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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Project Base Point
Miter
Sheet
Extrusion
2. Arranged along a radius or arc. In Revit Architecture - when you create a ______ array - the elements in the array are arranged along a curve.
ADSK
Radial
Lock
SKP
3. A finite horizontal plane that acts as a reference for level-hosted elements - such as roofs - floors - and ceilings. In Revit Architecture - you define a ______ for each vertical height or story within a building - or other needed reference of the b
Discipline
Camera
Level
Moment
4. A copy of the project file that resides on the computer system of the team member who is working on the file. When worksharing is used to distribute project work among team members - each member uses a ______ to work on his or her workset (functional
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
System Family
Local File
Link
5. In Revit Architecture - the adjacent materials of a compound structure - such as a wall. You can define the ______ in a compound structure.
Filled Region
Crop Region
Layer
Building Maker
6. 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.
Curtain System
Reference Point
Cut Plane
Resize
7. 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
Markup
Selection Box
Location Line
Wall Sweep
8. Settings that control the appearance or behavior of an individual element in a project. The ______ and type parameters of an element combine to establish its element properties. ______ are also called instance properties.
Selection Box
Drafting Pattern
Instance Parameters
Temporary Dimension
9. A line that is used to create a detail drawing. A ______ is visible only in the view in which it is drawn. You can use ______ as follows: To detail a view with part of the model visible - such as in a wall section or callout - In a drafting view to d
Project Browser
Detail Line
Family
Section Box
10. To reverse the position of a selected model element - using a line as the ______ axis. For example - if you ______ a wall on a reference plane - the wall flips opposite the original wall. You can pick the ______ axis or draw a temporary axis. Use the
Far clip plane
System Family
Mirror
Level
11. To disassemble an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into its next highest level of elements.
Worksharing
Explode
Target Point
Void Geometry
12. 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
Vertex
Selection Filter
Library
Polymesh
13. A graphical icon in the Revit drawing area that you can use to reverse the position or orientation of an element in the drawing area. For example - when you click the ______for a compound wall - the wall flips over - so its layers reverse.
Scale
Plan
X-Ray
Flip Control
14. 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
Paint
Origin
Moment
Frame
15. A line of a particular pattern - weight - and color - used to indicate different effects. For example - in the following site plan - a red dashed line indicates the zoning setback. Revit Architecture predefines several ______ and uses them for defaul
gbXML
Collinear
Site Utility
Line Style
16. 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
Slope Arrow
Hidden Line
Zoom
Offset
17. 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.
Model Group
Structural Column
Reference Section
Rehost
18. 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
Break Line
Plan View
Cut Volume
Selection Filter
19. 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
Explode
View Reference
Design Option
Projection Line Style
20. 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 _____
Patterned Surface
Keynoting
Infill Element
Nested Family
21. 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
Shading with Edges
Shape Handle
Scope Box
22. 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
Leader
Family
Room-bounding Elements
Location Line
23. 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
Embedded Wall
Array
Component
Revolve
24. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture displays the image of the model with all edges and lines drawn - but no surfaces.
Line Weight
on-bearing Wall
Wireframe
Void Geometry
25. 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
Reference Plane
Project Parameters
Attach
Polymesh
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
Core
Element Properties
Camera
27. A 2D - view-specific graphic. You can use ______ to represent various surfaces - such as concrete or compacted earth. You can add a ______ to a detail view - a drafting view - or an annotation family. For each ______ - you can specify a boundary line
Filled Region
Blend
Embedded Wall
Shape Handle
28. 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.
Property
Break Line
Revision Schedule
Projection Line Style
29. 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
Revision Cloud
Footprint
Project View
Halftone
30. A horizontal plane that helps to define the view range in a floor plan or reflected ceiling plan. By default - the ______ is the same as the bottom clip plane. However - you can specify the ______ to show elements (such as foundation footings) below
Orthographic View
Toposurface
View Depth
Permanent Dimension
31. A web service that lets you search for - download - and integrate product and design information into your drawing. You can also publish families to the ______ website to make them available for other designers to incorporate into their designs.
Matchline
Decal
Generic Annotation
Autodesk Seek
32. 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
Open Loop
Model Graphics Style
Listening Dimensions
Reference Line
33. 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
Drafting Pattern
Hidden Line Mode
Poche
Library
34. 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 ____
Shared Family
Library
Model Line
Drawing List
35. A uniform distance from an element or line - along which the element or line will move - or a new element or line will be created. For example - when creating walls - you might specify an ______ of 5 meters. When you select an existing wall - Revit A
Text Note
View Depth
Communication Center
Offset
36. The Z-shaped line used in a drafting view or detail view to obscure parts of the drawing - to focus the drawing on a particular area. The following drafting view uses ______ above and below the section to obscure less intricate parts of the door asse
Import Symbol
Break Line
Link
Work Plane
37. 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-
Type Parameters
Reference Section
Generic Model
Revit Structure
38. 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 ______.
Element Borrowing
System Family
Project North
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
39. In Revit Architecture - a vertical or horizontal strip between panels of a curtain wall or curtain system.
Poche
Array
Blend
Mullion
40. One or more masses in a Revit project. ______ allow you to explore design ideas by using shapes to conceptualize a building model. When your conceptual design is complete - you can add building elements directly to these shapes.
Massing Study
Underlay
Material
View Reference
41. 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.
In-place Family
Revit Architecture
Material
Crop
42. 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.
Web Library
Draw Order
Chain
Generic Annotation
43. A collection of view properties (such as view scale - discipline - detail level - and visibility settings) that can be applied to a project view. For example - you might create one ______ for a structural floor plan - and another ______ for an exit f
View Template
Keynote Legend
Note Block
Flip Control
44. 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
Shared Parameters
Detail Group
DWF markups
45. 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
Divided Surface
Vertex
Drafting Pattern
Detail Level
46. A line that you draw in a view to define areas that are used for different purposes - when a wall between the rooms is not desired. ______ are visible in plan views - 3D views - and perspective views. For example - the following floor plan uses room
Miter
Void Geometry
Architectural Column
Room Separation Line
47. A graphical icon in the Revit drawing area that you ______ to change the shape or size of an element in the building model. When you select an element - Revit Architecture displays it's ______ as blue circles or triangles.
Line Pattern
Solar Study
Collinear
Drag Control
48. A building component consisting of panels - curtain grids - and mullions. In Revit a ______ usually does not have a rectangular shape.
ADSK
Model Element
Filter
Curtain System
49. A design methodology that maintains a single database of information about a building design. All information for a building design - from geometry to construction data - is stored in a project file. This information includes components used to desig
Grid
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Open Loop
ODBC
50. 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
DWF Design Web Format
Join
Room-bounding Elements
Start Point