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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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1. 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.
Grid
Plan Region
Drafting Pattern
Fill Volume
2. A conceptual design and modeling environment that takes any overall building form described conceptually - and maps it to building elements - such as roofs - curtain walls - floors - and walls.
Title Block
Tessellation
Building Maker
Primary View
3. An element that you hide in a particular view.
Revit Structure
Note Block
Hidden Element
Halftone
4. 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
Library
Stair Calculator
Surface Pattern
5. Arranged along a radius or arc. In Revit Architecture - when you create a ______ array - the elements in the array are arranged along a curve.
Radial
True North
Patterned Surface
Wireframe
6. 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
Instance Parameters
Load
Far clip plane
Rule-based Filter
7. 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
Title Block
Drag Control
Permanent Dimension
View Properties
8. A Revit file that contains all information about a building design.
Spot Coordinate
Project
Viewport
Stair Calculator
9. 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.
Framing Elevation
Masking Region
Panel
Mullion
10. 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
Rule-based Filter
Generic Model
Paint
11. A tool that displays links to information about product updates and announcements. To access the ______ - click the satilite dish in the InfoCenter toolbar in the upper right corner of the Revit window.
RVT
Template
Communication Center
Entourage
12. 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
Massing Study
Decal
Keynote Legend
Origin
13. 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
Selection Box
ADSK
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Entourage
14. 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
Embedded Wall
Wireframe
Reference Elevation
Rule-based Filter
15. 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).
Model Text
Revision Cloud
Model Group
Generic Model
16. A face or surface of a form that has been divided into UV grids. The grids act as a guide in patterning the surface. Manipulating the ______ also manipulates the parametrically dependent patterns and component families.
Divided Surface
Leader
Pattern Component
Clip Plane
17. An exterior wall consisting of panels connected by joints or mullions. The panels can be made of glass - brick - or other materials.
Pin
Spot Coordinate
Curtain Wall
Mirror
18. An alternative design for a project. ______ allow a team to develop - evaluate - and redesign building components within a single project file. You can develop ______ to adapt to changes in product scope - to review other designs - or to show alterna
Design Option
Tessellation
Tick Mark
Highlight
19. A file format for fill patterns. A pattern file is a text file that contains definitions for model or drafting patterns in a project.
Trim
Sheet
PAT
Zoom
20. A group of view-specific elements - such as text and filled regions.
Keynote Legend
Casework
Detail Group
Project North
21. 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
Revit Architecture
Project North
Schedule
Crop Region
22. 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
Location Line
Head
Instance Parameters
Flip Control
23. A divided surface on which geometric shapes have been applied. These patterns become part of the surface and (depending on their shape) will require a specific number of grid cells when applied.
Patterned Surface
View Control Bar
DGN
Level
24. A family that consists of instances of other families (subcomponents). The subcomponents can belong to the same category (for example - various window types) or different categories (for example - an exterior door and two lighting fixtures). You crea
Volumetric Geometry
Type Selector
Drawing Area
Nested Family
25. 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
Structural Column
Spline
Matchline
26. A project view that shows details not directly associated with the building model. For example - a ______ can show how carpet transitions to tile - or details of a roof drain. A ______ typically shows construction details that may not be apparent in
Drafting View
Hosted Component
Element
Note Block
27. 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.
Workset
Embedded Wall
Attached Detail Group
Cut Volume
28. An invisible 3-dimensional rectangular space that contains all model elements - annotation elements - and datum elements defined in a family-based element. The ______ helps define the family origin of some elements - and aids joining and cutback of s
View Range
Mullion
RTE
Bounding Box
29. A drawing file format supported by AutoCAD and other CAD applications. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
Type Parameters
Project View
DWG
View Properties
30. 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.
Break Control
Reference Point
Massing Study
Offset
31. Usable space that is defined by walls or boundary lines or both. In Revit Architecture - you can perform an area analysis to define spatial relationships in a building model.
ODBC
Project
Area
Drawing Area
32. 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
Location Line
Element Properties
Centerline
Face
33. 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
Shading with Edges
Core
Join
Tessellation
34. 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.
View List
Communication Center
Centerline
Grid
35. The amount of material that must be excavated and removed from a site to prepare it for construction. For example - in the following drawing - the red area indicates the ______ - and the blue area indicates the fill volume required to level the site
Drawing Area
Primary View
True North
Cut Volume
36. 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
Nested Family
Primary View
Temporary Dimension
Curtain Wall
37. A file format supported by MicroStation of Bentley Systems - Inc. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
DGN
Scale
Volumetric Geometry
Break Control
38. 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
Focal Point
Surface Pattern
Family
Mark
39. A wall that has 2 or more horizontal layers - each consisting of different materials and surfaces.
Walkthrough
Stacked Wall
Site Utility
True North
40. An insert that fills (patches) a hole in a host element after changes are made during different phases of a building project. For example - if you remove a window from a wall during a demolition phase - Revit Architecture fills the hole with an _____
Model Graphics Style
Solar Study
Void Geometry
Infill Element
41. A user interface mechanism that you drag to change the shape of an element in the building model. A ______ appears in the selection color.
Shape Handle
Detail Line
Temporary Dimension
Perpendicular View
42. A 2D - view-specific graphic. You can use ______ to represent various surfaces - such as concrete or compacted earth. You can add a ______ to a detail view - a drafting view - or an annotation family. For each ______ - you can specify a boundary line
i-drop
Filled Region
Instance Parameters
Load
43. 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
Origin
Central File
Slope Arrow
Polymesh
44. 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 ____
Project Base Point
Shared Family
Partial Explode
UV grid
45. The direction toward the North Pole. Drafting conventions dictate that Project North is the top of the view. You may want to orient a view to ______ when producing solar studies (to create accurate sunlight and shadow patterns for the project) or ren
Embedded Wall
True North
NURB Surface
Line Pattern
46. To limit the boundaries of a view - omitting parts of the building model from the view.
Crop
View Reference
System Family
Retaining Wall
47. A schedule (list) of all views in a project. The schedule includes the view parameters that you specify. You can use a ______ to manage the views in a project.
Poche
Model Graphics Style
End Cap
View List
48. An annotation used to identify elements in a drawing. ______ provide a way to automate the display of attributes for an element or type. Revit Architecture provides default ______ for some types of elements - such as windows - doors - and rooms. You
Compound Wall
Tag
DWG
Retaining Wall
49. 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.
Offset
Mullion
Footprint
Spline
50. A web service that lets you search for - download - and integrate product and design information into your drawing. You can also publish families to the ______ website to make them available for other designers to incorporate into their designs.
Hidden Line Mode
Attach
Autodesk Seek
Planting