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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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1. Reference planes are displayed in the conceptual design environment in the 3-dimensional views.
In-place Family
Load
3D reference plane
Legend
2. A menu of context-sensitive options. A ______ displays when you right-click an element or view.
gbXML
Workset
Shortcut Menu
Library
3. A wall that has 2 or more horizontal layers - each consisting of different materials and surfaces.
Drawing List
Crop Region
Stacked Wall
Wall Join
4. 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
Wall Sweep
Symbol
In-place Family
Object
5. A construction document that has been reviewed and revised or commented on (marked up). Typically - the reviewer is the project designer - a client - or another building professional. When you export construction documents as DWF files - the files ca
Legend
Project Template
DWF markups
System Family
6. To divide a single object into multiple objects or sections. In a Revit project - you can ______ walls - lines - faces - toposurfaces - layers in vertically compound walls - and schedules using various ______ tools.
Reference Plane
Library
Split
Layer Mapping File
7. 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 -
View Properties
Level
Rendering
RFA
8. 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
Underlay
Attached Detail Group
Shading with Edges
Shading
9. 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
UV grid
Curtain Wall
Markup
SKP
10. The top of the view in the drawing area. When producing solar studies or rendered images - change the view orientation from ______ to True North to create accurate sunlight and shadow patterns for the project.
Rough Opening
Design Option
End Cap
Project North
11. 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®.
Cut Plane
RPC
Bubble
Building Footprint
12. A defined set of elements that can be placed as a unit in a building design. ______ elements is useful when you need to create entities that represent repeating units or are common to many building projects (for example - hotel rooms - apartments - o
Blend
Planting
Far clip plane
Group
13. An element that you hide in a particular view.
Workset
Section Box
Type Selector
Hidden Element
14. The proportional system used to represent objects in a drawing. In Revit Architecture - you can assign a different ______ to each view.
Embedded Wall
Scale
Plan View
Break Control
15. The part of the Revit user interface that displays views - sheets - schedules - and other representations of the building model.
Area
Setback
Drawing Area
Break Control
16. (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
Shape Handle
Snap
Revision Cloud
Parametric
17. The process of completely disassembling an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into Revit elements - including text - curves - lines - and filled regions.
Sketch
Full Explode
Tick Mark
Key Schedule
18. 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.
Object Style
Mirror
Bubble
Model Text
19. 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
Project Template
Surface Pattern
Parametric
20. 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
View Reference
Reference Line
Level
Floor Plan
21. 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.
Polymesh
Flip Control
Origin
Material
22. 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
Rule-based Filter
UV grid
Head
Shape Handle
23. A line that you draw in a view to define areas that are used for different purposes - when a wall between the rooms is not desired. ______ are visible in plan views - 3D views - and perspective views. For example - the following floor plan uses room
Plan View
Room Separation Line
Revit Architecture
Project Template
24. A curved line drawn by specifying and positioning a number of points. Revit Architecture uses a mathematical polynomial function to smoothly join the segments at these points - creating the curved line.
Local File
Autodesk Seek
Plan Region
Spline
25. 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.
Hidden Line
Stair Calculator
Discipline
Attached Detail Group
26. An Autodesk feature that allows you to drag and drop content from a web page into a Revit session. Using ______ - designers and developers have the power to create web pages that can easily be dragged and dropped into Autodesk design products that ar
i-drop
Temporary Dimension
Reference Label
Element
27. 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
Explode
Mark
Project Template
Filter
28. The file format for projects created using Google® SketchUp - a general purpose modeling and visualization tool. You can import ______ files into a Revit project.
Drafting View
SKP
Wall Sweep
Span Direction
29. 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
Status Bar
Poche
Permanent Dimension
RTE
30. 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 Group
Project View
Model Pattern
Planting
31. A set of connected straight line segments. Polylines typically define open loops.
Monolithic Stairs
Extrusion
Polyline
Symbolic Line
32. 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.
Head
Surface Pattern
Model Text
Spline
33. (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
Type Selector
Setback
Toposurface
i-drop
34. 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
Tick Mark
Origin
Break Line
Line Style
35. Passing through or lying on the same straight line. Sketching a line that is ______ with an existing wall
Schedule
Collinear
Attached Detail Group
Sketch
36. In Revit Architecture - the adjacent materials of a compound structure - such as a wall. You can define the ______ in a compound structure.
Status Bar
Layer
Cut Line Style
Element Borrowing
37. 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
Import Symbol
Wireframe
ODBC
Attach
38. A representation of a building model that simulates a person walking through the model along a defined path. The following ______ view shows the ______ path in red.
Architectural Column
Walkthrough
Hidden Line Mode
Clip Plane
39. 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 -
Referencing View
Model Line
Crop Region
Central File
40. Representations of AutoCAD objects. Revit Architecture supports ______ from AutoCAD files. Unlike AutoCAD objects - ______ have no intelligence.
Imported Categories
Proxy Graphics
i-drop
Import Symbol
41. To shorten selected elements to meet a specified boundary.
Link
Trim
Type Catalog
Patterned Surface
42. To choose an object in the drawing area. Many of the controls and tools that you use to modify an element in the drawing area are available only when an element is ______. In Revit Architecture - a ______ element displays in the ______ color - and co
Void Geometry
Select
View-specific
Type Catalog
43. 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
Link
Volumetric Geometry
Keynote Legend
Reference Section
44. Pre-built components - such as cabinets and cupboards for a kitchen or bathroom. Revit Architecture provides family types for ______.
Orientation
Poche
Casework
Bubble
45. A functional area (such as structural - mechanical - electrical - or architectural) - or an area of expertise (such as architecture - structural engineering - or construction). In a Revit project - you can assign ______ to categories and to views. Yo
Discipline
Datum Extent
Revolve
Callout
46. A column that adds architectural interest to a building. An ______ can be used to model box-outs around structural columns and for decorative applications.
Perpendicular View
Architectural Column
Load
Spot Elevation Dimension
47. 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.
Split
Reference Label
View-specific
Origin
48. 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).
Compound Wall
Sheet
3D reference plane
Room-bounding Elements
49. 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
Miter
Lock
True North
50. A component family that either has connectors or has the capability of hosting connectors that become functional when linked in a civil engineering application - such as AutoCAD® Civil 3D®.
Snap
Shading with Edges
Group
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