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Revit
100
A tar-impregnated paper used for water protection under roofing and siding materials.
What is roofing felt?
100
A solid, hard material produced by combining Portland cement, aggregates, sand, water and sometimes additional mixtures.
What is concrete?
100
A limited right to make use of a property owned by another.
What is a easement?
100
An individual trained in the art and science of designing and constructing buildings.
What is an architect?
100
Found on the left side of the Revit program
What is the browser?
200
A horizontal structural member used to support other structural members over openings such as doors and windows.
What is header?
200
Steel bar used to reinforce concrete.
What is rebar?
200
Legal requirements designed to protect the public by providing guidelines for structural, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical areas of a structure.
What is building code?
200
An arrangement of several arches whose bases form a circle and whose tops meet in the center.
What is a dome?
200
Area plan is created in the middle of Revit program
What is the graphics window?
300
Engineered materials designed to keep out liquid water and prevent air infiltration while allowing water vapor to escape from inside the home.
What is house wrap?
300
The finish board covering the edges of rafters and eaves.
What is a fascia board?
300
An electric safety switch that automatically opens a circuit when excessive amperage occurs.
What is a circuit breaker?
300
Stress or prominence given to an element of a composition by means of contrast, anomaly, or counterpoint.
What is emphasis?
300
Terms across the top of the Revit program
What are tabs?
400
Material, such as boards or shingles, used for surfacing the outside walls of a frame building.
What is siding?
400
The energy needed to warm outside air leaking into a building through cracks around doors, windows, and other areas.
What is heat loss?
400
Broad-leafed trees that seasonally shed their leaves.
What is deciduous?
400
A wedge-shaped stone placed in the crown of an arch.
What is a keystone?
400
Bar across top of Revit program where tools are located
What is the ribbon?
500
A horizontal structural member located on top of the studs used to hold the wall together.
What is a top plate?
500
The maximum stress a material subjected to a stretching load can withstand without tearing.
What is tensile strength?
500
Cone-bearing trees with year-round leaves that are long, thin, and needle-like.
What is coniferous?
500
An engineer trained in the design and construction of public works, such as bridges or dams, and other large facilities.
What is a civil engineer?
500
the company that created Revit and other engineering programs.
Who is AutoDesk?
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