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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A planar surface on which you can add sketch lines or other components. Each view in Revit Architecture is associated with a ______. In some views (such as plan - 3D - and drafting) and for views in the Family Editor - the ______ is automatically def
Revolve
Start Point
Work Plane
Highlight
2. A construction document. In Revit Architecture - you place project views on ______ to create a construction document set.
Proxy Graphics
Sheet
Toposurface
True North
3. A web service that lets you search for - download - and integrate product and design information into your drawing. You can also publish families to the ______ website to make them available for other designers to incorporate into their designs.
Void Geometry
Autodesk Seek
Partial Explode
Rough Opening
4. 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
Template
Pin
Array
Select
5. 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.
Bounding Box
Generic Annotation
Centerline
Type Parameters
6. In Revit Architecture - a vertical or horizontal strip between panels of a curtain wall or curtain system.
Generic Model
Level
Framing Elevation
Mullion
7. The Z-shaped line used in a drafting view or detail view to obscure parts of the drawing - to focus the drawing on a particular area. The following drafting view uses ______ above and below the section to obscure less intricate parts of the door asse
Nested Family
Layer
Reference Line
Break Line
8. A Revit file that contains all information about a building design.
Walkthrough
Polymesh
Project
Array
9. A design method in which different team members are responsible for designing different functional areas of the same project file.
ADSK
Worksharing
Scope Box
Datum
10. 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 ______.
Reference Label
Hosted Component
Reference Line
Trim
11. (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).
Sketch
Callout
Host
Shared Family
12. Stairs that consist of one solid piece of material - such as concrete. In Revit Architecture - you can specify that stairs are ______ in the stair type properties. You can also specify the material for ______.
Worksharing
Location Line
Line Weight
Monolithic Stairs
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.
Options Bar
Cut Plane
Dimension
Tag
14. 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.
Void Geometry
Explode
ADSK
Walkthrough
15. To restrict the movement of an element using the _____ tool. When you ______ an element - you cannot move it by dragging or using the Move tool. However - changes in other attached elements may result in movement of the ______ element.
Hidden Line
Span Direction
Pin
Moment
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
Shape Handle
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Project View
Mark
17. An element that you hide in a particular view.
Markup
Selection Box
Hidden Element
Paint
18. A user interface mechanism that you use to select elements within a defined area by dragging the cursor around them. To create a ______ - place the cursor near the elements to select - click and hold the left mouse button - and drag the cursor diagon
Focal Point
Revision Schedule
Shortcut Menu
Selection Box
19. 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.
Workset
Drawing Area
Orientation
Rough Opening
20. A dimension that Revit Architecture displays as you draw or place elements in a view. ______ can help you to position an element in the desired location - or to draw a line to the desired length or angle. When you finish drawing or placing an element
Primary View
Temporary Dimension
Web Library
Join
21. 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.
Shading
Pan
Drawing List
Generic Model
22. A design methodology that maintains a single database of information about a building design. All information for a building design - from geometry to construction data - is stored in a project file. This information includes components used to desig
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
View Template
Frame
Hidden Line
23. 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
Detail Line
Profile
Label
Moment
24. 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
Callout
Room-bounding Elements
Reference Point
Layer
25. A collection of settings that you can use as a starting point for projects - families - views - and more.
Phase
Split
Slope Arrow
Template
26. 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.
Architectural Column
Layer Mapping File
Planting
Markup
27. 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.
DWF markups
Revision Schedule
Core
Reference Elevation
28. (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
X-Ray
View-specific
Mirror
Reference Point
29. 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.
DWF Design Web Format
Revit Architecture
Project Base Point
Wireframe
30. 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
Perpendicular View
Dimension
Resize
Project Parameters
31. 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
Detail Level
Toposurface
SKP
Rough Opening
32. A method of annotating drawings to identify building materials - describe assembly instructions - or provide special instructions or explanations. ______ help to standardize information related to the building design and can help reduce clutter in dr
Legend
Core
Keynoting
Footprint
33. 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.
Retaining Wall
Markup
RPC
Compound Wall
34. A template for a sheet. A ______ generally includes information about the company - address - date of the project - and revisions.
Symbolic Line
Title Block
Model Group
Line Style
35. A technique used to manage datasets of polygons and divide them into suitable structures for rendering. Data is often ______ into triangles - which is sometimes referred to as triangulation. When CAD or design software applications export 3D geometry
UV grid
Room Separation Line
Tessellation
Pin
36. 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
View Depth
Join
Divided Surface
Sheet
37. 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.
Head
Revision Cloud
Polymesh
Detail Level
38. A model element - annotation element - datum element - or imported element in a project.
Family
Model Line
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
Object
39. 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.
Void Geometry
Origin
DWG
Blend
40. To reverse the position of a selected model element - using a line as the ______ axis. For example - if you ______ a wall on a reference plane - the wall flips opposite the original wall. You can pick the ______ axis or draw a temporary axis. Use the
Mirror
Spot Coordinate
Options Bar
Subcategory
41. 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.
Orientation
Control
Reference Label
Building Footprint
42. A 2D element that you can add to a detail view or a drafting view. For example - you may want to add a metal stud or a shim to a drafting view. Revit Architecture provides over 500 ______ families - based on 16 CSI divisions. You can also create your
Line Style
Chain
Element
Detail Component
43. 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 > ______.
Hidden Element
Material Takeoff Schedule
Line Weight
Shared Coordinates
44. A graphic representation of an annotation element or other object. ______ are sometimes referred to as tags. Revit Architecture uses ______ for annotations - moment frames - cantilever connections - and other elements.
Work Plane
Symbol
SKP
Centerline
45. To divide a single object into multiple objects or sections. In a Revit project - you can ______ walls - lines - faces - toposurfaces - layers in vertically compound walls - and schedules using various ______ tools.
Revit Architecture
Split
Witness line
Panel
46. 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
Project Standards
Fill Volume
Cut Volume
Drawing Area
47. Autodesk Exchange File - the file format used by Autodesk applications to transmit design information.
Revit Architecture
Rendering
ADSK
Shared Coordinates
48. The graphic design (fill pattern) used to represent a surface when shown in projection.
Moment
Model Group
Surface Pattern
System Family
49. A flat surface that is designed to be occupied by buildings and is prepared by grading - excavating - filling - or a combination of these. In Revit Architecture - you can add a ______ to a toposurface - and then modify the structure and depth of the
Keynoting
Moment
Cutback
Building Pad
50. 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
Revit Structure
Paint
Revit Architecture