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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Solid Geometry
Cut Volume
Revit MEP
Drag Control
2. A horizontal height at which certain elements in the view are shown in cross-section.
Divided Surface
Work Plane
Cut Plane
Property
3. 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.
Floor Plan
Plan
Panel
Halftone
4. A list of changes made to a building design or construction document. A ______ displays in the title block of a sheet. As you add views with revision clouds to sheets - the ______ updates with information about the corresponding revisions.
Selection Box
Central File
Revit Architecture
Revision Schedule
5. 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 _
Zoom
Tick Mark
View Properties
Fillet
6. 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
Tessellation
View List
Host
Element Properties
7. A drawing file format supported by AutoCAD and other CAD applications. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
Markup
DWG
Title Block
Fill Volume
8. A 2D drawing of a building model that shows the layout of walls - rooms - and other building components. A floor ______ presents a view of the building as though you are looking down on it from above - with the roof and intervening levels removed. A
Panel
Plan
Mirror
Element Borrowing
9. A fixed starting point - or the point in a coordinate system where the axes intersect. In Revit Architecture - you use an ______ for many functions - such as positioning a linked project - creating a custom fill pattern - positioning a group - resizi
Filled Region
Site Utility
Schedule
Origin
10. The process of completely disassembling an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into Revit elements - including text - curves - lines - and filled regions.
Full Explode
Wall Sweep
Phase
Scale
11. An annotation that indicates the distance between 2 points or elements in a building model. In Revit Architecture - you can change the points or elements that are used as references for a ______. You can also control the gap between the ______ and th
Witness line
Category
ODBC
Frame
12. 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
Scale
Datum
DWG
Load
13. The calculated adjustment in beam geometry that ensures beam ends meet without overlaying one another at a join. This is the visible gap seen in a steel beam connection within the Revit project.
Cutback
Scope Box
Project Template
Draw Order
14. 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
View Reference
Project Template
Camera
15. 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
Detail Line
Miter
View Properties
Poche
16. 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
Swatch
Grid
Autodesk Seek
17. A collection of predefined resources that you can use in a Revit project. For example - you can access ______ of templates - detail components - entourage - materials - and families of model elements and annotation elements. Revit Architecture provid
Library
Property
Fill Volume
Scope Box
18. 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.
Span Direction
Group
Stair Calculator
Fill Volume
19. A graphical icon in the Revit drawing area that you use to manipulate elements. For example - when you select a chain of walls - blue circles display. These blue circles are drag ______. You can drag such a ______ to change the shape of the walls. Ot
Project Template
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Snap
Control
20. 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.
Autodesk Seek
Generic Model
Symbol
Solid Geometry
21. 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
Crop
Key Schedule
Project
Datum Extent
22. 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
Group
Framing Elevation
on-bearing Wall
Component
23. 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
Lock
Revit Structure
Element
Miter
24. A dimension that specifies a particular size for an element or a distance between elements or points. ______ always display in the view in which they are created. You can lock ______ so that they cannot be changed without first unlocking them. You ca
Parallel View
Permanent Dimension
Underlay
Project View
25. 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.
Hidden Line
Solid Geometry
Snap
Walkthrough
26. An exterior wall consisting of panels connected by joints or mullions. The panels can be made of glass - brick - or other materials.
Object Style
Sketch
Control
Curtain Wall
27. Available in the conceptual design environment - ______ mode is a transparent view that displays the underlying geometric skeleton of a form.
Symbol
Line Style
Project View
X-Ray
28. 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
Array
Shading
Material Takeoff Schedule
Clip Plane
29. 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
Plan
Reference Elevation
Split
Dimension
30. For a 3-dimensional shape - an intersection of 3 sides. When you blend 2D shapes to create a 3D shape - you can use ______ connections to control the rate at which one shape is blended to another shape.
Vertex
View-specific
Label
Panel
31. 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
Site Utility
Scope Box
Dependent View
Polyline
32. A file format supported by MicroStation of Bentley Systems - Inc. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
DGN
Void Geometry
Wall Sweep
Referencing View
33. The order in which elements display in a view - as if layered on a flat surface. You can move an element backward or forward in the ______ - or bring it to the front or back of a stack of elements.
Draw Order
Offset
Stair Calculator
View List
34. 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.
Slope Arrow
Shared Family
Patterned Surface
Drawing List
35. 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.
Drafting Pattern
Mullion
Level
Grid
36. 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.
Span Direction
Model Text
Revision Cloud
Reference Line
37. A family that consists of instances of other families (subcomponents). The subcomponents can belong to the same category (for example - various window types) or different categories (for example - an exterior door and two lighting fixtures). You crea
Nested Family
Component
Legend
X-Ray
38. 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
Crop Region
Detail Level
Break Line
Reference Elevation
39. Autodesk Exchange File - the file format used by Autodesk applications to transmit design information.
Drag Control
ADSK
Shading
Crop
40. Categories of elements that are derived from an imported drawing. You can change the visibility and graphic display of ______ through the visibility graphics menu.
Imported Categories
SKP
Project North
Toposurface
41. 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
Infill Element
Line Pattern
Imported Categories
Shading
42. 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
View Control Bar
Mark
Core
Text Note
43. A horizontal plane that helps to define the view range in a floor plan or reflected ceiling plan. By default - the ______ is the same as the bottom clip plane. However - you can specify the ______ to show elements (such as foundation footings) below
View Depth
End Cap
Planting
Primary View
44. 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.
Model Line
Project Base Point
Selection Filter
View Properties
45. 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
Retaining Wall
ODBC
Chain
Element Borrowing
46. A Revit file that contains all information about a building design.
Architectural Column
Note Block
Project
Selection Box
47. 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
Revision Cloud
Camera
Polymesh
Offset
48. 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 ______.
NURB Surface
Resize
3D reference plane
Category
49. A model element - annotation element - datum element - or imported element in a project.
Object
Trim
Detail Group
Control
50. A set of spatial relationships in a building. For example - in an office building - you may want to distinguish between common space (such as lobbies - hallways - rest rooms - and kitchens) - office space - and storage. In an apartment building - you
Area Scheme
Scale
Footprint
Project Standards