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1. 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
Spline
View Template
Group
Halftone
2. 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
SKP
Import Symbol
Span Direction
Permanent Dimension
3. A line that you draw in a view to define areas that are used for different purposes - when a wall between the rooms is not desired. ______ are visible in plan views - 3D views - and perspective views. For example - the following floor plan uses room
DGN
Room Separation Line
Project View
Label
4. A symbol indicating a dependent view to which the primary view is linked.
Subcategory
View Reference
Detail Component
Orthographic View
5. A 3D view of a building model - in which components that are further away appear smaller than those that are closer. In Revit Architecture - you create a ______ by placing a camera in a 3D view.
Datum Extent
Perspective View
Workset
RFA
6. A sketched line that does not connect to itself. Instead - it leaves an open space between the start point and endpoint of the line. In Revit Architecture - you use ______ to sketch a roof by extrusion and to split toposurfaces and faces. In the foll
Building Pad
Vertex
Join
Open Loop
7. A menu of context-sensitive options. A ______ displays when you right-click an element or view.
Shortcut Menu
Scope Box
Drawing List
Closed Loop
8. 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.
RFA
Reference Label
Cutback
Polymesh
9. A master project file for a model on which multiple team members are working. The model can be subdivided into functional areas (worksets) - such as interior - exterior - and site. The ______ stores the current ownership information for all elements
Reference Point
Area
Element Properties
Central File
10. A graphic style applied to an element when a view (such as a section view) cuts through the element - so that you are seeing a representation of its interior surface. For the ______ of an element - you can specify the line weight - color - and patter
Options Bar
Partial Explode
Worksharing
Cut Line Style
11. A model element - annotation element - datum element - or imported element in a project.
Object
Temporary Dimension
Zoom
Hosted Component
12. A Revit feature that allows you to specify a value for a dimension as you sketch an element in a view. You specify a start point for the element - start sketching in the desired direction - type the exact dimension desired - and press Enter. Revit Ar
Nested Family
Curtain Wall
Shortcut Menu
Listening Dimensions
13. A uniform distance from an element or line - along which the element or line will move - or a new element or line will be created. For example - when creating walls - you might specify an ______ of 5 meters. When you select an existing wall - Revit A
Infill Element
Decal
Offset
ODBC
14. Available in the conceptual design environment - ______ mode is a transparent view that displays the underlying geometric skeleton of a form.
3D reference plane
Material Takeoff Schedule
X-Ray
Project View
15. A text file that maps each Revit category or subcategory to a preconfigured layer name for the CAD software. For example - a Revit door object automatically maps to the A-DOOR layer in AutoCAD. The layer names are preconfigured in the text file - but
Fill Volume
Drafting View
Layer Mapping File
Detail View
16. To move a component from one host to another. For example - you can use the Rehost tool to move a window from one wall to another wall.
Rehost
Halftone
Generic Model
Selection Filter
17. A 3-dimensional shape that has measurable volume. Non-volumetric geometry refers to a 2-dimensional shape.
Volumetric Geometry
NURB Surface
Reference Label
Grid
18. 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 Range
Temporary Dimension
Revit Architecture
Generic Annotation
19. 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 Element
Split
In-place Family
Filter
20. 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
Toposurface
Group
UV grid
Perspective View
21. 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
Generic Model
Model Element
Category
22. The characteristic of being visible in one project view only.
Revit MEP
View-specific
Resize
Cutback
23. A divided surface on which geometric shapes have been applied. These patterns become part of the surface and (depending on their shape) will require a specific number of grid cells when applied.
Element Borrowing
Open Loop
Matchline
Patterned Surface
24. 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
Halftone
Slope Arrow
Drag Control
Reference Section
25. 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.
Parallel View
Revit MEP
ODBC
Room-bounding Elements
26. A curved line drawn by specifying and positioning a number of points. Revit Architecture uses a mathematical polynomial function to smoothly join the segments at these points - creating the curved line.
Far clip plane
Revit MEP
Spline
ODBC
27. 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
Nested Family
Partial Explode
Centerline
Isolate
28. To shorten selected elements to meet a specified boundary.
Target Point
Trim
Head
Mirror
29. A web service that lets you search for - download - and integrate product and design information into your drawing. You can also publish families to the ______ website to make them available for other designers to incorporate into their designs.
Orthographic View
Autodesk Seek
Component
Camera
30. Topographical surface. A graphic representation of the terrain of a building site or plot. The ______ may include contour lines to represent elevations.
Toposurface
Element Borrowing
Fill Pattern
View Reference
31. A construction document that has been reviewed and revised or commented on (marked up). Typically - the reviewer is the project designer - a client - or another building professional. When you export construction documents as DWF files - the files ca
DWF markups
View Range
Proxy Graphics
Viewport
32. 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
Fillet
Selection Box
Moment
Section Box
33. A 3D view that shows a building model in which all components are the same size - regardless of the camera's distance from them.
Orthographic View
Section Box
Zoom
Color Scheme
34. A sketched line that connects to itself - creating a 2-dimensional shape. A ______ cannot contain coincident or intersecting segments. In Revit Architecture - you sketch ______ to create floors - ceilings - plan regions - openings in walls and roofs
Closed Loop
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Radial
RFA
35. 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.
Isolate
Pattern Component
Pin
Template
36. A template for a sheet. A ______ generally includes information about the company - address - date of the project - and revisions.
Keynoting
Title Block
Focal Point
Drawing List
37. 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>
Tick Mark
on-bearing Wall
Worksharing
Element Properties
38. 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
Symbolic Line
Massing Study
Label
Local File
39. Representations of AutoCAD objects. Revit Architecture supports ______ from AutoCAD files. Unlike AutoCAD objects - ______ have no intelligence.
RVT
Proxy Graphics
Line Weight
Matchline
40. A design method in which different team members are responsible for designing different functional areas of the same project file.
Clip Plane
Worksharing
Shared Parameters
Element Properties
41. 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
Scope Box
Sketch
Stair Calculator
Model Group
42. A Revit tool that automates the creation of stairs based on a specified minimum tread depth and maximum riser height.
Stair Calculator
Section Box
Explode
Shape Handle
43. 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.
Datum Extent
Volumetric Geometry
Pushpin
Camera
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
Camera
Rendering
Host
True North
45. 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.
Ground plane
Draw Order
Pin
Drawing Area
46. The point in the distance on which a camera is focusing.
Project Base Point
Type
Template
Focal Point
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
Text Note
Schedule
Revision Cloud
48. A method of displaying model elements in views. For example - you can choose to display a model using wireframe - hidden lines - shading - or shading with edges. You can specify the ______ for a view using the View Control Bar at the bottom of the Re
Property
Model Graphics Style
Worksharing
Floor Plan
49. The graphic shape used to represent the end of a dimension - such as an arrow or a slash.
Tick Mark
Chain
Central File
Void Geometry
50. 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.
Model Pattern
Lock
Location Line
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