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Revit for Architectural Design Professional Certification Prep

Outline
1

Getting started

Module overview
Course overview
Get the software
Exam objectives
Tips for the exam
2

See where you stand

Module overview
Pre-test
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Modeling for architectural design

Module overview
Create and edit wall types
Practice Exercise: Create a wall type
Create and modify curtain walls
Create roofs, floors, and ceiling types
Configure stairs
Configure railings
Create openings in building elements
Create and modify columns
Create relationships between components
Create materials and material libraries
Apply materials
Paint materials
Configure rooms
Create families
Configure family geometry
Recognize family workflows
Practice Exercise: Adjust family visibility
Create topography
Create model groups
Challenge Exercise: Create a basic 3D parametric family
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Documentation for architectural design

Module overview
Create and use view templates
Practice Exercise: Create revisions
Create and apply filters
Apply and use visibility overrides
Use the tools in the View Control Bar
Apply and use object styles
Create view types
Create duplicate views
Configure view properties
Control crop boundaries
Create and configure plan regions
Configure and manage annotative elements
Use document revisions
Practice Exercise: Create a view template
Create and manage legends
Create and control detail and drafting views
Create and configure 2D families
Create detail groups
Challenge Exercise: Create a room tag family
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Collaboration and coordination for architectural design

Module overview
Configure worksets and initiate worksharing
Practice Exercise: Use worksharing
Link and manage various file formats
Perform basic model maintenance
Manage and configure phasing
Practice Exercise: Configure phasing
Create and manage design options
Use the Copy/Monitor process and features
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Project standards and setup for architectural design

Module overview
Configure custom Revit UI settings
Configure project settings and location
Practice Exercise: Select project location
Use and manage the project browser
Practice Exercise: Organize the browser
Configure print and export settings
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Information analysis for architectural design

Module overview
Create and manage advanced schedules
Practice Exercise: Create schedules
Create a note block and place it on a sheet
Create and use a key schedule
Create and edit area schemes and area plans
Practice Exercise: Create area plans
Create sun and shadow studies
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Course challenge exercise

Module overview
Challenge exercise
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Practice test

Module overview
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Pre-test

Before you begin this course, test your skills by taking the following assessment to see where you stand. 

Keep track of your incorrect answers to know which skills you should study. You'll have a chance to take this same practice test again at the end of the course to see how you've improved.

 

Revit for architectural design pre-test

49 questions

1. Refer to exhibit. An architectural designer has created four revisions. The designer wants the revisions to be numbered 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B. How can this be accomplished?

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2. Refer to exhibit. The Phase of a view is set to New Construction and the Phase Filter is set to Show Previous + New. What will control the graphic display of Existing elements?

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3. An architectural designer has created a detail by placing detail components in a section view. The designer wants to use the detail components in several other section views in the same project. Which tool should be used?

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4. What must be turned on to perform a solar study?

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5. An architectural designer is working on a project for an existing building. A team member has used a laser scanner to scan the building. The scan file can be used in Revit. Which tool should be used to link the file?

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6. An architectural designer is creating a wall schedule. The designer only wants to show walls of the Brick on Metal Stud type. How should this be accomplished?

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7. Where is the leader arrowhead controlled for a text note?

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8. An architectural designer needs to create an opening in a sloped roof. The opening needs to be perpendicular to the outer surface of the roof. Which opening tool should be used?

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9. An architectural designer needs to remove several families from a project that are no longer needed to help reduce the file size. Which tool should be used?

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10. An architectural designer wants to control the view properties of several views using a view template. After assigning the view template to all the views, the View Scale can still be adjusted in the View Control Bar for each view. Why is this happening?

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11. In which dialog is the Layer naming convention for exported CAD files controlled?

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12. An architectural designer is working in a 3D view and wants to see only the roof elements. The designer wants to inspect the roof elements without affecting the view properties. Which tool should be used?

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13. An architectural designer is creating a browser organization scheme. The available options to group by do not work for what the designer wants to do. What should be done to further customize the browser organization?

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14. What must be added to a dimension type for the dimension to show both imperial and metric units?

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15. Refer to exhibit. An architectural designer needs to create the sloped roof shown in the exhibit. Which tool should be used to slope the roof?

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16. An architectural designer needs to control the number of horizontal grids for individual curtain walls in a project. How should this be accomplished?

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17. Refer to exhibit. An architectural designer is working on a room schedule. The designer has grouped the schedule by Level and added a Footer with Title, count, and totals selected. However, the total Area is not showing. What needs to be done to show the total Area?

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18. Refer to exhibit. An architectural designer is reviewing the instance properties of a room and notices that the Volume is set to Not Computed. How can this parameter be calculated?

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19. An architectural designer has created a drafting view with a detail. The designer wants to use the detail in another project. Which tool should be used?

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20. An architectural designer is working on resolving warnings in a project. The designer has the element ID of an element associated with a warning. Which tool should be used to select the element?

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21. Refer to exhibit. An architectural designer is configuring the stairs shown in the exhibit. What type of supports should be selected?

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22. An architectural designer wants to create a new central model from an existing workshared project. When opening the project, which option should be selected?

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23. What should be created when the same set of sheets needs to be printed and exported to PDF multiple times?

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24. Which view property can be switched between True North and Project North?

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25. An architectural designer has an MEP model where air terminals are placed. The designer wants to use the air terminal locations to place generic air terminals in the architectural model. What should the designer do?

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26. An architectural designer is working on a project with a linked Revit model. The designer is unable to select the link. What is causing this condition?

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27. Refer to exhibit. An architectural designer is working on a door schedule. The Width and Height parameters are both added in one schedule column. How is this accomplished?