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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The file type for a Revit project template.
Keynote Legend
Leader
DGN
RTE
2. 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
Radial
Polymesh
RVT
Cut Volume
3. A view of a model that displays as a callout or section in other views. This type of view typically represents the model in finer detail than shown in the parent view. It is used to add more information to specific parts of the model. A ______ reflec
Detail View
Markup
Filled Region
Start Point
4. 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.
Projection Line Style
Split
Fillet
Radial
5. The file format for a Revit project.
Primary View
RVT
Referencing View
Mirror
6. 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
In-place Family
Highlight
Markup
Architectural Column
7. A group of elements that you use to model or document a building design. For example - ______ of model elements include walls - windows - columns - and beams. ______ of annotation elements include dimensions - tags - and text notes. ______ are organi
Category
Toposurface
Cutback
Legend
8. 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 _
Monolithic Stairs
DWF markups
Wall Sweep
Zoom
9. 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.
Mirror
Walkthrough
Span Direction
ADSK
10. Pre-built components - such as cabinets and cupboards for a kitchen or bathroom. Revit Architecture provides family types for ______.
Hosted Component
Focal Point
Casework
Filter
11. Vegetation used to create a landscape around a building design. Revit Architecture provides a library of ______ families. You can also create or download additional plants.
Markup
Planting
RPC
Hosted Component
12. 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
Group
Toposurface
Shading with Edges
Location Line
13. 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 ______.
Component
Filter
Polyline
NURB Surface
14. 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.
Camera
Revit MEP
Partial Explode
Room-bounding Elements
15. 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.
Object Style
Project Base Point
View Depth
Parametric
16. 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
Draw Order
Worksharing
View Control Bar
UV grid
17. A setting that determines the appearance or behavior of an element - type - or view. Also called a parameter.
Work Plane
Cut Line Style
Property
Break Control
18. 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
Group
Swatch
View Template
RTE
19. The characteristic of being visible in one project view only.
View-specific
Type Selector
Options Bar
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
20. 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
Parameter
i-drop
Walkthrough
Material
21. 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.
Object
Perspective View
Select
Mullion
22. 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>
Callout
Selection Box
Hosted Component
Element Properties
23. 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
Infill Element
Model Pattern
Parametric
Camera
24. 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
Moment
Drag Control
Layer Mapping File
Level
25. To display only a certain element or type of element - so that you can work with it in a particular view without being distracted by other elements in the design.
Line Pattern
Volumetric Geometry
Isolate
Drawing Area
26. Text used in a building model - such as for signage. You can add ______ in a project view and in the Family Editor for families that can be represented in 3D - such as walls - doors - windows - and furniture. An instance of ______ is a model element.
Model Text
Type Catalog
Wall Join
on-bearing Wall
27. Reference planes are displayed in the conceptual design environment in the 3-dimensional views.
Footprint
3D reference plane
Workset
Primary View
28. 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.
DWG
Cutback
Project North
Library
29. The beginning of a sketched line.
Break Line
Start Point
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
Work Plane
30. 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
Orthographic View
Revit Structure
Library
Centerline
31. A defined area that obscures elements in a view. ______ are useful when you are creating a model family from an imported 2D DWG file - and you need the model element to obscure other elements when placed in a view. You can also use them to hide parts
Keynote Legend
Import Symbol
Masking Region
Select
32. 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.
Cut Plane
View Depth
Miter
Retaining Wall
33. 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.
Underlay
Draw Order
Control
Polymesh
34. 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.
Hidden Element
Entourage
Floor Plan
Cut Plane
35. 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.
Project Base Point
SKP
i-drop
Viewport
36. 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.
Structural Column
Control
ODBC
Shading
37. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture displays the image of the model with all edges and lines drawn - but no surfaces.
Wireframe
RVT
Sheet
Key Schedule
38. 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
Note Block
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Mirror
Pin
39. A tabular display of information. In Revit Architecture - a ______ is extracted from the properties of elements in a project. It is displayed in a ______ view. Using Revit Architecture - you can create many types of ______ - including quantities - ma
Entourage
Keynoting
Schedule
Attach
40. A user interface mechanism that defines the slope of a roof - floor - or ceiling plane - using a line in the direction of the slope. Use a ______ when you know the height at the top and bottom of the object's plane rather than the slope. For example
True North
Slope Arrow
Join
Trim
41. 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.
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
SKP
Stacked Wall
Projection Line Style
42. An open file format that is supported by many CAD applications. A ______ file is a text file that describes a 2D drawing. The text is not encoded or compressed - so ______ files are generally large. Revit Architecture can import and export DXF files.
Project Standards
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
Detail Line
Masking Region
43. A sample patch of a color or pattern. When you apply a color scheme to rooms - the floor plan can display a color scheme legend - which indicates the colors and what they represent. The color scheme legend includes color ______.
Model Pattern
Swatch
Spline
Halftone
44. 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
Legend
Discipline
Full Explode
Template
45. 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.
DWG
Nested Family
RPC
Web Library
46. A copy of the project file that resides on the computer system of the team member who is working on the file. When worksharing is used to distribute project work among team members - each member uses a ______ to work on his or her workset (functional
Isolate
Shared Parameters
Cut Volume
Local File
47. 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.
Autodesk Seek
Ground plane
Dimension
Area Scheme
48. A model element that can exist in a building model only if sponsored by another (host) element. Doors - windows - model lines - and components (such as furniture) are ______.
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Cut Line Style
Projection Line Style
Hosted Component
49. An elevation view that shows the structural framing of a building model. You can work in a ______ when adding vertical bracing to the model - or for any task that requires quick work plane alignment to a grid or to a named reference plane.
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
DGN
Framing Elevation
Mirror
50. 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.
Shared Coordinates
Host
Symbolic Line
Mark