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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A graphic design for surfaces that are cut or shown in projection. You can use ______ for model patterns and drafting patterns.
Project Browser
Fill Pattern
Plan
Filled Region
2. A line of a particular pattern - weight - and color - used to indicate different effects. For example - in the following site plan - a red dashed line indicates the zoning setback. Revit Architecture predefines several ______ and uses them for defaul
Setback
Property
Line Style
Retaining Wall
3. A series of lines that you can use to help draw or place elements in a building design. ______ are useful in the design and documentation phases of a project. In Revit Architecture - ______ are datum elements.
Extrusion
Permanent Dimension
Mark
Grid
4. 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
Material Takeoff Schedule
Reference Elevation
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Orientation
5. The file format for projects created using Google® SketchUp - a general purpose modeling and visualization tool. You can import ______ files into a Revit project.
Perpendicular View
SKP
Model Group
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
6. An annotation that consists of text and may include a leader line and arrow. You can add ______ to a detail view - drafting view - or a sheet.
Key Schedule
Viewport
Shading with Edges
Text Note
7. 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.
Massing Study
Type Parameters
Hidden Line
View List
8. A design method in which different team members are responsible for designing different functional areas of the same project file.
Frame
Worksharing
Project Browser
View-specific
9. 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
View Control Bar
SKP
Material
View Properties
10. 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 ______.
Symbolic Line
NURB Surface
Wireframe
Offset
11. The size of a datum plane (a plane for a level - grid - or reference line). Datum planes are not visible in all views. If the datum does not intersect a view plane - it will not be visible in that view. You can resize datum planes so that they are vi
Selection Box
DWG
Datum Extent
Hidden Line Mode
12. 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
Void Geometry
Grid
Filter
13. A method of annotating drawings to identify building materials - describe assembly instructions - or provide special instructions or explanations. ______ help to standardize information related to the building design and can help reduce clutter in dr
Dependent View
Divided Surface
Control
Keynoting
14. An alternative design for a project. ______ allow a team to develop - evaluate - and redesign building components within a single project file. You can develop ______ to adapt to changes in product scope - to review other designs - or to show alterna
Rehost
DWF markups
Design Option
Paint
15. The view on which one or more dependent views are based. The dependent views remain synchronous with the ______and other dependent views - so that when view-specific changes (such as view scale and annotations) are made in one view - they are reflect
Primary View
Radial
Datum
Markup
16. The process of completely disassembling an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into Revit elements - including text - curves - lines - and filled regions.
Lock
Host
Full Explode
Pushpin
17. 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 -
Shared Family
Bubble
Mark
Model Line
18. 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
Template
Solid Geometry
Spot Coordinate
Plan
19. 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.
Revision Schedule
Halftone
Mullion
Projection Line Style
20. 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
Temporary Dimension
RVT
Layer Mapping File
Decal
21. The file format for a Revit project.
RVT
Generic Model
Key Schedule
Collinear
22. A sketch line that indicates where to split a view for a dependent view - as shown.
Spot Coordinate
Shared Coordinates
Matchline
Stacked Wall
23. Parameters or settings that control the appearance or behavior of elements in a project. ______ are the combination of instance properties and type properties. To view or change ______ - select the element in the drawing area - click Modify <element>
Legend
Drawing List
Element Properties
Work Plane
24. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture displays the image of the model with all edges and lines drawn - but no surfaces.
Rule-based Filter
Wireframe
Lock
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
25. An intersection of 2 or more walls. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the type of join between walls.
Void Geometry
Wall Join
Symbolic Line
Spot Elevation Dimension
26. A file format supported by MicroStation of Bentley Systems - Inc. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
DGN
Stair Calculator
DWG
Group
27. 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.
Volumetric Geometry
Draw Order
Face
Revision Cloud
28. 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.
Web Library
Load
Cut Plane
Filter
29. 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
View Range
Area Scheme
Core
Closed Loop
30. 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
Start Point
Generic Annotation
Central File
Element
31. 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
Mirror
Resize
Crop Region
DWF markups
32. 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.
Infill Element
Massing Study
Drawing Area
Setback
33. A column that supports a vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Revit MEP
Structural Column
Options Bar
Room-bounding Elements
34. 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
Moment
Revit MEP
Workset
Volumetric Geometry
35. Usable space that is defined by walls or boundary lines or both. In Revit Architecture - you can perform an area analysis to define spatial relationships in a building model.
Area
Referring View
gbXML
System Family
36. 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
Spot Elevation Dimension
Title Block
Markup
Matchline
37. To change the magnification of a view. In a 3D context - ______ moves the camera in and out. In a 2D context - ______ moves up and down perpendicular to the view. To ______ in is to increase the magnification - making the building appear larger. To _
Zoom
Generic Model
End Cap
Mirror
38. A 3-dimensional shape used in a building model. You can use the Family Editor to create ______ shapes to build families of model elements.
End Cap
True North
Sketch
Solid Geometry
39. The characteristic of being visible in one project view only.
Frame
Design Option
View-specific
View Properties
40. 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
View Properties
Area
Hidden Line Mode
Drafting View
41. 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
Discipline
Type Parameters
Full Explode
Reference Point
42. To disassemble an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into its next highest level of elements.
Explode
View Reference
gbXML
Local File
43. A user-placed control that provides a quick way to allow or prevent changes to the position of an element. After you place a ______ - you cannot move the element until you unpin it by clicking the ______ control.
Camera
Pushpin
Selection Box
Tick Mark
44. 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
Perpendicular View
True North
Symbol
Target Point
45. 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.
Section Box
Spline
Options Bar
Plan
46. 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.
Projection Line Style
Listening Dimensions
Communication Center
Shared Coordinates
47. The top of the view in the drawing area. When producing solar studies or rendered images - change the view orientation from ______ to True North to create accurate sunlight and shadow patterns for the project.
Project Base Point
Pan
Solar Study
Project North
48. To divide a single object into multiple objects or sections. In a Revit project - you can ______ walls - lines - faces - toposurfaces - layers in vertically compound walls - and schedules using various ______ tools.
Closed Loop
Project Template
NURB Surface
Split
49. A set of model elements that are placed together in a building design. ______ are useful when you need to create entities that represent repeating units or are common to many building projects (such as hotel rooms - apartments - or repeating floors).
Model Group
Hosted Component
Project Standards
Type Selector
50. An annotation that indicates the distance between 2 points or elements in a building model. In Revit Architecture - you can change the points or elements that are used as references for a ______. You can also control the gap between the ______ and th
Mirror
Compound Wall
Witness line
Reference Plane