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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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1. 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 Pattern
Open Loop
Plan Region
Model Element
2. An image to display on a face of a model element. For example - you can use ______ for signs - paintings - and billboards. In project views - a placeholder indicates the location of a ______. The full ______ displays in a rendered image. The followin
Cut Plane
Spot Elevation Dimension
Permanent Dimension
Decal
3. Categories of elements that are derived from an imported drawing. You can change the visibility and graphic display of ______ through the visibility graphics menu.
Pin
Imported Categories
Symbol
View Properties
4. 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.
Communication Center
Profile
Central File
RFA
5. A column that supports a vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Walkthrough
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Structural Column
Blend
6. 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
Core
Plan Region
Plan
Component
7. The proportional system used to represent objects in a drawing. In Revit Architecture - you can assign a different ______ to each view.
Break Control
Room Separation Line
Scale
Camera
8. A shape (such as a circle or cloud) that contains identification text for a grid - level - view title - callout - or annotation.
Project View
Constraint
Note Block
Bubble
9. Text used in a building model - such as for signage. You can add ______ in a project view and in the Family Editor for families that can be represented in 3D - such as walls - doors - windows - and furniture. An instance of ______ is a model element.
Swatch
Isolate
Model Text
Type Parameters
10. A section tag that refers to an existing section view. When you create a ______ - Revit Architecture does not create a new view in the project. Instead - the ______ uses an existing section - allowing you to indicate different areas that have identic
Type Selector
Reference Section
Detail View
Import Symbol
11. 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
Keynoting
Layer
Crop
Paint
12. A template for a sheet. A ______ generally includes information about the company - address - date of the project - and revisions.
Origin
Title Block
Shared Coordinates
Slope Arrow
13. One or more masses in a Revit project. ______ allow you to explore design ideas by using shapes to conceptualize a building model. When your conceptual design is complete - you can add building elements directly to these shapes.
Shading
Object
Massing Study
View List
14. A symbolic representation of a material in a drawing. (For example - sand is represented by a stipple pattern.) You can place ______ on flat and cylindrical surfaces - and you can define them for families. You can also place ______ on cut component s
NURB Surface
Polymesh
Model Pattern
Drafting Pattern
15. A drafting term that refers to rounding a square corner - using a radius to define the curve.
Fillet
DGN
Footprint
Project Browser
16. A view whose plane is at a right angle to the plane of another view. The following image illustrates the ______ planes on which a floor plan and an elevation are based.
Rule-based Filter
Perpendicular View
Object Style
Material Takeoff Schedule
17. To disassemble an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into its next highest level of elements.
Monolithic Stairs
Family
Explode
Underlay
18. 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.
Work Plane
Rehost
Divided Surface
Subcategory
19. 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
Filter
Compound Wall
Solid Geometry
Pushpin
20. An arrangement of elements in a building model. For example - in a large office - you can create an ______ of desks and chairs. In a structural design - you can create an ______ of beams or columns. You can create a linear ______ - in which the eleme
Array
UV grid
Title Block
Drafting Pattern
21. 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.
Plan Region
Component
Note Block
Family
22. 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
End Cap
Frame
Wireframe
Draw Order
23. 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
Filled Region
Dimension
Local File
End Cap
24. The characteristic of being visible in one project view only.
Break Control
View-specific
Building Footprint
Link
25. 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®.
Blend
Area
Site Utility
Architectural Column
26. (1) To jump to a line or reference point in a drawing. (2) A line or reference point to which Revit Architecture will jump when you are placing a component or sketching a line. When you place a model element or sketch a line in a drawing - Revit Arch
Snap
Drafting View
Scale
Entourage
27. 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
Solar Study
Communication Center
Type Catalog
Attach
28. 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.
Break Control
Grid
Matchline
Vertex
29. Representations of AutoCAD objects. Revit Architecture supports ______ from AutoCAD files. Unlike AutoCAD objects - ______ have no intelligence.
Halftone
Level
Filled Region
Proxy Graphics
30. 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
Legend
Camera
Web Library
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
31. A combination (blending) of 2 shapes to create a 3D shape. You can create ______ using solid geometry and void geometry. For example - the 2D shapes below are ______ to create the solid extrusion that follows.
Blend
Color Scheme
Reference Line
Constraint
32. A horizontal or vertical projection from a wall - often decorative in nature. Examples of ______ include baseboards and crown molding.
Room-bounding Elements
Reference Elevation
Group
Wall Sweep
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 _____
Detail View
Infill Element
Matchline
Parameter
34. The beginning of a sketched line.
i-drop
Polymesh
Start Point
Model Element
35. 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
Sketch
Project Browser
Bounding Box
Core
36. 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.
Worksharing
Flip Control
Rough Opening
Model Line
37. 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.
Generic Model
Drawing List
Instance Parameters
Reference Label
38. A 3-dimensional shape that has measurable volume. Non-volumetric geometry refers to a 2-dimensional shape.
Central File
Wireframe
Centerline
Volumetric Geometry
39. A user interface mechanism that crops the model in a 3D view. Elements in the building model that are outside the ______do not display in the view or in an exported view.
Autodesk Seek
Section Box
Model Element
Cut Volume
40. A fill pattern that represents a cut surface. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the coarse ______ material to display in 3D views. You can also specify the ______ depth for a cross-section of earth in topography elements. In the following floor
Break Control
Lock
Filled Region
Poche
41. Parameters or settings that control the appearance or behavior of elements in a project. ______ are the combination of instance properties and type properties. To view or change ______ - select the element in the drawing area - click Modify <element>
Element Properties
Project North
Polymesh
Communication Center
42. 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
Hidden Line Mode
View Depth
Wireframe
Markup
43. 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
Datum Extent
Model Text
Lock
Filled Region
44. The direction toward the North Pole. Drafting conventions dictate that Project North is the top of the view. You may want to orient a view to ______ when producing solar studies (to create accurate sunlight and shadow patterns for the project) or ren
Drafting Pattern
Link
Architectural Column
True North
45. 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.
Retaining Wall
Witness line
Design Option
Area
46. To restrict the movement of an element using the _____ tool. When you ______ an element - you cannot move it by dragging or using the Move tool. However - changes in other attached elements may result in movement of the ______ element.
Cut Line Style
End Cap
Revision Cloud
Pin
47. A user interface mechanism that defines the slope of a roof - floor - or ceiling plane - using a line in the direction of the slope. Use a ______ when you know the height at the top and bottom of the object's plane rather than the slope. For example
Slope Arrow
Split
Setback
Sheet
48. 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.
DWF Design Web Format
Worksharing
Moment
Pushpin
49. A tabular display of information. In Revit Architecture - a ______ is extracted from the properties of elements in a project. It is displayed in a ______ view. Using Revit Architecture - you can create many types of ______ - including quantities - ma
Grid
Embedded Wall
Schedule
Generic Model
50. A list of keynote numbers and the corresponding keynote text. If you choose to annotate model elements using keynote numbers only - you can use a ______ to provide descriptive text for each keynote number. By using a keynote legend - you avoid clutte
Keynote Legend
Rendering
Type Selector
Subcategory
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