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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. For a subcomponent of a family - a property that defines its display (the line weight - line color - and line pattern). For example - you can assign one ______ to the wood trim of a window and another ______ to the glass.
Subcategory
Setback
Reference Point
Matchline
2. Settings that control the appearance or behavior of a project view. To see or change ______ - right-click a blank area of the view in the drawing area - and click ______. Or right-click a view name in the Project Browser - and click Properties.
Floor Plan
Control
View Properties
Mirror
3. The gross building area plan at ground level that is exported to an ADSK file when exporting a building site to a civil engineering application - such as AutoCAD® Civil 3D®.
Vertex
Building Footprint
Projection Line Style
Parametric
4. 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
Fill Volume
Building Footprint
Drafting View
5. 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
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
Template
Structural Column
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
6. 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.
Revision Cloud
Model Line
Patterned Surface
Cut Line Style
7. 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
Scale
View Control Bar
Parameter
Component
8. A graphic design for surfaces that are cut or shown in projection. You can use ______ for model patterns and drafting patterns.
Symbol
Polyline
Revision Cloud
Fill Pattern
9. 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.
Keynoting
Property
Autodesk Seek
Decal
10. A mechanism for determining which elements are selected (for modification or manipulation) based on their family types or element parameters.
Status Bar
Perpendicular View
Selection Filter
Referring View
11. A user-placed control that provides a quick way to allow or prevent changes to the position of an element. After you place a ______ - you cannot move the element until you unpin it by clicking the ______ control.
Type Parameters
Witness line
Model Graphics Style
Pushpin
12. Part of the Revit interface that shows a logical hierarchy for all views - schedules - sheets - families - groups - and linked Revit models in the current project.
Open Loop
Project Browser
Building Maker
PAT
13. 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.
Sheet
Orientation
Setback
Status Bar
14. 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).
Origin
Model Group
Retaining Wall
Type Catalog
15. A 3-dimensional shape that results from removing shapes from solid geometry.
Spot Coordinate
Casework
Ground plane
Void Geometry
16. A user interface mechanism that you drag to change the shape of an element in the building model. A ______ appears in the selection color.
Floor Plan
Shape Handle
Layer Mapping File
Pattern Component
17. 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
View Template
Lock
Spot Coordinate
Import Symbol
18. A dashed line representing an edge or surface that cannot be seen in a view. For example - in the following image - 2 bolts go through the stud. The view shows the ______ of one bolt but does not show the ______ of the second bolt.
Revit Architecture
Projection Line Style
Detail View
Hidden Line
19. 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.
Flip Control
View Properties
Shape Handle
View Range
20. 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
Site Utility
Line Pattern
Walkthrough
Snap
21. 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
Break Control
End Cap
Group
Scope Box
22. A 2D drawing of a building model that shows the layout of walls and other building components. In Revit Architecture - a ______ is also referred to as a floor plan view.
Project North
Attached Detail Group
Blend
Floor Plan
23. A group of view-specific elements - such as text and filled regions.
Detail Group
Casework
Mullion
Generic Annotation
24. The point in the distance at which a camera is aimed or directed.
In-place Family
Target Point
Highlight
RPC
25. Reference planes are displayed in the conceptual design environment in the 3-dimensional views.
Detail Line
Worksharing
Control
3D reference plane
26. A Revit symbol that you can use to break a section line - break a schedule into multiple sections - or break a crop region into sections. In the following elevation view - the blue Z-shaped break controls allow you to break the crop region into secti
Bounding Box
Break Control
Attached Detail Group
Perspective View
27. 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
Detail Component
Select
Project Base Point
Structural Column
28. 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 _
Schedule
Bubble
Selection Box
Zoom
29. 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.
Building Maker
Import Symbol
Break Line
Pushpin
30. A method of defining 3D geometry for a building model. You begin a solid ______ by sketching 2D shapes on a plane. Revit Architecture then ______ the sketch between a start point and an endpoint. You can also create a void ______ by cutting a shape o
Clip Plane
Extrusion
Setback
Projection Line Style
31. 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.
Walkthrough
Structural Column
Layer
View Range
32. A joint at a 45-degree angle - or evenly angled between the joined elements. ______ can apply to walls - wall sweeps - railings - structural floors - roof fascia - curtain wall mullions - and other model elements. When 2 walls join - you can edit the
View Reference
Ground plane
Workset
Miter
33. 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
Line Weight
Revit Structure
Flip Control
Draw Order
34. A 3D view of a building model - in which components that are further away appear smaller than those that are closer. In Revit Architecture - you create a ______ by placing a camera in a 3D view.
Project Parameters
Perspective View
Design Option
DWF markups
35. 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.
Curtain Wall
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Stacked Wall
Referring View
36. 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
Model Pattern
Level
Line Weight
Mirror
37. The graphic design (fill pattern) used to represent a surface when shown in projection.
Permanent Dimension
Surface Pattern
Referring View
Project North
38. An arrangement of elements in a building model. For example - in a large office - you can create an ______ of desks and chairs. In a structural design - you can create an ______ of beams or columns. You can create a linear ______ - in which the eleme
Projection Line Style
gbXML
Pin
Array
39. 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
Rough Opening
Property
Material
Dimension
40. 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.
Tessellation
Ground plane
Embedded Wall
Break Line
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.
Hidden Element
Reference Label
Array
Polyline
42. In an animation - a single image (for example - in a walkthrough animation or a solar study). In a building - a rigid structure built into a wall to hold a door - window - or other component. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the material and f
Parallel View
Plan View
Markup
Frame
43. A column that adds architectural interest to a building. An ______ can be used to model box-outs around structural columns and for decorative applications.
Revit Architecture
Architectural Column
Scale
Host
44. A file format supported by MicroStation of Bentley Systems - Inc. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
Monolithic Stairs
Array
DGN
Underlay
45. An exterior wall consisting of panels connected by joints or mullions. The panels can be made of glass - brick - or other materials.
Flip Control
Material
Curtain Wall
Pan
46. An element in a building model that represents actual 3D geometry. For example - walls - windows - doors - and roofs are ______. For example - the following image shows only ______. It does not include annotation elements (such as dimensions or text
Rehost
Layer
Keynote Legend
Model Element
47. A tool that displays links to information about product updates and announcements. To access the ______ - click the satilite dish in the InfoCenter toolbar in the upper right corner of the Revit window.
Communication Center
Wall Sweep
Shortcut Menu
Monolithic Stairs
48. 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
Closed Loop
Line Style
Shared Coordinates
i-drop
49. A Revit function for workshared projects. ______ allows you to edit an element in a workset that you do not own. If another team member is currently editing the workset - that team member is the owner of the workset and you must place a request to bo
Stacked Wall
Bounding Box
Element Borrowing
Building Maker
50. 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
Property
Attach
Frame
Array