Modeling Families Flashcards
Learning family creation (37 cards)
Tools for creating stairs can be located in which area of the user interface?
The circulation panel
When modeling stairs you can create a landing automatically, with the following option?
- Picking two treads
- Picking two risers
- Trimming the stair path
- Picking two runs
Picking two runs
Room Caluclation Points do of the following?
Associate an element to a room or space
___________ must be defined in the project before being able to mass floors in a conceptual mass.
Levels
To add a parameter when working in the Family Editor, you must __________ to key dimensions within the Family framework.
- assign a Material
- assign a Tag
- assign a Label
- assign a Reference Plane
assign a Label
Which of the following options allows you to control the parameters of families nested inside other families?
- Overlapping family parameters
- Copying family parameters
- Integrating family parameters
- Associating family parameters
Associating family parameters
Which of the following are examples of Loadable Families in Revit?
basic building elements such as windows and doors
Which option allows you to change the parameter values of a family?
Type Properties
Which of the following are categories available within the FUNCTION column of the Edit Assembly dialog?
- Finish, Structure, Thermal Layer, Membrane Layer
- Modify, Merge, Split , Assign
- Family, Type, Total thickness, Resistance (R)
- Insert, Delete, Up, Down
Finish, Structure, Thermal Layer, Membrane Layer
You can define a Toposurface by __________ or importing 3D data.
placing points and specifying their elevation
You can change a blank generic floor to a specific floor type with which tool in the user interface?
Type Selector
You can customize the material and finish of a wall configuration with which option below?
Clicking Edit Type, then click Edit in the Structure option of the Construction parameters.
Which of the following is an example of a family parameter?
- Width and height in a door family
- Scheduling family tags
- Categorizing views in a project
- Maintaining a specific offset distance between two building elements
Width and height in a door family
You can create a NEW TYPE of floor, ceiling or roof family by doing the following?
Duplicating, renaming and adjusting the parmeters of an existing family.
Which option will allow you to change individual panels in a Curtain Wall configuration?
unpin the panel
When you start a new family file, Revit prompts you to select a __________ that corresponds to the type of element that you will create.
template
The process of inserting two or more components into one host family to create a more complex family is known as which of the following?
Nesting Families
Stacked walls refer to a wall’s ____________ in a cross-section view.
vertical assembly
Which option below best defines a compound wall system in Revit Architecture?
It’s the cladding, structure and interior finish of a wall assembly.
Which of the following are Layout options available in the Vertical Grid parameter of a Curtain Wall in Revit?
Fixed Distance, Fixed Number, Max Spacing, Min Spacing
When customizing Stacked Walls, you can define the materials and the vertical positioning of ___________ in the wall assembly.
- sill height
- door knobs and handles
- the door frame
- sweeps and reveals
sweeps and reveals
When generating a toposurface from an external file, which tool allows users to reduce the amount of elevation points of from the imported CAD file?
- Simplify Surface
- Reduce Surface
- Refine Surface
- Smooth Surface
Simplify Surface
You can change a blank generic floor to a specific floor type with which tool in the user interface?
Type Selector
When working with the Type Properties of a curtain wall, which of the following Parameter categories allows you to choose a curtain panel type?
Construction
