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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An architectural term that refers to the landscaping and other environmental features shown in a rendering of a building. For example - ______ can include plants - trees - people - cars - and signs. Revit Architecture provides a library of ______ fam
Head
Shared Coordinates
Entourage
End Cap
2. 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
Bounding Box
Hosted Component
Detail Component
Attached Detail Group
3. 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
Highlight
View Depth
Parallel View
4. An elevation view that shows the structural framing of a building model. You can work in a ______ when adding vertical bracing to the model - or for any task that requires quick work plane alignment to a grid or to a named reference plane.
Divided Surface
View Template
Framing Elevation
Select
5. (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
Scope Box
Model Group
Setback
Rehost
6. 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
Schedule
Model Group
Color Scheme
Category
7. In Revit Architecture - the adjacent materials of a compound structure - such as a wall. You can define the ______ in a compound structure.
on-bearing Wall
Location Line
Project North
Layer
8. The state of being aligned with (or facing the same direction as) a particular item or direction. For example - in Revit Architecture you can change the ______ of a view to True North - or you can change the ______ of a compound wall to reverse the o
Selection Filter
Text Note
Orientation
Fill Volume
9. 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
Void Geometry
Halftone
Note Block
Partial Explode
10. 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.
Revit MEP
Project North
Divided Surface
Swatch
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.
Footprint
Property
Chain
Floor Plan
12. The proportional system used to represent objects in a drawing. In Revit Architecture - you can assign a different ______ to each view.
Drawing Area
Highlight
Scale
Snap
13. 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
Options Bar
Project View
Text Note
Crop Region
14. 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
Temporary Dimension
Room Separation Line
Filled Region
Centerline
15. 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.
True North
Spline
Attach
ODBC
16. 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.
Scale
Orientation
Building Pad
Pattern Component
17. 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
Slope Arrow
Mark
Element
Compound Wall
18. 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
Line Weight
Slope Arrow
Cut Volume
19. To shorten selected elements to meet a specified boundary.
Isolate
Trim
Permanent Dimension
Category
20. The file format for projects created using Google® SketchUp - a general purpose modeling and visualization tool. You can import ______ files into a Revit project.
Face
Listening Dimensions
SKP
Leader
21. Representations of AutoCAD objects. Revit Architecture supports ______ from AutoCAD files. Unlike AutoCAD objects - ______ have no intelligence.
Proxy Graphics
Selection Filter
View Reference
Material Takeoff Schedule
22. 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
Far clip plane
Callout
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Temporary Dimension
23. Parameters or settings that control the appearance or behavior of elements in a project. ______ are the combination of instance properties and type properties. To view or change ______ - select the element in the drawing area - click Modify <element>
i-drop
Project Parameters
Element Properties
Zoom
24. A setting that determines the appearance or behavior of an element - type - or view. Also called a parameter.
Centerline
Datum
Load
Property
25. A graphic design for surfaces that are cut or shown in projection. You can use ______ for model patterns and drafting patterns.
Polyline
Explode
Fill Pattern
Object
26. 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.
Polymesh
Stacked Wall
Project Template
ADSK
27. An annotation that consists of text and may include a leader line and arrow. You can add ______ to a detail view - drafting view - or a sheet.
Projection Line Style
View Properties
Text Note
Rehost
28. 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
Object
Referring View
Control
Revit Structure
29. Part of a plan view that has a different view range from the overall view. ______ are useful for split level plans or for displaying inserts above or below the cut plane.
Masking Region
on-bearing Wall
Plan Region
Design Option
30. A collection of settings that you can use as a starting point for projects - families - views - and more.
Template
Keynote Legend
Label
Project
31. The thickness of a line. You can specify the ______ as part of the line style for model lines - perspective lines - and annotation lines used in Revit Architecture. To define line weights - click Manage tab > Settings panel > ______.
Line Weight
Reference Point
Status Bar
Element
32. Available in the conceptual design environment - ______ mode is a transparent view that displays the underlying geometric skeleton of a form.
Retaining Wall
RPC
Type Parameters
X-Ray
33. 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
Full Explode
Keynote Legend
Subcategory
Drawing List
34. The point in the distance at which a camera is aimed or directed.
Project Parameters
Target Point
Wall Join
X-Ray
35. To transfer a file or a collection of information from an outside location into a Revit project. In Revit Architecture - you can ______ groups - templates - detail components - entourage - materials - families of model elements and annotation element
Label
View Control Bar
Load
Select
36. 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
Curtain System
View Reference
Frame
Autodesk Seek
37. Topographical surface. A graphic representation of the terrain of a building site or plot. The ______ may include contour lines to represent elevations.
DWF markups
Toposurface
Parameter
Line Pattern
38. 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
UV grid
Curtain Wall
Focal Point
Project North
39. 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 ______.
Work Plane
Host
Monolithic Stairs
Category
40. 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
3D reference plane
Array
Proxy Graphics
Full Explode
41. 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.
Hidden Element
Plan
Ground plane
Focal Point
42. The point in the distance on which a camera is focusing.
Model Pattern
Focal Point
Control
Spline
43. The file type for a Revit project template.
RTE
Web Library
Generic Annotation
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
44. A sketched line that connects to itself - creating a 2-dimensional shape. A ______ cannot contain coincident or intersecting segments. In Revit Architecture - you sketch ______ to create floors - ceilings - plan regions - openings in walls and roofs
Constraint
Plan
Closed Loop
SKP
45. A model element that exists in 3D space and is visible in all views of a Revit project. You can use ______ to represent 3D geometry in a building design - such as cords or cables that secure a tarp. You can sketch straight - curved - arc - circular -
Model Line
Curtain System
Attach
Collinear
46. A set of spatial relationships in a building. For example - in an office building - you may want to distinguish between common space (such as lobbies - hallways - rest rooms - and kitchens) - office space - and storage. In an apartment building - you
Options Bar
Area Scheme
Panel
Crop
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
Line Weight
Layer Mapping File
Projection Line Style
Partial Explode
48. 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
Shape Handle
Label
Rule-based Filter
Mark
49. A graphic (shaped like a cloud) that indicates changes in a construction document. In Revit Architecture - you can sketch ______ in all views except 3D views. The cloud is visible only in the view in which it is sketched.
Revision Cloud
Decal
Matchline
Attached Detail Group
50. 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
Markup
Line Weight
Attach
Communication Center