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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Resize
Select
Paint
X-Ray
2. 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 -
Rendering
Type
Design Option
Work Plane
3. Topographical surface. A graphic representation of the terrain of a building site or plot. The ______ may include contour lines to represent elevations.
Shared Coordinates
Massing Study
RVT
Toposurface
4. A line that connects an annotation to an element or part of the building model in a view. In Revit Architecture - you can control the line weight - style - and color of the ______ - as well as its position - shape - and arrowhead.
Leader
Masking Region
Element
Primary View
5. 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.
Shared Coordinates
Options Bar
Revision Cloud
Area
6. 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
Phase
Constraint
Crop Region
Drawing List
7. 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.
Host
Swatch
Location Line
Text Note
8. 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
Model Group
Primary View
Project Template
Scope Box
9. 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.
RVT
Radial
Plan Region
Spline
10. 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
Group
Template
Type Catalog
Permanent Dimension
11. A file format developed by the International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI). ______ provides an interoperability solution between ______-compatible software applications in the construction and facilities management industry. The format has esta
Lock
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Casework
Line Style
12. 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).
Plan
View-specific
Project
Compound Wall
13. A line that is used to create a detail drawing. A ______ is visible only in the view in which it is drawn. You can use ______ as follows: To detail a view with part of the model visible - such as in a wall section or callout - In a drafting view to d
Viewport
Temporary Dimension
Detail Line
Start Point
14. Pre-built components - such as cabinets and cupboards for a kitchen or bathroom. Revit Architecture provides family types for ______.
Type Selector
Detail Group
Hidden Element
Casework
15. 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.
Shading with Edges
Subcategory
Spot Elevation Dimension
Focal Point
16. 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
Hidden Line
Parameter
Centerline
gbXML
17. 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
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Dependent View
Explode
Spot Elevation Dimension
18. 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
gbXML
DWG
Parallel View
Array
19. A column that supports a vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Discipline
Structural Column
Project View
Pan
20. 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.
Pattern Component
DWF Design Web Format
Proxy Graphics
Frame
21. An exterior wall consisting of panels connected by joints or mullions. The panels can be made of glass - brick - or other materials.
Legend
Markup
Curtain Wall
Perspective View
22. A horizontal plane that helps to define the view range in a floor plan or reflected ceiling plan. By default - the ______ is the same as the bottom clip plane. However - you can specify the ______ to show elements (such as foundation footings) below
Type Catalog
View Depth
Cut Plane
Shared Coordinates
23. 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
View Control Bar
Break Control
Detail View
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
24. 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
gbXML
Plan View
Drafting Pattern
Temporary Dimension
25. 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
Framing Elevation
Attach
Element Properties
Viewport
26. To change the magnification of a view. In a 3D context - ______ moves the camera in and out. In a 2D context - ______ moves up and down perpendicular to the view. To ______ in is to increase the magnification - making the building appear larger. To _
Zoom
Selection Box
Color Scheme
Full Explode
27. 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
Layer Mapping File
Markup
Witness line
Stacked Wall
28. 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.
Mullion
View Control Bar
Isolate
Spline
29. A vertical or horizontal plane that defines a boundary for a view. You can use top - bottom - left - and right ______ to define a view. In elevation and section views - you can also use a far ______ to define the depth of the view. Green dotted lines
View Reference
Witness line
Clip Plane
Bubble
30. 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
Rehost
3D reference plane
Temporary Dimension
Spot Coordinate
31. A collection of predefined project resources that are available on the Internet. For example - you can access ______ of templates - detail components - entourage - and families of model elements and annotation elements.
Keynote Legend
Web Library
Sketch
Partial Explode
32. 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
Profile
Focal Point
i-drop
Radial
33. 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.
Object Style
Pin
Framing Elevation
Project Template
34. 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
Referencing View
Schedule
Parametric
Plan View
35. To change the size of a model element. For example - in Revit Architecture you can ______ a wall or a foundation to adjust to changing specifications.
Pattern Component
Line Pattern
View-specific
Resize
36. The graphic design (fill pattern) used to represent a surface when shown in projection.
Selection Box
Surface Pattern
Instance Parameters
Curtain System
37. A 3-dimensional shape that results from removing shapes from solid geometry.
Void Geometry
Reference Label
Project Browser
Structural Column
38. A horizontal height at which certain elements in the view are shown in cross-section.
Polymesh
Phase
Cut Plane
Type Selector
39. A symbol indicating a dependent view to which the primary view is linked.
View Reference
View Depth
Radial
Curtain Wall
40. 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
Crop Region
Filled Region
Callout
Parametric
41. A mechanism for determining which elements are selected (for modification or manipulation) based on their family types or element parameters.
Building Maker
Selection Filter
Line Style
Project Standards
42. In Revit Architecture - the adjacent materials of a compound structure - such as a wall. You can define the ______ in a compound structure.
Snap
Layer
Surface Pattern
Zoom
43. A model element that can accept other components. For example - a wall is a ______ for windows and doors. A roof is a ______ for skylights and dormers. A ______ may also be referred to as a ______ element or a ______ component.
Chain
Room-bounding Elements
Host
Crop Region
44. A 3-dimensional shape that has measurable volume. Non-volumetric geometry refers to a 2-dimensional shape.
Crop
Proxy Graphics
Shading with Edges
Volumetric Geometry
45. A representation of a building model. A Revit project file contains a database of information about a building model - and a ______ is one way of looking at that information. The Project Browser lists the views available for a project. These can incl
Patterned Surface
Full Explode
Witness line
Project View
46. A setting that determines the appearance or behavior of an element - type - or view. Also called a parameter.
Model Pattern
Attached Detail Group
Property
Template
47. A design methodology that maintains a single database of information about a building design. All information for a building design - from geometry to construction data - is stored in a project file. This information includes components used to desig
Filter
Key Schedule
Massing Study
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
48. 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
Site Utility
Revit MEP
Orientation
Symbol
49. A horizontal or vertical projection from a wall - often decorative in nature. Examples of ______ include baseboards and crown molding.
Dimension
Miter
Chain
Wall Sweep
50. 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.
Embedded Wall
Planting
Solar Study
Worksharing