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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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1. 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
Site Utility
Face
Hidden Line
View Control Bar
2. A building component consisting of panels - curtain grids - and mullions. In Revit a ______ usually does not have a rectangular shape.
Project Standards
Local File
Curtain System
Patterned Surface
3. The parent view of a callout or section; that is - the view from which a callout or section originates. The referencing sheet is the sheet on which the ______ displays. The referencing detail corresponds to the detail number assigned to a callout or
Text Note
Referencing View
Chain
Imported Categories
4. (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
SKP
Wireframe
Shared Family
5. A copy of a view. Use ______ when a view of the building model is too large to display on a single sheet - and you need to divide the model into smaller segments that fit on the sheets. The ______ remains synchronous with the primary view and other d
Instance Parameters
Dependent View
Perpendicular View
RPC
6. In Revit Architecture - a vertical or horizontal strip between panels of a curtain wall or curtain system.
Mullion
Patterned Surface
Floor Plan
Detail Group
7. A Revit tool that automates the creation of stairs based on a specified minimum tread depth and maximum riser height.
Project Base Point
Stair Calculator
Area Scheme
Crop Region
8. An arrangement of elements in a building model. For example - in a large office - you can create an ______ of desks and chairs. In a structural design - you can create an ______ of beams or columns. You can create a linear ______ - in which the eleme
Array
Web Library
Temporary Dimension
Project
9. 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.
Model Line
Shortcut Menu
Walkthrough
Temporary Dimension
10. 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 ______.
Swatch
Frame
DWG
System Family
11. The amount of material that must be excavated and removed from a site to prepare it for construction. For example - in the following drawing - the red area indicates the ______ - and the blue area indicates the fill volume required to level the site
gbXML
Divided Surface
Pushpin
Cut Volume
12. The graphic shape used to represent the end of a dimension - such as an arrow or a slash.
Component
Explode
Pattern Component
Tick Mark
13. 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
Design Option
Open Loop
Level
Host
14. A method of annotating drawings to identify building materials - describe assembly instructions - or provide special instructions or explanations. ______ help to standardize information related to the building design and can help reduce clutter in dr
Hosted Component
Nested Family
Imported Categories
Keynoting
15. 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 View
Curtain Wall
Origin
Fillet
16. 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.
Reference Point
Building Pad
Spline
Pin
17. 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
Collinear
Split
Dimension
Swatch
18. 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 _
Mark
Swatch
Worksharing
Zoom
19. A setting that determines the appearance or behavior of an element - type - or view. Also called a property.
Vertex
Leader
Parameter
Location Line
20. A shape (such as a circle or cloud) that contains identification text for a grid - level - view title - callout - or annotation.
Divided Surface
DWG
Referencing View
Bubble
21. In Revit Architecture - a section of a curtain wall or a curtain system. ______ are separated by mullions. ______ can consist of glass or different types of walls.
Surface Pattern
Panel
Cut Volume
Profile
22. A mechanism for determining which elements are selected (for modification or manipulation) based on their family types or element parameters.
Highlight
Snap
True North
Selection Filter
23. 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
Referring View
Break Line
True North
Vertex
24. To disassemble an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into its next highest level of elements.
Note Block
Reference Elevation
Shape Handle
Explode
25. 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
Swatch
Detail Level
Masking Region
Vertex
26. 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
Template
Swatch
Pin
27. An annotation that indicates the distance between 2 points or elements in a building model. In Revit Architecture - you can change the points or elements that are used as references for a ______. You can also control the gap between the ______ and th
Witness line
Web Library
Infill Element
Listening Dimensions
28. 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
Project Parameters
System Family
Workset
Open Loop
29. 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
Layer Mapping File
UV grid
Instance Parameters
Plan
30. 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.
Entourage
Load
Orthographic View
Chain
31. 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
Extrusion
Central File
Halftone
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
32. 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®.
Building Footprint
Far clip plane
Keynoting
Shortcut Menu
33. 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
Area
Select
Filter
34. 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.
Blend
Compound Wall
Lock
Ground plane
35. 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
Design Option
Walkthrough
Frame
UV grid
36. 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.
Legend
Profile
Filled Region
Symbolic Line
37. A set of connected straight line segments. Polylines typically define open loops.
Scope Box
Element Properties
Polyline
Volumetric Geometry
38. 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.
ODBC
3D reference plane
Title Block
Setback
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.
Callout
i-drop
Listening Dimensions
Drag Control
40. (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
Symbolic Line
Join
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Project Parameters
41. 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.
Cut Volume
Retaining Wall
Note Block
Shared Parameters
42. To limit the boundaries of a view - omitting parts of the building model from the view.
Masking Region
Crop
Line Style
Element
43. 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
Span Direction
Reference Section
Drafting Pattern
44. A file format for fill patterns. A pattern file is a text file that contains definitions for model or drafting patterns in a project.
Instance Parameters
PAT
View Properties
ODBC
45. A dashed line representing an edge or surface that cannot be seen in a view. For example - in the following image - 2 bolts go through the stud. The view shows the ______ of one bolt but does not show the ______ of the second bolt.
Project View
Hidden Line
Shading with Edges
Sketch
46. The process of completely disassembling an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into Revit elements - including text - curves - lines - and filled regions.
Shortcut Menu
Area
Building Footprint
Full Explode
47. 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.
ODBC
Building Pad
Shading
Building Footprint
48. A view whose plane is at a right angle to the plane of another view. The following image illustrates the ______ planes on which a floor plan and an elevation are based.
Toposurface
Shading with Edges
Perpendicular View
Property
49. An intersection of 2 or more walls. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the type of join between walls.
Shading with Edges
Closed Loop
Wall Join
Masking Region
50. A user interface mechanism that crops the model in a 3D view. Elements in the building model that are outside the ______do not display in the view or in an exported view.
Crop Region
Spline
Extrusion
Section Box
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