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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Legend
Revit Structure
Project North
Halftone
2. The file type for a Revit project template.
RTE
Poche
Polymesh
Profile
3. A display color that blends the line color of an element with the background color of the view. For example - the following image shows some elements in ______ (gray) and others in black. You can specify the ______ display properties using the Visibi
Revision Cloud
Rehost
Halftone
Tessellation
4. A defined area that obscures elements in a view. ______ are useful when you are creating a model family from an imported 2D DWG file - and you need the model element to obscure other elements when placed in a view. You can also use them to hide parts
Profile
Masking Region
Monolithic Stairs
Poche
5. 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.
Plan View
Pin
Host
Solar Study
6. A drop-down list on the ribbon from which you can select a family type for the element being added or modified.
Plan View
Type Selector
Scale
Listening Dimensions
7. A user interface mechanism that defines the slope of a roof - floor - or ceiling plane - using a line in the direction of the slope. Use a ______ when you know the height at the top and bottom of the object's plane rather than the slope. For example
Project View
Architectural Column
Fill Volume
Slope Arrow
8. A Revit file that contains all information about a building design.
Origin
Chain
Project Browser
Project
9. 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 ______.
Attached Detail Group
Status Bar
Structural Column
NURB Surface
10. 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
RVT
Layer
Projection Line Style
Clip Plane
11. 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
Property
Permanent Dimension
Casework
In-place Family
12. To connect a file to a Revit project. When a ______ file is updated - the updated information is automatically made available in the Revit project. ______ avoids the need to re-import updated information into the project. In Revit Architecture - you
Offset
Link
Framing Elevation
Start Point
13. A tabular display of information. In Revit Architecture - a ______ is extracted from the properties of elements in a project. It is displayed in a ______ view. Using Revit Architecture - you can create many types of ______ - including quantities - ma
Framing Elevation
Web Library
Schedule
View-specific
14. 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
Leader
Callout
Element Borrowing
Array
15. The graphic design (fill pattern) used to represent a surface when shown in projection.
View Reference
Surface Pattern
Cut Line Style
Reference Section
16. 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.
Local File
Cut Line Style
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
Constraint
17. A non-physical item that is used to establish project context. ______ include levels - grids - and reference planes. For example - the following image shows a grid - which is used for the placement of columns and other model elements. The grid is not
Referencing View
Datum
Patterned Surface
Casework
18. A user interface mechanism that you drag to change the shape of an element in the building model. A ______ appears in the selection color.
View-specific
Polyline
Shape Handle
Pushpin
19. 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
Keynote Legend
Wall Sweep
Revit Structure
Miter
20. A sample patch of a color or pattern. When you apply a color scheme to rooms - the floor plan can display a color scheme legend - which indicates the colors and what they represent. The color scheme legend includes color ______.
Swatch
Library
End Cap
Cut Line Style
21. 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.
Status Bar
Revision Cloud
Fillet
Pattern Component
22. A wall that supports no additional vertical load except its own weight. ______ can be used to define and divide spaces in Revit Architecture.
on-bearing Wall
Infill Element
Massing Study
Component
23. 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.
Note Block
Element
Project Template
Reference Label
24. 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.
Hidden Line
Scale
Profile
Constraint
25. A list of changes made to a building design or construction document. A ______ displays in the title block of a sheet. As you add views with revision clouds to sheets - the ______ updates with information about the corresponding revisions.
Revision Schedule
Local File
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
PAT
26. 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
Area Scheme
Central File
Core
Volumetric Geometry
27. Part of the Revit interface that displays information about what is highlighted or selected - or hints on what to do next. The ______ is located in the lower left corner of the Revit window.
Bounding Box
Status Bar
Rough Opening
Centerline
28. The clip plane that is at the side of the view farthest from the start point of an elevation view - a section view - a 3D view - or a walkthrough view. In the following floor plan - the green dotted line opposite the blue line represents the ______ f
Masking Region
Reference Elevation
Far clip plane
X-Ray
29. (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
Volumetric Geometry
Orthographic View
Hidden Line
30. 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.
Room-bounding Elements
Perspective View
Dimension
Object Style
31. (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
Paint
Drag Control
Head
Projection Line Style
32. 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
RTE
Face
Hosted Component
Mark
33. 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.
Import Symbol
Massing Study
Project View
Hidden Line Mode
34. 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 -
Halftone
Layer Mapping File
Explode
Rendering
35. 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
Cut Line Style
Building Maker
DGN
Material
36. A list of the subcomponents or materials of any Revit family. ______ have all the functionality and characteristics of other schedule views - but they allow you to show more detail about the assembly of a component. Any material that is applied to a
Building Maker
Patterned Surface
Face
Material Takeoff Schedule
37. 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
Drafting Pattern
Chain
ADSK
Layer Mapping File
38. 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
Setback
Attach
Instance Parameters
Divided Surface
39. A panel of buttons providing quick access to functions that control the current view. Use the ______ to change the scale - detail level - model graphics style - shadowing - crop views - and display of elements or categories in the view. The ______ is
Type Selector
Polymesh
View Control Bar
Poche
40. 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.
Selection Box
Leader
Host
Underlay
41. 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
Scale
RVT
Face
Shading with Edges
42. A design method in which different team members are responsible for designing different functional areas of the same project file.
Layer
Worksharing
i-drop
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
43. A view whose plane is parallel to the plane of another view. For example - a Level 1 floor plan is parallel to a Level 2 floor plan. An east elevation view is parallel to a west elevation view. The following drawing illustrates the parallel planes th
Polyline
Site Utility
SKP
Parallel View
44. 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.
Revit Architecture
Model Text
Work Plane
Category
45. Arranged along a radius or arc. In Revit Architecture - when you create a ______ array - the elements in the array are arranged along a curve.
Cut Volume
Dimension
Radial
Reference Section
46. 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
Listening Dimensions
Local File
Imported Categories
Hidden Element
47. A line of a particular pattern - weight - and color - used to indicate different effects. For example - in the following site plan - a red dashed line indicates the zoning setback. Revit Architecture predefines several ______ and uses them for defaul
Line Style
Underlay
Divided Surface
Model Text
48. To shorten selected elements to meet a specified boundary.
Trim
Cut Plane
View List
Cut Volume
49. 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
Zoom
Parallel View
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Origin
50. A series of 2-dimensional lines and arcs that form a closed loop. Use ______ to define cross-sections for railings - balusters - soffits - cornices - and other sweep-defined objects.
Wall Sweep
Datum Extent
Wireframe
Profile