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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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1. Reference planes are displayed in the conceptual design environment in the 3-dimensional views.
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Array
3D reference plane
Pan
2. A 3-dimensional shape used in a building model. You can use the Family Editor to create ______ shapes to build families of model elements.
View-specific
View Range
Solid Geometry
True North
3. 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
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Reference Line
Snap
Schedule
4. A set of horizontal planes that control the visibility and display of objects in a view. The horizontal planes are Top Clip Plane - Cut Plane - Bottom Clip Plane - and View Depth. Elements outside the ______ do not display in the view.
Zoom
Selection Box
View Range
Color Scheme
5. A set of connected straight line segments. Polylines typically define open loops.
Volumetric Geometry
Polyline
Property
Design Option
6. A table of information that you create to simplify or automate data entry in other - larger schedules. A ______ can reduce the time required to produce a larger schedule and help to generate accurate cost estimates. For example - a room schedule for
Orthographic View
Vertex
Key Schedule
Detail Component
7. 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
Cut Line Style
View Range
Partial Explode
Camera
8. 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
Family
Listening Dimensions
Sketch
Full Explode
9. 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
Void Geometry
Poche
Ground plane
DWG
10. A file format for fill patterns. A pattern file is a text file that contains definitions for model or drafting patterns in a project.
Shading
Ground plane
PAT
Fill Pattern
11. 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.
Element Borrowing
Drawing List
Resize
Witness line
12. 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
View Reference
Isolate
Tag
Title Block
13. A user interface mechanism that crops the model in a 3D view. Elements in the building model that are outside the ______do not display in the view or in an exported view.
ODBC
Cut Plane
Section Box
Origin
14. A line used when designing families of model elements or placing elements in a building model. When you draw a ______ in a view - the line is visible in other - related views. A straight ______ provides 4 planes to sketch on. One plane is parallel to
View Control Bar
Crop
Walkthrough
Reference Line
15. A construction document that has been reviewed and revised or commented on (marked up). Typically - the reviewer is the project designer - a client - or another building professional. When you export construction documents as DWF files - the files ca
Drafting Pattern
Temporary Dimension
Span Direction
DWF markups
16. 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
Material
Toposurface
Centerline
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
17. The characteristic of being visible in one project view only.
Listening Dimensions
Viewport
View-specific
Split
18. For a 3-dimensional shape - an intersection of 3 sides. When you blend 2D shapes to create a 3D shape - you can use ______ connections to control the rate at which one shape is blended to another shape.
Selection Filter
Revision Schedule
Vertex
DGN
19. 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
Crop Region
Core
Temporary Dimension
Level
20. A family of geometry that does not fit into any of the other - pre-defined categories (such as columns - roofs - and floors). In a Revit project - an instance of a ______ is a model element. You can create a ______ as a loadable family - or as an in-
Solar Study
Generic Model
Divided Surface
Library
21. A collection of settings that you can use as a starting point for projects - families - views - and more.
Rendering
Template
Control
Central File
22. Arranged along a radius or arc. In Revit Architecture - when you create a ______ array - the elements in the array are arranged along a curve.
Discipline
Hosted Component
Radial
Mark
23. 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
Underlay
Level
Plan
Structural Column
24. 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
Rendering
Masking Region
Halftone
Web Library
25. A 2-dimensional plane used when designing families of model elements or placing elements in a building model.
Fillet
Group
Matchline
Reference Plane
26. 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
Template
Profile
Target Point
27. 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
SKP
Radial
Symbolic Line
Area Scheme
28. A 2D element that you can add to a detail view or a drafting view. For example - you may want to add a metal stud or a shim to a drafting view. Revit Architecture provides over 500 ______ families - based on 16 CSI divisions. You can also create your
Crop Region
Detail Component
Model Element
Slope Arrow
29. 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.
Host
True North
Project
Model Element
30. 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 ______.
NURB Surface
Status Bar
PAT
Discipline
31. The file type for a Revit project template.
Mirror
RTE
Profile
Open Loop
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
Hidden Line
Wall Sweep
Centerline
Component
33. 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
Detail Line
Curtain Wall
Reference Section
Project Template
34. A column that supports a vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Wall Join
Structural Column
Local File
View List
35. The process of disassembling an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into its next highest level of elements: nested import symbols. A ______ yields more import symbols - which - in turn - can be exploded into elements or other import s
Join
Listening Dimensions
Partial Explode
Panel
36. 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
Swatch
Shared Parameters
Head
Clip Plane
37. 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
Highlight
Tessellation
Crop Region
Target Point
38. An Autodesk product. ______ is a building design and documentation system that uses building information modeling to coordinate changes across all aspects of an architecture project.
Discipline
Room Separation Line
Revit Architecture
Cut Plane
39. A 3D view that shows a building model in which all components are the same size - regardless of the camera's distance from them.
View-specific
Import Symbol
Parallel View
Orthographic View
40. 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
Subcategory
Shape Handle
Site Utility
41. 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
Project View
Shared Family
Parameter
i-drop
42. A user interface mechanism that you drag to change the shape of an element in the building model. A ______ appears in the selection color.
Poche
Framing Elevation
Flip Control
Shape Handle
43. 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
RPC
Element Properties
Array
Cutback
44. 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.
View List
Paint
Cutback
Plan View
45. A series of dashes or dots alternating with blank spaces. In the building industry - construction documents often use different line style conventions to convey information and to differentiate one line from another. For example - dimensions may use
RVT
Primary View
Line Pattern
Polyline
46. A setting that determines the appearance or behavior of an element - type - or view. Also called a property.
Listening Dimensions
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
Parameter
Halftone
47. A representation of a building model that simulates a person walking through the model along a defined path. The following ______ view shows the ______ path in red.
Stair Calculator
Solid Geometry
Trim
Walkthrough
48. 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
Type Selector
Masking Region
Shape Handle
49. 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
Stacked Wall
Link
Rule-based Filter
Fillet
50. 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 Group
Crop
Fill Pattern
Generic Model