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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Rough Opening
DWF markups
Spot Elevation Dimension
Object Style
2. 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.
View Depth
In-place Family
True North
Host
3. Autodesk Exchange File - the file format used by Autodesk applications to transmit design information.
ADSK
Crop Region
Phase
Project Parameters
4. A horizontal plane that represents ground level in a building model. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the ground plane when creating a solar study for 2D and 3D views.
Discipline
Ground plane
Isolate
Level
5. A group of view-specific elements that are associated with a model group. For example - an ______ may be comprised of door tags and window tags.
Full Explode
DWF Design Web Format
Type Parameters
Attached Detail Group
6. A file format supported by MicroStation of Bentley Systems - Inc. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
Load
Extrusion
DGN
Split
7. 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
Revit Architecture
Reference Line
Project View
Floor Plan
8. A wall that holds back earth (for example - at the edge of a terrace or excavation). In Revit Architecture - you can specify that a wall type functions as a retaining wall in the type properties.
Revision Schedule
Retaining Wall
Dimension
Color Scheme
9. Pre-built components - such as cabinets and cupboards for a kitchen or bathroom. Revit Architecture provides family types for ______.
Scope Box
Surface Pattern
Face
Casework
10. A finite horizontal plane that acts as a reference for level-hosted elements - such as roofs - floors - and ceilings. In Revit Architecture - you define a ______ for each vertical height or story within a building - or other needed reference of the b
Full Explode
Level
Rough Opening
Mullion
11. 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.
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Rendering
Architectural Column
True North
12. A photorealistic image of a building model used to evaluate the impact of natural light and shadows on the buildings and site.
Isolate
Selection Box
Solar Study
Cut Plane
13. A model element that defines a boundary of a room. For example - walls - partitions - floors - ceilings - and roofs are room-bounding elements. Revit Architecture uses room-bounding elements when calculating the area or volume of a room. You can desi
Communication Center
Project View
Layer
Room-bounding Elements
14. 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
Hidden Element
View List
Instance Parameters
Rule-based Filter
15. 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.
Flip Control
Face
Host
Subcategory
16. The proportional system used to represent objects in a drawing. In Revit Architecture - you can assign a different ______ to each view.
Revision Schedule
Shared Coordinates
Scale
Rough Opening
17. A vertical plane in a wall that is used for dimensioning. You create a wall by sketching the ______ of the wall in a plan view or a 3D view. You specify what to use for the ______ in the element properties of the wall: the wall centerline - core cent
Location Line
Paint
Communication Center
Scale
18. The part of the Revit user interface that displays views - sheets - schedules - and other representations of the building model.
Drawing Area
Crop Region
Generic Model
Patterned Surface
19. 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
Shape Handle
Casework
Primary View
Cutback
20. The process of completely disassembling an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into Revit elements - including text - curves - lines - and filled regions.
Listening Dimensions
Split
Full Explode
Model Pattern
21. 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
Trim
Type Catalog
Level
View Properties
22. A setting that determines the appearance or behavior of an element - type - or view. Also called a property.
Parameter
ODBC
Profile
Proxy Graphics
23. An exterior wall consisting of panels connected by joints or mullions. The panels can be made of glass - brick - or other materials.
Title Block
Object
Curtain Wall
Start Point
24. 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
Witness line
Face
Detail View
Project Parameters
25. A non-physical item that is used to establish project context. ______ include levels - grids - and reference planes. For example - the following image shows a grid - which is used for the placement of columns and other model elements. The grid is not
Group
Text Note
Datum
Project Template
26. Rich Photorealistic Content. The file type for ArchVision realpeople and other objects - which can be loaded into Revit Architecture as an entourage family - for use in rendered images.
View Template
Central File
RPC
Datum
27. 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
True North
Compound Wall
Shading with Edges
Primary View
28. 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
End Cap
Rough Opening
Bounding Box
Detail Line
29. An intersection of 2 or more walls. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the type of join between walls.
Wall Join
DWF markups
Wireframe
Draw Order
30. A setting that determines the appearance or behavior of an element - type - or view. Also called a parameter.
Reference Point
Fill Pattern
Closed Loop
Property
31. 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.
Options Bar
Fill Volume
Project View
View Range
32. 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.
Draw Order
Leader
Offset
Section Box
33. 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
View-specific
Temporary Dimension
View Template
Primary View
34. A line that connects an annotation to an element or part of the building model in a view. In Revit Architecture - you can control the line weight - style - and color of the ______ - as well as its position - shape - and arrowhead.
Drafting Pattern
Floor Plan
Leader
Profile
35. 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
Paint
Schedule
DWG
36. Reference planes are displayed in the conceptual design environment in the 3-dimensional views.
Trim
Communication Center
3D reference plane
Target Point
37. A collection of view properties (such as view scale - discipline - detail level - and visibility settings) that can be applied to a project view. For example - you might create one ______ for a structural floor plan - and another ______ for an exit f
Structural Column
Room-bounding Elements
Project Standards
View Template
38. A user interface mechanism that you drag to change the shape of an element in the building model. A ______ appears in the selection color.
Model Pattern
Selection Box
Shape Handle
Crop Region
39. 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
Compound Wall
Pan
Permanent Dimension
Swatch
40. A wall that has 2 or more horizontal layers - each consisting of different materials and surfaces.
Stacked Wall
Moment
Import Symbol
Selection Filter
41. The gross building area plan at ground level that is exported to an ADSK file when exporting a building site to a civil engineering application - such as AutoCAD® Civil 3D®.
Extrusion
Frame
Centerline
Building Footprint
42. A Revit symbol that you can use to break a section line - break a schedule into multiple sections - or break a crop region into sections. In the following elevation view - the blue Z-shaped break controls allow you to break the crop region into secti
Break Control
Hidden Element
Sketch
Family
43. 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
Camera
Detail Level
RPC
Parallel View
44. A file format for fill patterns. A pattern file is a text file that contains definitions for model or drafting patterns in a project.
View Template
Subcategory
Planting
PAT
45. 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.
Break Line
Generic Annotation
on-bearing Wall
Spline
46. A line that is used to create a detail drawing. A ______ is visible only in the view in which it is drawn. You can use ______ as follows: To detail a view with part of the model visible - such as in a wall section or callout - In a drafting view to d
Far clip plane
Detail Line
Project Parameters
Room-bounding Elements
47. For a 3-dimensional shape - an intersection of 3 sides. When you blend 2D shapes to create a 3D shape - you can use ______ connections to control the rate at which one shape is blended to another shape.
Line Pattern
Parametric
Casework
Vertex
48. 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
Spline
Crop
Library
Attached Detail Group
49. 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.
Imported Categories
Reference Plane
Target Point
Drag Control
50. 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.
Polyline
Object Style
Sheet
DWG