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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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1. An end of a wall that does not join to another wall. The unjoined end of the wall is exposed. You can specify whether compound wall layers wrap at ______. For example - the following image shows a cross-section of a compound wall that uses interior w
Instance Parameters
Panel
Framing Elevation
End Cap
2. The beginning of a sketched line.
Instance Parameters
Start Point
Project Base Point
Markup
3. A Revit file that contains all information about a building design.
UV grid
Stacked Wall
Project
Start Point
4. Part of a plan view that has a different view range from the overall view. ______ are useful for split level plans or for displaying inserts above or below the cut plane.
Markup
Plan Region
Orientation
Start Point
5. A finite horizontal plane that acts as a reference for level-hosted elements - such as roofs - floors - and ceilings. In Revit Architecture - you define a ______ for each vertical height or story within a building - or other needed reference of the b
Project Browser
Swatch
Divided Surface
Level
6. 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.
Zoom
Model Pattern
Planting
Leader
7. 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
Structural Column
Volumetric Geometry
Load
Wireframe
8. 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
Patterned Surface
Vertex
Void Geometry
Far clip plane
9. (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
Revision Cloud
Setback
Polyline
Plan
10. (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
Join
Offset
Text Note
Shared Parameters
11. Text that documents a building model. ______ are usually related to a parameter for a model element or type. You can create ______ families and nest them inside host model families - so that the annotations display in the project. This is useful if y
Generic Annotation
Site Utility
Detail Line
Design Option
12. An elevation view that shows the structural framing of a building model. You can work in a ______ when adding vertical bracing to the model - or for any task that requires quick work plane alignment to a grid or to a named reference plane.
Color Scheme
Note Block
Wireframe
Framing Elevation
13. 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.
Sheet
Project
Framing Elevation
Leader
14. A setting that determines the appearance or behavior of an element - type - or view. Also called a parameter.
Phase
Primary View
Property
on-bearing Wall
15. Nested family which is applied to populate buildable architectural components across a large variety of geometric divided and patterned surfaces. It can contain both 2D and 3D geometry which create intelligent and flexible parametric components.
View-specific
Span Direction
Setback
Pattern Component
16. A family of model elements that can be used to create subcomponents of a nested family. When you use ______ to create a nested family - you can select - tag - and schedule the individual subcomponents in a project. (If subcomponents are not from ____
Referencing View
Shared Family
Type Catalog
Shared Coordinates
17. A model element - annotation element - datum element - or imported element in a project.
Pan
Referencing View
Object
Array
18. The point in the distance on which a camera is focusing.
Reference Elevation
Shared Parameters
Camera
Focal Point
19. 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
Revit Architecture
Footprint
Closed Loop
20. 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
Reference Line
Swatch
Parallel View
Instance Parameters
21. 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
Import Symbol
Local File
Hidden Line Mode
Viewport
22. To explicitly join elements (such as walls or columns) to other modeling components. For example - you can ______ walls to floors - ceilings - and roofs. You can ______ columns to roofs - floors - ceilings - reference planes - structural framing memb
Target Point
Attach
Wall Sweep
Mark
23. A defined area that obscures elements in a view. ______ are useful when you are creating a model family from an imported 2D DWG file - and you need the model element to obscure other elements when placed in a view. You can also use them to hide parts
Casework
Chain
Masking Region
NURB Surface
24. A menu of context-sensitive options. A ______ displays when you right-click an element or view.
Fill Pattern
Break Line
Shortcut Menu
NURB Surface
25. 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
View-specific
Nested Family
Datum Extent
Rendering
26. Pre-built components - such as cabinets and cupboards for a kitchen or bathroom. Revit Architecture provides family types for ______.
Casework
Autodesk Seek
Reference Section
Hidden Line Mode
27. 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).
Legend
Local File
Model Group
Element Borrowing
28. 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
Join
View Properties
Reference Line
Material Takeoff Schedule
29. 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.
View Depth
Project
Cutback
Type Parameters
30. A non-physical item that is used to establish project context. ______ include levels - grids - and reference planes. For example - the following image shows a grid - which is used for the placement of columns and other model elements. The grid is not
Dependent View
Resize
Datum
Scale
31. The file format for projects created using Google® SketchUp - a general purpose modeling and visualization tool. You can import ______ files into a Revit project.
SKP
Dependent View
Permanent Dimension
System Family
32. 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
Revision Schedule
Project Browser
ADSK
i-drop
33. 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.
Split
Revolve
Projection Line Style
Type Selector
34. A graphic style applied to an element when a view (such as a section view) cuts through the element - so that you are seeing a representation of its interior surface. For the ______ of an element - you can specify the line weight - color - and patter
Full Explode
Work Plane
Cut Line Style
Reference Label
35. A model element that can accept other components. For example - a wall is a ______ for windows and doors. A roof is a ______ for skylights and dormers. A ______ may also be referred to as a ______ element or a ______ component.
Detail Group
Host
Drag Control
Break Line
36. A representation of a building model. A Revit project file contains a database of information about a building model - and a ______ is one way of looking at that information. The Project Browser lists the views available for a project. These can incl
Project View
Material Takeoff Schedule
Crop
Plan
37. A line that you draw in a view to define areas that are used for different purposes - when a wall between the rooms is not desired. ______ are visible in plan views - 3D views - and perspective views. For example - the following floor plan uses room
Room Separation Line
Options Bar
Spot Coordinate
Host
38. A vertical plane in a wall that is used for dimensioning. You create a wall by sketching the ______ of the wall in a plan view or a 3D view. You specify what to use for the ______ in the element properties of the wall: the wall centerline - core cent
Target Point
Location Line
Resize
Crop
39. Non-uniform rational B-spline. A mathematical model commonly used in computer graphics for representing and generating curves and surfaces. In Revit Architecture - you can create roofs and curtain systems on ______.
NURB Surface
on-bearing Wall
Building Footprint
Revit Architecture
40. 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.
Shared Parameters
Paint
Filter
Curtain Wall
41. 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
Solid Geometry
Line Pattern
Text Note
Detail Level
42. 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.
Bubble
Shading
Far clip plane
Element Borrowing
43. To connect a file to a Revit project. When a ______ file is updated - the updated information is automatically made available in the Revit project. ______ avoids the need to re-import updated information into the project. In Revit Architecture - you
Link
Building Maker
Bounding Box
Spline
44. 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
Element
DWF markups
Closed Loop
Building Pad
45. 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.
Revit Structure
Project North
Status Bar
Lock
46. An insert that fills (patches) a hole in a host element after changes are made during different phases of a building project. For example - if you remove a window from a wall during a demolition phase - Revit Architecture fills the hole with an _____
Reference Plane
Void Geometry
Infill Element
Toposurface
47. An annotation that indicates the distance between 2 points or elements in a building model. In Revit Architecture - you can change the points or elements that are used as references for a ______. You can also control the gap between the ______ and th
Walkthrough
Halftone
DWF Design Web Format
Witness line
48. 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
Structural Column
Symbol
Decal
Planting
49. 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
Stacked Wall
Legend
Revision Cloud
Dependent View
50. 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
Building Maker
Object Style
Mark
Component
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