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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To move the cursor over an object in the drawing area so that Revit Architecture displays the object's outline in a different weight (bold) and color (such as gray instead of black). A description of the element displays on the status bar at the bott
Attach
Highlight
Project Browser
Selection Filter
2. 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
Plan Region
Core
Component
Web Library
3. 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.
Revit Structure
Material
Generic Model
Legend
4. 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
Host
Plan
Witness line
Revision Cloud
5. A parameter that defines a relationship between elements in a building design. For example - you can specify the top ______ for a wall as Level 2. If Level 2 moves upward - the height of the wall increases to maintain the relationship.
Curtain System
Options Bar
Constraint
Generic Annotation
6. 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 Line
Revit MEP
Temporary Dimension
Patterned Surface
7. 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.
Hidden Element
Shortcut Menu
Referring View
Pattern Component
8. 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.
Project North
Rendering
Slope Arrow
Shading
9. 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
DWF Design Web Format
Detail Line
Shading with Edges
View Template
10. (1) A point in the current view that you can use for positioning or dimensioning a model element. When you move the cursor near a ______ - Revit Architecture displays a temporary dimension between the element being placed and the ______. To display d
End Cap
Stair Calculator
Break Control
Reference Point
11. 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
Infill Element
Phase
Cutback
Origin
12. An open schema created to help building designers gather information about the energy consumption characteristics of building projects. To perform energy analysis for a building model - you can export a Revit project to ______. Using a third-party ap
Mullion
Pattern Component
gbXML
Chain
13. 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
Orthographic View
Markup
In-place Family
Type Selector
14. A column that adds architectural interest to a building. An ______ can be used to model box-outs around structural columns and for decorative applications.
Floor Plan
Swatch
Architectural Column
Detail View
15. An exterior wall consisting of panels connected by joints or mullions. The panels can be made of glass - brick - or other materials.
Shared Family
Plan View
Datum
Curtain Wall
16. In Revit Architecture - the adjacent materials of a compound structure - such as a wall. You can define the ______ in a compound structure.
i-drop
Type
Layer
Control
17. 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
Chain
Solid Geometry
Line Style
Centerline
18. Representations of AutoCAD objects. Revit Architecture supports ______ from AutoCAD files. Unlike AutoCAD objects - ______ have no intelligence.
Discipline
Type
Model Graphics Style
Proxy Graphics
19. 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
Miter
Component
Building Maker
True North
20. 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.
Filter
Revit Architecture
RFA
Face
21. A wall that supports no additional vertical load except its own weight. ______ can be used to define and divide spaces in Revit Architecture.
Snap
Hidden Line Mode
Type
on-bearing Wall
22. A visualization tool that you use to create a 3D view of a building model. When you place a camera in a 2D view - you can control the target point - the ______ level - and the focal point of the ______. The following views show a camera positioned in
Camera
ADSK
Filled Region
Radial
23. 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 _
Zoom
Reference Elevation
Floor Plan
Leader
24. An annotation that consists of text and may include a leader line and arrow. You can add ______ to a detail view - drafting view - or a sheet.
Referencing View
Text Note
Shortcut Menu
Key Schedule
25. 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
Spot Elevation Dimension
Open Loop
Room Separation Line
Solid Geometry
26. A design method in which different team members are responsible for designing different functional areas of the same project file.
Worksharing
Datum
Filled Region
Matchline
27. 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.
Drag Control
Mullion
Surface Pattern
Type Selector
28. 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
View List
Reference Point
Building Maker
29. A Revit tool that automates the creation of stairs based on a specified minimum tread depth and maximum riser height.
Masking Region
Design Option
Sheet
Stair Calculator
30. 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.
Mullion
Line Weight
Detail Group
Isolate
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
Text Note
Legend
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Datum
32. A list of changes made to a building design or construction document. A ______ displays in the title block of a sheet. As you add views with revision clouds to sheets - the ______ updates with information about the corresponding revisions.
Revision Schedule
DWF markups
Planting
Filled Region
33. (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
Dependent View
Full Explode
Control
34. 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
Planting
Type Catalog
Line Weight
Shading with Edges
35. 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
Grid
Spot Coordinate
Cut Volume
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
36. 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.
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
Building Maker
Status Bar
Paint
37. 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
Miter
Detail Level
Solar Study
Join
38. 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.
Line Weight
Detail Level
RPC
Paint
39. A table of information that you create to simplify or automate data entry in other - larger schedules. A ______ can reduce the time required to produce a larger schedule and help to generate accurate cost estimates. For example - a room schedule for
Reference Line
Solid Geometry
Key Schedule
Mullion
40. A set of model elements that are placed together in a building design. ______ are useful when you need to create entities that represent repeating units or are common to many building projects (such as hotel rooms - apartments - or repeating floors).
Type Selector
Planting
Model Group
ADSK
41. The order in which elements display in a view - as if layered on a flat surface. You can move an element backward or forward in the ______ - or bring it to the front or back of a stack of elements.
Group
Plan Region
Witness line
Draw Order
42. 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.
Project Base Point
Project Browser
Project North
SKP
43. Text displayed in a callout tag when a reference callout is created in the plan view - or text displayed in a section head when a reference section is created in the plan view.
Subcategory
Reference Label
Label
Permanent Dimension
44. 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
Title Block
Reference Elevation
Work Plane
Type
45. A set of horizontal planes that control the visibility and display of objects in a view. The horizontal planes are Top Clip Plane - Cut Plane - Bottom Clip Plane - and View Depth. Elements outside the ______ do not display in the view.
Drawing List
Fill Pattern
Drafting View
View Range
46. 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
DWF markups
View Control Bar
Material
Detail Line
47. The Autodesk file format for publishing design data. It offers an alternative to generating PDF (Portable Document Format) files. DWF files are significantly smaller than the original RVT files - making them easy to send by email or to post to a web
Selection Box
DWF Design Web Format
Span Direction
Ground plane
48. Passing through or lying on the same straight line. Sketching a line that is ______ with an existing wall
Collinear
Explode
DWF Design Web Format
Control
49. 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
Load
Nested Family
Host
Radial
50. A symbol indicating a dependent view to which the primary view is linked.
View Reference
Cut Line Style
Rule-based Filter
Model Line