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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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1. A finite horizontal plane that acts as a reference for level-hosted elements - such as roofs - floors - and ceilings. In Revit Architecture - you define a ______ for each vertical height or story within a building - or other needed reference of the b
Level
Callout
Drawing List
X-Ray
2. 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.
Drawing List
Mirror
Camera
Reference Label
3. 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
Web Library
Library
Architectural Column
Design Option
4. 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
Zoom
Revolve
Core
Profile
5. A list of all instances of annotations (Also referred to as an annotation schedule). Note blocks are useful for listing notes that are applied to elements in a project.
Detail Line
Note Block
Camera
gbXML
6. A graphic style applied to an element when a view (such as a section view) cuts through the element - so that you are seeing a representation of its interior surface. For the ______ of an element - you can specify the line weight - color - and patter
Cut Line Style
Rendering
Head
Status Bar
7. A dimension that Revit Architecture displays as you draw or place elements in a view. ______ can help you to position an element in the desired location - or to draw a line to the desired length or angle. When you finish drawing or placing an element
End Cap
Attach
Orientation
Temporary Dimension
8. An end of a wall that does not join to another wall. The unjoined end of the wall is exposed. You can specify whether compound wall layers wrap at ______. For example - the following image shows a cross-section of a compound wall that uses interior w
Project Browser
Draw Order
RFA
End Cap
9. The file format for projects created using Google® SketchUp - a general purpose modeling and visualization tool. You can import ______ files into a Revit project.
Symbol
SKP
Listening Dimensions
Constraint
10. 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.
Title Block
Draw Order
UV grid
Subcategory
11. A mechanism for determining which elements are selected (for modification or manipulation) based on their family types or element parameters.
gbXML
Floor Plan
Selection Filter
RTE
12. 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
Element Properties
Orientation
Cut Volume
Model Text
13. 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
Extrusion
Miter
Group
Drafting View
14. 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
Revolve
Constraint
Building Pad
Referencing View
15. To shorten selected elements to meet a specified boundary.
Options Bar
Head
Rough Opening
Trim
16. A drop-down list on the ribbon from which you can select a family type for the element being added or modified.
Type Selector
Drafting View
Filled Region
Retaining Wall
17. Pre-built components - such as cabinets and cupboards for a kitchen or bathroom. Revit Architecture provides family types for ______.
Paint
Casework
DWG
Room Separation Line
18. An individual item in a building model. Revit Architecture projects use 3 types of ______: Model ______ represent the actual 3D geometry of a building. For example - walls - floors - and roofs are model ______ - Annotation ______ help to document the
Plan View
Element
Dimension
Chain
19. 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.
DWG
Embedded Wall
Decal
Control
20. (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
Reference Point
Mark
Note Block
Temporary Dimension
21. 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.
Datum
Setback
Massing Study
Chain
22. 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
In-place Family
Detail Level
Line Pattern
Centerline
23. The graphic design (fill pattern) used to represent a surface when shown in projection.
Revit Structure
Surface Pattern
Mark
Generic Model
24. The gross building area plan at ground level that is exported to an ADSK file when exporting a building site to a civil engineering application - such as AutoCAD® Civil 3D®.
Detail Group
Cut Volume
Shading with Edges
Building Footprint
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
Floor Plan
Zoom
DWF markups
Nested Family
26. 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
Reference Elevation
Panel
Model Line
27. A subdivision within a family of elements. For example - the family of Concrete Round Columns is further divided into ______ such as Concrete Round 18" - Concrete Round 24" - and Concrete Round 30".
Type
Sketch
Model Pattern
RTE
28. (1) For elements that can slope (including roofs - ramps - floors - and ceilings) - the upper end of the slope. For example - in the following illustration - the ______ is the upper end of the sloped floor. (2) In Revit Architecture - the symbol that
Scale
Head
Blend
Floor Plan
29. 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>
Blend
Project
Element Properties
Camera
30. 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
3D reference plane
Color Scheme
View List
X-Ray
31. 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
Title Block
Crop Region
Generic Model
Referencing View
32. 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
Decal
Category
View Template
33. The substance of which an element is made. In Revit Architecture - the ______ assigned to an element determines how the element appears in a view or rendering. Revit Architecture includes several ______ in the default project templates - or you can d
System Family
Selection Filter
Material
Revit Structure
34. To restrict the movement of an element using the _____ tool. When you ______ an element - you cannot move it by dragging or using the Move tool. However - changes in other attached elements may result in movement of the ______ element.
Local File
Stair Calculator
Pin
Attach
35. 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.
Plan View
Reference Line
Type Parameters
Attached Detail Group
36. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture shows the image with all surfaces shaded according to their material color settings and project light locations - and with all non-occluded edges drawn. A default light source provides illumination f
Parameter
Shading with Edges
Detail Level
Project View
37. 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
PAT
Status Bar
Model Graphics Style
Load
38. An Autodesk product. ______ is a building design and documentation system that uses building information modeling to coordinate changes across all aspects of an architecture project.
View Properties
View Control Bar
Room-bounding Elements
Revit Architecture
39. A 3-dimensional shape that has measurable volume. Non-volumetric geometry refers to a 2-dimensional shape.
Cutback
Volumetric Geometry
Draw Order
Building Pad
40. 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.
Project Browser
Mirror
Frame
Drawing List
41. 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 -
Type Selector
Plan Region
Far clip plane
Rendering
42. A photorealistic image of a building model used to evaluate the impact of natural light and shadows on the buildings and site.
Project View
Model Text
Solar Study
Explode
43. 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
Generic Model
Witness line
on-bearing Wall
Drafting View
44. Categories of elements that are derived from an imported drawing. You can change the visibility and graphic display of ______ through the visibility graphics menu.
Imported Categories
Filter
Architectural Column
View Reference
45. (1) To jump to a line or reference point in a drawing. (2) A line or reference point to which Revit Architecture will jump when you are placing a component or sketching a line. When you place a model element or sketch a line in a drawing - Revit Arch
Trim
Layer Mapping File
Snap
Compound Wall
46. To reverse the position of a selected model element - using a line as the ______ axis. For example - if you ______ a wall on a reference plane - the wall flips opposite the original wall. You can pick the ______ axis or draw a temporary axis. Use the
Structural Column
Pin
Mirror
Layer
47. A wall that holds back earth (for example - at the edge of a terrace or excavation). In Revit Architecture - you can specify that a wall type functions as a retaining wall in the type properties.
Retaining Wall
Color Scheme
NURB Surface
Footprint
48. A horizontal or vertical projection from a wall - often decorative in nature. Examples of ______ include baseboards and crown molding.
Model Text
Material
Wall Sweep
Object
49. A series of dashes or dots alternating with blank spaces. In the building industry - construction documents often use different line style conventions to convey information and to differentiate one line from another. For example - dimensions may use
ODBC
Line Pattern
Rough Opening
Pan
50. 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
Moment
Centerline
Collinear
Line Pattern
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