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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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it-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In a 3D context - ______ moves the camera left and right. In a 2D context - ______ scrolls the view. If you are using ______ with an active view on a sheet - ______ scrolls the sheet view - not the active view on the sheet.
Centerline
Slope Arrow
Generic Model
Pan
2. 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.
RPC
Patterned Surface
Model Text
Panel
3. 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
Wall Sweep
Miter
Filled Region
Property
4. The point in the distance on which a camera is focusing.
Focal Point
Primary View
Title Block
Markup
5. A design method in which different team members are responsible for designing different functional areas of the same project file.
Rule-based Filter
Object Style
Worksharing
Scope Box
6. 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.
Line Weight
Centerline
Floor Plan
Stacked Wall
7. A 3-dimensional shape that has measurable volume. Non-volumetric geometry refers to a 2-dimensional shape.
Volumetric Geometry
Area Scheme
Divided Surface
Split
8. 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
Isolate
Zoom
Nested Family
9. The part of the Revit user interface that displays views - sheets - schedules - and other representations of the building model.
DWF Design Web Format
Witness line
Drawing Area
Surface Pattern
10. 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.
Web Library
Parametric
Structural Column
Referencing View
11. 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
Resize
Parallel View
Shared Parameters
12. A unique identifier that you assign to an element in its properties. You can include ______ in schedules and tag labels. For example - the following site plan shows ______ for individual parking spaces. These ______ are also listed in the parking sch
Worksharing
Datum
Drafting Pattern
Mark
13. (1) For elements that can slope (including roofs - ramps - floors - and ceilings) - the upper end of the slope. For example - in the following illustration - the ______ is the upper end of the sloped floor. (2) In Revit Architecture - the symbol that
Partial Explode
Reference Label
Head
Design Option
14. The calculated adjustment in beam geometry that ensures beam ends meet without overlaying one another at a join. This is the visible gap seen in a steel beam connection within the Revit project.
Discipline
Profile
Cutback
Revision Cloud
15. The file format for a Revit family.
Masking Region
Matchline
Building Pad
RFA
16. An annotation used to identify elements in a drawing. ______ provide a way to automate the display of attributes for an element or type. Revit Architecture provides default ______ for some types of elements - such as windows - doors - and rooms. You
Reference Section
Scale
i-drop
Tag
17. 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 ____
Keynote Legend
Shared Family
Work Plane
gbXML
18. 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
Projection Line Style
Communication Center
Control
Drag Control
19. The size of a datum plane (a plane for a level - grid - or reference line). Datum planes are not visible in all views. If the datum does not intersect a view plane - it will not be visible in that view. You can resize datum planes so that they are vi
Datum Extent
Drawing List
Filter
Communication Center
20. 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
Origin
Control
Isolate
Generic Annotation
21. 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.
Revision Schedule
Polymesh
Floor Plan
Callout
22. 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
Clip Plane
Element Borrowing
Rough Opening
Library
23. 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.
Partial Explode
Project Base Point
Primary View
Type
24. A functional area (such as structural - mechanical - electrical - or architectural) - or an area of expertise (such as architecture - structural engineering - or construction). In a Revit project - you can assign ______ to categories and to views. Yo
Type Catalog
3D reference plane
Underlay
Discipline
25. The characteristic of being visible in one project view only.
Markup
Rendering
View-specific
Orientation
26. 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
Project North
Volumetric Geometry
Level
View Depth
27. 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
Shading with Edges
Reference Line
End Cap
Revision Cloud
28. Passing through or lying on the same straight line. Sketching a line that is ______ with an existing wall
Local File
Collinear
Curtain System
Building Footprint
29. A 3D view that shows a building model in which all components are the same size - regardless of the camera's distance from them.
Spot Coordinate
Symbol
Location Line
Orthographic View
30. A wall that has 2 or more horizontal layers - each consisting of different materials and surfaces.
Color Scheme
Text Note
Title Block
Stacked Wall
31. 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 _____
Reference Plane
Infill Element
Divided Surface
Model Group
32. An exterior wall consisting of panels connected by joints or mullions. The panels can be made of glass - brick - or other materials.
Lock
Curtain Wall
Blend
Array
33. 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
Line Style
Schedule
Status Bar
Walkthrough
34. Part of the Revit interface that shows a logical hierarchy for all views - schedules - sheets - families - groups - and linked Revit models in the current project.
Control
Floor Plan
Project Browser
Revit Architecture
35. A group of elements that you use to model or document a building design. For example - ______ of model elements include walls - windows - columns - and beams. ______ of annotation elements include dimensions - tags - and text notes. ______ are organi
Category
Rule-based Filter
Model Text
Face
36. A Revit file that contains all information about a building design.
Project Base Point
Project
Model Text
Offset
37. A 2-dimensional plane used when designing families of model elements or placing elements in a building model.
Mark
Reference Plane
Referring View
Profile
38. Project coordinates that are used for remembering the mutual positions of multiple interlinked files. Those interlinked files can be all RVT files - or a combination of RVT - DWG - and DXF files.
Shared Coordinates
View Range
Cut Volume
Cut Line Style
39. A schedule (list) of all views in a project. The schedule includes the view parameters that you specify. You can use a ______ to manage the views in a project.
View List
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
Local File
Legend
40. A group of view-specific elements - such as text and filled regions.
Markup
Listening Dimensions
Detail Group
Wall Join
41. The point in the distance at which a camera is aimed or directed.
Project
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Target Point
Symbol
42. A series of 2-dimensional lines and arcs that form a closed loop. Use ______ to define cross-sections for railings - balusters - soffits - cornices - and other sweep-defined objects.
Generic Model
Local File
Type Catalog
Profile
43. To change the magnification of a view. In a 3D context - ______ moves the camera in and out. In a 2D context - ______ moves up and down perpendicular to the view. To ______ in is to increase the magnification - making the building appear larger. To _
True North
Model Pattern
Fill Volume
Zoom
44. A sample patch of a color or pattern. When you apply a color scheme to rooms - the floor plan can display a color scheme legend - which indicates the colors and what they represent. The color scheme legend includes color ______.
Reference Point
Zoom
Swatch
Type Catalog
45. A view whose plane is at a right angle to the plane of another view. The following image illustrates the ______ planes on which a floor plan and an elevation are based.
Autodesk Seek
Sheet
RPC
Perpendicular View
46. 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
DWG
Monolithic Stairs
Lock
47. A text placeholder added to tags or title blocks. You create a ______ as part of a tag or title block family while in the Family Editor. When you place the tag or title block in the project - you replace the ______ with the actual value for that inst
Profile
Decal
Project Standards
Label
48. To secure a dimension or the location of an element so that it cannot be changed. When you select a ______ dimension or element - a ______ control displays next to it. The following drawing shows a ______ dimension.
Text Note
Lock
Partial Explode
Mirror
49. 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).
Material
Explode
Model Group
Reference Label
50. An image to display on a face of a model element. For example - you can use ______ for signs - paintings - and billboards. In project views - a placeholder indicates the location of a ______. The full ______ displays in a rendered image. The followin
Revit Architecture
RFA
Decal
Open Loop