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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Room Separation Line
Category
Panel
DWF markups
2. A setting that determines the appearance or behavior of an element - type - or view. Also called a parameter.
Tessellation
Revision Schedule
View Depth
Property
3. 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
Reference Section
Core
Tessellation
Footprint
4. 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.
Revit Architecture
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Polyline
Architectural Column
5. 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
Options Bar
Markup
Material Takeoff Schedule
DWF markups
6. 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
Reference Elevation
Link
Schedule
Shading with Edges
7. A family of elements that is created within the context of the current project. An ______ exists only in the project and cannot be loaded into other projects. Using ______ - you can create components that are unique to a project or components that re
Architectural Column
Room-bounding Elements
Communication Center
In-place Family
8. (1) The intersection where 2 or more elements share a common face. (2) To resolve intersections between elements that share a common face. The level of detail for the view determines the detail of the ______ geometry that is shown. The following imag
In-place Family
Floor Plan
Join
Plan
9. A text placeholder added to tags or title blocks. You create a ______ as part of a tag or title block family while in the Family Editor. When you place the tag or title block in the project - you replace the ______ with the actual value for that inst
Hidden Line Mode
Curtain System
Label
Grid
10. Stairs that consist of one solid piece of material - such as concrete. In Revit Architecture - you can specify that stairs are ______ in the stair type properties. You can also specify the material for ______.
Monolithic Stairs
Structural Column
Planting
Workset
11. The file format for a Revit family.
Filter
Blend
RFA
Label
12. A 2D element that you can add to a detail view or a drafting view. For example - you may want to add a metal stud or a shim to a drafting view. Revit Architecture provides over 500 ______ families - based on 16 CSI divisions. You can also create your
Dependent View
Wall Sweep
Mirror
Detail Component
13. 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
Selection Filter
Plan View
Listening Dimensions
Miter
14. 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
View-specific
Attached Detail Group
Component
RFA
15. A Revit file that contains all information about a building design.
System Family
Vertex
Local File
Project
16. A view-specific element that shows the size of an element or shows distances between elements or points in a building model. As you place an element - Revit Architecture displays temporary ______ so that you can place the element accurately. You can
Model Graphics Style
Lock
Dimension
View Template
17. A defined set of elements that can be placed as a unit in a building design. ______ elements is useful when you need to create entities that represent repeating units or are common to many building projects (for example - hotel rooms - apartments - o
ODBC
Group
True North
Tick Mark
18. Topographical surface. A graphic representation of the terrain of a building site or plot. The ______ may include contour lines to represent elevations.
Masking Region
Toposurface
Crop
Building Maker
19. 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.
Referring View
SKP
Dependent View
Shared Family
20. A fill pattern that represents a cut surface. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the coarse ______ material to display in 3D views. You can also specify the ______ depth for a cross-section of earth in topography elements. In the following floor
Drawing List
Poche
Markup
Text Note
21. A 3D view that shows a building model in which all components are the same size - regardless of the camera's distance from them.
Project
Orthographic View
Attached Detail Group
Tag
22. 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
Model Element
Tag
Selection Box
Property
23. 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 ______.
Phase
NURB Surface
Scale
Project Browser
24. (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
Shape Handle
Scope Box
Revision Cloud
25. The top of the view in the drawing area. When producing solar studies or rendered images - change the view orientation from ______ to True North to create accurate sunlight and shadow patterns for the project.
Join
Project North
Target Point
Project Browser
26. To change the magnification of a view. In a 3D context - ______ moves the camera in and out. In a 2D context - ______ moves up and down perpendicular to the view. To ______ in is to increase the magnification - making the building appear larger. To _
Walkthrough
Type Catalog
Scope Box
Zoom
27. 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.
Model Line
Crop Region
Text Note
Offset
28. 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
Parameter
Rendering
Hidden Line
Datum
29. 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.
Nested Family
Spline
Reference Point
Divided Surface
30. 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.
X-Ray
Drawing List
Monolithic Stairs
Face
31. A list of model elements that belong to a particular family type but that differ in size or other characteristics. Using ______ - you can load only the size you need - rather than loading the entire family type. For example - suppose that you want to
Array
Central File
Camera
Type Catalog
32. A model element that can exist in a building model only if sponsored by another (host) element. Doors - windows - model lines - and components (such as furniture) are ______.
Trim
Keynoting
Constraint
Hosted Component
33. 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
Section Box
Masking Region
DGN
Tick Mark
34. A line that provides information but is not intended to represent actual geometry in an element. For example - when creating a door family - you might sketch ______ in an elevation view to represent a door swing. ______ are visible parallel to the vi
Fillet
Symbolic Line
Template
Mullion
35. 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.
Pin
Markup
Masking Region
Massing Study
36. A drafting term that refers to rounding a square corner - using a radius to define the curve.
Fillet
Profile
Shared Parameters
Design Option
37. A building component consisting of panels - curtain grids - and mullions. In Revit a ______ usually does not have a rectangular shape.
Shared Coordinates
Project North
Curtain System
Miter
38. Part of the Revit interface that provides context-sensitive settings and functions - depending on the tool currently in use. In the Revit window - the ______ is located below the ribbon and above the drawing area.
Curtain Wall
Options Bar
Revision Cloud
Building Maker
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.
Tick Mark
Parallel View
Flip Control
DWF markups
40. A photorealistic image of a building model used to evaluate the impact of natural light and shadows on the buildings and site.
Revision Schedule
Solar Study
Attached Detail Group
Imported Categories
41. In Revit Architecture - a vertical or horizontal strip between panels of a curtain wall or curtain system.
Line Weight
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
Floor Plan
Mullion
42. To transfer a file or a collection of information from an outside location into a Revit project. In Revit Architecture - you can ______ groups - templates - detail components - entourage - materials - families of model elements and annotation element
True North
Load
Spot Elevation Dimension
Schedule
43. 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
Section Box
Listening Dimensions
Pan
Library
44. In an animation - a single image (for example - in a walkthrough animation or a solar study). In a building - a rigid structure built into a wall to hold a door - window - or other component. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the material and f
Monolithic Stairs
Frame
Bounding Box
In-place Family
45. A table of information that you create to simplify or automate data entry in other - larger schedules. A ______ can reduce the time required to produce a larger schedule and help to generate accurate cost estimates. For example - a room schedule for
Status Bar
Framing Elevation
In-place Family
Key Schedule
46. A line that connects an annotation to an element or part of the building model in a view. In Revit Architecture - you can control the line weight - style - and color of the ______ - as well as its position - shape - and arrowhead.
Type Selector
Cut Line Style
Camera
Leader
47. To disassemble an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into its next highest level of elements.
Rule-based Filter
Pin
Stair Calculator
Explode
48. The file format for a Revit project.
Patterned Surface
3D reference plane
RVT
Color Scheme
49. 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.
Revit Architecture
Area
Import Symbol
Project Parameters
50. 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
Work Plane
Wall Join
Mirror
Face