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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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1. The amount of rotation at an axis caused by downward force applied to a beam at a distance from its supporting members. A ______ connection is a connection that is designed to transfer ______ and other forces between a beam and its supporting members
Moment
gbXML
Divided Surface
Fill Pattern
2. The parent view of a callout or section; that is - the view from which a callout or section originates. The referencing sheet is the sheet on which the ______ displays. The referencing detail corresponds to the detail number assigned to a callout or
Shading
Referencing View
Dependent View
Type Selector
3. 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.
Project Standards
Element Borrowing
Fill Volume
Drawing Area
4. 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.
Reference Point
Project Standards
Revit MEP
Origin
5. The calculated adjustment in beam geometry that ensures beam ends meet without overlaying one another at a join. This is the visible gap seen in a steel beam connection within the Revit project.
Cut Plane
Cutback
Location Line
Crop Region
6. The process of completely disassembling an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into Revit elements - including text - curves - lines - and filled regions.
Revit Structure
Compound Wall
Slope Arrow
Full Explode
7. Available in the conceptual design environment - ______ mode is a transparent view that displays the underlying geometric skeleton of a form.
Permanent Dimension
Phase
Library
X-Ray
8. Part of the Revit interface that displays information about what is highlighted or selected - or hints on what to do next. The ______ is located in the lower left corner of the Revit window.
Room-bounding Elements
Tick Mark
Keynoting
Status Bar
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.
Walkthrough
Collinear
Mirror
UV grid
10. A user interface mechanism that crops the model in a 3D view. Elements in the building model that are outside the ______do not display in the view or in an exported view.
Architectural Column
Stair Calculator
Focal Point
Section Box
11. A copy of a view. Use ______ when a view of the building model is too large to display on a single sheet - and you need to divide the model into smaller segments that fit on the sheets. The ______ remains synchronous with the primary view and other d
Sketch
Dependent View
Layer
View Control Bar
12. 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.
Reference Section
Instance Parameters
Shading with Edges
Project North
13. 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
Detail Group
RFA
Constraint
14. Reference planes are displayed in the conceptual design environment in the 3-dimensional views.
Datum Extent
Far clip plane
3D reference plane
Detail Group
15. 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.
Generic Model
Break Line
Polymesh
Dependent View
16. 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 ______.
RTE
Swatch
Plan View
DWG
17. To limit the boundaries of a view - omitting parts of the building model from the view.
Surface Pattern
Paint
Crop
Split
18. Topographical surface. A graphic representation of the terrain of a building site or plot. The ______ may include contour lines to represent elevations.
Filled Region
Reference Plane
Toposurface
Building Pad
19. 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.
Ground plane
3D reference plane
Perpendicular View
Open Loop
20. A design method in which different team members are responsible for designing different functional areas of the same project file.
Worksharing
Selection Box
Cut Plane
Bubble
21. 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
Surface Pattern
Bubble
Full Explode
22. A drawing file format supported by AutoCAD and other CAD applications. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
Void Geometry
Shading with Edges
Grid
DWG
23. Usable space that is defined by walls or boundary lines or both. In Revit Architecture - you can perform an area analysis to define spatial relationships in a building model.
Label
Project View
Area
Decal
24. 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
Site Utility
ODBC
Drafting View
Template
25. A uniform distance from an element or line - along which the element or line will move - or a new element or line will be created. For example - when creating walls - you might specify an ______ of 5 meters. When you select an existing wall - Revit A
Massing Study
Subcategory
Wireframe
Offset
26. A family that consists of instances of other families (subcomponents). The subcomponents can belong to the same category (for example - various window types) or different categories (for example - an exterior door and two lighting fixtures). You crea
Nested Family
Scale
Element
Room-bounding Elements
27. A fill pattern that represents a cut surface. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the coarse ______ material to display in 3D views. You can also specify the ______ depth for a cross-section of earth in topography elements. In the following floor
NURB Surface
Poche
RFA
Core
28. A column that supports a vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Solid Geometry
Structural Column
Type Selector
Crop Region
29. A design methodology that maintains a single database of information about a building design. All information for a building design - from geometry to construction data - is stored in a project file. This information includes components used to desig
Attach
Material Takeoff Schedule
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Link
30. A Revit file that contains all information about a building design.
Moment
Constraint
Cutback
Project
31. 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
Element
Category
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Fill Volume
32. An intersection of 2 or more walls. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the type of join between walls.
Wall Join
Worksharing
Break Line
Closed Loop
33. 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.
Explode
Footprint
Family
Underlay
34. (1) The distance that a wall sweep or wall reveal is offset from intersecting wall inserts. The ______ value allows you to place sweeps or reveals properly near window or door trims. You can define a default ______ for wall sweeps and wall reveals in
Leader
Setback
gbXML
Project Base Point
35. A collection of settings that you can use as a starting point for projects - families - views - and more.
Datum
Break Control
Core
Template
36. An exterior wall consisting of panels connected by joints or mullions. The panels can be made of glass - brick - or other materials.
Listening Dimensions
Drag Control
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
Curtain Wall
37. 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.
Area Scheme
Radial
Shading
Host
38. 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
Phase
Title Block
Frame
Highlight
39. 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.
Footprint
Element Properties
RPC
Explode
40. 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
Masking Region
Keynote Legend
Model Graphics Style
Polymesh
41. 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.
Zoom
Open Loop
Attached Detail Group
Hidden Line
42. 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
Halftone
Detail Level
Blend
Array
43. The point in the distance at which a camera is aimed or directed.
Spline
Model Graphics Style
Target Point
Pin
44. An Autodesk product. ______ is a building design and documentation system that uses building information modeling to coordinate changes across all aspects of an architecture project.
Revit Architecture
Callout
PAT
Line Style
45. A shape (such as a circle or cloud) that contains identification text for a grid - level - view title - callout - or annotation.
Attach
Open Loop
Bubble
Chain
46. To reverse the position of a selected model element - using a line as the ______ axis. For example - if you ______ a wall on a reference plane - the wall flips opposite the original wall. You can pick the ______ axis or draw a temporary axis. Use the
Solar Study
Masking Region
Building Pad
Mirror
47. (1) The intersection where 2 or more elements share a common face. (2) To resolve intersections between elements that share a common face. The level of detail for the view determines the detail of the ______ geometry that is shown. The following imag
Building Footprint
Model Line
Join
Room Separation Line
48. 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
Detail Group
Family
Parallel View
Listening Dimensions
49. 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.
Drafting View
Project Base Point
Rendering
Parametric
50. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture hides the lines of elements that are obscured by other surfaces.
Hidden Line Mode
Hosted Component
Revolve
Discipline