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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. An intersection of 2 or more walls. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the type of join between walls.
Radial
Grid
Wall Join
UV grid
2. For a subcomponent of a family - a property that defines its display (the line weight - line color - and line pattern). For example - you can assign one ______ to the wood trim of a window and another ______ to the glass.
True North
Subcategory
Project Browser
Fill Volume
3. A graphical icon in the Revit drawing area that you can use to reverse the position or orientation of an element in the drawing area. For example - when you click the ______for a compound wall - the wall flips over - so its layers reverse.
Viewport
Flip Control
Underlay
Setback
4. 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
Matchline
Head
Project Browser
Orientation
5. 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
Vertex
Bounding Box
Primary View
6. 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.
ADSK
Referencing View
Slope Arrow
Grid
7. 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
Closed Loop
Component
Swatch
Workset
8. 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.
Type Parameters
ODBC
Project Standards
Reference Elevation
9. A series of 2-dimensional lines and arcs that form a closed loop. Use ______ to define cross-sections for railings - balusters - soffits - cornices - and other sweep-defined objects.
Shared Family
Profile
Symbolic Line
Poche
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.
RFA
Temporary Dimension
Options Bar
Tick Mark
11. 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
Control
Partial Explode
Rule-based Filter
on-bearing Wall
12. 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
Area Scheme
Extrusion
Attach
Polymesh
13. A 2D - view-specific graphic. You can use ______ to represent various surfaces - such as concrete or compacted earth. You can add a ______ to a detail view - a drafting view - or an annotation family. For each ______ - you can specify a boundary line
Parallel View
Filled Region
Pan
RFA
14. 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
Line Style
Cut Volume
Revision Cloud
Dependent View
15. 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
Detail Line
Fill Pattern
Vertex
Permanent Dimension
16. An Autodesk product. ______ integrates a physical model for layout - coordination - and documentation with an independently editable analytical model for building design and analysis. Using a single building information model and dynamic linking to t
Revit Structure
Viewport
Dimension
Keynote Legend
17. 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
Open Loop
Building Footprint
Room-bounding Elements
Drafting Pattern
18. 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
NURB Surface
Far clip plane
Project
19. A Revit file that contains all information about a building design.
Filled Region
Project
Temporary Dimension
Drafting Pattern
20. 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.
Perspective View
PAT
Selection Filter
Workset
21. A panel of buttons providing quick access to functions that control the current view. Use the ______ to change the scale - detail level - model graphics style - shadowing - crop views - and display of elements or categories in the view. The ______ is
Isolate
View Control Bar
Polyline
Profile
22. A Revit function for workshared projects. ______ allows you to edit an element in a workset that you do not own. If another team member is currently editing the workset - that team member is the owner of the workset and you must place a request to bo
Legend
Note Block
Element Borrowing
Template
23. The amount of fill (material) required to prepare a site for construction. For example - in the following drawing - the red area indicates the cut volume - and the blue area indicates the ______ required to level the site for a building.
Head
Scope Box
Workset
Fill Volume
24. A file format for fill patterns. A pattern file is a text file that contains definitions for model or drafting patterns in a project.
Subcategory
PAT
Family
Focal Point
25. A 3-dimensional shape used in a building model. You can use the Family Editor to create ______ shapes to build families of model elements.
Room-bounding Elements
Solid Geometry
Section Box
Reference Line
26. 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.
Swatch
Drag Control
Hidden Line
Void Geometry
27. A menu of context-sensitive options. A ______ displays when you right-click an element or view.
Shortcut Menu
Rule-based Filter
Referring View
Template
28. 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 ______.
Matchline
Span Direction
NURB Surface
Reference Plane
29. 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
Load
Subcategory
Communication Center
Material Takeoff Schedule
30. An insert that fills (patches) a hole in a host element after changes are made during different phases of a building project. For example - if you remove a window from a wall during a demolition phase - Revit Architecture fills the hole with an _____
Infill Element
Tick Mark
Flip Control
Clip Plane
31. A collection of predefined resources that you can use in a Revit project. For example - you can access ______ of templates - detail components - entourage - materials - and families of model elements and annotation elements. Revit Architecture provid
Group
Element Borrowing
Site Utility
Library
32. 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
Color Scheme
Camera
Offset
Generic Model
33. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture hides the lines of elements that are obscured by other surfaces.
Detail Group
Constraint
Hidden Line Mode
Link
34. 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
Model Group
Rough Opening
Status Bar
35. In Revit Architecture - the adjacent materials of a compound structure - such as a wall. You can define the ______ in a compound structure.
Area
Mullion
Infill Element
Layer
36. A view in which the annotation symbol for the current view is visible. For example - if you use the Find ______ tool for an elevation view - Revit Architecture lists all views in which its elevation symbol is visible.
Selection Filter
Referring View
Project North
Host
37. A line that you draw in a view to define areas that are used for different purposes - when a wall between the rooms is not desired. ______ are visible in plan views - 3D views - and perspective views. For example - the following floor plan uses room
Detail Component
Autodesk Seek
Room Separation Line
Leader
38. Pre-built components - such as cabinets and cupboards for a kitchen or bathroom. Revit Architecture provides family types for ______.
Surface Pattern
Element Borrowing
Casework
Shading with Edges
39. In Revit Architecture - a section of a curtain wall or a curtain system. ______ are separated by mullions. ______ can consist of glass or different types of walls.
Closed Loop
Panel
Shading
Face
40. 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
Project View
Drafting Pattern
Callout
ADSK
41. 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.
Pin
Embedded Wall
Target Point
Markup
42. 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
Start Point
Reference Line
Pattern Component
RTE
43. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture displays the image of the model with all edges and lines drawn - but no surfaces.
Options Bar
Layer
Crop Region
Wireframe
44. A component family that either has connectors or has the capability of hosting connectors that become functional when linked in a civil engineering application - such as AutoCAD® Civil 3D®.
Curtain Wall
Generic Model
3D reference plane
Site Utility
45. 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. A default light source provides illumination for the ______ elements.
Infill Element
Shading
Location Line
Toposurface
46. The point in the distance at which a camera is aimed or directed.
System Family
Far clip plane
Trim
Target Point
47. 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
Legend
Plan
Spot Coordinate
Scope Box
48. A model element that can accept other components. For example - a wall is a ______ for windows and doors. A roof is a ______ for skylights and dormers. A ______ may also be referred to as a ______ element or a ______ component.
Host
Web Library
Element
Split
49. User-defined fields that you add to multiple categories of elements - sheets - or views in a project. These ______ are specific to the project and cannot be shared with other projects. For example - you can create a ______ named Approved By for views
Cut Line Style
Markup
Massing Study
Project Parameters
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.
Reference Label
View Depth
Web Library
Extrusion