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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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1. In Revit Architecture - a section of a curtain wall or a curtain system. ______ are separated by mullions. ______ can consist of glass or different types of walls.
Area
Level
Panel
Slope Arrow
2. 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
Head
Underlay
Rehost
Note Block
3. 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
Framing Elevation
Area Scheme
View Control Bar
Workset
4. Vegetation used to create a landscape around a building design. Revit Architecture provides a library of ______ families. You can also create or download additional plants.
Planting
Scope Box
View Properties
Fill Volume
5. 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.
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
Type Catalog
Dimension
Open Loop
6. An exterior wall consisting of panels connected by joints or mullions. The panels can be made of glass - brick - or other materials.
View List
Building Maker
Extrusion
Curtain Wall
7. 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.
Blend
Site Utility
Detail Level
Room-bounding Elements
8. To choose an object in the drawing area. Many of the controls and tools that you use to modify an element in the drawing area are available only when an element is ______. In Revit Architecture - a ______ element displays in the ______ color - and co
Embedded Wall
Drag Control
Drawing Area
Select
9. A dimension that Revit Architecture displays as you draw or place elements in a view. ______ can help you to position an element in the desired location - or to draw a line to the desired length or angle. When you finish drawing or placing an element
Site Utility
View Range
Collinear
Temporary Dimension
10. A text file that maps each Revit category or subcategory to a preconfigured layer name for the CAD software. For example - a Revit door object automatically maps to the A-DOOR layer in AutoCAD. The layer names are preconfigured in the text file - but
Walkthrough
Massing Study
Layer Mapping File
Polymesh
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.
Referring View
Stair Calculator
Bubble
Shortcut Menu
12. Representations of AutoCAD objects. Revit Architecture supports ______ from AutoCAD files. Unlike AutoCAD objects - ______ have no intelligence.
Property
Proxy Graphics
Detail View
3D reference plane
13. A series of lines that you can use to help draw or place elements in a building design. ______ are useful in the design and documentation phases of a project. In Revit Architecture - ______ are datum elements.
Revolve
Grid
Shared Parameters
Attach
14. 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.
Shading
RPC
Break Control
Planting
15. A set of horizontal planes that control the visibility and display of objects in a view. The horizontal planes are Top Clip Plane - Cut Plane - Bottom Clip Plane - and View Depth. Elements outside the ______ do not display in the view.
Status Bar
Cut Plane
View Range
Infill Element
16. 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.
Project North
Status Bar
Embedded Wall
Referencing View
17. A file format supported by MicroStation of Bentley Systems - Inc. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
Detail Level
Wall Sweep
DGN
Scale
18. A setting that determines the appearance or behavior of an element - type - or view. Also called a parameter.
Leader
Temporary Dimension
Property
Workset
19. A 2-dimensional plane used when designing families of model elements or placing elements in a building model.
UV grid
Cut Volume
Reference Plane
Layer Mapping File
20. 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.
Line Pattern
Object Style
Rehost
Revit MEP
21. 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
Collinear
View Depth
Wireframe
Open Loop
22. (1) The distance that a wall sweep or wall reveal is offset from intersecting wall inserts. The ______ value allows you to place sweeps or reveals properly near window or door trims. You can define a default ______ for wall sweeps and wall reveals in
Setback
Generic Annotation
Revolve
Symbol
23. 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.
Shape Handle
Leader
Building Maker
Floor Plan
24. Reference planes are displayed in the conceptual design environment in the 3-dimensional views.
3D reference plane
Reference Point
Closed Loop
Face
25. A list of changes made to a building design or construction document. A ______ displays in the title block of a sheet. As you add views with revision clouds to sheets - the ______ updates with information about the corresponding revisions.
Extrusion
Revision Schedule
Load
Footprint
26. 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.
Options Bar
Property
Retaining Wall
Drawing Area
27. The graphic shape used to represent the end of a dimension - such as an arrow or a slash.
Note Block
Drafting Pattern
RTE
Tick Mark
28. 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
Perspective View
Parameter
Revit Structure
Footprint
29. 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
In-place Family
RFA
Leader
Halftone
30. 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.
Hidden Element
Frame
Rehost
Model Line
31. A tabular display of information. In Revit Architecture - a ______ is extracted from the properties of elements in a project. It is displayed in a ______ view. Using Revit Architecture - you can create many types of ______ - including quantities - ma
Mullion
RVT
Schedule
Template
32. Settings that control the appearance or behavior of all elements of a particular family type. ______ are also called type properties. The instance parameters and ______ of an element combine to establish its element properties.
Rough Opening
Status Bar
Grid
Type Parameters
33. A 3-dimensional shape that has measurable volume. Non-volumetric geometry refers to a 2-dimensional shape.
Radial
Building Pad
Extrusion
Volumetric Geometry
34. (1) The intersection where 2 or more elements share a common face. (2) To resolve intersections between elements that share a common face. The level of detail for the view determines the detail of the ______ geometry that is shown. The following imag
3D reference plane
Join
Workset
Footprint
35. An invisible 3-dimensional rectangular space that contains all model elements - annotation elements - and datum elements defined in a family-based element. The ______ helps define the family origin of some elements - and aids joining and cutback of s
UV grid
Solar Study
DWF markups
Bounding Box
36. A 3D shape consisting of multiple polygons that are joined (meshed) together. For example - a ______ cube consists of 6 square surfaces that are joined together to form the cube shape. This is sometimes referred to as face-based geometry.
Polymesh
Model Line
View Depth
RPC
37. 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.
Fillet
Clip Plane
Rough Opening
Revit Architecture
38. A collection of predefined project resources that are available on the Internet. For example - you can access ______ of templates - detail components - entourage - and families of model elements and annotation elements.
View Depth
Rehost
Web Library
Filled Region
39. The beginning of a sketched line.
Clip Plane
Start Point
Reference Line
Mark
40. A shape (such as a circle or cloud) that contains identification text for a grid - level - view title - callout - or annotation.
Structural Column
Rehost
Bubble
Framing Elevation
41. 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
Drawing List
Selection Filter
Dependent View
Shortcut Menu
42. A Revit function for workshared projects. ______ allows you to edit an element in a workset that you do not own. If another team member is currently editing the workset - that team member is the owner of the workset and you must place a request to bo
Scope Box
Closed Loop
Element Borrowing
Area Scheme
43. A tool that displays links to information about product updates and announcements. To access the ______ - click the satilite dish in the InfoCenter toolbar in the upper right corner of the Revit window.
Mirror
Phase
View Control Bar
Communication Center
44. To transfer a file or a collection of information from an outside location into a Revit project. In Revit Architecture - you can ______ groups - templates - detail components - entourage - materials - families of model elements and annotation element
Halftone
Load
Rule-based Filter
Wireframe
45. A file format for fill patterns. A pattern file is a text file that contains definitions for model or drafting patterns in a project.
Collinear
PAT
Detail Line
Keynoting
46. 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.
Text Note
Monolithic Stairs
Entourage
Area
47. The file format for a Revit family.
Line Style
Solid Geometry
RFA
Web Library
48. 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
Crop
Wireframe
Orientation
Cut Line Style
49. 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
Radial
Communication Center
Underlay
50. A drawing file format supported by AutoCAD and other CAD applications. Revit Architecture can import and export ______ files.
Selection Box
Cut Line Style
DWG
Perspective View