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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A list of all instances of annotations (Also referred to as an annotation schedule). Note blocks are useful for listing notes that are applied to elements in a project.
Camera
Keynoting
Note Block
Callout
2. An architectural term that refers to the landscaping and other environmental features shown in a rendering of a building. For example - ______ can include plants - trees - people - cars - and signs. Revit Architecture provides a library of ______ fam
Span Direction
Entourage
DWG
Centerline
3. A class of elements in a category. A ______ groups elements with a common set of parameters (properties) - identical use - and similar graphical representation. Different elements in a ______ may have different values for some or all properties - but
Constraint
Family
Model Group
Layer
4. A display color that blends the line color of an element with the background color of the view. For example - the following image shows some elements in ______ (gray) and others in black. You can specify the ______ display properties using the Visibi
Spline
DWF markups
Origin
Halftone
5. 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
True North
Listening Dimensions
Project View
Referring View
6. A planar surface on which you can add sketch lines or other components. Each view in Revit Architecture is associated with a ______. In some views (such as plan - 3D - and drafting) and for views in the Family Editor - the ______ is automatically def
Project Base Point
Group
Work Plane
Scope Box
7. A template for a sheet. A ______ generally includes information about the company - address - date of the project - and revisions.
Title Block
Group
Full Explode
Parallel View
8. 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.
Infill Element
Chain
Fill Volume
Sheet
9. 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 ______.
Mark
Swatch
Reference Section
System Family
10. A set of spatial relationships in a building. For example - in an office building - you may want to distinguish between common space (such as lobbies - hallways - rest rooms - and kitchens) - office space - and storage. In an apartment building - you
Area Scheme
Project Parameters
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
RFA
11. A wall that has 2 or more horizontal layers - each consisting of different materials and surfaces.
Stacked Wall
Reference Elevation
Type Selector
Extrusion
12. A fixed starting point - or the point in a coordinate system where the axes intersect. In Revit Architecture - you use an ______ for many functions - such as positioning a linked project - creating a custom fill pattern - positioning a group - resizi
Load
Perpendicular View
Origin
Monolithic Stairs
13. 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.
Closed Loop
Shading
Mirror
End Cap
14. 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>
Object Style
Element Properties
Shared Parameters
Shape Handle
15. An Autodesk feature that allows you to drag and drop content from a web page into a Revit session. Using ______ - designers and developers have the power to create web pages that can easily be dragged and dropped into Autodesk design products that ar
i-drop
Element Properties
Vertex
Tag
16. A dashed line representing an edge or surface that cannot be seen in a view. For example - in the following image - 2 bolts go through the stud. The view shows the ______ of one bolt but does not show the ______ of the second bolt.
Model Text
Hidden Line
Type Parameters
Shared Family
17. 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
Primary View
NURB Surface
on-bearing Wall
Shading with Edges
18. A series of dashes or dots alternating with blank spaces. In the building industry - construction documents often use different line style conventions to convey information and to differentiate one line from another. For example - dimensions may use
Fillet
Layer Mapping File
View Range
Line Pattern
19. A collection of settings that you can use as a starting point for projects - families - views - and more.
Project Browser
Model Group
Discipline
Template
20. 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
Bounding Box
Poche
Type Catalog
21. 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.
Location Line
Rehost
Split
UV grid
22. 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
Permanent Dimension
Highlight
Template
23. A group of view-specific elements - such as text and filled regions.
Instance Parameters
X-Ray
Detail Group
Imported Categories
24. A list of keynote numbers and the corresponding keynote text. If you choose to annotate model elements using keynote numbers only - you can use a ______ to provide descriptive text for each keynote number. By using a keynote legend - you avoid clutte
RFA
Poche
Generic Model
Keynote Legend
25. Solid geometry that turns (revolves) around an axis. For example - you can use the Revolve tool to design a dome roof - a column - or door knobs.
Setback
Revolve
Grid
Project Template
26. An elevation tag that refers to an existing elevation or drafting view. When you add a ______ to a project - Revit Architecture does not create a new view for it. Instead - the reference elevation uses an existing elevation - allowing you to indicate
Local File
Layer
Reference Elevation
Orthographic View
27. A symbol indicating a dependent view to which the primary view is linked.
Break Control
Symbolic Line
Selection Filter
View Reference
28. A view whose plane is at a right angle to the plane of another view. The following image illustrates the ______ planes on which a floor plan and an elevation are based.
Perpendicular View
Instance Parameters
Cut Volume
Type Catalog
29. A building element that is usually delivered and installed on site - rather than built in place. (Also referred to as a hosted ______.) For example - windows - doors - and furniture are ______. In contrast - walls - floors - and roofs are built in pl
Rough Opening
Component
Solar Study
Temporary Dimension
30. A collection of predefined project resources that are available on the Internet. For example - you can access ______ of templates - detail components - entourage - and families of model elements and annotation elements.
Markup
Patterned Surface
Web Library
Target Point
31. 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 ______.
Mullion
Pan
System Family
Mark
32. 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®.
Site Utility
Keynote Legend
Spline
Project Base Point
33. 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
Nested Family
Shared Parameters
Options Bar
View Depth
34. 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
SKP
Building Maker
Plan Region
35. The area covered by or required by an object. For example - the ______ of a toaster on your kitchen counter is the amount of countertop that the toaster covers. In Revit Architecture - you can create a roof or floor based on the ______ of the walls.
Shortcut Menu
Footprint
Element
Floor Plan
36. A line that indicates the middle of a dimension or model element (such as a column or a wall). In Revit Architecture - you can use an element's ______ to measure - dimension - align - resize - specify constraints - and perform other functions in a bu
Centerline
Drag Control
Phase
Bounding Box
37. 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
Tessellation
Filled Region
Area Scheme
Parallel View
38. A model element - annotation element - datum element - or imported element in a project.
Object
Spot Elevation Dimension
Curtain Wall
Volumetric Geometry
39. A user interface mechanism that you drag to change the shape of an element in the building model. A ______ appears in the selection color.
Shape Handle
Explode
Building Pad
Type Parameters
40. 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.
Symbol
Open Loop
Decal
Leader
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.
Projection Line Style
Type Catalog
Communication Center
on-bearing Wall
42. To move a component from one host to another. For example - you can use the Rehost tool to move a window from one wall to another wall.
Decal
Shading
Join
Rehost
43. In a 3D context - ______ moves the camera left and right. In a 2D context - ______ scrolls the view. If you are using ______ with an active view on a sheet - ______ scrolls the sheet view - not the active view on the sheet.
Plan
Pan
Parameter
Datum
44. The beginning of a sketched line.
Matchline
Start Point
Proxy Graphics
Nested Family
45. 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
Monolithic Stairs
Callout
Structural Column
Schedule
46. The process of disassembling an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into its next highest level of elements: nested import symbols. A ______ yields more import symbols - which - in turn - can be exploded into elements or other import s
Partial Explode
Solid Geometry
Proxy Graphics
Pan
47. 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.
Detail View
Building Footprint
Shared Family
Communication Center
48. 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.
Communication Center
Location Line
Highlight
Revision Cloud
49. A setting that determines the appearance or behavior of an element - type - or view. Also called a parameter.
Masking Region
Symbol
Property
Type Parameters
50. Coordinate plotting grids for non-planar surfaces. Plotting locations in a 3D space is based on an XYZ coordinate system - while 2D Space is based on an XY system. Since surfaces are not necessarily planar - the UVW coordinate system is used to plot
UV grid
Vertex
Type Selector
Far clip plane