Autodesk Revit Quiz # 1

How does Revit ensure that users are not working on the same object?

It flags the object in the main file

It merges the two objects when they are uploaded

It references the central copy whenever a user starts working to see if another user is working on that same object.

It alerts a supervisor

Detail level can be adjusted in 3d views using the:

3D Settings Dialog

Edit Family Button

Parameters Dialog

Detail button at the bottom of the window

When creating a family, in order to create openings, holes, etc. you must use:

Extrude Tool

Void Tool

Cut Tool

Opening Tool

Sketch Tool

To break the connection between your file and the central file, you must...

None of these

All of these

create new local

save to central

detach from central

How do you make custom holes and edges on walls?

Hole tool

In elevation view, you click Edit Profile and adjust the 2-dimensional lines that appear.

Sketch on the wall with polylines

Build window, resize, then delete window

The three main categories of Families are:

Central, Linked and Workset

None of the above

Detail, Wall and Generic

System, Component and In-Place

Type, Editor and Parameter

What tool allows you to 3-dimensionally crop unwanted parts of the model?

3D cutter tool

Boundary Walls

Section lines

Section box

How do you add holes to existing floors?

Sketch and use void tool

Sketch polylines on surface and subtract extrude through

Choose the hole tool, sketch the hole and click finish

Edit Footprint, sketch the holes, and click finish

Which tool allows you to model a new object from scratch?

Build new object

Component -> Model in Place

Mass tool

Void Tool

What is one benefit to storing objects in the family hierarchy?

They are automatically loaded into every subsequent project

They keep everything in one file

Families can be used in any modeling program

Families can be imported into different projects

In order to update your individual working file with other individual's changes, which command must you do?

Relinquish All

Save to Central

Open Worksets

Close Worksets

Save As New Local File

When creating families, rather than locking extrusion lines to other lines within the family, what should you align and lock them to?

Reference Lines

Construction Lines

Model Lines

Detail Lines

Grid

After creating a dormer's roof and walls, how do you create the dormer opening?

Select roof and choose auto hole creation

Sketch shape and hit delete

Select create dormer opening and define the outline of the dormer by clicking on the walls and roof

Draw the shape in the roof and select void

If you have mutliple windows open, how can you easily snap them to all display on the screen at once?

Resize manually

View-> tile

Drag the windows to the corner of the screen you want them to snap to

Double click on each window

What is a first step in creating a roof?

Use polylines to define the boundary

Build celing below roof

Delete all interfering geometry

General parameters of an object can be modified in the:

3D view

Parameters Menu

Properties Dialog

plan view

All views, plans, and elevations can be navigated in the:

View Menu

Preferences Dialog

Window Browser

Project Browser

Where can you set keyboard shortcuts?

Edit -> Hotkeys

View->User Interface-> Keyboard shortcuts

Parameters -> Key bindings

Tools -> Hot keys

How can you tell who is working in the central file?

None of the above

Save to central

Worksharing Monitor

All of the above

Detach from central

To make very detailed changes to an object you must:

Open the object's dialog

Set the work plane on the object

model onto the object

Edit the objects's family

Correct implentation of the phasing feature allows you to...

quickly edit object

model various stages of a building's phases

turn off the object's visibility

share the project files

If you would like to align two walls that are parallel to one another, which command would you use?

Trim

Cut

None of the above

Wall Align

Align

How can you quickly view inside a closed building without changing views?

Choose split view on the bottom of the screen

Hide the exterior walls

Choose the temporarily delete button

Paint the walls glass

How do you create a custom glazing pattern?

It cannot be done.

Create a wall and change it to the glazing type you want. Then create gridlines and add mullions.

Using a pre-made pattern.

Placing windows and editing them.

Parts and objects in Revit are categorized in hierarchial systems known as:

Assemblies

Families

Blocks

Systems

Which tool allows you to easily make many copies of an object in a row?

Replicate

Array

Structure

Copy

Which tool allows you to easily measure a room or floor's square footage?

Edit Room tool

New Floor Tool

Area tool

Measuring tape

Level markers are adjusted in which view?

Rendering View

Elevation

Perspective View

plan view

How do you switch between wireframe and solid 3d views?

Choose the option in the Preferneces Dialog

Toggle the option in the 3D Settings menu

Choose the option in the Materials menu

Toggle through the options in View type button at the bottom of the window

Where can you toggle the visibility of entire types of families?

Visibility/ Graphics Dialog

View Templates dialog

View properties dialog

Filters dialog