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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Subject
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it-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Project Parameters
Drag Control
Drawing List
Detail Level
2. 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.
Face
Drawing Area
Crop Region
Model Pattern
3. To change the size of a model element. For example - in Revit Architecture you can ______ a wall or a foundation to adjust to changing specifications.
Infill Element
X-Ray
Split
Resize
4. 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
Full Explode
PAT
End Cap
Highlight
5. To move the cursor over an object in the drawing area so that Revit Architecture displays the object's outline in a different weight (bold) and color (such as gray instead of black). A description of the element displays on the status bar at the bott
Rough Opening
Element
Highlight
Monolithic Stairs
6. A defined set of elements that can be placed as a unit in a building design. ______ elements is useful when you need to create entities that represent repeating units or are common to many building projects (for example - hotel rooms - apartments - o
Group
In-place Family
View-specific
Vertex
7. Autodesk Exchange File - the file format used by Autodesk applications to transmit design information.
ADSK
Project Browser
Walkthrough
DWF Design Web Format
8. A view of a floor plan or a reflected ceiling plan for a building model.
Primary View
Plan View
Discipline
Project
9. Topographical surface. A graphic representation of the terrain of a building site or plot. The ______ may include contour lines to represent elevations.
Toposurface
3D reference plane
Text Note
Drawing Area
10. 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
RPC
Selection Box
Polyline
Shared Parameters
11. 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
Vertex
View Reference
Rough Opening
Drafting View
12. 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.
View Range
Fill Volume
NURB Surface
Flip Control
13. A list of the subcomponents or materials of any Revit family. ______ have all the functionality and characteristics of other schedule views - but they allow you to show more detail about the assembly of a component. Any material that is applied to a
Matchline
Wireframe
Material Takeoff Schedule
Profile
14. 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
Stacked Wall
Location Line
Attach
SKP
15. A unique identifier that you assign to an element in its properties. You can include ______ in schedules and tag labels. For example - the following site plan shows ______ for individual parking spaces. These ______ are also listed in the parking sch
Mark
Options Bar
Trim
Template
16. 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
Attach
Primary View
Swatch
Void Geometry
17. 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.
Viewport
Compound Wall
Object
Text Note
18. A list of all instances of annotations (Also referred to as an annotation schedule). Note blocks are useful for listing notes that are applied to elements in a project.
Detail Line
Revision Schedule
Reference Line
Note Block
19. 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
Room-bounding Elements
Discipline
Generic Model
Partial Explode
20. A text file that maps each Revit category or subcategory to a preconfigured layer name for the CAD software. For example - a Revit door object automatically maps to the A-DOOR layer in AutoCAD. The layer names are preconfigured in the text file - but
Patterned Surface
Layer Mapping File
Orientation
Component
21. To connect a file to a Revit project. When a ______ file is updated - the updated information is automatically made available in the Revit project. ______ avoids the need to re-import updated information into the project. In Revit Architecture - you
Layer
Reference Label
Polyline
Link
22. A copy of a view. Use ______ when a view of the building model is too large to display on a single sheet - and you need to divide the model into smaller segments that fit on the sheets. The ______ remains synchronous with the primary view and other d
Element Borrowing
Shared Coordinates
Dependent View
Subcategory
23. A functional area (such as structural - mechanical - electrical - or architectural) - or an area of expertise (such as architecture - structural engineering - or construction). In a Revit project - you can assign ______ to categories and to views. Yo
on-bearing Wall
Rule-based Filter
Projection Line Style
Discipline
24. The file type for a Revit project template.
Element
Crop Region
RTE
Mark
25. Project coordinates that are used for remembering the mutual positions of multiple interlinked files. Those interlinked files can be all RVT files - or a combination of RVT - DWG - and DXF files.
Object Style
Shared Coordinates
Group
Hosted Component
26. A collection of settings that you can use as a starting point for projects - families - views - and more.
Profile
Template
Type Selector
Masking Region
27. A group of view-specific elements - such as text and filled regions.
Cutback
Detail Group
Polyline
Draw Order
28. 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.
Curtain Wall
Rough Opening
DGN
Polymesh
29. An intersection of 2 or more walls. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the type of join between walls.
Wall Join
Imported Categories
Partial Explode
Spline
30. 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.
on-bearing Wall
Markup
Isolate
Location Line
31. A user interface mechanism that controls the visibility of datum planes (levels - reference lines - and grids) in views. When you add grids - levels - and reference lines to a project - they may display in more views than desired. For example - when
Scope Box
Revision Cloud
Projection Line Style
Start Point
32. A column that supports a vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Room-bounding Elements
Structural Column
Worksharing
Detail Line
33. The substance of which an element is made. In Revit Architecture - the ______ assigned to an element determines how the element appears in a view or rendering. Revit Architecture includes several ______ in the default project templates - or you can d
Material
Project Browser
Callout
Work Plane
34. A symbol indicating a dependent view to which the primary view is linked.
Revision Cloud
View Reference
Reference Section
Material Takeoff Schedule
35. 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
Head
Decal
Material
Keynoting
36. 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.
Selection Box
Clip Plane
Fill Volume
Masking Region
37. 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.
Bubble
Paint
Status Bar
Workset
38. 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
Section Box
Footprint
Permanent Dimension
Import Symbol
39. Available in the conceptual design environment - ______ mode is a transparent view that displays the underlying geometric skeleton of a form.
X-Ray
Area Scheme
Setback
Masking Region
40. 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
Shape Handle
Type
Core
Callout
41. The elevation of a selected point. Use spot elevation dimensions to determine a point of elevation for ramps - roads - toposurfaces - and stair landings.
Spot Elevation Dimension
Selection Box
Link
RFA
42. 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-
Cut Volume
Type
Generic Model
Link
43. 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
NURB Surface
Bounding Box
SKP
Tessellation
44. 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.
Planting
Drafting View
View List
Polymesh
45. A component family that either has connectors or has the capability of hosting connectors that become functional when linked in a civil engineering application - such as AutoCAD® Civil 3D®.
Type
Status Bar
Extrusion
Site Utility
46. 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
Host
Cut Plane
Element Properties
Location Line
47. 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
Detail Component
Planting
Mark
Communication Center
48. A user interface mechanism that you drag to change the shape of an element in the building model. A ______ appears in the selection color.
Plan Region
Drafting Pattern
Shape Handle
Plan View
49. 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.
Schedule
Filled Region
Highlight
Subcategory
50. 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 ______.
Tick Mark
Monolithic Stairs
Extrusion
Area Scheme