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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A file format for fill patterns. A pattern file is a text file that contains definitions for model or drafting patterns in a project.
gbXML
Highlight
PAT
Revit Architecture
2. A symbol indicating a dependent view to which the primary view is linked.
Color Scheme
Orthographic View
Type
View Reference
3. 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.
Communication Center
Grid
Embedded Wall
Setback
4. 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
Library
View Range
Orthographic View
Parametric
5. 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.
Bubble
DWG
Head
Blend
6. 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
Swatch
Infill Element
Profile
7. 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
Walkthrough
Keynote Legend
Referring View
Panel
8. A planar surface on which you can add sketch lines or other components. Each view in Revit Architecture is associated with a ______. In some views (such as plan - 3D - and drafting) and for views in the Family Editor - the ______ is automatically def
Trim
Work Plane
Reference Elevation
Hosted Component
9. A graphical icon in the Revit drawing area that you use to manipulate elements. For example - when you select a chain of walls - blue circles display. These blue circles are drag ______. You can drag such a ______ to change the shape of the walls. Ot
Toposurface
Control
Selection Filter
Room Separation Line
10. A horizontal height at which certain elements in the view are shown in cross-section.
Project
Orthographic View
Centerline
Cut Plane
11. A Revit feature that allows you to specify a value for a dimension as you sketch an element in a view. You specify a start point for the element - start sketching in the desired direction - type the exact dimension desired - and press Enter. Revit Ar
Listening Dimensions
Closed Loop
RFA
Type Parameters
12. A 2-dimensional plane used when designing families of model elements or placing elements in a building model.
Reference Plane
Attached Detail Group
Proxy Graphics
Room-bounding Elements
13. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture hides the lines of elements that are obscured by other surfaces.
End Cap
Projection Line Style
Hidden Line Mode
Shortcut Menu
14. 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
Surface Pattern
Break Control
Polyline
Curtain System
15. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture displays the image of the model with all edges and lines drawn - but no surfaces.
Permanent Dimension
Wireframe
Polymesh
Shortcut Menu
16. A list of model elements that belong to a particular family type but that differ in size or other characteristics. Using ______ - you can load only the size you need - rather than loading the entire family type. For example - suppose that you want to
Core
Collinear
Type Catalog
Architectural Column
17. The thickness of a line. You can specify the ______ as part of the line style for model lines - perspective lines - and annotation lines used in Revit Architecture. To define line weights - click Manage tab > Settings panel > ______.
Revision Schedule
Solid Geometry
ADSK
Line Weight
18. 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.
Retaining Wall
Section Box
Drafting View
Element Properties
19. 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
Callout
Surface Pattern
View Control Bar
Instance Parameters
20. 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
Detail View
Family
Line Style
Curtain Wall
21. 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
Clip Plane
Datum
Phase
Framing Elevation
22. 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
Reference Point
Perspective View
Property
True North
23. A mechanism for determining which elements are selected (for modification or manipulation) based on their family types or element parameters.
Load
Family
X-Ray
Selection Filter
24. An element that you hide in a particular view.
Key Schedule
PAT
Hidden Element
Fill Pattern
25. 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
Tessellation
Reference Plane
Casework
In-place Family
26. A fixed starting point - or the point in a coordinate system where the axes intersect. In Revit Architecture - you use an ______ for many functions - such as positioning a linked project - creating a custom fill pattern - positioning a group - resizi
Flip Control
Origin
Type
Entourage
27. 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
Project View
RTE
Blend
Detail Component
28. A display color that blends the line color of an element with the background color of the view. For example - the following image shows some elements in ______ (gray) and others in black. You can specify the ______ display properties using the Visibi
Halftone
Instance Parameters
Hidden Element
Pattern Component
29. 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
Model Text
Slope Arrow
Frame
Central File
30. 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.
Void Geometry
Highlight
Floor Plan
Host
31. 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
Symbol
Shortcut Menu
Listening Dimensions
Import Symbol
32. The file format for projects created using Google® SketchUp - a general purpose modeling and visualization tool. You can import ______ files into a Revit project.
SKP
Frame
Symbol
Primary View
33. Available in the conceptual design environment - ______ mode is a transparent view that displays the underlying geometric skeleton of a form.
Site Utility
Object
X-Ray
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
34. A stage or time period in the construction process of a building project. Typical ______ include existing construction - demolition - remodeling - and new construction. Revit Architecture tracks the ______ in which views or components are created or
Retaining Wall
Room Separation Line
Join
Phase
35. 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).
Section Box
Tag
Curtain System
Model Group
36. 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
Far clip plane
X-Ray
Material
Chain
37. 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.
Revision Cloud
Reference Point
Reference Label
Fill Volume
38. Text used in a building model - such as for signage. You can add ______ in a project view and in the Family Editor for families that can be represented in 3D - such as walls - doors - windows - and furniture. An instance of ______ is a model element.
Model Group
Floor Plan
Selection Box
Model Text
39. A sketch line that indicates where to split a view for a dependent view - as shown.
Halftone
Instance Parameters
Local File
Matchline
40. 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 ____
RTE
Material Takeoff Schedule
Shared Family
Dimension
41. 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 _____
Paint
Primary View
Shared Parameters
Infill Element
42. 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
Hosted Component
Type Parameters
Hidden Line Mode
Location Line
43. 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
Detail View
Fill Pattern
Underlay
Reference Line
44. 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.
Void Geometry
Resize
Start Point
Structural Column
45. A user interface mechanism that you drag to change the shape of an element in the building model. A ______ appears in the selection color.
Closed Loop
Casework
Cut Volume
Shape Handle
46. A schedule (list) of all drawing sheets in a project. The drawing list functions as a table of contents for the project. It is typically placed on the first sheet of a construction document set.
Explode
Drawing List
Shading
Join
47. A view-specific element that shows the size of an element or shows distances between elements or points in a building model. As you place an element - Revit Architecture displays temporary ______ so that you can place the element accurately. You can
Dimension
Object
Spot Coordinate
Cut Plane
48. A 3-dimensional shape that results from removing shapes from solid geometry.
Void Geometry
Parameter
Setback
Family
49. (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).
Area
Sketch
Proxy Graphics
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
50. A 3D view that shows a building model in which all components are the same size - regardless of the camera's distance from them.
Orthographic View
Shape Handle
Element
View Range