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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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
Area Scheme
Frame
Curtain System
Detail Group
2. 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.
Cutback
Toposurface
Shape Handle
Rehost
3. 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.
Leader
Drawing Area
Shortcut Menu
Patterned Surface
4. 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
Revit Architecture
Rough Opening
Tessellation
Closed Loop
5. Categories of elements that are derived from an imported drawing. You can change the visibility and graphic display of ______ through the visibility graphics menu.
Legend
Entourage
Imported Categories
Primary View
6. 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.
Project Base Point
Revit Architecture
Imported Categories
Rough Opening
7. A collection of elements in a workshared project that can be worked on independently. A ______ is typically a discrete functional area - such as interior - exterior - or site. When you enable worksharing - you can divide a project into ______ - with
Workset
Project Base Point
Cut Volume
Hidden Line
8. In an animation - a single image (for example - in a walkthrough animation or a solar study). In a building - a rigid structure built into a wall to hold a door - window - or other component. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the material and f
Clip Plane
Zoom
Frame
Library
9. 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.
Autodesk Seek
Walkthrough
Head
Centerline
10. A view of a floor plan or a reflected ceiling plan for a building model.
Revolve
System Family
Mark
Plan View
11. A view in which the annotation symbol for the current view is visible. For example - if you use the Find ______ tool for an elevation view - Revit Architecture lists all views in which its elevation symbol is visible.
Draw Order
Pattern Component
Referring View
Head
12. 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.
Line Weight
Core
Divided Surface
Hidden Element
13. The proportional system used to represent objects in a drawing. In Revit Architecture - you can assign a different ______ to each view.
Volumetric Geometry
Miter
Scale
Line Weight
14. 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
View-specific
Curtain Wall
Markup
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
15. A horizontal or vertical projection from a wall - often decorative in nature. Examples of ______ include baseboards and crown molding.
Wall Sweep
Family
Cut Line Style
Link
16. 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.
Model Pattern
Color Scheme
Curtain System
Keynoting
17. 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
Layer Mapping File
Leader
Witness line
Constraint
18. 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.
Setback
Orthographic View
Draw Order
Drawing List
19. A Revit family that can be used as a building block for creating families. Revit Architecture provides ______ for floors - walls - ceilings - roofs - drawing sheets - viewports - and other elements. You cannot delete ______.
3D reference plane
Line Style
Type Selector
System Family
20. A method of annotating drawings to identify building materials - describe assembly instructions - or provide special instructions or explanations. ______ help to standardize information related to the building design and can help reduce clutter in dr
Keynoting
Pan
End Cap
Panel
21. A graphic style applied to an element when a view (such as a section view) cuts through the element - so that you are seeing a representation of its interior surface. For the ______ of an element - you can specify the line weight - color - and patter
Polyline
Cut Line Style
Witness line
Type Parameters
22. A construction document. In Revit Architecture - you place project views on ______ to create a construction document set.
Draw Order
Datum
Options Bar
Sheet
23. A 2-dimensional plane used when designing families of model elements or placing elements in a building model.
Pan
Text Note
NURB Surface
Reference Plane
24. The part of the Revit user interface that displays views - sheets - schedules - and other representations of the building model.
DWF Design Web Format
Drag Control
Drawing Area
Projection Line Style
25. 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
Embedded Wall
Camera
Type Catalog
Model Line
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).
Listening Dimensions
Sketch
Temporary Dimension
Shape Handle
27. A mechanism for determining which elements are selected (for modification or manipulation) based on their family types or element parameters.
Cut Volume
Revit Architecture
Markup
Selection Filter
28. A wall that supports no additional vertical load except its own weight. ______ can be used to define and divide spaces in Revit Architecture.
Target Point
on-bearing Wall
Reference Point
Slope Arrow
29. 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.
Selection Box
Ground plane
Projection Line Style
Poche
30. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture hides the lines of elements that are obscured by other surfaces.
View Template
Hidden Element
Underlay
Hidden Line Mode
31. (1) To jump to a line or reference point in a drawing. (2) A line or reference point to which Revit Architecture will jump when you are placing a component or sketching a line. When you place a model element or sketch a line in a drawing - Revit Arch
Detail Level
Snap
Patterned Surface
Load
32. Rich Photorealistic Content. The file type for ArchVision realpeople and other objects - which can be loaded into Revit Architecture as an entourage family - for use in rendered images.
Perpendicular View
RPC
Solid Geometry
Element Properties
33. Autodesk Exchange File - the file format used by Autodesk applications to transmit design information.
Model Group
ADSK
Generic Annotation
Embedded Wall
34. A wall that consists of multiple vertical layers. Each layer can use a different material (such as concrete - insulation - and interior finish) and have a different function (such as structure - thermal layer - and substrate).
Compound Wall
Span Direction
Model Line
Family
35. The file type for a Revit project template.
Keynoting
Discipline
RTE
Vertex
36. A sketched line that does not connect to itself. Instead - it leaves an open space between the start point and endpoint of the line. In Revit Architecture - you use ______ to sketch a roof by extrusion and to split toposurfaces and faces. In the foll
Sketch
Open Loop
Profile
Halftone
37. A method of defining 3D geometry for a building model. You begin a solid ______ by sketching 2D shapes on a plane. Revit Architecture then ______ the sketch between a start point and an endpoint. You can also create a void ______ by cutting a shape o
Extrusion
Wireframe
Poche
Pushpin
38. Passing through or lying on the same straight line. Sketching a line that is ______ with an existing wall
Projection Line Style
Drawing List
Collinear
Attach
39. 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 _____
Control
Infill Element
Reference Plane
Sketch
40. 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
Rendering
Rule-based Filter
Link
RPC
41. A photorealistic image of a building model used to evaluate the impact of natural light and shadows on the buildings and site.
Toposurface
Solar Study
Offset
Sketch
42. 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
Footprint
Shared Family
Listening Dimensions
43. A shape (such as a circle or cloud) that contains identification text for a grid - level - view title - callout - or annotation.
Area Scheme
Bubble
Object
Target Point
44. A Revit file that contains all information about a building design.
Web Library
Project
Floor Plan
Shape Handle
45. 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.
Rough Opening
Revit Structure
Reference Plane
Area
46. 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
View Control Bar
Datum
Symbolic Line
Project Browser
47. 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
Underlay
Tag
Group
Drafting View
48. 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.
Model Element
Tessellation
Constraint
View-specific
49. A group of view-specific elements that are associated with a model group. For example - an ______ may be comprised of door tags and window tags.
Ground plane
Model Element
Room Separation Line
Attached Detail Group
50. A column that adds architectural interest to a building. An ______ can be used to model box-outs around structural columns and for decorative applications.
Architectural Column
Cutback
Symbolic Line
Color Scheme