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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A view in which the annotation symbol for the current view is visible. For example - if you use the Find ______ tool for an elevation view - Revit Architecture lists all views in which its elevation symbol is visible.
Shading with Edges
Massing Study
Referring View
Perpendicular View
2. 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
Room Separation Line
Frame
Core
Mark
3. 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 > ______.
Attached Detail Group
Line Weight
Extrusion
Array
4. A graphic design for surfaces that are cut or shown in projection. You can use ______ for model patterns and drafting patterns.
Control
Autodesk Seek
Fill Pattern
Referencing View
5. 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 _
Stacked Wall
Scale
Shared Parameters
Zoom
6. 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
Sketch
Room-bounding Elements
Rough Opening
Legend
7. 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
Reference Elevation
Fillet
Span Direction
Collinear
8. A list of the subcomponents or materials of any Revit family. ______ have all the functionality and characteristics of other schedule views - but they allow you to show more detail about the assembly of a component. Any material that is applied to a
Face
Material Takeoff Schedule
Shortcut Menu
Text Note
9. 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
Family
Scope Box
Start Point
Rule-based Filter
10. A 2D - view-specific graphic. You can use ______ to represent various surfaces - such as concrete or compacted earth. You can add a ______ to a detail view - a drafting view - or an annotation family. For each ______ - you can specify a boundary line
Wall Join
Imported Categories
Lock
Filled Region
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.
Scale
Planting
Type Parameters
Detail View
12. Topographical surface. A graphic representation of the terrain of a building site or plot. The ______ may include contour lines to represent elevations.
Plan
Drawing List
Toposurface
Array
13. Part of the Revit interface that provides context-sensitive settings and functions - depending on the tool currently in use. In the Revit window - the ______ is located below the ribbon and above the drawing area.
Cut Plane
Fill Volume
Options Bar
Surface Pattern
14. (1) To jump to a line or reference point in a drawing. (2) A line or reference point to which Revit Architecture will jump when you are placing a component or sketching a line. When you place a model element or sketch a line in a drawing - Revit Arch
Snap
Flip Control
Parametric
Selection Filter
15. Categories of elements that are derived from an imported drawing. You can change the visibility and graphic display of ______ through the visibility graphics menu.
Element Borrowing
Imported Categories
Link
Material Takeoff Schedule
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.
Face
Focal Point
Hidden Line
Listening Dimensions
17. 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
Project
Design Option
Snap
View Control Bar
18. Reference planes are displayed in the conceptual design environment in the 3-dimensional views.
Frame
Object
Schedule
3D reference plane
19. A project view or imported file that you use to help position elements in the current view. For example - when you use a section view as an ______ to a detail view - model elements in the detail view display in halftone or a different line weight and
SKP
Type Selector
Underlay
Pin
20. 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
Subcategory
Room-bounding Elements
Dependent View
Component
21. A graphical icon in the Revit drawing area that you ______ to change the shape or size of an element in the building model. When you select an element - Revit Architecture displays it's ______ as blue circles or triangles.
Break Line
Drag Control
Drawing Area
Witness line
22. A table that provides descriptions or information about symbols used in drawings. In Revit Architecture - you can create a ______ and include it on multiple sheets.
Moment
Model Element
True North
Legend
23. The graphic shape used to represent the end of a dimension - such as an arrow or a slash.
Tick Mark
Break Control
Shared Coordinates
Pan
24. A construction document that has been reviewed and revised or commented on (marked up). Typically - the reviewer is the project designer - a client - or another building professional. When you export construction documents as DWF files - the files ca
Solid Geometry
DWF markups
Project Standards
Drag Control
25. A drawing file format supported by AutoCAD and other CAD applications. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
Proxy Graphics
Component
Model Element
DWG
26. A graphic design that is applied to the surface of a model element. ______ represent the actual appearance of an element - such as brick coursing or ceramic tile on a wall. They are fixed with respect to the model and scale with the model.
Model Pattern
Constraint
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Reference Elevation
27. A collection of elements in a workshared project that can be worked on independently. A ______ is typically a discrete functional area - such as interior - exterior - or site. When you enable worksharing - you can divide a project into ______ - with
Rendering
Workset
Group
Selection Box
28. (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
Toposurface
Architectural Column
Setback
Detail Line
29. 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
Worksharing
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Break Line
View Depth
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.
Rough Opening
Callout
DWF Design Web Format
Face
31. A wall that consists of multiple vertical layers. Each layer can use a different material (such as concrete - insulation - and interior finish) and have a different function (such as structure - thermal layer - and substrate).
Color Scheme
Compound Wall
Flip Control
Open Loop
32. 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.
Revit Architecture
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Plan
Perpendicular View
33. The file type for a Revit project template.
Project North
Poche
Level
RTE
34. A Revit file that contains all information about a building design.
Project Base Point
Masking Region
Mirror
Project
35. A list of model elements that belong to a particular family type but that differ in size or other characteristics. Using ______ - you can load only the size you need - rather than loading the entire family type. For example - suppose that you want to
Selection Box
Type Catalog
Poche
Moment
36. A linked set of lines or walls. When drawing walls or lines in a building model - you can simplify the process by drawing a ______. You can also select a ______ of lines or walls to manipulate them simultaneously.
Chain
Cut Plane
Location Line
Patterned Surface
37. A view-specific element that shows the size of an element or shows distances between elements or points in a building model. As you place an element - Revit Architecture displays temporary ______ so that you can place the element accurately. You can
In-place Family
Extrusion
Dimension
DWF Design Web Format
38. 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.
Datum
Filled Region
Footprint
Viewport
39. 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
Group
Cut Volume
Layer
Discipline
40. 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.
Perspective View
Group
Embedded Wall
Callout
41. A filter with user-defined rules that determine the visibility/graphics settings for model elements in a particular view. For example - you can create a ______ that displays all fire-rated walls as solid red in a plan view to distinguish them from no
Rule-based Filter
Bounding Box
Casework
Parametric
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.
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
Area
Filled Region
Parametric
43. 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
Extrusion
Decal
View Range
Line Weight
44. Pre-built components - such as cabinets and cupboards for a kitchen or bathroom. Revit Architecture provides family types for ______.
Markup
Room-bounding Elements
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Casework
45. A symbol indicating a dependent view to which the primary view is linked.
Split
Reference Line
View Reference
Fill Volume
46. 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.
Worksharing
Subcategory
Drafting Pattern
View Properties
47. The part of the Revit user interface that displays views - sheets - schedules - and other representations of the building model.
Partial Explode
View Reference
Mullion
Drawing Area
48. 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
Property
Witness line
Detail View
Detail Line
49. To transfer a file or a collection of information from an outside location into a Revit project. In Revit Architecture - you can ______ groups - templates - detail components - entourage - materials - families of model elements and annotation element
SKP
Tag
Component
Load
50. 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
PAT
Shading with Edges
Core
ODBC