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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The graphic design (fill pattern) used to represent a surface when shown in projection.
Casework
Load
Cut Volume
Surface Pattern
2. To reverse the position of a selected model element - using a line as the ______ axis. For example - if you ______ a wall on a reference plane - the wall flips opposite the original wall. You can pick the ______ axis or draw a temporary axis. Use the
Type Parameters
Drawing List
Title Block
Mirror
3. 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.
Revit MEP
Offset
Leader
Room-bounding Elements
4. The point in the distance at which a camera is aimed or directed.
Target Point
Project Parameters
DGN
Wireframe
5. 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
Object Style
Model Element
Ground plane
Plan
6. A project view or imported file that you use to help position elements in the current view. For example - when you use a section view as an ______ to a detail view - model elements in the detail view display in halftone or a different line weight and
Model Pattern
RTE
Import Symbol
Underlay
7. 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
Options Bar
Model Element
Rough Opening
Reference Point
8. 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
Revit MEP
Toposurface
Fillet
Slope Arrow
9. 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.
Room-bounding Elements
Project Base Point
Span Direction
Draw Order
10. A sketch line that indicates where to split a view for a dependent view - as shown.
Volumetric Geometry
Parallel View
Matchline
Revit MEP
11. A 3-dimensional shape that has measurable volume. Non-volumetric geometry refers to a 2-dimensional shape.
Ground plane
Layer Mapping File
Parallel View
Volumetric Geometry
12. A line used when designing families of model elements or placing elements in a building model. When you draw a ______ in a view - the line is visible in other - related views. A straight ______ provides 4 planes to sketch on. One plane is parallel to
Revit MEP
Reference Line
Select
Project View
13. A line that is used to create a detail drawing. A ______ is visible only in the view in which it is drawn. You can use ______ as follows: To detail a view with part of the model visible - such as in a wall section or callout - In a drafting view to d
Detail Line
Fill Pattern
Location Line
Project Browser
14. In Revit Architecture - a section of a curtain wall or a curtain system. ______ are separated by mullions. ______ can consist of glass or different types of walls.
Material
Proxy Graphics
Panel
Project North
15. To divide a single object into multiple objects or sections. In a Revit project - you can ______ walls - lines - faces - toposurfaces - layers in vertically compound walls - and schedules using various ______ tools.
Dependent View
Hidden Line
View Range
Split
16. A stage or time period in the construction process of a building project. Typical ______ include existing construction - demolition - remodeling - and new construction. Revit Architecture tracks the ______ in which views or components are created or
Section Box
Phase
Structural Column
Revision Schedule
17. A 3-dimensional shape that results from removing shapes from solid geometry.
Void Geometry
Referencing View
View-specific
Level
18. 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.
Select
Drag Control
Origin
Shared Family
19. 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.
Phase
Snap
Drawing List
Detail Level
20. A wall that consists of multiple vertical layers. Each layer can use a different material (such as concrete - insulation - and interior finish) and have a different function (such as structure - thermal layer - and substrate).
Drafting View
Site Utility
Compound Wall
Rehost
21. A template for a sheet. A ______ generally includes information about the company - address - date of the project - and revisions.
Model Group
Title Block
Load
Type Parameters
22. A drawing that shows the ceiling in a building design. Also called an RCP view. When you add a level to a building model - Revit Architecture automatically creates an ______ for it.
gbXML
Framing Elevation
Blend
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
23. 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
DWF Design Web Format
Revit Structure
Full Explode
Selection Filter
24. An open schema created to help building designers gather information about the energy consumption characteristics of building projects. To perform energy analysis for a building model - you can export a Revit project to ______. Using a third-party ap
Underlay
gbXML
Host
Select
25. An elevation view that shows the structural framing of a building model. You can work in a ______ when adding vertical bracing to the model - or for any task that requires quick work plane alignment to a grid or to a named reference plane.
Casework
Workset
Fill Pattern
Framing Elevation
26. 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
View Depth
View Control Bar
Explode
Split
27. Available in the conceptual design environment - ______ mode is a transparent view that displays the underlying geometric skeleton of a form.
Pushpin
Explode
X-Ray
Reference Point
28. 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
Phase
ADSK
Line Pattern
Area
29. A horizontal height at which certain elements in the view are shown in cross-section.
Curtain Wall
Status Bar
Cut Plane
Fill Pattern
30. 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.
DGN
Snap
Reference Label
Attach
31. 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
PAT
Core
Wall Join
Filled Region
32. 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
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Plan View
3D reference plane
33. A user interface mechanism that allows you to manipulate and activate a view that has been placed on a sheet. When you activate a view through a ______ - you can edit the model directly on the sheet.
Area Scheme
Symbolic Line
Viewport
Instance Parameters
34. 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.
Wall Sweep
Plan View
Color Scheme
Note Block
35. 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.
DGN
Blend
Resize
Lock
36. In Revit Architecture - a vertical or horizontal strip between panels of a curtain wall or curtain system.
Pattern Component
Detail Level
View Depth
Mullion
37. (1) A point in the current view that you can use for positioning or dimensioning a model element. When you move the cursor near a ______ - Revit Architecture displays a temporary dimension between the element being placed and the ______. To display d
Wall Sweep
Object Style
Reference Point
Model Graphics Style
38. 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
Revit MEP
View Control Bar
Reference Section
Plan
39. 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.
Closed Loop
Explode
Flip Control
Model Graphics Style
40. 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
on-bearing Wall
Filled Region
Drawing List
Datum Extent
41. (1) For elements that can slope (including roofs - ramps - floors - and ceilings) - the upper end of the slope. For example - in the following illustration - the ______ is the upper end of the sloped floor. (2) In Revit Architecture - the symbol that
Head
Datum Extent
Explode
Scope Box
42. A subdivision within a family of elements. For example - the family of Concrete Round Columns is further divided into ______ such as Concrete Round 18" - Concrete Round 24" - and Concrete Round 30".
Type
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Datum
43. (1) To draw a line or shape. Revit Architecture provides several tools and techniques for ______. (2) A drawing of a 2D shape. The following ______ contains an open loop (the roof) and a closed loop (the walls - floor - and ceiling).
In-place Family
Pattern Component
Sketch
Highlight
44. 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®.
i-drop
Site Utility
Type Catalog
Snap
45. 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.
Symbol
Rough Opening
Filter
Primary View
46. 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 ______.
Family
Datum Extent
Selection Box
NURB Surface
47. 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
Dependent View
Dimension
Reference Elevation
48. 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.
Walkthrough
Detail Component
ODBC
Model Text
49. A 3D view that shows a building model in which all components are the same size - regardless of the camera's distance from them.
Fill Volume
Orthographic View
Rendering
Crop Region
50. 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
Primary View
i-drop
Component