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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Drag Control
Mirror
Bubble
In-place Family
2. A view whose plane is parallel to the plane of another view. For example - a Level 1 floor plan is parallel to a Level 2 floor plan. An east elevation view is parallel to a west elevation view. The following drawing illustrates the parallel planes th
Building Pad
Revit MEP
Type
Parallel View
3. 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 ______.
Bubble
Filled Region
gbXML
Hosted Component
4. 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
Project Browser
Underlay
Datum
Flip Control
5. A user interface mechanism that defines the boundaries of a view. Elements in the building model that are outside the ______ do not display in the view or on a sheet on which the view is placed. In the following floor plan view - the inner - solid re
Workset
Floor Plan
Model Text
Crop Region
6. 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
Worksharing
Casework
Surface Pattern
Break Line
7. A user interface mechanism that controls the visibility of datum planes (levels - reference lines - and grids) in views. When you add grids - levels - and reference lines to a project - they may display in more views than desired. For example - when
Drafting Pattern
Scope Box
Reference Line
Sheet
8. A horizontal plane that helps to define the view range in a floor plan or reflected ceiling plan. By default - the ______ is the same as the bottom clip plane. However - you can specify the ______ to show elements (such as foundation footings) below
Draw Order
Highlight
View Depth
Entourage
9. A graphic design that is applied to the surface of a model element. ______ represent the actual appearance of an element - such as brick coursing or ceramic tile on a wall. They are fixed with respect to the model and scale with the model.
Model Pattern
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
Tag
Reference Elevation
10. A horizontal plane that represents ground level in a building model. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the ground plane when creating a solar study for 2D and 3D views.
Ground plane
Markup
Flip Control
Curtain System
11. 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
Group
Reference Point
Target Point
Matchline
12. 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
Web Library
DWF Design Web Format
Crop
Permanent Dimension
13. The characteristic of being visible in one project view only.
View-specific
Project View
Project Browser
Callout
14. 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
Datum Extent
Face
Decal
Proxy Graphics
15. 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
Lock
Proxy Graphics
Decal
Dependent View
16. A Revit function for workshared projects. ______ allows you to edit an element in a workset that you do not own. If another team member is currently editing the workset - that team member is the owner of the workset and you must place a request to bo
Element Borrowing
Object
Solid Geometry
Nested Family
17. 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.
Join
Open Loop
Rule-based Filter
Walkthrough
18. Text displayed in a callout tag when a reference callout is created in the plan view - or text displayed in a section head when a reference section is created in the plan view.
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Reference Label
Local File
Viewport
19. A drawing file format supported by AutoCAD and other CAD applications. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
Solid Geometry
Cut Line Style
DWG
Embedded Wall
20. 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.
Leader
DGN
Plan View
Shared Family
21. 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
Markup
Discipline
Line Style
Symbol
22. A graphical icon in the Revit drawing area that you use to manipulate elements. For example - when you select a chain of walls - blue circles display. These blue circles are drag ______. You can drag such a ______ to change the shape of the walls. Ot
Architectural Column
Control
RVT
Plan View
23. A display color that blends the line color of an element with the background color of the view. For example - the following image shows some elements in ______ (gray) and others in black. You can specify the ______ display properties using the Visibi
Centerline
Halftone
Cut Plane
Hidden Line Mode
24. 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
Lock
Category
Model Element
Break Line
25. Part of the Revit interface that shows a logical hierarchy for all views - schedules - sheets - families - groups - and linked Revit models in the current project.
RVT
Selection Box
Project Browser
Mullion
26. 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.
Web Library
Divided Surface
Crop Region
Nested Family
27. A filter with user-defined rules that determine the visibility/graphics settings for model elements in a particular view. For example - you can create a ______ that displays all fire-rated walls as solid red in a plan view to distinguish them from no
Category
Spot Elevation Dimension
Rule-based Filter
Pin
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
Stacked Wall
Datum
Flip Control
Ground plane
29. A list of keynote numbers and the corresponding keynote text. If you choose to annotate model elements using keynote numbers only - you can use a ______ to provide descriptive text for each keynote number. By using a keynote legend - you avoid clutte
Symbolic Line
Surface Pattern
NURB Surface
Keynote Legend
30. 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
Model Line
Clip Plane
Revolve
Snap
31. 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 -
Rendering
Project View
Drafting View
Room Separation Line
32. 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
Projection Line Style
Group
Key Schedule
Profile
33. An Autodesk product. ______ optimizes mechanical/electrical/plumbing (MEP) systems engineering through data-driven system sizing and design. It provides a building information modeling design and documentation solution for MEP engineering.
Wireframe
Revit MEP
Crop
Patterned Surface
34. 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.
Area
Bounding Box
ODBC
Entourage
35. 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
Join
Listening Dimensions
Compound Wall
Primary View
36. 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
True North
Selection Box
In-place Family
Compound Wall
37. 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
Permanent Dimension
Generic Annotation
DWF markups
Instance Parameters
38. A visualization tool that you use to create a 3D view of a building model. When you place a camera in a 2D view - you can control the target point - the ______ level - and the focal point of the ______. The following views show a camera positioned in
Host
Camera
Generic Annotation
Color Scheme
39. A horizontal height at which certain elements in the view are shown in cross-section.
Cut Plane
Far clip plane
Patterned Surface
Reference Section
40. To move the cursor over an object in the drawing area so that Revit Architecture displays the object's outline in a different weight (bold) and color (such as gray instead of black). A description of the element displays on the status bar at the bott
Rule-based Filter
Central File
Highlight
Project Standards
41. 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.
Closed Loop
Extrusion
Plan View
Options Bar
42. 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
Project Browser
Project Template
Link
PAT
43. 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
Library
Core
Bounding Box
Drafting View
44. The point in the distance on which a camera is focusing.
Focal Point
Key Schedule
Fill Volume
Reference Line
45. A web service that lets you search for - download - and integrate product and design information into your drawing. You can also publish families to the ______ website to make them available for other designers to incorporate into their designs.
Model Text
Drafting Pattern
Filter
Autodesk Seek
46. 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 _
Imported Categories
Zoom
Cut Line Style
Massing Study
47. 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
Revit MEP
RTE
Select
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
48. The clip plane that is at the side of the view farthest from the start point of an elevation view - a section view - a 3D view - or a walkthrough view. In the following floor plan - the green dotted line opposite the blue line represents the ______ f
Bubble
DWG
Detail Line
Far clip plane
49. 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
Halftone
Bubble
Object
Keynoting
50. 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
Retaining Wall
Import Symbol
Target Point
Element