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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A set of initial conditions for a project. Revit Architecture provides several ______ - and you can create your own ______. Any new project based on a ______ inherits all families - settings (such as units - fill patterns - line styles - line weights
Project Template
Shading with Edges
Chain
Monolithic Stairs
2. A uniform distance from an element or line - along which the element or line will move - or a new element or line will be created. For example - when creating walls - you might specify an ______ of 5 meters. When you select an existing wall - Revit A
Retaining Wall
Sketch
Offset
Floor Plan
3. A graphical icon in the Revit drawing area that you use to manipulate elements. For example - when you select a chain of walls - blue circles display. These blue circles are drag ______. You can drag such a ______ to change the shape of the walls. Ot
Plan
Model Line
Control
Title Block
4. A graphical icon in the Revit drawing area that you can use to reverse the position or orientation of an element in the drawing area. For example - when you click the ______for a compound wall - the wall flips over - so its layers reverse.
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
RPC
Ground plane
Flip Control
5. 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.
Shortcut Menu
Polyline
Embedded Wall
Wall Join
6. 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
Massing Study
Grid
Hidden Line
Model Element
7. 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.
Plan Region
ODBC
Building Pad
Mark
8. A wall that consists of multiple vertical layers. Each layer can use a different material (such as concrete - insulation - and interior finish) and have a different function (such as structure - thermal layer - and substrate).
Link
Site Utility
Imported Categories
Compound Wall
9. 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
Projection Line Style
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Callout
Markup
10. The graphic design (fill pattern) used to represent a surface when shown in projection.
View-specific
Surface Pattern
Radial
Communication Center
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.
Line Weight
End Cap
Spot Coordinate
Parametric
12. 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.
ADSK
View Range
Note Block
Hidden Line
13. 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.
Lock
Massing Study
Grid
Tick Mark
14. A symbolic representation of a material in a drawing. (For example - sand is represented by a stipple pattern.) You can place ______ on flat and cylindrical surfaces - and you can define them for families. You can also place ______ on cut component s
Highlight
Structural Column
Drafting Pattern
Tessellation
15. A user interface mechanism that you drag to change the shape of an element in the building model. A ______ appears in the selection color.
Detail Level
Shape Handle
Void Geometry
SKP
16. A view-specific element that shows the size of an element or shows distances between elements or points in a building model. As you place an element - Revit Architecture displays temporary ______ so that you can place the element accurately. You can
Dimension
System Family
Line Pattern
Snap
17. 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.
Design Option
Ground plane
Reference Label
Reference Elevation
18. 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
Element Properties
Spline
Parallel View
Break Line
19. A combination (blending) of 2 shapes to create a 3D shape. You can create ______ using solid geometry and void geometry. For example - the 2D shapes below are ______ to create the solid extrusion that follows.
Blend
Instance Parameters
Pattern Component
Vertex
20. 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.
Hidden Line Mode
Bubble
Panel
Stacked Wall
21. To move a component from one host to another. For example - you can use the Rehost tool to move a window from one wall to another wall.
Wireframe
RFA
Rehost
Matchline
22. The characteristic of being visible in one project view only.
Library
View-specific
Import Symbol
Solar Study
23. A group of view-specific elements that are associated with a model group. For example - an ______ may be comprised of door tags and window tags.
Mark
Shading
Cutback
Attached Detail Group
24. (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).
Closed Loop
Pattern Component
Sketch
Instance Parameters
25. A column that supports a vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Structural Column
Design Option
Schedule
RTE
26. 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
Pin
Chain
Key Schedule
Shared Parameters
27. A dashed line representing an edge or surface that cannot be seen in a view. For example - in the following image - 2 bolts go through the stud. The view shows the ______ of one bolt but does not show the ______ of the second bolt.
Object
Hidden Line
Rough Opening
Solid Geometry
28. 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
Color Scheme
Design Option
Model Pattern
29. 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
Primary View
Keynote Legend
Project Standards
Split
30. A Revit family that can be used as a building block for creating families. Revit Architecture provides ______ for floors - walls - ceilings - roofs - drawing sheets - viewports - and other elements. You cannot delete ______.
Polyline
Stacked Wall
System Family
Project Template
31. A building component consisting of panels - curtain grids - and mullions. In Revit a ______ usually does not have a rectangular shape.
Slope Arrow
Curtain System
Component
Surface Pattern
32. Vegetation used to create a landscape around a building design. Revit Architecture provides a library of ______ families. You can also create or download additional plants.
Planting
Project Standards
Volumetric Geometry
Slope Arrow
33. A building element that is usually delivered and installed on site - rather than built in place. (Also referred to as a hosted ______.) For example - windows - doors - and furniture are ______. In contrast - walls - floors - and roofs are built in pl
Component
Monolithic Stairs
Ground plane
Matchline
34. 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
Target Point
Shading with Edges
Model Pattern
Detail View
35. (1) The intersection where 2 or more elements share a common face. (2) To resolve intersections between elements that share a common face. The level of detail for the view determines the detail of the ______ geometry that is shown. The following imag
Footprint
View List
Component
Join
36. Arranged along a radius or arc. In Revit Architecture - when you create a ______ array - the elements in the array are arranged along a curve.
Imported Categories
Radial
RTE
Options Bar
37. A view in which the annotation symbol for the current view is visible. For example - if you use the Find ______ tool for an elevation view - Revit Architecture lists all views in which its elevation symbol is visible.
Referring View
Building Maker
Cut Plane
Web Library
38. A 3D view that shows a building model in which all components are the same size - regardless of the camera's distance from them.
Attached Detail Group
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Wall Sweep
Orthographic View
39. 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
Design Option
Hidden Line Mode
Cut Volume
40. 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.
Permanent Dimension
Framing Elevation
Paint
View Reference
41. The orientation of a structural floor. When you place a structural floor in the plan view - Revit Architecture creates a ______ component. Rotate the ______ component to change the orientation of the structural floor.
Plan View
Span Direction
Masking Region
Shared Parameters
42. To disassemble an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into its next highest level of elements.
Project
Explode
Color Scheme
Autodesk Seek
43. A user interface mechanism that crops the model in a 3D view. Elements in the building model that are outside the ______do not display in the view or in an exported view.
Schedule
on-bearing Wall
Section Box
Rehost
44. 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
Frame
Line Weight
Split
Model Graphics Style
45. 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
Import Symbol
Stacked Wall
Material
Leader
46. A class of elements in a category. A ______ groups elements with a common set of parameters (properties) - identical use - and similar graphical representation. Different elements in a ______ may have different values for some or all properties - but
Communication Center
ODBC
Scope Box
Family
47. A face or surface of a form that has been divided into UV grids. The grids act as a guide in patterning the surface. Manipulating the ______ also manipulates the parametrically dependent patterns and component families.
Cut Line Style
Highlight
Divided Surface
Project Template
48. To display only a certain element or type of element - so that you can work with it in a particular view without being distracted by other elements in the design.
Datum Extent
Isolate
Library
Primary View
49. A graphic style applied to an element when a view displays the element - so that you are seeing a representation of its exterior surface. For the ______ of an element - you can specify the line weight - color - and fill pattern.
Web Library
Projection Line Style
Paint
Lock
50. 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
Hosted Component
Permanent Dimension
Workset
Cut Line Style