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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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 ______.
Spot Coordinate
System Family
Keynoting
Solid Geometry
2. 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
Pin
Parallel View
Callout
3. 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.
Model Graphics Style
Rough Opening
Moment
Parametric
4. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture hides the lines of elements that are obscured by other surfaces.
View List
Hidden Line Mode
Reference Line
Permanent Dimension
5. To divide a single object into multiple objects or sections. In a Revit project - you can ______ walls - lines - faces - toposurfaces - layers in vertically compound walls - and schedules using various ______ tools.
Array
Pushpin
Split
Profile
6. An Autodesk product. ______ integrates a physical model for layout - coordination - and documentation with an independently editable analytical model for building design and analysis. Using a single building information model and dynamic linking to t
Break Control
Revit Structure
Array
Open Loop
7. 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
End Cap
Floor Plan
Projection Line Style
Reference Line
8. 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
Property
Camera
Scale
9. 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.
Break Control
Tag
Draw Order
Keynoting
10. A 2D drawing of a building model that shows the layout of walls and other building components. In Revit Architecture - a ______ is also referred to as a floor plan view.
Floor Plan
Symbolic Line
Drafting View
Polyline
11. 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
Perpendicular View
Generic Model
Pattern Component
Poche
12. 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
Ground plane
Split
Crop Region
Decal
13. 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
True North
Plan View
Fill Pattern
Rendering
14. A method of displaying model elements in views. For example - you can choose to display a model using wireframe - hidden lines - shading - or shading with edges. You can specify the ______ for a view using the View Control Bar at the bottom of the Re
Spline
Markup
Model Graphics Style
View-specific
15. 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
Generic Annotation
Masking Region
Tessellation
True North
16. A 2-dimensional plane used when designing families of model elements or placing elements in a building model.
Divided Surface
Array
Polyline
Reference Plane
17. A non-physical item that is used to establish project context. ______ include levels - grids - and reference planes. For example - the following image shows a grid - which is used for the placement of columns and other model elements. The grid is not
Datum
Attached Detail Group
Title Block
View-specific
18. 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
View Range
Link
Shape Handle
Model Text
19. 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
Face
Attached Detail Group
Monolithic Stairs
Tessellation
20. An annotation that consists of text and may include a leader line and arrow. You can add ______ to a detail view - drafting view - or a sheet.
Stair Calculator
Tessellation
Text Note
Pushpin
21. 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
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Project Standards
Design Option
View Range
22. A family of elements that is created within the context of the current project. An ______ exists only in the project and cannot be loaded into other projects. Using ______ - you can create components that are unique to a project or components that re
True North
Orientation
In-place Family
Bounding Box
23. The file format for a Revit project.
Component
RVT
Isolate
Slope Arrow
24. 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.
Room-bounding Elements
Subcategory
Embedded Wall
Cutback
25. A horizontal height at which certain elements in the view are shown in cross-section.
Crop
RPC
Cut Plane
Compound Wall
26. 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
View Reference
Family
System Family
Slope Arrow
27. A defined set of elements that can be placed as a unit in a building design. ______ elements is useful when you need to create entities that represent repeating units or are common to many building projects (for example - hotel rooms - apartments - o
Fillet
Group
PAT
Shared Parameters
28. 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
Model Text
End Cap
View List
Matchline
29. An architectural term that refers to the landscaping and other environmental features shown in a rendering of a building. For example - ______ can include plants - trees - people - cars - and signs. Revit Architecture provides a library of ______ fam
Entourage
Primary View
Project Browser
Generic Annotation
30. 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
Property
Break Line
Parallel View
Footprint
31. 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.
Room Separation Line
Solar Study
Shading
Generic Annotation
32. 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.
Vertex
Model Graphics Style
Embedded Wall
Proxy Graphics
33. A drawing that shows the ceiling in a building design. Also called an RCP view. When you add a level to a building model - Revit Architecture automatically creates an ______ for it.
Datum Extent
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Rule-based Filter
Project
34. 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
Building Maker
Central File
Slope Arrow
Tag
35. A setting that determines the appearance or behavior of an element - type - or view. Also called a parameter.
Property
Template
Element Borrowing
Object
36. A component family that either has connectors or has the capability of hosting connectors that become functional when linked in a civil engineering application - such as AutoCAD® Civil 3D®.
Revit Architecture
Site Utility
Selection Box
Building Maker
37. A set of characteristics that define the line weight - line color - line pattern - and material for a category of model elements - annotation elements - or imported objects in a project.
Break Line
Object Style
Spot Elevation Dimension
Walkthrough
38. A joint at a 45-degree angle - or evenly angled between the joined elements. ______ can apply to walls - wall sweeps - railings - structural floors - roof fascia - curtain wall mullions - and other model elements. When 2 walls join - you can edit the
Break Line
Plan Region
DGN
Miter
39. 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
Revolve
Building Maker
Focal Point
Shared Parameters
40. 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
Filled Region
Filter
Project Parameters
Project Base Point
41. A mechanism for determining which elements are selected (for modification or manipulation) based on their family types or element parameters.
Selection Filter
X-Ray
Isolate
Material Takeoff Schedule
42. A Revit symbol that you can use to break a section line - break a schedule into multiple sections - or break a crop region into sections. In the following elevation view - the blue Z-shaped break controls allow you to break the crop region into secti
Local File
Break Control
i-drop
on-bearing Wall
43. 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
Casework
Closed Loop
Keynoting
Material
44. A collection of predefined resources that you can use in a Revit project. For example - you can access ______ of templates - detail components - entourage - materials - and families of model elements and annotation elements. Revit Architecture provid
Slope Arrow
Join
Library
Import Symbol
45. Open Database Connectivity. ______ is a general export tool that works in conjunction with many software drivers. You can export information about model elements in a Revit project to an ______ database.
Detail Group
Room Separation Line
Crop Region
ODBC
46. The settings used in a project that you want to apply to another project. ______ include family types - line weights - materials - view templates - and object styles.
Extrusion
Constraint
Reference Section
Project Standards
47. 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
Underlay
Orientation
Component
Legend
48. A Revit element that contains all objects (such as blocks and xrefs) from an imported drawing. When you move the cursor over the imported objects - Revit Architecture shows information about the ______. You can explode an ______ to convert it into in
3D reference plane
Model Text
Import Symbol
Rendering
49. A detailed drawing of part of a view. In Revit Architecture - the ______ appears in a separate view. In the ______ - you can add annotations and detail - which will not display in the parent view. In the parent view - the ______ area is marked with a
Category
Callout
Model Group
Curtain Wall
50. The top of the view in the drawing area. When producing solar studies or rendered images - change the view orientation from ______ to True North to create accurate sunlight and shadow patterns for the project.
Moment
Project North
Local File
Highlight