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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A set of horizontal planes that control the visibility and display of objects in a view. The horizontal planes are Top Clip Plane - Cut Plane - Bottom Clip Plane - and View Depth. Elements outside the ______ do not display in the view.
View Range
Halftone
Radial
Family
2. Controlled by parameters. In a Revit project - parameters define the relationships between elements of the building model. These relationships are created automatically by Revit Architecture and by you as you create the design. As you work in drawing
Parametric
Location Line
Retaining Wall
Paint
3. 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
Tick Mark
Element
DWF Design Web Format
4. An annotation used to identify elements in a drawing. ______ provide a way to automate the display of attributes for an element or type. Revit Architecture provides default ______ for some types of elements - such as windows - doors - and rooms. You
Tag
Perspective View
X-Ray
Grid
5. 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".
Web Library
Type
NURB Surface
Wall Sweep
6. An Autodesk product. ______ optimizes mechanical/electrical/plumbing (MEP) systems engineering through data-driven system sizing and design. It provides a building information modeling design and documentation solution for MEP engineering.
Open Loop
Revit MEP
Attached Detail Group
Stair Calculator
7. 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
Area Scheme
Schedule
Witness line
Parametric
8. A wall that supports no additional vertical load except its own weight. ______ can be used to define and divide spaces in Revit Architecture.
Object
Proxy Graphics
on-bearing Wall
Key Schedule
9. A parameter that defines a relationship between elements in a building design. For example - you can specify the top ______ for a wall as Level 2. If Level 2 moves upward - the height of the wall increases to maintain the relationship.
Section Box
Constraint
Pin
Permanent Dimension
10. 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 _
RTE
Stacked Wall
Hidden Line Mode
Zoom
11. 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.
Autodesk Seek
Key Schedule
Grid
Shared Family
12. 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
Attach
Text Note
Underlay
13. 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
Witness line
Import Symbol
Room Separation Line
Explode
14. A file format supported by MicroStation of Bentley Systems - Inc. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
Work Plane
Type
DGN
Spot Coordinate
15. 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.
Spot Elevation Dimension
Scale
Revision Cloud
Sheet
16. 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
Toposurface
Room-bounding Elements
Face
Link
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
Divided Surface
Fill Pattern
Monolithic Stairs
Bounding Box
18. A face or surface of a form that has been divided into UV grids. The grids act as a guide in patterning the surface. Manipulating the ______ also manipulates the parametrically dependent patterns and component families.
Spot Elevation Dimension
Stacked Wall
Divided Surface
Frame
19. A conceptual design and modeling environment that takes any overall building form described conceptually - and maps it to building elements - such as roofs - curtain walls - floors - and walls.
Generic Annotation
Building Maker
Type Catalog
Listening Dimensions
20. 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.
Panel
Component
RVT
Attach
21. 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.
Text Note
Revision Cloud
Project North
Model Text
22. A model element - annotation element - datum element - or imported element in a project.
NURB Surface
Object
Worksharing
Selection Filter
23. 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.
Spot Elevation Dimension
Massing Study
Viewport
Project Standards
24. (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
Slope Arrow
Crop Region
Markup
Head
25. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture hides the lines of elements that are obscured by other surfaces.
Group
Hidden Line Mode
Mirror
Detail Group
26. To connect a file to a Revit project. When a ______ file is updated - the updated information is automatically made available in the Revit project. ______ avoids the need to re-import updated information into the project. In Revit Architecture - you
X-Ray
Link
Open Loop
Worksharing
27. (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
Reference Point
Monolithic Stairs
Model Line
Project Browser
28. 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
True North
Perpendicular View
Building Footprint
Detail Line
29. The process of completely disassembling an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into Revit elements - including text - curves - lines - and filled regions.
Full Explode
Subcategory
Scale
Hidden Line Mode
30. The framed hole (opening) in a wall into which a manufactured window or door is installed. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the height and width of the ______ for a window type or door type.
Central File
Rough Opening
Revision Schedule
Surface Pattern
31. The settings used in a project that you want to apply to another project. ______ include family types - line weights - materials - view templates - and object styles.
Highlight
Project Standards
Footprint
SKP
32. The proportional system used to represent objects in a drawing. In Revit Architecture - you can assign a different ______ to each view.
Pan
Callout
Scale
Crop Region
33. 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
Datum Extent
Line Style
RVT
Communication Center
34. An element that you hide in a particular view.
Architectural Column
Decal
Hidden Element
Closed Loop
35. A text placeholder added to tags or title blocks. You create a ______ as part of a tag or title block family while in the Family Editor. When you place the tag or title block in the project - you replace the ______ with the actual value for that inst
Label
Swatch
Reference Label
Room Separation Line
36. 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
Schedule
Orientation
Communication Center
Template
37. 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
Type Selector
Material
Zoom
Camera
38. 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
Design Option
Import Symbol
Shared Coordinates
Blend
39. 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 ______.
gbXML
System Family
ADSK
Family
40. An exterior wall consisting of panels connected by joints or mullions. The panels can be made of glass - brick - or other materials.
Rough Opening
Curtain Wall
Constraint
Detail Level
41. Categories of elements that are derived from an imported drawing. You can change the visibility and graphic display of ______ through the visibility graphics menu.
Patterned Surface
Line Style
Imported Categories
Listening Dimensions
42. 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
Frame
Framing Elevation
Element
Web Library
43. 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
Curtain System
Temporary Dimension
View Properties
Cut Volume
44. Topographical surface. A graphic representation of the terrain of a building site or plot. The ______ may include contour lines to represent elevations.
Toposurface
Slope Arrow
Worksharing
Import Symbol
45. 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
Ground plane
Perpendicular View
Massing Study
Select
46. 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.
Model Text
Wall Join
Communication Center
Selection Box
47. 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
Element Borrowing
Parallel View
Toposurface
Detail Level
48. 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 -
View Control Bar
Far clip plane
Floor Plan
Model Line
49. 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.
Model Text
Link
Flip Control
Perspective View
50. 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
True North
Material
Family
View Control Bar