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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A drop-down list on the ribbon from which you can select a family type for the element being added or modified.
Span Direction
Communication Center
Type Selector
RFA
2. A method of displaying model elements in views. For example - you can choose to display a model using wireframe - hidden lines - shading - or shading with edges. You can specify the ______ for a view using the View Control Bar at the bottom of the Re
Model Graphics Style
Crop Region
Wall Join
Plan Region
3. (1) A point in the current view that you can use for positioning or dimensioning a model element. When you move the cursor near a ______ - Revit Architecture displays a temporary dimension between the element being placed and the ______. To display d
Color Scheme
Reference Label
Reference Point
Retaining Wall
4. 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
Fill Volume
Title Block
Discipline
Keynoting
5. 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
Revit MEP
Fill Pattern
Reference Line
Offset
6. To limit the boundaries of a view - omitting parts of the building model from the view.
Template
Resize
Crop
DWF markups
7. The graphic design (fill pattern) used to represent a surface when shown in projection.
Detail Group
Fillet
Material Takeoff Schedule
Surface Pattern
8. 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
Communication Center
Model Group
Element Borrowing
End Cap
9. A group of view-specific elements - such as text and filled regions.
Detail Group
Imported Categories
Snap
Shared Family
10. 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
Hidden Line
Mark
Open Loop
Line Weight
11. The North/South and East/West coordinates of an individual point with respect to the shared coordinate system for a group of linked Revit projects.
Spot Coordinate
Project Base Point
Element Properties
Miter
12. 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 _
Component
Material Takeoff Schedule
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Zoom
13. (1) The distance that a wall sweep or wall reveal is offset from intersecting wall inserts. The ______ value allows you to place sweeps or reveals properly near window or door trims. You can define a default ______ for wall sweeps and wall reveals in
Detail Level
Wall Sweep
Filter
Setback
14. A copy of the project file that resides on the computer system of the team member who is working on the file. When worksharing is used to distribute project work among team members - each member uses a ______ to work on his or her workset (functional
Local File
Project Template
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Hidden Line Mode
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
Plan
Mark
Reference Elevation
View Control Bar
16. A set of model elements that are placed together in a building design. ______ are useful when you need to create entities that represent repeating units or are common to many building projects (such as hotel rooms - apartments - or repeating floors).
View Template
Callout
Model Group
Grid
17. 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
Core
Wireframe
Detail View
Casework
18. 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
Leader
Casework
Highlight
Building Maker
19. A horizontal height at which certain elements in the view are shown in cross-section.
Instance Parameters
Cut Plane
Model Pattern
Resize
20. 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 Template
Communication Center
Open Loop
Dimension
21. 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.
Link
View List
Polyline
RFA
22. 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
Curtain System
Work Plane
Trim
Break Line
23. To disassemble an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into its next highest level of elements.
Void Geometry
Explode
Layer Mapping File
Markup
24. The file format for a Revit family.
Hidden Line Mode
RFA
View Range
Instance Parameters
25. A family that consists of instances of other families (subcomponents). The subcomponents can belong to the same category (for example - various window types) or different categories (for example - an exterior door and two lighting fixtures). You crea
RVT
Nested Family
Tick Mark
Label
26. The point in the distance at which a camera is aimed or directed.
Open Loop
Target Point
Shared Family
Drag Control
27. The amount of fill (material) required to prepare a site for construction. For example - in the following drawing - the red area indicates the cut volume - and the blue area indicates the ______ required to level the site for a building.
ODBC
Blend
Chain
Fill Volume
28. 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.
View Control Bar
Level
Hidden Element
Reference Label
29. 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
Perspective View
Tag
Drawing Area
Hidden Element
30. (1) To draw a line or shape. Revit Architecture provides several tools and techniques for ______. (2) A drawing of a 2D shape. The following ______ contains an open loop (the roof) and a closed loop (the walls - floor - and ceiling).
Model Graphics Style
Detail Level
Sketch
Project View
31. 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
Material
Attach
Solar Study
Wall Join
32. 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 ______.
NURB Surface
Filter
Discipline
Head
33. A list of changes made to a building design or construction document. A ______ displays in the title block of a sheet. As you add views with revision clouds to sheets - the ______ updates with information about the corresponding revisions.
Property
Element
Divided Surface
Revision Schedule
34. A Revit tool that automates the creation of stairs based on a specified minimum tread depth and maximum riser height.
Hidden Line
Spot Coordinate
Stair Calculator
Scope Box
35. 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.
Instance Parameters
Drawing List
View Control Bar
Section Box
36. 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.
Hidden Line
Project Browser
Camera
Keynoting
37. A set of connected straight line segments. Polylines typically define open loops.
System Family
Schedule
Framing Elevation
Polyline
38. 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
Referencing View
Sheet
Radial
Shared Coordinates
39. The calculated adjustment in beam geometry that ensures beam ends meet without overlaying one another at a join. This is the visible gap seen in a steel beam connection within the Revit project.
Massing Study
Revit Architecture
Extrusion
Cutback
40. A wall that is inserted into another wall of a different type or construction. ______ are useful - for example - when you need to create a storefront on a building exterior. The following image shows a curtain wall embedded in a host wall.
Drawing Area
Local File
Filled Region
Embedded Wall
41. 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
View List
Scope Box
Revit Structure
Frame
42. 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.
Hidden Element
Schedule
Void Geometry
Model Pattern
43. 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.
Project Base Point
Shortcut Menu
Trim
Worksharing
44. 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.
Flip Control
Witness line
Line Pattern
Panel
45. A template for a sheet. A ______ generally includes information about the company - address - date of the project - and revisions.
Title Block
Host
Decal
Orientation
46. 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
Plan View
Worksharing
Line Weight
Permanent Dimension
47. A view of a floor plan or a reflected ceiling plan for a building model.
Infill Element
Family
Mirror
Plan View
48. 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.
Flip Control
Grid
Model Pattern
Project North
49. An open schema created to help building designers gather information about the energy consumption characteristics of building projects. To perform energy analysis for a building model - you can export a Revit project to ______. Using a third-party ap
Fill Pattern
Component
Break Control
gbXML
50. 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
Drag Control
Extrusion
Project View
Fillet