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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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1. A mechanism for eliminating or including the display or selection of elements in a view - based on their properties. In Revit Architecture - you can use ______ in the following ways: To select or deselect elements in a view. - To override the graphic
Masking Region
Detail Line
Workset
Filter
2. A linked set of lines or walls. When drawing walls or lines in a building model - you can simplify the process by drawing a ______. You can also select a ______ of lines or walls to manipulate them simultaneously.
Walkthrough
Building Maker
Chain
Compound Wall
3. A setting that determines the appearance or behavior of an element - type - or view. Also called a parameter.
Drafting Pattern
Property
Constraint
Symbolic Line
4. 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
Shared Coordinates
Symbolic Line
Datum Extent
Note Block
5. 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 -
Curtain System
Reference Section
Model Line
Trim
6. 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
Matchline
Model Element
Embedded Wall
Object Style
7. 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 _
Detail View
Zoom
Reference Line
Design Option
8. 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
Spot Elevation Dimension
Infill Element
Snap
Scope Box
9. 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
Bounding Box
i-drop
Tag
Tessellation
10. In Revit Architecture - a vertical or horizontal strip between panels of a curtain wall or curtain system.
Footprint
RTE
Mullion
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
11. 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
Bubble
Location Line
Blend
Drafting View
12. 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.
Pushpin
Architectural Column
Masking Region
Shared Family
13. Usable space that is defined by walls or boundary lines or both. In Revit Architecture - you can perform an area analysis to define spatial relationships in a building model.
ODBC
Filled Region
Hidden Element
Area
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).
Permanent Dimension
Subcategory
Model Group
Group
15. 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
Plan View
Primary View
Import Symbol
RVT
16. The file format for a Revit project.
Framing Elevation
RVT
Projection Line Style
Detail Line
17. An Autodesk product. ______ optimizes mechanical/electrical/plumbing (MEP) systems engineering through data-driven system sizing and design. It provides a building information modeling design and documentation solution for MEP engineering.
Attach
Dimension
Reference Line
Revit MEP
18. 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
Site Utility
Select
DWF markups
Clip Plane
19. 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.
Project Base Point
PAT
Reference Label
View-specific
20. 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.
Fill Volume
Lock
Vertex
Control
21. A mechanism for determining which elements are selected (for modification or manipulation) based on their family types or element parameters.
Constraint
Rendering
Model Pattern
Selection Filter
22. 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
Tick Mark
Wall Join
Compound Wall
Color Scheme
23. 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
Building Pad
Reference Section
Cut Volume
Massing Study
24. A column that adds architectural interest to a building. An ______ can be used to model box-outs around structural columns and for decorative applications.
UV grid
Markup
Partial Explode
Architectural Column
25. 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.
Key Schedule
Rough Opening
Swatch
Model Element
26. 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.
Text Note
Material Takeoff Schedule
Markup
Dimension
27. A visualization tool that you use to create a 3D view of a building model. When you place a camera in a 2D view - you can control the target point - the ______ level - and the focal point of the ______. The following views show a camera positioned in
Referencing View
Surface Pattern
DWG
Camera
28. A schedule (list) of all drawing sheets in a project. The drawing list functions as a table of contents for the project. It is typically placed on the first sheet of a construction document set.
Drawing List
Clip Plane
Split
Datum
29. 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.
Blend
Keynote Legend
Crop Region
Span Direction
30. 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.
Select
Blend
Pattern Component
Title Block
31. A 3-dimensional shape that has measurable volume. Non-volumetric geometry refers to a 2-dimensional shape.
Revision Cloud
Compound Wall
Building Pad
Volumetric Geometry
32. A 3-dimensional shape used in a building model. You can use the Family Editor to create ______ shapes to build families of model elements.
Revision Cloud
Layer
Partial Explode
Solid Geometry
33. An insert that fills (patches) a hole in a host element after changes are made during different phases of a building project. For example - if you remove a window from a wall during a demolition phase - Revit Architecture fills the hole with an _____
Infill Element
Span Direction
Model Text
Break Line
34. 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
Project
Shared Coordinates
Element Borrowing
Target Point
35. 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.
Category
Shared Parameters
Entourage
ODBC
36. 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
Workset
Curtain System
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Architectural Column
37. A file format developed by the International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI). ______ provides an interoperability solution between ______-compatible software applications in the construction and facilities management industry. The format has esta
Footprint
Tag
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Far clip plane
38. Non-uniform rational B-spline. A mathematical model commonly used in computer graphics for representing and generating curves and surfaces. In Revit Architecture - you can create roofs and curtain systems on ______.
Moment
Type
Array
NURB Surface
39. 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.
Type
End Cap
Building Pad
Symbol
40. 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.
View Reference
Parallel View
Retaining Wall
Revit Architecture
41. A surface of a model element or mass. You can apply paint - materials - and textures to each ______ of a model element (such as a wall). These details display when you render an image of the building model. You can use mass ______ as the basis for cr
Far clip plane
Face
Bubble
Poche
42. The point in the distance at which a camera is aimed or directed.
Reference Label
Area
Target Point
View Range
43. 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 ____
3D reference plane
Room-bounding Elements
Building Pad
Shared Family
44. Available in the conceptual design environment - ______ mode is a transparent view that displays the underlying geometric skeleton of a form.
X-Ray
Revision Schedule
Project Standards
Status Bar
45. 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
Start Point
Communication Center
Break Line
Component
46. 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
Sketch
Title Block
Highlight
Masking Region
47. 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
Detail Line
Open Loop
Element Properties
DWF Design Web Format
48. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture hides the lines of elements that are obscured by other surfaces.
Markup
Pattern Component
Select
Hidden Line Mode
49. A photorealistic image of a building model used to evaluate the impact of natural light and shadows on the buildings and site.
Host
Datum
Solar Study
Plan
50. 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
Orthographic View
Selection Box
Type
Miter
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