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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To shorten selected elements to meet a specified boundary.
Sketch
Trim
Selection Filter
Central File
2. 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
Model Pattern
Revit MEP
Model Element
Drawing List
3. 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.
Material
Pattern Component
Spline
DWF Design Web Format
4. The order in which elements display in a view - as if layered on a flat surface. You can move an element backward or forward in the ______ - or bring it to the front or back of a stack of elements.
Generic Annotation
Draw Order
Reference Elevation
System Family
5. The process of completely disassembling an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into Revit elements - including text - curves - lines - and filled regions.
Framing Elevation
Full Explode
Imported Categories
Polymesh
6. 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
Hidden Line Mode
Fillet
Clip Plane
Highlight
7. 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
Generic Model
Bubble
RFA
Offset
8. An end of a wall that does not join to another wall. The unjoined end of the wall is exposed. You can specify whether compound wall layers wrap at ______. For example - the following image shows a cross-section of a compound wall that uses interior w
End Cap
Grid
Temporary Dimension
Level
9. 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
Building Footprint
RVT
i-drop
Hidden Line Mode
10. A master project file for a model on which multiple team members are working. The model can be subdivided into functional areas (worksets) - such as interior - exterior - and site. The ______ stores the current ownership information for all elements
Stair Calculator
Central File
Drafting Pattern
Pin
11. 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.
Trim
Ground plane
Schedule
Central File
12. A file format supported by MicroStation of Bentley Systems - Inc. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
Web Library
Model Pattern
Title Block
DGN
13. Pre-built components - such as cabinets and cupboards for a kitchen or bathroom. Revit Architecture provides family types for ______.
UV grid
Casework
Hidden Element
Scale
14. 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
Origin
Parameter
Family
Face
15. The proportional system used to represent objects in a drawing. In Revit Architecture - you can assign a different ______ to each view.
Symbolic Line
Span Direction
Model Element
Scale
16. 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.
PAT
Building Pad
Hidden Line
Shortcut Menu
17. 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.
Attached Detail Group
Pin
Options Bar
Infill Element
18. A set of spatial relationships in a building. For example - in an office building - you may want to distinguish between common space (such as lobbies - hallways - rest rooms - and kitchens) - office space - and storage. In an apartment building - you
Detail View
Generic Model
Area Scheme
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
19. A 2D drawing of a building model that shows the layout of walls - rooms - and other building components. A floor ______ presents a view of the building as though you are looking down on it from above - with the roof and intervening levels removed. A
Plan
View List
Filled Region
Parameter
20. 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
Shading with Edges
Referring View
Detail Line
Revit MEP
21. A wall that has 2 or more horizontal layers - each consisting of different materials and surfaces.
X-Ray
Listening Dimensions
Building Maker
Stacked Wall
22. A surface of a model element or mass. You can apply paint - materials - and textures to each ______ of a model element (such as a wall). These details display when you render an image of the building model. You can use mass ______ as the basis for cr
Rendering
Face
Hidden Line
Detail Level
23. 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 Pad
Material Takeoff Schedule
Curtain Wall
Collinear
24. An intersection of 2 or more walls. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the type of join between walls.
Wall Join
gbXML
Halftone
Toposurface
25. A flat surface that is designed to be occupied by buildings and is prepared by grading - excavating - filling - or a combination of these. In Revit Architecture - you can add a ______ to a toposurface - and then modify the structure and depth of the
Rough Opening
Material
DWF markups
Building Pad
26. (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).
Sketch
Color Scheme
Isolate
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
27. 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
Stair Calculator
Dependent View
Building Pad
Shared Parameters
28. 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
Break Line
Core
Rule-based Filter
29. A technique used to manage datasets of polygons and divide them into suitable structures for rendering. Data is often ______ into triangles - which is sometimes referred to as triangulation. When CAD or design software applications export 3D geometry
Room Separation Line
Project Template
Plan
Tessellation
30. 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.
Hidden Element
Object Style
Radial
Grid
31. 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.
Bubble
DWF Design Web Format
Reference Point
Pan
32. Settings that control the appearance or behavior of a project view. To see or change ______ - right-click a blank area of the view in the drawing area - and click ______. Or right-click a view name in the Project Browser - and click Properties.
View Properties
Mirror
Slope Arrow
Drag Control
33. 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
Floor Plan
Origin
Monolithic Stairs
Primary View
34. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture hides the lines of elements that are obscured by other surfaces.
Building Pad
DWF markups
Hidden Line Mode
Retaining Wall
35. 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.
Vertex
Solar Study
Lock
Revit MEP
36. Project coordinates that are used for remembering the mutual positions of multiple interlinked files. Those interlinked files can be all RVT files - or a combination of RVT - DWG - and DXF files.
Line Style
Local File
View Depth
Shared Coordinates
37. 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.
Full Explode
Line Weight
Subcategory
Projection Line Style
38. A Revit setting that determines the amount of geometry displayed in a view. ______ settings include coarse - medium - and fine - where coarse shows the least detail and fine shows the most detail. The following image illustrates the 3 ______ for a de
Grid
Detail Level
Solid Geometry
End Cap
39. 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
Markup
Parallel View
RPC
Options Bar
40. A user interface mechanism that controls the visibility of datum planes (levels - reference lines - and grids) in views. When you add grids - levels - and reference lines to a project - they may display in more views than desired. For example - when
Material Takeoff Schedule
Scale
Object
Scope Box
41. A fill pattern that represents a cut surface. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the coarse ______ material to display in 3D views. You can also specify the ______ depth for a cross-section of earth in topography elements. In the following floor
Poche
Layer
Chain
SKP
42. A list of all instances of annotations (Also referred to as an annotation schedule). Note blocks are useful for listing notes that are applied to elements in a project.
Projection Line Style
View Control Bar
Note Block
Host
43. 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
Witness line
Shared Coordinates
RTE
Central File
44. 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.
Dimension
Full Explode
Shared Parameters
Legend
45. A section tag that refers to an existing section view. When you create a ______ - Revit Architecture does not create a new view in the project. Instead - the ______ uses an existing section - allowing you to indicate different areas that have identic
View Control Bar
Partial Explode
Explode
Reference Section
46. (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
Element Borrowing
Miter
ODBC
Join
47. A set of model elements that are placed together in a building design. ______ are useful when you need to create entities that represent repeating units or are common to many building projects (such as hotel rooms - apartments - or repeating floors).
Level
Model Group
Join
Plan
48. An open schema created to help building designers gather information about the energy consumption characteristics of building projects. To perform energy analysis for a building model - you can export a Revit project to ______. Using a third-party ap
gbXML
Subcategory
Status Bar
Hidden Line Mode
49. 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
Work Plane
Schedule
Shared Coordinates
50. The file format for a Revit family.
Revit Structure
Listening Dimensions
Join
RFA