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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A user interface mechanism that controls the visibility of datum planes (levels - reference lines - and grids) in views. When you add grids - levels - and reference lines to a project - they may display in more views than desired. For example - when
Offset
Autodesk Seek
Parallel View
Scope Box
2. 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
Reference Line
Far clip plane
Extrusion
Compound Wall
3. 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
Highlight
Keynoting
Color Scheme
Wall Join
4. Settings that control the appearance or behavior of a project view. To see or change ______ - right-click a blank area of the view in the drawing area - and click ______. Or right-click a view name in the Project Browser - and click Properties.
View Properties
Discipline
Filled Region
Fillet
5. 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.
Perpendicular View
Head
RPC
Selection Box
6. To display only a certain element or type of element - so that you can work with it in a particular view without being distracted by other elements in the design.
Isolate
Title Block
Control
Communication Center
7. Coordinate plotting grids for non-planar surfaces. Plotting locations in a 3D space is based on an XYZ coordinate system - while 2D Space is based on an XY system. Since surfaces are not necessarily planar - the UVW coordinate system is used to plot
Retaining Wall
UV grid
3D reference plane
gbXML
8. A family that consists of instances of other families (subcomponents). The subcomponents can belong to the same category (for example - various window types) or different categories (for example - an exterior door and two lighting fixtures). You crea
Hidden Element
Void Geometry
Label
Nested Family
9. 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.
Proxy Graphics
Area
Referring View
Element Borrowing
10. 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.
Parametric
Model Text
Revision Schedule
Zoom
11. 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.
Model Line
Project View
Framing Elevation
Room-bounding Elements
12. A filter with user-defined rules that determine the visibility/graphics settings for model elements in a particular view. For example - you can create a ______ that displays all fire-rated walls as solid red in a plan view to distinguish them from no
Embedded Wall
Rule-based Filter
Attach
Detail View
13. 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
Camera
Split
View-specific
Floor Plan
14. A Revit file that contains all information about a building design.
Project
Type Parameters
Room-bounding Elements
Parametric
15. 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
Revit Structure
Frame
Level
Type Catalog
16. 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.
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
True North
Planting
Flip Control
17. 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
Poche
Explode
Control
Mirror
18. A model graphics style in which Revit Architecture displays the image of the model with all edges and lines drawn - but no surfaces.
Shared Coordinates
Camera
Decal
Wireframe
19. A horizontal plane that represents ground level in a building model. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the ground plane when creating a solar study for 2D and 3D views.
Model Element
Ground plane
View Depth
Massing Study
20. In Revit Architecture - the adjacent materials of a compound structure - such as a wall. You can define the ______ in a compound structure.
Scope Box
Color Scheme
Layer
Revision Cloud
21. The part of the Revit user interface that displays views - sheets - schedules - and other representations of the building model.
Title Block
Far clip plane
Tick Mark
Drawing Area
22. The graphic shape used to represent the end of a dimension - such as an arrow or a slash.
Tick Mark
Material
Listening Dimensions
Type Selector
23. A 2-dimensional plane used when designing families of model elements or placing elements in a building model.
Model Group
View-specific
Reference Plane
Model Text
24. 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.
Section Box
Spot Coordinate
Orientation
Drafting View
25. A list of keynote numbers and the corresponding keynote text. If you choose to annotate model elements using keynote numbers only - you can use a ______ to provide descriptive text for each keynote number. By using a keynote legend - you avoid clutte
Wall Sweep
Keynote Legend
Plan Region
Note Block
26. 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.
Planting
Type Parameters
Origin
Setback
27. 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
Drafting Pattern
Nested Family
Isolate
Profile
28. A 3-dimensional shape that results from removing shapes from solid geometry.
Detail Line
Pushpin
Void Geometry
Polymesh
29. 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
Tessellation
Shortcut Menu
Revit Structure
Footprint
30. 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.
Symbolic Line
Blend
Hidden Line Mode
Moment
31. 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.
Core
Pattern Component
Project Template
Rehost
32. A Revit tool that automates the creation of stairs based on a specified minimum tread depth and maximum riser height.
Link
Proxy Graphics
Retaining Wall
Stair Calculator
33. 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.
Rehost
Model Pattern
Solar Study
Plan View
34. 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
Options Bar
Datum Extent
Component
True North
35. Part of the Revit interface that displays information about what is highlighted or selected - or hints on what to do next. The ______ is located in the lower left corner of the Revit window.
Shared Parameters
View Range
Status Bar
Reference Point
36. A curved line drawn by specifying and positioning a number of points. Revit Architecture uses a mathematical polynomial function to smoothly join the segments at these points - creating the curved line.
Revit MEP
Spline
Symbol
Dimension
37. A model element that can exist in a building model only if sponsored by another (host) element. Doors - windows - model lines - and components (such as furniture) are ______.
Origin
Permanent Dimension
Hosted Component
X-Ray
38. In an animation - a single image (for example - in a walkthrough animation or a solar study). In a building - a rigid structure built into a wall to hold a door - window - or other component. In Revit Architecture - you can specify the material and f
Reflected Ceiling Plan View
Generic Model
Face
Frame
39. A collection of settings that you can use as a starting point for projects - families - views - and more.
Reference Section
Building Footprint
Fillet
Template
40. 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
Label
Keynote Legend
Building Pad
Orientation
41. A group of view-specific elements - such as text and filled regions.
Hidden Line
Constraint
Drafting View
Detail Group
42. 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.
Isolate
Perspective View
Revit Architecture
Element Borrowing
43. A view-specific element that shows the size of an element or shows distances between elements or points in a building model. As you place an element - Revit Architecture displays temporary ______ so that you can place the element accurately. You can
Revision Cloud
Entourage
Mirror
Dimension
44. Autodesk Exchange File - the file format used by Autodesk applications to transmit design information.
Referring View
Structural Column
Surface Pattern
ADSK
45. 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.
Options Bar
Tag
Text Note
Material
46. 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
Imported Categories
Project Parameters
Nested Family
End Cap
47. 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
Spline
Project Template
Room Separation Line
Spot Coordinate
48. 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
View Depth
Host
Fill Pattern
Detail Level
49. A model element - annotation element - datum element - or imported element in a project.
Object
Poche
Imported Categories
Parameter
50. Open Database Connectivity. ______ is a general export tool that works in conjunction with many software drivers. You can export information about model elements in a Revit project to an ______ database.
Host
Keynote Legend
Drafting View
ODBC