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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 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
Fill Pattern
Masking Region
Note Block
Crop
2. 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
Primary View
Pushpin
Embedded Wall
In-place Family
3. 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
Schedule
Site Utility
Trim
Referring View
4. A mechanism for determining which elements are selected (for modification or manipulation) based on their family types or element parameters.
Spline
Mullion
Note Block
Selection Filter
5. 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.
Callout
Text Note
Casework
Centerline
6. 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
Filled Region
Start Point
DGN
Project Template
7. A wall that supports no additional vertical load except its own weight. ______ can be used to define and divide spaces in Revit Architecture.
on-bearing Wall
Legend
Span Direction
Plan View
8. The characteristic of being visible in one project view only.
Face
Temporary Dimension
View-specific
Model Line
9. 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.
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Project Template
True North
Curtain Wall
10. 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
Material Takeoff Schedule
Tick Mark
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Schedule
11. Categories of elements that are derived from an imported drawing. You can change the visibility and graphic display of ______ through the visibility graphics menu.
Project Template
Drag Control
Imported Categories
Work Plane
12. A series of 2-dimensional lines and arcs that form a closed loop. Use ______ to define cross-sections for railings - balusters - soffits - cornices - and other sweep-defined objects.
Extrusion
Detail Line
Profile
Link
13. A wall that holds back earth (for example - at the edge of a terrace or excavation). In Revit Architecture - you can specify that a wall type functions as a retaining wall in the type properties.
Building Maker
Retaining Wall
RPC
Infill Element
14. 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.
Partial Explode
Referring View
Witness line
Patterned Surface
15. 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.
Resize
Type Parameters
Scope Box
RVT
16. A functional area (such as structural - mechanical - electrical - or architectural) - or an area of expertise (such as architecture - structural engineering - or construction). In a Revit project - you can assign ______ to categories and to views. Yo
Discipline
UV grid
Element
Project Parameters
17. To shorten selected elements to meet a specified boundary.
Spot Coordinate
Trim
Layer
Halftone
18. 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.
Spline
Subcategory
Label
Underlay
19. A non-physical item that is used to establish project context. ______ include levels - grids - and reference planes. For example - the following image shows a grid - which is used for the placement of columns and other model elements. The grid is not
Datum
SKP
Hidden Line
Keynote Legend
20. A file format developed by the International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI). ______ provides an interoperability solution between ______-compatible software applications in the construction and facilities management industry. The format has esta
Viewport
In-place Family
Workset
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
21. A collection of settings that you can use as a starting point for projects - families - views - and more.
Ground plane
Chain
Template
Phase
22. A sketch line that indicates where to split a view for a dependent view - as shown.
Project Browser
Element
Matchline
Collinear
23. A representation of a building model that simulates a person walking through the model along a defined path. The following ______ view shows the ______ path in red.
Crop
Line Weight
Walkthrough
System Family
24. 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.
Infill Element
NURB Surface
Keynoting
Note Block
25. 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®.
Far clip plane
Site Utility
Masking Region
Patterned Surface
26. 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.
Attached Detail Group
Detail Level
View List
Material
27. 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
Crop
Model Element
Toposurface
Reference Line
28. A shape (such as a circle or cloud) that contains identification text for a grid - level - view title - callout - or annotation.
Bubble
Project Parameters
Drafting Pattern
Room Separation Line
29. To apply a material to a surface of a model element. In Revit Architecture - you can ______ walls - floors - roofs - and masses. In the following image - the wall - door - door frame - and window frame are ______ different colors.
Footprint
Model Element
Paint
Wireframe
30. 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.
Import Symbol
Control
Resize
Blend
31. 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.
Shading
Autodesk Seek
Type Parameters
Project Browser
32. A view in which the annotation symbol for the current view is visible. For example - if you use the Find ______ tool for an elevation view - Revit Architecture lists all views in which its elevation symbol is visible.
Cutback
Drafting Pattern
Miter
Referring View
33. A joint at a 45-degree angle - or evenly angled between the joined elements. ______ can apply to walls - wall sweeps - railings - structural floors - roof fascia - curtain wall mullions - and other model elements. When 2 walls join - you can edit the
DWF markups
Model Pattern
Miter
Break Line
34. 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
Level
Link
Schedule
Drag Control
35. 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 ______.
Note Block
Element Properties
Filled Region
Swatch
36. For a 3-dimensional shape - an intersection of 3 sides. When you blend 2D shapes to create a 3D shape - you can use ______ connections to control the rate at which one shape is blended to another shape.
Vertex
Rehost
Cut Line Style
Head
37. A file format for fill patterns. A pattern file is a text file that contains definitions for model or drafting patterns in a project.
In-place Family
PAT
Reference Plane
Cutback
38. 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.
Pushpin
Category
Lock
Element
39. 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.
Zoom
Extrusion
Drag Control
Wall Join
40. 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
Reference Section
Panel
Underlay
Target Point
41. Topographical surface. A graphic representation of the terrain of a building site or plot. The ______ may include contour lines to represent elevations.
Projection Line Style
Subcategory
Casework
Toposurface
42. 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.
Wireframe
Hosted Component
View Properties
Closed Loop
43. A unique identifier that you assign to an element in its properties. You can include ______ in schedules and tag labels. For example - the following site plan shows ______ for individual parking spaces. These ______ are also listed in the parking sch
Grid
Tick Mark
Mark
Line Style
44. 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
Pin
Infill Element
Camera
Phase
45. 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 -
Open Loop
Autodesk Seek
Rendering
Keynote Legend
46. Project coordinates that are used for remembering the mutual positions of multiple interlinked files. Those interlinked files can be all RVT files - or a combination of RVT - DWG - and DXF files.
Ground plane
Rehost
Massing Study
Shared Coordinates
47. 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
Attach
Zoom
Legend
Keynote Legend
48. In Revit Architecture - a vertical or horizontal strip between panels of a curtain wall or curtain system.
Worksharing
Trim
Layer
Mullion
49. To disassemble an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into its next highest level of elements.
Explode
Detail Level
UV grid
Project View
50. 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.
Tessellation
Mirror
Symbol
Status Bar