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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Subject
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process of generating a photorealistic illustration of a building design. Rendered images are often used to present building designs to clients. Revit Architecture renders 3D project views with various effects - such as lights - plants - decals -
Polyline
Volumetric Geometry
Model Group
Rendering
2. 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
Keynote Legend
Compound Wall
Grid
Break Line
3. The characteristic of being visible in one project view only.
Parameter
View-specific
on-bearing Wall
Element Borrowing
4. 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 ______.
Selection Filter
Swatch
Title Block
Polyline
5. 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
Wireframe
Phase
Architectural Column
6. A drafting term that refers to rounding a square corner - using a radius to define the curve.
3D reference plane
Footprint
Grid
Fillet
7. A setting that determines the appearance or behavior of an element - type - or view. Also called a parameter.
Proxy Graphics
Attach
Property
Imported Categories
8. 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.
Fill Pattern
Primary View
Planting
Orthographic View
9. 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.
Drag Control
Work Plane
Local File
Imported Categories
10. 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
Workset
Extrusion
Filled Region
Primary View
11. A view of a model that displays as a callout or section in other views. This type of view typically represents the model in finer detail than shown in the parent view. It is used to add more information to specific parts of the model. A ______ reflec
Detail View
Open Loop
Select
Element Borrowing
12. A Revit tool that automates the creation of stairs based on a specified minimum tread depth and maximum riser height.
Type Parameters
Rough Opening
Stair Calculator
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
13. A tool that displays links to information about product updates and announcements. To access the ______ - click the satilite dish in the InfoCenter toolbar in the upper right corner of the Revit window.
Project
Spot Elevation Dimension
Communication Center
View Range
14. A display color that blends the line color of an element with the background color of the view. For example - the following image shows some elements in ______ (gray) and others in black. You can specify the ______ display properties using the Visibi
Datum Extent
Halftone
System Family
Schedule
15. A method of defining 3D geometry for a building model. You begin a solid ______ by sketching 2D shapes on a plane. Revit Architecture then ______ the sketch between a start point and an endpoint. You can also create a void ______ by cutting a shape o
Dependent View
Status Bar
Extrusion
DWG
16. 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.
Radial
Highlight
Revit MEP
Profile
17. 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
Plan Region
Import Symbol
Detail Level
Fill Volume
18. A 3-dimensional shape that has measurable volume. Non-volumetric geometry refers to a 2-dimensional shape.
Volumetric Geometry
Model Element
Cut Volume
Property
19. 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
Keynoting
Grid
Object
20. 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.
NURB Surface
Isolate
Polyline
Attached Detail Group
21. 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
Property
Parallel View
Spline
22. 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.
Type Parameters
Type Selector
Bubble
Callout
23. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture displays the image of the model with all edges and lines drawn - but no surfaces.
Wireframe
Dependent View
Solid Geometry
Type Catalog
24. 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
Decal
Break Line
Callout
Text Note
25. 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
Curtain Wall
Plan
Witness line
Link
26. 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.
Entourage
Swatch
Perpendicular View
Detail Component
27. A template for a sheet. A ______ generally includes information about the company - address - date of the project - and revisions.
Orientation
Nested Family
Title Block
Clip Plane
28. Categories of elements that are derived from an imported drawing. You can change the visibility and graphic display of ______ through the visibility graphics menu.
Focal Point
Imported Categories
Origin
Entourage
29. The area covered by or required by an object. For example - the ______ of a toaster on your kitchen counter is the amount of countertop that the toaster covers. In Revit Architecture - you can create a roof or floor based on the ______ of the walls.
Polymesh
Footprint
RVT
Family
30. 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
Element Properties
Datum Extent
Detail Level
Patterned Surface
31. A panel of buttons providing quick access to functions that control the current view. Use the ______ to change the scale - detail level - model graphics style - shadowing - crop views - and display of elements or categories in the view. The ______ is
Monolithic Stairs
View Control Bar
Generic Model
Site Utility
32. Coordinate plotting grids for non-planar surfaces. Plotting locations in a 3D space is based on an XYZ coordinate system - while 2D Space is based on an XY system. Since surfaces are not necessarily planar - the UVW coordinate system is used to plot
UV grid
Pan
Permanent Dimension
Schedule
33. A table that provides descriptions or information about symbols used in drawings. In Revit Architecture - you can create a ______ and include it on multiple sheets.
Legend
Footprint
Line Style
Shared Parameters
34. 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
Centerline
End Cap
Pushpin
Site Utility
35. The beginning of a sketched line.
Model Pattern
Head
Start Point
Clip Plane
36. 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
Selection Filter
Material Takeoff Schedule
Casework
Temporary Dimension
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
Section Box
Shading
Revision Schedule
38. 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
Line Pattern
Element Properties
Material
Blend
39. 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.
Element Properties
View Properties
End Cap
Break Control
40. The part of the Revit user interface that displays views - sheets - schedules - and other representations of the building model.
Reference Point
Pin
Local File
Drawing Area
41. A mechanism for determining which elements are selected (for modification or manipulation) based on their family types or element parameters.
Selection Filter
Rehost
Setback
Crop
42. 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.
Type Parameters
Note Block
Datum
View Template
43. 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.
Model Element
Bubble
RTE
Subcategory
44. 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.
gbXML
Start Point
Flip Control
Drafting View
45. 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
Reference Elevation
Dependent View
Object
Cut Volume
46. A file format supported by MicroStation of Bentley Systems - Inc. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
Title Block
DGN
Start Point
Subcategory
47. 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.
Resize
Section Box
ODBC
Pattern Component
48. The process of completely disassembling an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into Revit elements - including text - curves - lines - and filled regions.
Array
Highlight
Full Explode
Temporary Dimension
49. 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
Key Schedule
Span Direction
Filled Region
Partial Explode
50. A user interface mechanism that you drag to change the shape of an element in the building model. A ______ appears in the selection color.
Location Line
Shape Handle
Mullion
Planting