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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Reference planes are displayed in the conceptual design environment in the 3-dimensional views.
3D reference plane
Hosted Component
Masking Region
Toposurface
2. A Revit file that contains all information about a building design.
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Mullion
Project
Panel
3. Nested family which is applied to populate buildable architectural components across a large variety of geometric divided and patterned surfaces. It can contain both 2D and 3D geometry which create intelligent and flexible parametric components.
Pattern Component
Full Explode
Template
Closed Loop
4. 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.
Primary View
True North
Control
Drawing List
5. 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.
Work Plane
Lock
Resize
Element Borrowing
6. A user-placed control that provides a quick way to allow or prevent changes to the position of an element. After you place a ______ - you cannot move the element until you unpin it by clicking the ______ control.
Primary View
Pushpin
Detail Level
End Cap
7. 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
Infill Element
Color Scheme
Instance Parameters
Planting
8. A 3D view that shows a building model in which all components are the same size - regardless of the camera's distance from them.
Snap
Orthographic View
Line Style
Reference Elevation
9. A user interface mechanism that defines the boundaries of a view. Elements in the building model that are outside the ______ do not display in the view or on a sheet on which the view is placed. In the following floor plan view - the inner - solid re
Split
Pushpin
Crop Region
Casework
10. 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
Massing Study
Poche
Project View
Rough Opening
11. 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
Highlight
Radial
View Template
Vertex
12. The file format for projects created using Google® SketchUp - a general purpose modeling and visualization tool. You can import ______ files into a Revit project.
Clip Plane
SKP
gbXML
3D reference plane
13. A representation of a building model that simulates a person walking through the model along a defined path. The following ______ view shows the ______ path in red.
Dependent View
Drafting Pattern
Schedule
Walkthrough
14. The characteristic of being visible in one project view only.
Worksharing
Isolate
View-specific
Spline
15. Autodesk Exchange File - the file format used by Autodesk applications to transmit design information.
ADSK
Tessellation
Listening Dimensions
Object Style
16. 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.
Infill Element
i-drop
Poche
Referring View
17. 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
Centerline
Shortcut Menu
Cut Line Style
Scale
18. 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
Cut Line Style
Cutback
Material
ODBC
19. 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
Discipline
Pattern Component
Stair Calculator
Model Pattern
20. 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 > ______.
Curtain Wall
Line Weight
Moment
Drawing List
21. 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
Sheet
Revit Structure
Generic Annotation
Element Borrowing
22. 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.
Object Style
Revit MEP
Fill Volume
Halftone
23. An elevation view that shows the structural framing of a building model. You can work in a ______ when adding vertical bracing to the model - or for any task that requires quick work plane alignment to a grid or to a named reference plane.
Temporary Dimension
Framing Elevation
Stair Calculator
Project View
24. A project view that shows details not directly associated with the building model. For example - a ______ can show how carpet transitions to tile - or details of a roof drain. A ______ typically shows construction details that may not be apparent in
Drafting View
Cut Line Style
Mark
View Template
25. An elevation tag that refers to an existing elevation or drafting view. When you add a ______ to a project - Revit Architecture does not create a new view for it. Instead - the reference elevation uses an existing elevation - allowing you to indicate
Join
Reference Point
View Depth
Reference Elevation
26. A list of all instances of annotations (Also referred to as an annotation schedule). Note blocks are useful for listing notes that are applied to elements in a project.
View Properties
Note Block
Imported Categories
Primary View
27. 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
Project View
DWF markups
Import Symbol
Closed Loop
28. 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
gbXML
Array
Model Line
Element
29. The state of being aligned with (or facing the same direction as) a particular item or direction. For example - in Revit Architecture you can change the ______ of a view to True North - or you can change the ______ of a compound wall to reverse the o
Poche
Orientation
Stair Calculator
True North
30. An Autodesk feature that allows you to drag and drop content from a web page into a Revit session. Using ______ - designers and developers have the power to create web pages that can easily be dragged and dropped into Autodesk design products that ar
Pan
Parametric
Primary View
i-drop
31. A set of connected straight line segments. Polylines typically define open loops.
Generic Annotation
Polyline
Wall Sweep
Category
32. The amount of rotation at an axis caused by downward force applied to a beam at a distance from its supporting members. A ______ connection is a connection that is designed to transfer ______ and other forces between a beam and its supporting members
Moment
Type Parameters
SKP
Break Control
33. A user interface mechanism that allows you to manipulate and activate a view that has been placed on a sheet. When you activate a view through a ______ - you can edit the model directly on the sheet.
Radial
Detail Line
Viewport
Autodesk Seek
34. 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
Start Point
Detail View
Divided Surface
Line Style
35. 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.
RPC
Shortcut Menu
Dependent View
Web Library
36. A model element that defines a boundary of a room. For example - walls - partitions - floors - ceilings - and roofs are room-bounding elements. Revit Architecture uses room-bounding elements when calculating the area or volume of a room. You can desi
Collinear
Witness line
Room-bounding Elements
Hidden Line Mode
37. A horizontal height at which certain elements in the view are shown in cross-section.
Cut Volume
Reference Plane
Model Graphics Style
Cut Plane
38. The point in the distance at which a camera is aimed or directed.
Wireframe
Split
Target Point
End Cap
39. An end of a wall that does not join to another wall. The unjoined end of the wall is exposed. You can specify whether compound wall layers wrap at ______. For example - the following image shows a cross-section of a compound wall that uses interior w
End Cap
RTE
Element Borrowing
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
40. A symbolic representation of a material in a drawing. (For example - sand is represented by a stipple pattern.) You can place ______ on flat and cylindrical surfaces - and you can define them for families. You can also place ______ on cut component s
Wireframe
Witness line
Drafting Pattern
Floor Plan
41. Text that documents a building model. ______ are usually related to a parameter for a model element or type. You can create ______ families and nest them inside host model families - so that the annotations display in the project. This is useful if y
Surface Pattern
Reference Section
System Family
Generic Annotation
42. A group of view-specific elements - such as text and filled regions.
Building Pad
Web Library
Solid Geometry
Detail Group
43. A column that adds architectural interest to a building. An ______ can be used to model box-outs around structural columns and for decorative applications.
DWF markups
Setback
Lock
Architectural Column
44. 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.
Project North
Face
Instance Parameters
Project View
45. For a subcomponent of a family - a property that defines its display (the line weight - line color - and line pattern). For example - you can assign one ______ to the wood trim of a window and another ______ to the glass.
Underlay
Subcategory
Head
Type Catalog
46. 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.
Discipline
Spot Coordinate
PAT
Revit MEP
47. Representations of AutoCAD objects. Revit Architecture supports ______ from AutoCAD files. Unlike AutoCAD objects - ______ have no intelligence.
Drafting View
Surface Pattern
Proxy Graphics
Project Browser
48. 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
gbXML
Wall Sweep
Load
Family
49. A building component consisting of panels - curtain grids - and mullions. In Revit a ______ usually does not have a rectangular shape.
Retaining Wall
Curtain System
Centerline
Solar Study
50. 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.
Rough Opening
Camera
Primary View
DWF markups