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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A visualization tool that you use to create a 3D view of a building model. When you place a camera in a 2D view - you can control the target point - the ______ level - and the focal point of the ______. The following views show a camera positioned in
Camera
Panel
Decal
Pattern Component
2. An Autodesk product. ______ optimizes mechanical/electrical/plumbing (MEP) systems engineering through data-driven system sizing and design. It provides a building information modeling design and documentation solution for MEP engineering.
Type
Revit MEP
gbXML
Detail Component
3. 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
Drafting Pattern
Project North
Reference Line
Mirror
4. To shorten selected elements to meet a specified boundary.
Trim
RVT
Retaining Wall
Control
5. 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
Room Separation Line
Shape Handle
Permanent Dimension
Perpendicular View
6. (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
Join
Witness line
Swatch
Bubble
7. 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
Plan View
Detail Level
Model Element
Solid Geometry
8. 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.
Reference Line
Reference Elevation
Reference Section
Massing Study
9. The area covered by or required by an object. For example - the ______ of a toaster on your kitchen counter is the amount of countertop that the toaster covers. In Revit Architecture - you can create a roof or floor based on the ______ of the walls.
Radial
Footprint
DWG
Local File
10. A graphic representation of an annotation element or other object. ______ are sometimes referred to as tags. Revit Architecture uses ______ for annotations - moment frames - cantilever connections - and other elements.
Symbol
Leader
Reference Plane
Sheet
11. 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
Subcategory
Referring View
Model Graphics Style
12. A family of model elements that can be used to create subcomponents of a nested family. When you use ______ to create a nested family - you can select - tag - and schedule the individual subcomponents in a project. (If subcomponents are not from ____
Camera
Shared Family
In-place Family
Material Takeoff Schedule
13. A group of elements that you use to model or document a building design. For example - ______ of model elements include walls - windows - columns - and beams. ______ of annotation elements include dimensions - tags - and text notes. ______ are organi
Entourage
Bubble
Proxy Graphics
Category
14. A building component consisting of panels - curtain grids - and mullions. In Revit a ______ usually does not have a rectangular shape.
Decal
Filled Region
Curtain System
Rendering
15. 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.
Split
Rule-based Filter
Property
Patterned Surface
16. A file format supported by MicroStation of Bentley Systems - Inc. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
DGN
Moment
Listening Dimensions
Frame
17. 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
Shortcut Menu
Surface Pattern
Closed Loop
18. A set of connected straight line segments. Polylines typically define open loops.
Location Line
Web Library
Scope Box
Polyline
19. An open file format that is supported by many CAD applications. A ______ file is a text file that describes a 2D drawing. The text is not encoded or compressed - so ______ files are generally large. Revit Architecture can import and export DXF files.
Radial
Text Note
Spline
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
20. A design method in which different team members are responsible for designing different functional areas of the same project file.
Worksharing
Shared Family
Text Note
Paint
21. 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
Color Scheme
Volumetric Geometry
Shared Parameters
Resize
22. A Revit function for workshared projects. ______ allows you to edit an element in a workset that you do not own. If another team member is currently editing the workset - that team member is the owner of the workset and you must place a request to bo
Offset
Compound Wall
Group
Element Borrowing
23. 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
View Properties
RPC
Property
24. A line that provides information but is not intended to represent actual geometry in an element. For example - when creating a door family - you might sketch ______ in an elevation view to represent a door swing. ______ are visible parallel to the vi
Origin
Keynote Legend
Profile
Symbolic Line
25. 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
DWF Design Web Format
ODBC
System Family
Parametric
26. 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
Reference Elevation
Import Symbol
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
Cut Line Style
27. Non-uniform rational B-spline. A mathematical model commonly used in computer graphics for representing and generating curves and surfaces. In Revit Architecture - you can create roofs and curtain systems on ______.
Key Schedule
Keynote Legend
NURB Surface
Pushpin
28. 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
Volumetric Geometry
Room-bounding Elements
Room Separation Line
Project Parameters
29. In a 3D context - ______ moves the camera left and right. In a 2D context - ______ scrolls the view. If you are using ______ with an active view on a sheet - ______ scrolls the sheet view - not the active view on the sheet.
Callout
Pan
DWF markups
Project Base Point
30. An element that you hide in a particular view.
Hidden Element
Workset
Title Block
RFA
31. 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.
Shared Family
Witness line
Constraint
Massing Study
32. A collection of view properties (such as view scale - discipline - detail level - and visibility settings) that can be applied to a project view. For example - you might create one ______ for a structural floor plan - and another ______ for an exit f
View Template
Symbolic Line
Mark
Element Properties
33. A file format for fill patterns. A pattern file is a text file that contains definitions for model or drafting patterns in a project.
Datum Extent
PAT
Building Footprint
Polymesh
34. 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.
Tick Mark
Project North
i-drop
Floor Plan
35. 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
Cut Plane
SKP
Schedule
36. Part of the Revit interface that shows a logical hierarchy for all views - schedules - sheets - families - groups - and linked Revit models in the current project.
Core
Cutback
Project Browser
Stair Calculator
37. A group of view-specific elements - such as text and filled regions.
Property
Detail Group
Model Element
Cut Plane
38. The graphic design (fill pattern) used to represent a surface when shown in projection.
Room-bounding Elements
Key Schedule
Surface Pattern
Profile
39. 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
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Leader
Orientation
Schedule
40. 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
Host
Flip Control
Area
41. An annotation that indicates the distance between 2 points or elements in a building model. In Revit Architecture - you can change the points or elements that are used as references for a ______. You can also control the gap between the ______ and th
Communication Center
Layer
Witness line
Perspective View
42. A Revit feature that allows you to specify a value for a dimension as you sketch an element in a view. You specify a start point for the element - start sketching in the desired direction - type the exact dimension desired - and press Enter. Revit Ar
Local File
Listening Dimensions
Focal Point
Element Properties
43. 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.
Text Note
Underlay
Structural Column
Patterned Surface
44. 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.
Revit Architecture
Shared Parameters
Type Parameters
Walkthrough
45. Part of the Revit interface that provides context-sensitive settings and functions - depending on the tool currently in use. In the Revit window - the ______ is located below the ribbon and above the drawing area.
DWF markups
Options Bar
Sketch
Revision Cloud
46. 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
Detail Level
Masking Region
Vertex
Location Line
47. A template for a sheet. A ______ generally includes information about the company - address - date of the project - and revisions.
Title Block
Template
Datum
Wall Sweep
48. To secure a dimension or the location of an element so that it cannot be changed. When you select a ______ dimension or element - a ______ control displays next to it. The following drawing shows a ______ dimension.
RVT
Lock
Mark
Project
49. 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.
Rehost
RVT
Patterned Surface
Shared Family
50. A table that provides descriptions or information about symbols used in drawings. In Revit Architecture - you can create a ______ and include it on multiple sheets.
Reference Point
Attached Detail Group
Legend
Room-bounding Elements