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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A series of dashes or dots alternating with blank spaces. In the building industry - construction documents often use different line style conventions to convey information and to differentiate one line from another. For example - dimensions may use
Stair Calculator
DWF Design Web Format
Type Selector
Line Pattern
2. A wall that has 2 or more horizontal layers - each consisting of different materials and surfaces.
Camera
Rendering
Stacked Wall
Element
3. The ______ defines the origin (0 -0 -0) of the project coordinate system. It also can be used to position a building on a site and for locating the design elements of a building during construction.
Poche
Split
Project Base Point
Array
4. 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
Label
Color Scheme
Hidden Element
Spline
5. 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
Sketch
Element
Revision Schedule
Matchline
6. A user interface mechanism that defines the slope of a roof - floor - or ceiling plane - using a line in the direction of the slope. Use a ______ when you know the height at the top and bottom of the object's plane rather than the slope. For example
Mirror
Slope Arrow
Break Control
Schedule
7. 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.
Level
Pin
Hidden Element
Revit Structure
8. 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.
Swatch
Panel
Collinear
Partial Explode
9. One or more masses in a Revit project. ______ allow you to explore design ideas by using shapes to conceptualize a building model. When your conceptual design is complete - you can add building elements directly to these shapes.
Embedded Wall
Extrusion
Note Block
Massing Study
10. 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.
Area
View Properties
Work Plane
Detail Component
11. 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.
Family
Revit Architecture
In-place Family
Floor Plan
12. The direction toward the North Pole. Drafting conventions dictate that Project North is the top of the view. You may want to orient a view to ______ when producing solar studies (to create accurate sunlight and shadow patterns for the project) or ren
True North
Selection Filter
Object
Draw Order
13. A Revit element that contains all objects (such as blocks and xrefs) from an imported drawing. When you move the cursor over the imported objects - Revit Architecture shows information about the ______. You can explode an ______ to convert it into in
Shading with Edges
Core
Import Symbol
Spot Elevation Dimension
14. 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 ______.
Filter
Swatch
Revit MEP
Curtain System
15. 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
Level
Nested Family
View Control Bar
Shared Parameters
16. A line that indicates the middle of a dimension or model element (such as a column or a wall). In Revit Architecture - you can use an element's ______ to measure - dimension - align - resize - specify constraints - and perform other functions in a bu
Decal
Design Option
Centerline
Shading
17. 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
Element Borrowing
Primary View
End Cap
Central File
18. 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
Element
Wireframe
Array
19. A collection of settings that you can use as a starting point for projects - families - views - and more.
Casework
Template
Rough Opening
Open Loop
20. 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.
Perpendicular View
Reference Elevation
Keynoting
Datum
21. A Revit file that contains all information about a building design.
Shared Coordinates
Drawing List
Project
Paint
22. 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
View Template
Group
Control
Stacked Wall
23. Rich Photorealistic Content. The file type for ArchVision realpeople and other objects - which can be loaded into Revit Architecture as an entourage family - for use in rendered images.
RPC
Rule-based Filter
Discipline
Model Pattern
24. 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
Miter
Keynote Legend
Camera
Partial Explode
25. A symbol indicating a dependent view to which the primary view is linked.
Imported Categories
Pattern Component
Revit Structure
View Reference
26. Arranged along a radius or arc. In Revit Architecture - when you create a ______ array - the elements in the array are arranged along a curve.
Worksharing
Explode
Radial
Status Bar
27. Comments or revision instructions from someone who reviewed a building design. When you publish construction documents as DWF files - the files can be ______ up electronically using a program such as Autodesk Design Review. Then the ______ can be lin
Footprint
Markup
Chain
Generic Annotation
28. User-defined fields that you add to families or projects and then share with other families and projects. They are stored in a file independently of a family file or Revit project; this allows you to access the file from different families or project
Footprint
Tessellation
Cut Plane
Shared Parameters
29. The process of disassembling an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into its next highest level of elements: nested import symbols. A ______ yields more import symbols - which - in turn - can be exploded into elements or other import s
Divided Surface
Partial Explode
Project Browser
Control
30. 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
Color Scheme
Imported Categories
Moment
Model Element
31. A shape (such as a circle or cloud) that contains identification text for a grid - level - view title - callout - or annotation.
Setback
Bubble
Volumetric Geometry
Referring View
32. 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
UV grid
Section Box
Library
Bubble
33. An Autodesk product. ______ integrates a physical model for layout - coordination - and documentation with an independently editable analytical model for building design and analysis. Using a single building information model and dynamic linking to t
Dependent View
Host
Revit Structure
Label
34. 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.
Fillet
Project North
Pan
Slope Arrow
35. 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 -
Radial
Key Schedule
Rendering
RTE
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.
Draw Order
Area
Vertex
View Properties
37. A vertical or horizontal plane that defines a boundary for a view. You can use top - bottom - left - and right ______ to define a view. In elevation and section views - you can also use a far ______ to define the depth of the view. Green dotted lines
Clip Plane
Solid Geometry
Massing Study
Hidden Line
38. An element that you hide in a particular view.
Hidden Element
Link
Shared Family
Hosted Component
39. 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.
Title Block
ODBC
Toposurface
Reference Label
40. An invisible 3-dimensional rectangular space that contains all model elements - annotation elements - and datum elements defined in a family-based element. The ______ helps define the family origin of some elements - and aids joining and cutback of s
Hidden Line
Bounding Box
Project
Model Graphics Style
41. (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
Bubble
Camera
Web Library
Snap
42. A setting that determines the appearance or behavior of an element - type - or view. Also called a property.
gbXML
Parameter
Filter
Workset
43. 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
Bubble
Area Scheme
Model Element
Property
44. Reference planes are displayed in the conceptual design environment in the 3-dimensional views.
Mark
Control
Project Parameters
3D reference plane
45. Available in the conceptual design environment - ______ mode is a transparent view that displays the underlying geometric skeleton of a form.
Datum
X-Ray
Revit Architecture
Chain
46. 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.
Local File
Void Geometry
Type Selector
Split
47. 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.
Line Weight
Generic Annotation
Grid
Core
48. The characteristic of being visible in one project view only.
Model Pattern
Material
View-specific
Type Catalog
49. A drop-down list on the ribbon from which you can select a family type for the element being added or modified.
Object Style
Project North
Type Selector
Parallel View
50. The beginning of a sketched line.
Rehost
Start Point
Status Bar
RFA