revit elements - including text - curves - lines - and filled regions.
Panel
Full Explode
Drawing Area
Element
49. (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
Structural Column
3D reference plane
View Depth
Head
50. A subdivision within a family of elements. For example - the family of Concrete Round Columns is further divided into ______ such as Concrete Round 18" - Concrete Round 24" - and Concrete Round 30".
Origin
Template
Type
Explode