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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A menu of context-sensitive options. A ______ displays when you right-click an element or view.
Poche
Cutback
Massing Study
Shortcut Menu
2. 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.
Local File
Building Footprint
Object Style
Shading with Edges
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.
Mullion
Zoom
Shared Family
Embedded Wall
4. A Revit tool that automates the creation of stairs based on a specified minimum tread depth and maximum riser height.
Type Catalog
Stair Calculator
3D reference plane
Attach
5. The ______ defines the origin (0 -0 -0) of the project coordinate system. It also can be used to position a building on a site and for locating the design elements of a building during construction.
PAT
Project Base Point
Mark
Phase
6. 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
Project View
Model Graphics Style
Underlay
Shortcut Menu
7. The file format for a Revit project.
Isolate
Property
Instance Parameters
RVT
8. 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
Building Footprint
Dimension
Paint
9. The North/South and East/West coordinates of an individual point with respect to the shared coordinate system for a group of linked Revit projects.
Central File
Fill Pattern
Spot Coordinate
Drafting View
10. 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
Divided Surface
Panel
Phase
Primary View
11. A model element that exists in 3D space and is visible in all views of a Revit project. You can use ______ to represent 3D geometry in a building design - such as cords or cables that secure a tarp. You can sketch straight - curved - arc - circular -
Filled Region
Sheet
Load
Model Line
12. 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 _____
Infill Element
on-bearing Wall
Target Point
Parallel View
13. A file format developed by the International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI). ______ provides an interoperability solution between ______-compatible software applications in the construction and facilities management industry. The format has esta
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Ground plane
Floor Plan
Polymesh
14. An arrangement of elements in a building model. For example - in a large office - you can create an ______ of desks and chairs. In a structural design - you can create an ______ of beams or columns. You can create a linear ______ - in which the eleme
Array
Line Style
Site Utility
on-bearing Wall
15. 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
Filter
Material
Tessellation
Ground plane
16. 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
Generic Annotation
Matchline
Explode
Offset
17. 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
Camera
In-place Family
Stacked Wall
Worksharing
18. 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
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Masking Region
Element Borrowing
Crop
19. 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
Decal
Snap
DWF Design Web Format
Floor Plan
20. 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
Line Style
Web Library
Datum
Legend
21. The process of disassembling an import symbol (which represents imported geometry) into its next highest level of elements: nested import symbols. A ______ yields more import symbols - which - in turn - can be exploded into elements or other import s
Drawing Area
Span Direction
Embedded Wall
Partial Explode
22. 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
Shared Parameters
Plan View
Focal Point
23. 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.
Draw Order
Generic Annotation
Cutback
Select
24. 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
Keynoting
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Select
Face
25. 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
Span Direction
Focal Point
Attach
26. 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 Point
Cut Volume
Drafting Pattern
Project Parameters
27. 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.
Moment
Instance Parameters
Datum Extent
Hidden Line Mode
28. Categories of elements that are derived from an imported drawing. You can change the visibility and graphic display of ______ through the visibility graphics menu.
Origin
Imported Categories
Offset
Sketch
29. A 3-dimensional shape used in a building model. You can use the Family Editor to create ______ shapes to build families of model elements.
Solid Geometry
Room Separation Line
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Discipline
30. 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
Selection Filter
Project View
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Model Line
31. 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
Hidden Line
Mark
Work Plane
Web Library
32. A graphic representation of an annotation element or other object. ______ are sometimes referred to as tags. Revit Architecture uses ______ for annotations - moment frames - cantilever connections - and other elements.
Primary View
Symbol
on-bearing Wall
Trim
33. 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.
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)
Void Geometry
Pin
Options Bar
34. A drop-down list on the ribbon from which you can select a family type for the element being added or modified.
Framing Elevation
Category
Type Selector
Selection Filter
35. 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
Viewport
End Cap
Slope Arrow
Temporary Dimension
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
Walkthrough
Break Line
Referencing View
Material
37. The beginning of a sketched line.
ADSK
Shape Handle
Start Point
Crop Region
38. A table of information that you create to simplify or automate data entry in other - larger schedules. A ______ can reduce the time required to produce a larger schedule and help to generate accurate cost estimates. For example - a room schedule for
Key Schedule
View Control Bar
Parameter
ODBC
39. A set of colors and fill patterns used to graphically designate rooms or areas in a floor plan. You can apply ______ based on any parameter value for a room or area. For example - if you want to color rooms by department - set the Department paramete
Mirror
Face
Color Scheme
DWF Design Web Format
40. 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
Detail Group
Element Properties
Snap
Camera
41. A horizontal height at which certain elements in the view are shown in cross-section.
Flip Control
Site Utility
Cut Plane
Rough Opening
42. A model element - annotation element - datum element - or imported element in a project.
Object
ADSK
Bounding Box
View Control Bar
43. 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
Site Utility
X-Ray
Level
UV grid
44. A construction document that has been reviewed and revised or commented on (marked up). Typically - the reviewer is the project designer - a client - or another building professional. When you export construction documents as DWF files - the files ca
Location Line
Material
DWF markups
3D reference plane
45. 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
Instance Parameters
Break Line
Referring View
Offset
46. 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
Join
Import Symbol
Color Scheme
Selection Filter
47. Passing through or lying on the same straight line. Sketching a line that is ______ with an existing wall
Collinear
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Framing Elevation
Chain
48. 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
Listening Dimensions
Solid Geometry
Datum
Revision Schedule
49. A Revit file that contains all information about a building design.
Project
Family
Stair Calculator
Title Block
50. An open schema created to help building designers gather information about the energy consumption characteristics of building projects. To perform energy analysis for a building model - you can export a Revit project to ______. Using a third-party ap
Swatch
Filter
gbXML
Section Box