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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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 ______.
Select
Nested Family
Sketch
Monolithic Stairs
2. Nested family which is applied to populate buildable architectural components across a large variety of geometric divided and patterned surfaces. It can contain both 2D and 3D geometry which create intelligent and flexible parametric components.
Pattern Component
Wall Join
Text Note
Template
3. 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
Level
Poche
Isolate
Listening Dimensions
4. A sketch line that indicates where to split a view for a dependent view - as shown.
RPC
Void Geometry
Title Block
Matchline
5. 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
gbXML
Bounding Box
Group
Drawing List
6. A photorealistic image of a building model used to evaluate the impact of natural light and shadows on the buildings and site.
Divided Surface
Solar Study
Closed Loop
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
7. A column that supports a vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Viewport
Zoom
Structural Column
Core
8. 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
Color Scheme
Local File
Model Graphics Style
Patterned Surface
9. A line of a particular pattern - weight - and color - used to indicate different effects. For example - in the following site plan - a red dashed line indicates the zoning setback. Revit Architecture predefines several ______ and uses them for defaul
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
In-place Family
Closed Loop
Line Style
10. A tool that displays links to information about product updates and announcements. To access the ______ - click the satilite dish in the InfoCenter toolbar in the upper right corner of the Revit window.
Communication Center
Spline
Moment
Central File
11. A view of a model that displays as a callout or section in other views. This type of view typically represents the model in finer detail than shown in the parent view. It is used to add more information to specific parts of the model. A ______ reflec
Detail View
Project North
UV grid
Snap
12. A 3D shape consisting of multiple polygons that are joined (meshed) together. For example - a ______ cube consists of 6 square surfaces that are joined together to form the cube shape. This is sometimes referred to as face-based geometry.
Fill Pattern
Polymesh
ODBC
Extrusion
13. The framed hole (opening) in a wall into which a manufactured window or door is installed. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the height and width of the ______ for a window type or door type.
DWF Design Web Format
Rehost
Level
Rough Opening
14. A horizontal or vertical projection from a wall - often decorative in nature. Examples of ______ include baseboards and crown molding.
Crop
Wall Sweep
Patterned Surface
Tessellation
15. A 2D drawing of a building model that shows the layout of walls - rooms - and other building components. A floor ______ presents a view of the building as though you are looking down on it from above - with the roof and intervening levels removed. A
Room-bounding Elements
DWG
Span Direction
Plan
16. A project view that shows details not directly associated with the building model. For example - a ______ can show how carpet transitions to tile - or details of a roof drain. A ______ typically shows construction details that may not be apparent in
Revolve
Generic Annotation
Drafting View
Model Text
17. A set of characteristics that define the line weight - line color - line pattern - and material for a category of model elements - annotation elements - or imported objects in a project.
View Control Bar
In-place Family
Wireframe
Object Style
18. A design method in which different team members are responsible for designing different functional areas of the same project file.
Project Browser
Worksharing
Selection Filter
UV grid
19. 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
Markup
Category
Color Scheme
Shared Parameters
20. A wall that supports no additional vertical load except its own weight. ______ can be used to define and divide spaces in Revit Architecture.
RTE
on-bearing Wall
Panel
View Template
21. 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
Closed Loop
Dependent View
Moment
Revit Architecture
22. A mechanism for determining which elements are selected (for modification or manipulation) based on their family types or element parameters.
Selection Filter
Isolate
Vertex
Model Group
23. A collection of elements in a workshared project that can be worked on independently. A ______ is typically a discrete functional area - such as interior - exterior - or site. When you enable worksharing - you can divide a project into ______ - with
Hosted Component
Layer
Flip Control
Workset
24. A method of defining 3D geometry for a building model. You begin a solid ______ by sketching 2D shapes on a plane. Revit Architecture then ______ the sketch between a start point and an endpoint. You can also create a void ______ by cutting a shape o
Tag
Rough Opening
Curtain Wall
Extrusion
25. An image to display on a face of a model element. For example - you can use ______ for signs - paintings - and billboards. In project views - a placeholder indicates the location of a ______. The full ______ displays in a rendered image. The followin
Location Line
Decal
Scale
Masking Region
26. An alternative design for a project. ______ allow a team to develop - evaluate - and redesign building components within a single project file. You can develop ______ to adapt to changes in product scope - to review other designs - or to show alterna
Clip Plane
Cutback
Parallel View
Design Option
27. Available in the conceptual design environment - ______ mode is a transparent view that displays the underlying geometric skeleton of a form.
Type Selector
Filled Region
X-Ray
Referencing View
28. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture hides the lines of elements that are obscured by other surfaces.
Parametric
Matchline
Hidden Line Mode
Listening Dimensions
29. Passing through or lying on the same straight line. Sketching a line that is ______ with an existing wall
Host
Face
Collinear
Retaining Wall
30. 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
Shared Coordinates
RPC
Revit MEP
Poche
31. 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.
Massing Study
Volumetric Geometry
Web Library
Label
32. 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
Void Geometry
Symbolic Line
Extrusion
33. 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.
Bounding Box
Floor Plan
Sheet
Fill Volume
34. 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.
Detail Line
Area
X-Ray
Revision Schedule
35. 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
Revolve
Shape Handle
In-place Family
Architectural Column
36. 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
Orientation
Scope Box
Building Footprint
Retaining Wall
37. 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
Attached Detail Group
Underlay
Revit Structure
Reference Point
38. An open file format that is supported by many CAD applications. A ______ file is a text file that describes a 2D drawing. The text is not encoded or compressed - so ______ files are generally large. Revit Architecture can import and export DXF files.
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
Site Utility
Draw Order
Temporary Dimension
39. To apply a material to a surface of a model element. In Revit Architecture - you can ______ walls - floors - roofs - and masses. In the following image - the wall - door - door frame - and window frame are ______ different colors.
Mullion
Keynoting
Paint
Type Selector
40. A file format for fill patterns. A pattern file is a text file that contains definitions for model or drafting patterns in a project.
View-specific
PAT
Profile
Toposurface
41. A set of horizontal planes that control the visibility and display of objects in a view. The horizontal planes are Top Clip Plane - Cut Plane - Bottom Clip Plane - and View Depth. Elements outside the ______ do not display in the view.
Work Plane
View Range
Solid Geometry
Shading with Edges
42. 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
Import Symbol
Perpendicular View
Orientation
SKP
43. 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
System Family
Pushpin
Solar Study
Attach
44. In Revit Architecture - a vertical or horizontal strip between panels of a curtain wall or curtain system.
Sheet
Material
Ground plane
Mullion
45. 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
Detail Level
Crop Region
Wall Sweep
Reference Elevation
46. In a 3D context - ______ moves the camera left and right. In a 2D context - ______ scrolls the view. If you are using ______ with an active view on a sheet - ______ scrolls the sheet view - not the active view on the sheet.
Permanent Dimension
Element
Pan
Polyline
47. 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
Title Block
Layer Mapping File
Patterned Surface
Legend
48. 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 ______.
Retaining Wall
Swatch
Hidden Line
Section Box
49. (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).
Curtain System
Sketch
View Control Bar
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
50. A 2-dimensional plane used when designing families of model elements or placing elements in a building model.
Type Parameters
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Reference Plane
Instance Parameters