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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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.
Isolate
Area Scheme
Walkthrough
Selection Filter
2. 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
Break Control
View Template
Web Library
Revit MEP
3. The process of completely disassembling an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into Revit elements - including text - curves - lines - and filled regions.
Sheet
Framing Elevation
Datum
Full Explode
4. A set of model elements that are placed together in a building design. ______ are useful when you need to create entities that represent repeating units or are common to many building projects (such as hotel rooms - apartments - or repeating floors).
Grid
Model Group
Target Point
Rule-based Filter
5. 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
Selection Box
DGN
UV grid
Drafting View
6. The file format for a Revit family.
Cutback
Proxy Graphics
RFA
on-bearing Wall
7. 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
Select
Title Block
Listening Dimensions
Selection Box
8. 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.
Area
Line Style
Project Parameters
Autodesk Seek
9. A linked set of lines or walls. When drawing walls or lines in a building model - you can simplify the process by drawing a ______. You can also select a ______ of lines or walls to manipulate them simultaneously.
Matchline
Level
Primary View
Chain
10. 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
Referring View
Fill Volume
Legend
11. A design methodology that maintains a single database of information about a building design. All information for a building design - from geometry to construction data - is stored in a project file. This information includes components used to desig
Generic Annotation
Model Element
Drawing Area
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
12. 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 ______.
Keynoting
Options Bar
ADSK
NURB Surface
13. The proportional system used to represent objects in a drawing. In Revit Architecture - you can assign a different ______ to each view.
Building Footprint
Dependent View
Scale
Leader
14. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture shows the image with all surfaces shaded according to their material color settings and project light locations. A default light source provides illumination for the ______ elements.
Curtain Wall
Cut Volume
Shading
Bubble
15. A drop-down list on the ribbon from which you can select a family type for the element being added or modified.
Rule-based Filter
Cutback
Type Selector
Drawing Area
16. A setting that determines the appearance or behavior of an element - type - or view. Also called a property.
Symbolic Line
Parameter
Slope Arrow
Project Standards
17. An element that you hide in a particular view.
Massing Study
DWG
Scope Box
Hidden Element
18. 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
Offset
Trim
Library
Location Line
19. A horizontal height at which certain elements in the view are shown in cross-section.
Cut Plane
RFA
on-bearing Wall
Toposurface
20. Categories of elements that are derived from an imported drawing. You can change the visibility and graphic display of ______ through the visibility graphics menu.
Status Bar
Object Style
Project Base Point
Imported Categories
21. A line of a particular pattern - weight - and color - used to indicate different effects. For example - in the following site plan - a red dashed line indicates the zoning setback. Revit Architecture predefines several ______ and uses them for defaul
Line Style
Shortcut Menu
Control
View List
22. 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
Underlay
Design Option
Origin
Project View
23. A fixed starting point - or the point in a coordinate system where the axes intersect. In Revit Architecture - you use an ______ for many functions - such as positioning a linked project - creating a custom fill pattern - positioning a group - resizi
Web Library
Hidden Element
Origin
Wall Sweep
24. An annotation used to identify elements in a drawing. ______ provide a way to automate the display of attributes for an element or type. Revit Architecture provides default ______ for some types of elements - such as windows - doors - and rooms. You
Lock
Pin
Wall Sweep
Tag
25. 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.
Datum Extent
Phase
Plan View
Flip Control
26. A planar surface on which you can add sketch lines or other components. Each view in Revit Architecture is associated with a ______. In some views (such as plan - 3D - and drafting) and for views in the Family Editor - the ______ is automatically def
Selection Filter
Area
Work Plane
Symbolic Line
27. A representation of a building model. A Revit project file contains a database of information about a building model - and a ______ is one way of looking at that information. The Project Browser lists the views available for a project. These can incl
Project
Legend
Slope Arrow
Project View
28. A file format for fill patterns. A pattern file is a text file that contains definitions for model or drafting patterns in a project.
Object Style
Bubble
PAT
Framing Elevation
29. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture hides the lines of elements that are obscured by other surfaces.
Hidden Line Mode
Referring View
Room Separation Line
System Family
30. (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
Isolate
PAT
Model Line
Reference Point
31. 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
Infill Element
Open Loop
Trim
Schedule
32. 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.
Site Utility
Revision Schedule
Scope Box
Drag Control
33. (1) The distance that a wall sweep or wall reveal is offset from intersecting wall inserts. The ______ value allows you to place sweeps or reveals properly near window or door trims. You can define a default ______ for wall sweeps and wall reveals in
Compound Wall
Head
Setback
Color Scheme
34. A column that adds architectural interest to a building. An ______ can be used to model box-outs around structural columns and for decorative applications.
Label
Line Weight
Control
Architectural Column
35. 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
Object
ODBC
Pin
Primary View
36. 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.
Split
Shape Handle
Control
Generic Annotation
37. Settings that control the appearance or behavior of an individual element in a project. The ______ and type parameters of an element combine to establish its element properties. ______ are also called instance properties.
Instance Parameters
Detail Line
Shape Handle
Snap
38. 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.
Polyline
Model Text
Generic Annotation
Shading with Edges
39. 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
Symbolic Line
Explode
Spline
40. An elevation tag that refers to an existing elevation or drafting view. When you add a ______ to a project - Revit Architecture does not create a new view for it. Instead - the reference elevation uses an existing elevation - allowing you to indicate
Slope Arrow
Reference Elevation
Dimension
Central File
41. The point in the distance at which a camera is aimed or directed.
Model Group
Target Point
Mark
Building Maker
42. 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
Imported Categories
Partial Explode
Permanent Dimension
Element
43. 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
Structural Column
Witness line
Detail Level
Area
44. 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
Wireframe
Section Box
Shared Coordinates
UV grid
45. 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.
Tick Mark
Note Block
Architectural Column
Trim
46. 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
Shading
Array
Masking Region
47. (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
Material
Building Footprint
Frame
48. 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
Revit MEP
Embedded Wall
Filled Region
Template
49. A surface of a model element or mass. You can apply paint - materials - and textures to each ______ of a model element (such as a wall). These details display when you render an image of the building model. You can use mass ______ as the basis for cr
Rule-based Filter
Face
Grid
Mirror
50. An intersection of 2 or more walls. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the type of join between walls.
Masking Region
Wall Join
Shading
Framing Elevation