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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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1. 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
Break Line
Generic Annotation
Label
RTE
2. 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
Toposurface
Temporary Dimension
Far clip plane
Tessellation
3. A line that provides information but is not intended to represent actual geometry in an element. For example - when creating a door family - you might sketch ______ in an elevation view to represent a door swing. ______ are visible parallel to the vi
Reference Section
Symbolic Line
Revolve
Wireframe
4. The orientation of a structural floor. When you place a structural floor in the plan view - Revit Architecture creates a ______ component. Rotate the ______ component to change the orientation of the structural floor.
Model Text
Shading with Edges
Focal Point
Span Direction
5. The graphic design (fill pattern) used to represent a surface when shown in projection.
Drafting Pattern
Polyline
Monolithic Stairs
Surface Pattern
6. A list of model elements that belong to a particular family type but that differ in size or other characteristics. Using ______ - you can load only the size you need - rather than loading the entire family type. For example - suppose that you want to
Imported Categories
Type
Filled Region
Type Catalog
7. 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
Generic Annotation
Attach
Planting
Grid
8. 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
Phase
Model Graphics Style
Generic Annotation
Discipline
9. 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.
Embedded Wall
Reference Label
View-specific
DWF markups
10. A project view or imported file that you use to help position elements in the current view. For example - when you use a section view as an ______ to a detail view - model elements in the detail view display in halftone or a different line weight and
Symbolic Line
Scope Box
Embedded Wall
Underlay
11. 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
Break Line
Project North
Building Footprint
Attached Detail Group
12. 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
X-Ray
DWF markups
Tessellation
Permanent Dimension
13. A project view that shows details not directly associated with the building model. For example - a ______ can show how carpet transitions to tile - or details of a roof drain. A ______ typically shows construction details that may not be apparent in
Datum Extent
Detail Group
Shared Coordinates
Drafting View
14. A series of 2-dimensional lines and arcs that form a closed loop. Use ______ to define cross-sections for railings - balusters - soffits - cornices - and other sweep-defined objects.
Profile
Subcategory
Attached Detail Group
Viewport
15. A series of lines that you can use to help draw or place elements in a building design. ______ are useful in the design and documentation phases of a project. In Revit Architecture - ______ are datum elements.
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Tick Mark
Grid
Reference Section
16. A sample patch of a color or pattern. When you apply a color scheme to rooms - the floor plan can display a color scheme legend - which indicates the colors and what they represent. The color scheme legend includes color ______.
Footprint
PAT
Swatch
Draw Order
17. The Autodesk file format for publishing design data. It offers an alternative to generating PDF (Portable Document Format) files. DWF files are significantly smaller than the original RVT files - making them easy to send by email or to post to a web
Reference Plane
DWF Design Web Format
Divided Surface
Blend
18. A graphical icon in the Revit drawing area that you ______ to change the shape or size of an element in the building model. When you select an element - Revit Architecture displays it's ______ as blue circles or triangles.
Orthographic View
Clip Plane
Drag Control
Autodesk Seek
19. 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
Origin
Curtain System
Library
Break Control
20. A model element that exists in 3D space and is visible in all views of a Revit project. You can use ______ to represent 3D geometry in a building design - such as cords or cables that secure a tarp. You can sketch straight - curved - arc - circular -
Poche
Draw Order
Model Line
Trim
21. Pre-built components - such as cabinets and cupboards for a kitchen or bathroom. Revit Architecture provides family types for ______.
Building Footprint
Patterned Surface
Casework
Projection Line Style
22. The structural part of a compound wall or other host element. When you use Revit Architecture to design a compound wall - you specify the layers and materials that compose the ______ of the wall - as well as the interior and exterior layers of the wa
Grid
Core
Closed Loop
Parametric
23. 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
Entourage
View-specific
Line Weight
24. 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).
DGN
Symbolic Line
Revision Cloud
Model Group
25. 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.
Volumetric Geometry
Referring View
Fill Volume
Witness line
26. The size of a datum plane (a plane for a level - grid - or reference line). Datum planes are not visible in all views. If the datum does not intersect a view plane - it will not be visible in that view. You can resize datum planes so that they are vi
Closed Loop
Datum Extent
Slope Arrow
Revit MEP
27. 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
View Depth
Clip Plane
Selection Box
Surface Pattern
28. A building component consisting of panels - curtain grids - and mullions. In Revit a ______ usually does not have a rectangular shape.
Curtain Wall
View-specific
Curtain System
Projection Line Style
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.
Room Separation Line
Dimension
Type Parameters
Toposurface
30. The point in the distance at which a camera is aimed or directed.
Frame
Curtain Wall
Target Point
Drawing List
31. A file format supported by MicroStation of Bentley Systems - Inc. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
Tessellation
DGN
Shape Handle
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
32. The file type for a Revit project template.
Walkthrough
RTE
Shading
Project
33. A menu of context-sensitive options. A ______ displays when you right-click an element or view.
Shortcut Menu
Sheet
UV grid
DWG
34. A method of displaying model elements in views. For example - you can choose to display a model using wireframe - hidden lines - shading - or shading with edges. You can specify the ______ for a view using the View Control Bar at the bottom of the Re
View Depth
Closed Loop
Generic Model
Model Graphics Style
35. 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
Solid Geometry
Filled Region
Dimension
View Range
36. A line that indicates the middle of a dimension or model element (such as a column or a wall). In Revit Architecture - you can use an element's ______ to measure - dimension - align - resize - specify constraints - and perform other functions in a bu
Workset
Matchline
Centerline
Revit Structure
37. An annotation that consists of text and may include a leader line and arrow. You can add ______ to a detail view - drafting view - or a sheet.
DWF Design Web Format
Text Note
Origin
Label
38. A graphic style applied to an element when a view displays the element - so that you are seeing a representation of its exterior surface. For the ______ of an element - you can specify the line weight - color - and fill pattern.
View Range
Referencing View
Revision Cloud
Projection Line Style
39. 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
Level
Design Option
Chain
Rough Opening
40. 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.
ADSK
Pattern Component
Witness line
Halftone
41. 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
View Reference
Revision Schedule
Polymesh
Color Scheme
42. 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
Centerline
Site Utility
Component
Status Bar
43. A setting that determines the appearance or behavior of an element - type - or view. Also called a parameter.
Property
X-Ray
Line Style
Chain
44. 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
Cut Volume
Imported Categories
RVT
Matchline
45. 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
Reference Label
Reference Elevation
Clip Plane
Subcategory
46. 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
Curtain System
Room Separation Line
Control
Project Base Point
47. A 2D - view-specific graphic. You can use ______ to represent various surfaces - such as concrete or compacted earth. You can add a ______ to a detail view - a drafting view - or an annotation family. For each ______ - you can specify a boundary line
Reference Section
Swatch
Dimension
Filled Region
48. The North/South and East/West coordinates of an individual point with respect to the shared coordinate system for a group of linked Revit projects.
Spot Coordinate
Material Takeoff Schedule
Area
Paint
49. 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.
Fill Volume
Patterned Surface
Bubble
Floor Plan
50. 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
Solar Study
Detail Level
System Family