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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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it-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A model element that exists in 3D space and is visible in all views of a Revit project. You can use ______ to represent 3D geometry in a building design - such as cords or cables that secure a tarp. You can sketch straight - curved - arc - circular -
Location Line
Toposurface
Decal
Model Line
2. Passing through or lying on the same straight line. Sketching a line that is ______ with an existing wall
Drawing List
Referring View
Collinear
Fill Pattern
3. 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.
Plan
Revision Cloud
Target Point
Grid
4. 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
View Control Bar
Keynote Legend
Offset
Parallel View
5. A 3D view that shows a building model in which all components are the same size - regardless of the camera's distance from them.
Model Group
Drafting Pattern
Legend
Orthographic View
6. In Revit Architecture - a vertical or horizontal strip between panels of a curtain wall or curtain system.
Site Utility
Referring View
Mullion
Orthographic View
7. 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.
Plan
Web Library
Project North
Patterned Surface
8. A combination (blending) of 2 shapes to create a 3D shape. You can create ______ using solid geometry and void geometry. For example - the 2D shapes below are ______ to create the solid extrusion that follows.
Shared Family
Load
Crop Region
Blend
9. 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 _
Origin
Zoom
Select
Plan
10. A face or surface of a form that has been divided into UV grids. The grids act as a guide in patterning the surface. Manipulating the ______ also manipulates the parametrically dependent patterns and component families.
Toposurface
Element Borrowing
Divided Surface
Solar Study
11. 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.
Symbol
Building Maker
Detail View
Decal
12. 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
Architectural Column
Mullion
Underlay
Area
13. (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
Rough Opening
Line Weight
Join
Parameter
14. 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.
Scale
View Range
Layer Mapping File
Status Bar
15. (1) For elements that can slope (including roofs - ramps - floors - and ceilings) - the upper end of the slope. For example - in the following illustration - the ______ is the upper end of the sloped floor. (2) In Revit Architecture - the symbol that
SKP
Reference Label
Head
Attach
16. (1) To draw a line or shape. Revit Architecture provides several tools and techniques for ______. (2) A drawing of a 2D shape. The following ______ contains an open loop (the roof) and a closed loop (the walls - floor - and ceiling).
Selection Box
3D reference plane
Fillet
Sketch
17. Available in the conceptual design environment - ______ mode is a transparent view that displays the underlying geometric skeleton of a form.
Group
Halftone
Project
X-Ray
18. 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.
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Focal Point
Keynote Legend
Wall Join
19. A 2D drawing of a building model that shows the layout of walls - rooms - and other building components. A floor ______ presents a view of the building as though you are looking down on it from above - with the roof and intervening levels removed. A
Plan
Panel
Join
i-drop
20. The structural part of a compound wall or other host element. When you use Revit Architecture to design a compound wall - you specify the layers and materials that compose the ______ of the wall - as well as the interior and exterior layers of the wa
View Control Bar
Drafting Pattern
Core
Cut Volume
21. 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
Worksharing
Model Line
View Template
Array
22. 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
Design Option
Options Bar
Lock
23. 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.
Plan
Clip Plane
NURB Surface
Model Pattern
24. An exterior wall consisting of panels connected by joints or mullions. The panels can be made of glass - brick - or other materials.
Model Group
Scope Box
Curtain Wall
Setback
25. A schedule (list) of all views in a project. The schedule includes the view parameters that you specify. You can use a ______ to manage the views in a project.
View List
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Datum
Layer Mapping File
26. 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
Join
Mullion
Parametric
DWF markups
27. 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
Detail Line
Web Library
DWF Design Web Format
DWF markups
28. 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
Parallel View
RPC
Color Scheme
True North
29. To change the size of a model element. For example - in Revit Architecture you can ______ a wall or a foundation to adjust to changing specifications.
Resize
Clip Plane
Perpendicular View
SKP
30. A user interface mechanism that controls the visibility of datum planes (levels - reference lines - and grids) in views. When you add grids - levels - and reference lines to a project - they may display in more views than desired. For example - when
Poche
Site Utility
Building Footprint
Scope Box
31. 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.
Leader
Snap
Drawing Area
Infill Element
32. 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
Element Properties
Shading with Edges
Core
Category
33. 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>
Decal
Toposurface
Element Properties
Symbolic Line
34. Settings that control the appearance or behavior of all elements of a particular family type. ______ are also called type properties. The instance parameters and ______ of an element combine to establish its element properties.
Drag Control
Spline
Type Parameters
Revit Structure
35. 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
Referencing View
Keynote Legend
Blend
Perspective View
36. The point in the distance on which a camera is focusing.
Tessellation
Focal Point
Datum
System Family
37. The proportional system used to represent objects in a drawing. In Revit Architecture - you can assign a different ______ to each view.
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Head
Pin
Scale
38. A horizontal height at which certain elements in the view are shown in cross-section.
Cut Plane
Pin
Cutback
Layer
39. To apply a material to a surface of a model element. In Revit Architecture - you can ______ walls - floors - roofs - and masses. In the following image - the wall - door - door frame - and window frame are ______ different colors.
Filter
Temporary Dimension
Shading
Paint
40. Open Database Connectivity. ______ is a general export tool that works in conjunction with many software drivers. You can export information about model elements in a Revit project to an ______ database.
Cut Line Style
Shortcut Menu
ODBC
Swatch
41. An intersection of 2 or more walls. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the type of join between walls.
Perpendicular View
Library
Title Block
Wall Join
42. 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
View Reference
Revit Structure
Listening Dimensions
Phase
43. 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.
Type Parameters
Centerline
Project View
Drag Control
44. A surface of a model element or mass. You can apply paint - materials - and textures to each ______ of a model element (such as a wall). These details display when you render an image of the building model. You can use mass ______ as the basis for cr
Face
Component
Attach
Viewport
45. A group of view-specific elements - such as text and filled regions.
Subcategory
Filled Region
Reference Label
Detail Group
46. To limit the boundaries of a view - omitting parts of the building model from the view.
Vertex
Crop
Project Parameters
Reference Line
47. A family of geometry that does not fit into any of the other - pre-defined categories (such as columns - roofs - and floors). In a Revit project - an instance of a ______ is a model element. You can create a ______ as a loadable family - or as an in-
Highlight
Generic Model
Object Style
Callout
48. An element that you hide in a particular view.
View Control Bar
Line Weight
Surface Pattern
Hidden Element
49. A Revit element that contains all objects (such as blocks and xrefs) from an imported drawing. When you move the cursor over the imported objects - Revit Architecture shows information about the ______. You can explode an ______ to convert it into in
Load
Project View
Area Scheme
Import Symbol
50. The size of a datum plane (a plane for a level - grid - or reference line). Datum planes are not visible in all views. If the datum does not intersect a view plane - it will not be visible in that view. You can resize datum planes so that they are vi
View List
Text Note
Clip Plane
Datum Extent