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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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it-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Rendering
Architectural Column
Spot Coordinate
Plan
2. 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
Mullion
Setback
Slope Arrow
Component
3. 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 _____
Project North
Infill Element
Subcategory
Planting
4. A drafting term that refers to rounding a square corner - using a radius to define the curve.
Offset
Resize
Fillet
Grid
5. 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
Callout
Building Maker
Detail Group
6. A Revit symbol that you can use to break a section line - break a schedule into multiple sections - or break a crop region into sections. In the following elevation view - the blue Z-shaped break controls allow you to break the crop region into secti
Break Control
Pin
Trim
Key Schedule
7. 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
Dimension
Layer Mapping File
Break Line
Isolate
8. To choose an object in the drawing area. Many of the controls and tools that you use to modify an element in the drawing area are available only when an element is ______. In Revit Architecture - a ______ element displays in the ______ color - and co
Select
Material Takeoff Schedule
Model Graphics Style
Project Browser
9. To limit the boundaries of a view - omitting parts of the building model from the view.
Grid
Type Selector
Sheet
Crop
10. (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
Library
Keynote Legend
Shared Family
Reference Point
11. The amount of rotation at an axis caused by downward force applied to a beam at a distance from its supporting members. A ______ connection is a connection that is designed to transfer ______ and other forces between a beam and its supporting members
Shortcut Menu
Workset
Moment
Markup
12. A shape (such as a circle or cloud) that contains identification text for a grid - level - view title - callout - or annotation.
Bubble
RVT
Options Bar
Component
13. The state of being aligned with (or facing the same direction as) a particular item or direction. For example - in Revit Architecture you can change the ______ of a view to True North - or you can change the ______ of a compound wall to reverse the o
Rehost
Orientation
Highlight
Element
14. 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
Type
Shading with Edges
Collinear
Attach
15. 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.
DWG
Revision Cloud
Subcategory
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
16. A schedule (list) of all views in a project. The schedule includes the view parameters that you specify. You can use a ______ to manage the views in a project.
View List
Face
Phase
Shortcut Menu
17. A graphic (shaped like a cloud) that indicates changes in a construction document. In Revit Architecture - you can sketch ______ in all views except 3D views. The cloud is visible only in the view in which it is sketched.
Leader
Revision Cloud
Hosted Component
Component
18. An intersection of 2 or more walls. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the type of join between walls.
View List
Embedded Wall
Element Properties
Wall Join
19. 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
Dependent View
Keynote Legend
View Template
Model Line
20. The file type for a Revit project template.
RTE
DWF markups
Compound Wall
RPC
21. 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
Element
Core
Radial
Massing Study
22. 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.
Rough Opening
Drawing Area
Hosted Component
Parallel View
23. 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
Drawing List
Footprint
Shading with Edges
Element Borrowing
24. A set of colors and fill patterns used to graphically designate rooms or areas in a floor plan. You can apply ______ based on any parameter value for a room or area. For example - if you want to color rooms by department - set the Department paramete
Color Scheme
Project Parameters
Element Borrowing
Rendering
25. 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
Referring View
Flip Control
Architectural Column
View Control Bar
26. 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.
Polymesh
Revit MEP
Floor Plan
Rough Opening
27. 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
Control
Title Block
Break Line
Hidden Line
28. 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.
Schedule
Shading
Phase
Symbol
29. 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.
Solar Study
Trim
Area
X-Ray
30. A collection of view properties (such as view scale - discipline - detail level - and visibility settings) that can be applied to a project view. For example - you might create one ______ for a structural floor plan - and another ______ for an exit f
Mirror
Worksharing
Miter
View Template
31. A construction document. In Revit Architecture - you place project views on ______ to create a construction document set.
Sheet
Crop Region
Category
Control
32. 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.
View Reference
Parameter
Pin
Patterned Surface
33. 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
Detail Line
Area Scheme
Filled Region
Grid
34. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture displays the image of the model with all edges and lines drawn - but no surfaces.
Trim
Cut Volume
Wireframe
Ground plane
35. 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
Wall Join
NURB Surface
Underlay
System Family
36. A column that adds architectural interest to a building. An ______ can be used to model box-outs around structural columns and for decorative applications.
Architectural Column
Ground plane
Detail Line
Bubble
37. 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.
Miter
Floor Plan
Embedded Wall
Grid
38. 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
Parameter
Link
Partial Explode
39. 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.
Property
View Range
Reference Point
View Control Bar
40. A finite horizontal plane that acts as a reference for level-hosted elements - such as roofs - floors - and ceilings. In Revit Architecture - you define a ______ for each vertical height or story within a building - or other needed reference of the b
Patterned Surface
Level
Hidden Element
Camera
41. A defined area that obscures elements in a view. ______ are useful when you are creating a model family from an imported 2D DWG file - and you need the model element to obscure other elements when placed in a view. You can also use them to hide parts
Worksharing
Masking Region
Surface Pattern
Mark
42. A 3-dimensional shape that results from removing shapes from solid geometry.
Snap
Location Line
Void Geometry
Hidden Line
43. 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
Shared Coordinates
Communication Center
Offset
Vertex
44. The gross building area plan at ground level that is exported to an ADSK file when exporting a building site to a civil engineering application - such as AutoCAD® Civil 3D®.
Target Point
Reference Elevation
Building Footprint
Tessellation
45. A collection of elements in a workshared project that can be worked on independently. A ______ is typically a discrete functional area - such as interior - exterior - or site. When you enable worksharing - you can divide a project into ______ - with
Trim
Workset
Compound Wall
Family
46. A 2-dimensional plane used when designing families of model elements or placing elements in a building model.
Select
Perspective View
Reference Plane
Offset
47. A Revit family that can be used as a building block for creating families. Revit Architecture provides ______ for floors - walls - ceilings - roofs - drawing sheets - viewports - and other elements. You cannot delete ______.
System Family
View Depth
Scope Box
Open Loop
48. A face or surface of a form that has been divided into UV grids. The grids act as a guide in patterning the surface. Manipulating the ______ also manipulates the parametrically dependent patterns and component families.
Divided Surface
Radial
Paint
Drafting View
49. Autodesk Exchange File - the file format used by Autodesk applications to transmit design information.
Crop Region
NURB Surface
Offset
ADSK
50. 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 -
Line Pattern
DWG
Rendering
Viewport