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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To choose an object in the drawing area. Many of the controls and tools that you use to modify an element in the drawing area are available only when an element is ______. In Revit Architecture - a ______ element displays in the ______ color - and co
Divided Surface
Project Parameters
Area Scheme
Select
2. A building component consisting of panels - curtain grids - and mullions. In Revit a ______ usually does not have a rectangular shape.
Project
Curtain System
Bubble
Plan View
3. 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
DWF Design Web Format
Orientation
Compound Wall
4. 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
Cut Line Style
Autodesk Seek
Decal
Head
5. 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-
Tick Mark
Drawing Area
Shading with Edges
Generic Model
6. A column that adds architectural interest to a building. An ______ can be used to model box-outs around structural columns and for decorative applications.
Filter
Rehost
Architectural Column
Viewport
7. An exterior wall consisting of panels connected by joints or mullions. The panels can be made of glass - brick - or other materials.
Join
Solid Geometry
Chain
Curtain Wall
8. A curved line drawn by specifying and positioning a number of points. Revit Architecture uses a mathematical polynomial function to smoothly join the segments at these points - creating the curved line.
Spline
Room Separation Line
Mullion
Location Line
9. A graphical icon in the Revit drawing area that you use to manipulate elements. For example - when you select a chain of walls - blue circles display. These blue circles are drag ______. You can drag such a ______ to change the shape of the walls. Ot
Control
Projection Line Style
Central File
Cut Volume
10. A divided surface on which geometric shapes have been applied. These patterns become part of the surface and (depending on their shape) will require a specific number of grid cells when applied.
Divided Surface
DWG
Patterned Surface
Model Graphics Style
11. Controlled by parameters. In a Revit project - parameters define the relationships between elements of the building model. These relationships are created automatically by Revit Architecture and by you as you create the design. As you work in drawing
Parametric
Generic Model
SKP
System Family
12. 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.
Filled Region
Level
Line Style
Fill Volume
13. 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.
Void Geometry
Type Parameters
Detail Component
Isolate
14. A tabular display of information. In Revit Architecture - a ______ is extracted from the properties of elements in a project. It is displayed in a ______ view. Using Revit Architecture - you can create many types of ______ - including quantities - ma
Void Geometry
Schedule
Flip Control
Projection Line Style
15. A wall that has 2 or more horizontal layers - each consisting of different materials and surfaces.
Polyline
Stacked Wall
RFA
Title Block
16. 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
Sketch
Project North
Partial Explode
17. 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
Polymesh
Toposurface
Camera
Hidden Line Mode
18. A stage or time period in the construction process of a building project. Typical ______ include existing construction - demolition - remodeling - and new construction. Revit Architecture tracks the ______ in which views or components are created or
Phase
Curtain System
Local File
Project
19. An architectural term that refers to the landscaping and other environmental features shown in a rendering of a building. For example - ______ can include plants - trees - people - cars - and signs. Revit Architecture provides a library of ______ fam
Generic Annotation
Property
Entourage
Join
20. 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.
Underlay
Select
View-specific
Perpendicular View
21. A file format for fill patterns. A pattern file is a text file that contains definitions for model or drafting patterns in a project.
PAT
Stair Calculator
Attach
Projection Line Style
22. A model element that can exist in a building model only if sponsored by another (host) element. Doors - windows - model lines - and components (such as furniture) are ______.
Orientation
Hosted Component
Zoom
Face
23. (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
Reference Point
Profile
Massing Study
View Reference
24. 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
Type
Floor Plan
Shading
Detail Level
25. A text placeholder added to tags or title blocks. You create a ______ as part of a tag or title block family while in the Family Editor. When you place the tag or title block in the project - you replace the ______ with the actual value for that inst
Draw Order
Model Element
Label
Parameter
26. A file format supported by MicroStation of Bentley Systems - Inc. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
DGN
Pin
Tick Mark
Detail Level
27. 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.
Building Footprint
Collinear
Host
Cut Plane
28. A wall that is inserted into another wall of a different type or construction. ______ are useful - for example - when you need to create a storefront on a building exterior. The following image shows a curtain wall embedded in a host wall.
Embedded Wall
Dependent View
Volumetric Geometry
Detail Level
29. A graphic design for surfaces that are cut or shown in projection. You can use ______ for model patterns and drafting patterns.
Fill Pattern
Compound Wall
Toposurface
Drag Control
30. 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.
Perspective View
Building Maker
Pushpin
Walkthrough
31. 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
Revit Architecture
gbXML
Profile
Cut Line Style
32. 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.
Extrusion
Walkthrough
Referencing View
Type
33. 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
Pan
Radial
Extrusion
Room Separation Line
34. Representations of AutoCAD objects. Revit Architecture supports ______ from AutoCAD files. Unlike AutoCAD objects - ______ have no intelligence.
Load
Decal
Proxy Graphics
Element
35. A horizontal or vertical projection from a wall - often decorative in nature. Examples of ______ include baseboards and crown molding.
Instance Parameters
Wall Sweep
Trim
Reference Line
36. 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
Cut Volume
Symbolic Line
Room Separation Line
Location Line
37. The graphic shape used to represent the end of a dimension - such as an arrow or a slash.
3D reference plane
Pan
Referencing View
Tick Mark
38. A vertical or horizontal plane that defines a boundary for a view. You can use top - bottom - left - and right ______ to define a view. In elevation and section views - you can also use a far ______ to define the depth of the view. Green dotted lines
Vertex
Category
Partial Explode
Clip Plane
39. 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
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
DWF markups
Color Scheme
Moment
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.
Monolithic Stairs
Listening Dimensions
Type
Paint
41. 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
Schedule
SKP
Element
i-drop
42. 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
Core
Break Control
Revit MEP
43. To secure a dimension or the location of an element so that it cannot be changed. When you select a ______ dimension or element - a ______ control displays next to it. The following drawing shows a ______ dimension.
Line Weight
Lock
Title Block
Area
44. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture displays the image of the model with all edges and lines drawn - but no surfaces.
Projection Line Style
3D reference plane
Detail Line
Wireframe
45. A family of elements that is created within the context of the current project. An ______ exists only in the project and cannot be loaded into other projects. Using ______ - you can create components that are unique to a project or components that re
Shared Parameters
In-place Family
Level
Divided Surface
46. A 3D view that shows a building model in which all components are the same size - regardless of the camera's distance from them.
Orthographic View
Embedded Wall
Listening Dimensions
Drawing List
47. In a 3D context - ______ moves the camera left and right. In a 2D context - ______ scrolls the view. If you are using ______ with an active view on a sheet - ______ scrolls the sheet view - not the active view on the sheet.
Host
Pan
Attach
Control
48. 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
Join
Keynote Legend
Viewport
Blend
49. 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.
Highlight
View List
Shared Family
Slope Arrow
50. 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
Miter
Face
Nested Family
Referencing View