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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Available in the conceptual design environment - ______ mode is a transparent view that displays the underlying geometric skeleton of a form.
X-Ray
Text Note
Floor Plan
Start Point
2. 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
Generic Model
Load
Key Schedule
Split
3. 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 ______.
Attached Detail Group
View List
Hidden Element
Swatch
4. A model element that defines a boundary of a room. For example - walls - partitions - floors - ceilings - and roofs are room-bounding elements. Revit Architecture uses room-bounding elements when calculating the area or volume of a room. You can desi
Origin
Start Point
Revit MEP
Room-bounding Elements
5. 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.
Spline
Attach
Text Note
Dependent View
6. A 2-dimensional plane used when designing families of model elements or placing elements in a building model.
Reference Plane
Structural Column
Material Takeoff Schedule
Text Note
7. 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
Shared Parameters
Keynote Legend
Label
Spot Elevation Dimension
8. 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
Symbol
Revit Structure
Shape Handle
Sketch
9. 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
Referring View
Callout
Bounding Box
Line Weight
10. 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.
Entourage
Highlight
Polymesh
Decal
11. A Revit file that contains all information about a building design.
Project
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Drawing Area
3D reference plane
12. Controlled by parameters. In a Revit project - parameters define the relationships between elements of the building model. These relationships are created automatically by Revit Architecture and by you as you create the design. As you work in drawing
Draw Order
Monolithic Stairs
Parametric
Line Weight
13. 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.
Camera
Solar Study
Crop Region
Paint
14. A vertical plane in a wall that is used for dimensioning. You create a wall by sketching the ______ of the wall in a plan view or a 3D view. You specify what to use for the ______ in the element properties of the wall: the wall centerline - core cent
Architectural Column
Chain
Walkthrough
Location Line
15. 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 ______.
Parametric
Wireframe
Framing Elevation
Hosted Component
16. A building component consisting of panels - curtain grids - and mullions. In Revit a ______ usually does not have a rectangular shape.
Wall Sweep
Curtain System
3D reference plane
Rule-based Filter
17. A parameter that defines a relationship between elements in a building design. For example - you can specify the top ______ for a wall as Level 2. If Level 2 moves upward - the height of the wall increases to maintain the relationship.
Draw Order
Shortcut Menu
Constraint
Generic Model
18. 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
Shared Parameters
Entourage
Markup
Setback
19. An intersection of 2 or more walls. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the type of join between walls.
Hidden Line
Link
Perpendicular View
Wall Join
20. 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
Type Selector
View Control Bar
Tag
SKP
21. 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
Model Element
Spot Coordinate
Detail View
System Family
22. Solid geometry that turns (revolves) around an axis. For example - you can use the Revolve tool to design a dome roof - a column - or door knobs.
Shared Coordinates
Shared Family
Drawing List
Revolve
23. A construction document. In Revit Architecture - you place project views on ______ to create a construction document set.
Type Selector
Sheet
Element Properties
Symbolic Line
24. 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
Cut Volume
Orientation
Bounding Box
Markup
25. The file format for projects created using Google® SketchUp - a general purpose modeling and visualization tool. You can import ______ files into a Revit project.
Underlay
Dimension
Worksharing
SKP
26. 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
Pushpin
Scope Box
Crop Region
on-bearing Wall
27. 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
Flip Control
Dependent View
Cut Line Style
Full Explode
28. A fixed starting point - or the point in a coordinate system where the axes intersect. In Revit Architecture - you use an ______ for many functions - such as positioning a linked project - creating a custom fill pattern - positioning a group - resizi
Revision Cloud
Paint
Origin
Type
29. Pre-built components - such as cabinets and cupboards for a kitchen or bathroom. Revit Architecture provides family types for ______.
Casework
Imported Categories
Hidden Line Mode
Building Pad
30. 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.
Far clip plane
Wall Join
Pattern Component
Datum
31. An elevation tag that refers to an existing elevation or drafting view. When you add a ______ to a project - Revit Architecture does not create a new view for it. Instead - the reference elevation uses an existing elevation - allowing you to indicate
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Area Scheme
Reference Elevation
Decal
32. A mechanism for eliminating or including the display or selection of elements in a view - based on their properties. In Revit Architecture - you can use ______ in the following ways: To select or deselect elements in a view. - To override the graphic
Filter
Focal Point
Void Geometry
Select
33. 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
Primary View
Bubble
Plan View
Drag Control
34. 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
Type Catalog
Library
Options Bar
Pan
35. The settings used in a project that you want to apply to another project. ______ include family types - line weights - materials - view templates - and object styles.
Hidden Line Mode
Bounding Box
Project Standards
Spot Coordinate
36. 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).
Monolithic Stairs
Halftone
Model Group
Subcategory
37. A drop-down list on the ribbon from which you can select a family type for the element being added or modified.
Title Block
Model Element
Underlay
Type Selector
38. A design method in which different team members are responsible for designing different functional areas of the same project file.
Worksharing
Start Point
Fillet
Slope Arrow
39. 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
Element Borrowing
Label
View Reference
Far clip plane
40. 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
Architectural Column
Drafting Pattern
Fillet
Detail View
41. 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.
Type Selector
Drawing List
Grid
Rendering
42. In Revit Architecture - the adjacent materials of a compound structure - such as a wall. You can define the ______ in a compound structure.
Project View
Building Footprint
Trim
Layer
43. Text used in a building model - such as for signage. You can add ______ in a project view and in the Family Editor for families that can be represented in 3D - such as walls - doors - windows - and furniture. An instance of ______ is a model element.
Model Text
Reference Elevation
Framing Elevation
Layer Mapping File
44. The process of completely disassembling an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into Revit elements - including text - curves - lines - and filled regions.
Note Block
Revision Cloud
Full Explode
System Family
45. Settings that control the appearance or behavior of all elements of a particular family type. ______ are also called type properties. The instance parameters and ______ of an element combine to establish its element properties.
Architectural Column
Central File
Sheet
Type Parameters
46. A detailed drawing of part of a view. In Revit Architecture - the ______ appears in a separate view. In the ______ - you can add annotations and detail - which will not display in the parent view. In the parent view - the ______ area is marked with a
Callout
View List
Reference Point
DWF markups
47. A column that adds architectural interest to a building. An ______ can be used to model box-outs around structural columns and for decorative applications.
Architectural Column
Datum
Stair Calculator
Level
48. A stage or time period in the construction process of a building project. Typical ______ include existing construction - demolition - remodeling - and new construction. Revit Architecture tracks the ______ in which views or components are created or
Phase
Infill Element
Constraint
Profile
49. For a subcomponent of a family - a property that defines its display (the line weight - line color - and line pattern). For example - you can assign one ______ to the wood trim of a window and another ______ to the glass.
Subcategory
Temporary Dimension
View Template
Referring View
50. 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
Underlay
Datum
Rough Opening
Family