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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
View Control Bar
Model Element
Layer Mapping File
Attach
2. A graphic design that is applied to the surface of a model element. ______ represent the actual appearance of an element - such as brick coursing or ceramic tile on a wall. They are fixed with respect to the model and scale with the model.
Highlight
Detail Level
Model Pattern
Cut Line Style
3. The Autodesk file format for publishing design data. It offers an alternative to generating PDF (Portable Document Format) files. DWF files are significantly smaller than the original RVT files - making them easy to send by email or to post to a web
gbXML
Drafting View
DWF Design Web Format
In-place Family
4. A template for a sheet. A ______ generally includes information about the company - address - date of the project - and revisions.
Reference Line
Rule-based Filter
Title Block
Draw Order
5. Passing through or lying on the same straight line. Sketching a line that is ______ with an existing wall
Wall Sweep
Drafting View
Collinear
Fill Volume
6. The process of completely disassembling an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into Revit elements - including text - curves - lines - and filled regions.
Profile
Schedule
Attach
Full Explode
7. 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
Detail Level
Cut Plane
Detail Component
DWG
8. Autodesk Exchange File - the file format used by Autodesk applications to transmit design information.
ADSK
Casework
Worksharing
Model Graphics Style
9. 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
Casework
Matchline
Symbolic Line
Referring View
10. 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.
Entourage
Shape Handle
Revit MEP
Draw Order
11. A mechanism for determining which elements are selected (for modification or manipulation) based on their family types or element parameters.
Reference Section
Selection Filter
Attached Detail Group
Target Point
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
Link
Material
Flip Control
DWG
13. A combination (blending) of 2 shapes to create a 3D shape. You can create ______ using solid geometry and void geometry. For example - the 2D shapes below are ______ to create the solid extrusion that follows.
Room-bounding Elements
Blend
Symbol
Reference Elevation
14. 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
Generic Annotation
Object
Parallel View
Spot Elevation Dimension
15. 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
Decal
Trim
Status Bar
16. The framed hole (opening) in a wall into which a manufactured window or door is installed. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the height and width of the ______ for a window type or door type.
Polyline
Project North
Parametric
Rough Opening
17. A model element - annotation element - datum element - or imported element in a project.
Parameter
Object
Line Pattern
Rendering
18. (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).
Decal
Object Style
Break Line
Sketch
19. Comments or revision instructions from someone who reviewed a building design. When you publish construction documents as DWF files - the files can be ______ up electronically using a program such as Autodesk Design Review. Then the ______ can be lin
Model Element
Primary View
Markup
Frame
20. The amount of rotation at an axis caused by downward force applied to a beam at a distance from its supporting members. A ______ connection is a connection that is designed to transfer ______ and other forces between a beam and its supporting members
Moment
Shape Handle
Worksharing
Rough Opening
21. 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
Dependent View
Project
Building Footprint
Extrusion
22. 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
Datum Extent
Layer Mapping File
Project View
Host
23. Available in the conceptual design environment - ______ mode is a transparent view that displays the underlying geometric skeleton of a form.
Join
Dimension
X-Ray
Offset
24. 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.
Decal
Symbol
Host
Select
25. A project view or imported file that you use to help position elements in the current view. For example - when you use a section view as an ______ to a detail view - model elements in the detail view display in halftone or a different line weight and
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Sheet
Underlay
Note Block
26. A set of colors and fill patterns used to graphically designate rooms or areas in a floor plan. You can apply ______ based on any parameter value for a room or area. For example - if you want to color rooms by department - set the Department paramete
Area
Spot Elevation Dimension
Color Scheme
Structural Column
27. 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
Decal
Project Template
Line Pattern
28. 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.
Shared Family
DGN
Shape Handle
Rehost
29. 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
Primary View
Detail Component
Bubble
Tag
30. User-defined fields that you add to multiple categories of elements - sheets - or views in a project. These ______ are specific to the project and cannot be shared with other projects. For example - you can create a ______ named Approved By for views
Project Parameters
Spot Coordinate
Level
Pushpin
31. 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
Projection Line Style
Building Footprint
Category
Planting
32. For a subcomponent of a family - a property that defines its display (the line weight - line color - and line pattern). For example - you can assign one ______ to the wood trim of a window and another ______ to the glass.
Type Selector
Subcategory
View Control Bar
Building Footprint
33. 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.
Schedule
Wall Sweep
Options Bar
View-specific
34. A model element that exists in 3D space and is visible in all views of a Revit project. You can use ______ to represent 3D geometry in a building design - such as cords or cables that secure a tarp. You can sketch straight - curved - arc - circular -
Model Line
In-place Family
View Template
Fill Pattern
35. Nested family which is applied to populate buildable architectural components across a large variety of geometric divided and patterned surfaces. It can contain both 2D and 3D geometry which create intelligent and flexible parametric components.
View Reference
Void Geometry
Building Footprint
Pattern Component
36. 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
Group
Drafting View
Location Line
Shared Coordinates
37. 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
Location Line
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Cut Volume
Matchline
38. A 3D view of a building model - in which components that are further away appear smaller than those that are closer. In Revit Architecture - you create a ______ by placing a camera in a 3D view.
Explode
End Cap
Perspective View
Type Selector
39. The graphic shape used to represent the end of a dimension - such as an arrow or a slash.
Options Bar
Tick Mark
RPC
Imported Categories
40. The file format for a Revit project.
RVT
Group
Extrusion
Select
41. 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
Line Pattern
Join
Markup
Project Browser
42. 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
SKP
Frame
Shading
Slope Arrow
43. 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.
Listening Dimensions
Element Borrowing
Revision Cloud
Project Standards
44. 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. A default light source provides illumination for the ______ elements.
Type Selector
Curtain Wall
Type Catalog
Shading
45. 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.
Parameter
Shared Coordinates
Centerline
Line Pattern
46. 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.
Hosted Component
Constraint
Detail Line
Resize
47. A user interface mechanism that allows you to manipulate and activate a view that has been placed on a sheet. When you activate a view through a ______ - you can edit the model directly on the sheet.
Viewport
Crop
Wall Sweep
Parameter
48. 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.
Orientation
Property
Retaining Wall
Scale
49. The orientation of a structural floor. When you place a structural floor in the plan view - Revit Architecture creates a ______ component. Rotate the ______ component to change the orientation of the structural floor.
Generic Model
Span Direction
Slope Arrow
Partial Explode
50. 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.
Key Schedule
Revit Structure
Project North
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)