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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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1. A file format developed by the International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI). ______ provides an interoperability solution between ______-compatible software applications in the construction and facilities management industry. The format has esta
Select
View Properties
Stacked Wall
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
2. 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.
Frame
Centerline
Object Style
Drag Control
3. 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
Full Explode
3D reference plane
Web Library
4. A file format for fill patterns. A pattern file is a text file that contains definitions for model or drafting patterns in a project.
PAT
Attached Detail Group
Slope Arrow
Text Note
5. 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.
Line Weight
Retaining Wall
Grid
RTE
6. A shape (such as a circle or cloud) that contains identification text for a grid - level - view title - callout - or annotation.
Generic Annotation
Selection Box
Web Library
Bubble
7. 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.
Span Direction
Layer
Object Style
Partial Explode
8. 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
Shared Parameters
Temporary Dimension
Shape Handle
Cut Line Style
9. 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
Generic Annotation
Attach
Planting
In-place Family
10. Autodesk Exchange File - the file format used by Autodesk applications to transmit design information.
Symbolic Line
ADSK
Shared Coordinates
Communication Center
11. A unique identifier that you assign to an element in its properties. You can include ______ in schedules and tag labels. For example - the following site plan shows ______ for individual parking spaces. These ______ are also listed in the parking sch
Mark
Revision Schedule
Drawing Area
Design Option
12. The thickness of a line. You can specify the ______ as part of the line style for model lines - perspective lines - and annotation lines used in Revit Architecture. To define line weights - click Manage tab > Settings panel > ______.
Parallel View
3D reference plane
Project
Line Weight
13. An element in a building model that represents actual 3D geometry. For example - walls - windows - doors - and roofs are ______. For example - the following image shows only ______. It does not include annotation elements (such as dimensions or text
Wall Sweep
Lock
Shading with Edges
Model Element
14. A representation of a building model that simulates a person walking through the model along a defined path. The following ______ view shows the ______ path in red.
Spot Elevation Dimension
Walkthrough
Filter
Toposurface
15. 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.
Revit MEP
Discipline
Detail Component
Framing Elevation
16. 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.
Sketch
Constraint
Fill Volume
Matchline
17. A method of displaying model elements in views. For example - you can choose to display a model using wireframe - hidden lines - shading - or shading with edges. You can specify the ______ for a view using the View Control Bar at the bottom of the Re
Model Graphics Style
Poche
Object
Nested Family
18. Settings that control the appearance or behavior of an individual element in a project. The ______ and type parameters of an element combine to establish its element properties. ______ are also called instance properties.
Rough Opening
Instance Parameters
PAT
Model Pattern
19. 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
Plan
Dependent View
Split
20. The North/South and East/West coordinates of an individual point with respect to the shared coordinate system for a group of linked Revit projects.
Spot Coordinate
Layer
Building Footprint
Section Box
21. An image to display on a face of a model element. For example - you can use ______ for signs - paintings - and billboards. In project views - a placeholder indicates the location of a ______. The full ______ displays in a rendered image. The followin
Mark
Legend
Decal
Hidden Element
22. The file format for projects created using Google® SketchUp - a general purpose modeling and visualization tool. You can import ______ files into a Revit project.
Line Pattern
Host
SKP
Revit Architecture
23. 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
Shared Family
Revit Structure
Project Base Point
Central File
24. 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.
Import Symbol
Camera
Web Library
Subcategory
25. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture hides the lines of elements that are obscured by other surfaces.
Web Library
Hidden Line Mode
Datum
Shading
26. A 2D drawing of a building model that shows the layout of walls and other building components. In Revit Architecture - a ______ is also referred to as a floor plan view.
DWF Design Web Format
Type Catalog
Shortcut Menu
Floor Plan
27. 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
View Template
Moment
Partial Explode
Workset
28. The ______ defines the origin (0 -0 -0) of the project coordinate system. It also can be used to position a building on a site and for locating the design elements of a building during construction.
Host
Project Base Point
Project View
DWG
29. 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
Markup
Tag
Layer
Vertex
30. 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.
Template
Perspective View
Revision Cloud
View Range
31. A user interface mechanism that allows you to manipulate and activate a view that has been placed on a sheet. When you activate a view through a ______ - you can edit the model directly on the sheet.
X-Ray
Zoom
Component
Viewport
32. A drawing file format supported by AutoCAD and other CAD applications. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
RTE
View Reference
3D reference plane
DWG
33. 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
Far clip plane
Poche
Draw Order
34. A vertical or horizontal plane that defines a boundary for a view. You can use top - bottom - left - and right ______ to define a view. In elevation and section views - you can also use a far ______ to define the depth of the view. Green dotted lines
Clip Plane
Scope Box
Room Separation Line
Proxy Graphics
35. The clip plane that is at the side of the view farthest from the start point of an elevation view - a section view - a 3D view - or a walkthrough view. In the following floor plan - the green dotted line opposite the blue line represents the ______ f
Far clip plane
Key Schedule
Object Style
Hosted Component
36. 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>
Central File
Collinear
Flip Control
Element Properties
37. A text file that maps each Revit category or subcategory to a preconfigured layer name for the CAD software. For example - a Revit door object automatically maps to the A-DOOR layer in AutoCAD. The layer names are preconfigured in the text file - but
Far clip plane
DWF Design Web Format
Object Style
Layer Mapping File
38. 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
Revit MEP
End Cap
View Range
View Template
39. 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.
Walkthrough
Building Maker
Layer Mapping File
Drawing Area
40. A Revit feature that allows you to specify a value for a dimension as you sketch an element in a view. You specify a start point for the element - start sketching in the desired direction - type the exact dimension desired - and press Enter. Revit Ar
Component
Project North
Listening Dimensions
Grid
41. A user interface mechanism that you drag to change the shape of an element in the building model. A ______ appears in the selection color.
Element Borrowing
Shape Handle
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
Join
42. A horizontal height at which certain elements in the view are shown in cross-section.
Split
Cut Plane
Drafting Pattern
System Family
43. 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.
Rough Opening
Attached Detail Group
Cut Line Style
Camera
44. An individual item in a building model. Revit Architecture projects use 3 types of ______: Model ______ represent the actual 3D geometry of a building. For example - walls - floors - and roofs are model ______ - Annotation ______ help to document the
Tag
Massing Study
Element
Location Line
45. 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
Stair Calculator
True North
Control
Bubble
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.
Component
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Full Explode
Parallel View
47. A 3-dimensional shape that results from removing shapes from solid geometry.
Plan View
Void Geometry
X-Ray
Select
48. A Revit tool that automates the creation of stairs based on a specified minimum tread depth and maximum riser height.
Material
Open Loop
Shared Family
Stair Calculator
49. Topographical surface. A graphic representation of the terrain of a building site or plot. The ______ may include contour lines to represent elevations.
Offset
Type Selector
Highlight
Toposurface
50. The Z-shaped line used in a drafting view or detail view to obscure parts of the drawing - to focus the drawing on a particular area. The following drafting view uses ______ above and below the section to obscure less intricate parts of the door asse
Paint
X-Ray
Break Line
Moment