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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
View Control Bar
Status Bar
Drawing Area
View Template
2. 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.
Polyline
Reference Point
Selection Box
Reference Label
3. 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
Project North
Model Pattern
View List
DWF markups
4. Coordinate plotting grids for non-planar surfaces. Plotting locations in a 3D space is based on an XYZ coordinate system - while 2D Space is based on an XY system. Since surfaces are not necessarily planar - the UVW coordinate system is used to plot
UV grid
Embedded Wall
3D reference plane
SKP
5. A graphic design for surfaces that are cut or shown in projection. You can use ______ for model patterns and drafting patterns.
Halftone
ADSK
Fill Pattern
Solar Study
6. 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
Import Symbol
Datum
Underlay
Polyline
7. Arranged along a radius or arc. In Revit Architecture - when you create a ______ array - the elements in the array are arranged along a curve.
Radial
Snap
Detail Group
Drag Control
8. 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.
Lock
Subcategory
System Family
Walkthrough
9. A uniform distance from an element or line - along which the element or line will move - or a new element or line will be created. For example - when creating walls - you might specify an ______ of 5 meters. When you select an existing wall - Revit A
Focal Point
Offset
NURB Surface
Miter
10. Open Database Connectivity. ______ is a general export tool that works in conjunction with many software drivers. You can export information about model elements in a Revit project to an ______ database.
Shading with Edges
Cut Plane
Entourage
ODBC
11. A Revit family that can be used as a building block for creating families. Revit Architecture provides ______ for floors - walls - ceilings - roofs - drawing sheets - viewports - and other elements. You cannot delete ______.
Dependent View
Rule-based Filter
System Family
View Reference
12. A set of colors and fill patterns used to graphically designate rooms or areas in a floor plan. You can apply ______ based on any parameter value for a room or area. For example - if you want to color rooms by department - set the Department paramete
Area
Volumetric Geometry
Color Scheme
Library
13. 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
Massing Study
Drafting Pattern
i-drop
Revision Schedule
14. 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.
Isolate
Level
Drawing List
Divided Surface
15. In Revit Architecture - a vertical or horizontal strip between panels of a curtain wall or curtain system.
Mullion
View Reference
Web Library
Compound Wall
16. A drawing that shows the ceiling in a building design. Also called an RCP view. When you add a level to a building model - Revit Architecture automatically creates an ______ for it.
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
X-Ray
Bubble
Building Pad
17. Representations of AutoCAD objects. Revit Architecture supports ______ from AutoCAD files. Unlike AutoCAD objects - ______ have no intelligence.
Proxy Graphics
Fill Pattern
Break Line
Communication Center
18. 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
Pin
Communication Center
Schedule
Open Loop
19. A 3-dimensional shape used in a building model. You can use the Family Editor to create ______ shapes to build families of model elements.
Solid Geometry
Instance Parameters
Legend
View Template
20. An individual item in a building model. Revit Architecture projects use 3 types of ______: Model ______ represent the actual 3D geometry of a building. For example - walls - floors - and roofs are model ______ - Annotation ______ help to document the
Element
Element Properties
3D reference plane
Origin
21. 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
Model Element
Footprint
Material Takeoff Schedule
Structural Column
22. (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
Nested Family
Reference Label
Array
Join
23. 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-
View Range
Generic Model
Project North
Component
24. A wall that consists of multiple vertical layers. Each layer can use a different material (such as concrete - insulation - and interior finish) and have a different function (such as structure - thermal layer - and substrate).
Discipline
Area
Compound Wall
Fill Pattern
25. 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.
Legend
Profile
ADSK
Start Point
26. The point in the distance on which a camera is focusing.
Focal Point
PAT
Schedule
Core
27. An invisible 3-dimensional rectangular space that contains all model elements - annotation elements - and datum elements defined in a family-based element. The ______ helps define the family origin of some elements - and aids joining and cutback of s
Bounding Box
Snap
Host
Proxy Graphics
28. A template for a sheet. A ______ generally includes information about the company - address - date of the project - and revisions.
Revision Cloud
Title Block
Shared Coordinates
Vertex
29. A set of initial conditions for a project. Revit Architecture provides several ______ - and you can create your own ______. Any new project based on a ______ inherits all families - settings (such as units - fill patterns - line styles - line weights
Link
Project Template
gbXML
Explode
30. 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
Crop Region
Markup
Centerline
Open Loop
31. A file format supported by MicroStation of Bentley Systems - Inc. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
Project North
DGN
Section Box
Tick Mark
32. A wall that has 2 or more horizontal layers - each consisting of different materials and surfaces.
Reference Elevation
Orthographic View
Stacked Wall
Detail Component
33. A 3-dimensional shape that has measurable volume. Non-volumetric geometry refers to a 2-dimensional shape.
Volumetric Geometry
Surface Pattern
Detail Group
Cut Line Style
34. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture displays the image of the model with all edges and lines drawn - but no surfaces.
Wireframe
System Family
Component
Casework
35. 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 ____
Clip Plane
Casework
Embedded Wall
Shared Family
36. 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.
Frame
Worksharing
Walkthrough
In-place Family
37. 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
Wireframe
Solar Study
Element
Line Pattern
38. To limit the boundaries of a view - omitting parts of the building model from the view.
Partial Explode
Draw Order
Pin
Crop
39. The file format for a Revit family.
Surface Pattern
RFA
Link
View List
40. A graphical icon in the Revit drawing area that you can use to reverse the position or orientation of an element in the drawing area. For example - when you click the ______for a compound wall - the wall flips over - so its layers reverse.
Matchline
Sheet
Shape Handle
Flip Control
41. 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
Fill Pattern
Detail View
Import Symbol
Level
42. 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
Isolate
Explode
Detail Level
Hidden Line
43. A detailed drawing of part of a view. In Revit Architecture - the ______ appears in a separate view. In the ______ - you can add annotations and detail - which will not display in the parent view. In the parent view - the ______ area is marked with a
In-place Family
Callout
Control
Revision Cloud
44. A collection of elements in a workshared project that can be worked on independently. A ______ is typically a discrete functional area - such as interior - exterior - or site. When you enable worksharing - you can divide a project into ______ - with
Detail Component
Mullion
Stacked Wall
Workset
45. A copy of the project file that resides on the computer system of the team member who is working on the file. When worksharing is used to distribute project work among team members - each member uses a ______ to work on his or her workset (functional
Local File
Status Bar
Element Properties
Datum Extent
46. The view on which one or more dependent views are based. The dependent views remain synchronous with the ______and other dependent views - so that when view-specific changes (such as view scale and annotations) are made in one view - they are reflect
Perspective View
Flip Control
ODBC
Primary View
47. A drop-down list on the ribbon from which you can select a family type for the element being added or modified.
Type Selector
Stacked Wall
Room Separation Line
Reference Elevation
48. 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.
Head
Project Template
Options Bar
on-bearing Wall
49. 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
Cutback
Far clip plane
Shading
Datum
50. The top of the view in the drawing area. When producing solar studies or rendered images - change the view orientation from ______ to True North to create accurate sunlight and shadow patterns for the project.
Break Line
Project North
Options Bar
Material