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Default template for Imperial Units. Intended for any project type.
What is Default.rte?
100
UN
What is UNits?
100
There is an obvious on-screen difference between metric and imperial templates for ______ tags.
What is Elevation?
100
Click the blue text to rename the Level or edit its height.
What is Edit Parameter?
100
To chain select walls do this.
What is Pre-highlight one wall, press TAB to chain highlight then select walls?
200
Intended for Commercial Projects
What is Commercial Default.rte?
200
Use this key from the keyboard to add additional items to your selection in REVIT.
What is CTRL (Control)?
200
The sheet named 000 - Temporary Shedule Sheet once was limited to only being placed as a sheet in earlier versions of Revit. With the version that you are learning you can now do this...
What is copy and paste a schedule between projects? (Simply right-click a schedule name in Project Browser and then choose Copy to Clipboard. Switch to the Project Browser you want to paste, and on the Modify tab of the ribbon, click the Paste icon.)
200
This small "squiggle shaped" handle creates an elbow in the level line.
What is Add Elbow?
200
When adding a level, instead of waiting for the measurement to match what you wish it to be, you can zoom into the temporary snap increment if necessary to do this.
What is change the temporary dimension and press ENTER to apply it?
300
Intended for Construction Projects
What is Construction Default.rte?
300
You can switch between open views using these two keys from the keyboard.
What is Ctrl + Tab? (Each time you press Tab, you will cycle to another open view.)
300
This type of Section is used for the short portion or part of a building (not the length or long part) that you can build a view for in REVIT.
What is Transverse?
300
This round handle is used to drag the extent of the Level.
What is Modify the Level Drag Control?
300
Elevation tags used in out-of-the-box templates do not match what you are accustomed to using in AutoCAD. You are required to do this for customizations to occur.
What is Load Custom Elevation Tags? (It is required to build two custom Annotation Families: one for the arrow and the other for the tag itself, called the "body") Create in the Family Editor
400
Intended for Residential Projects
What is Residential Default.rte?
400
When you publish a REVIT file to a 2D DWF use this key ____ + Click on a section and elevation tags and level heads, will take you to the corresponding view instantly within the DWF file.
What is Ctrl?
400
This type of Section is used for representing the length or long part of a building that you can build a view for in REVIT.
What is Longitudinal?
400
Use this control to hide or show the Level Head bubble at either end of the Level line.
What is Hide/Show Bubble?
400
Level heads require adjustment due to a Elevation overlapping them, do this to adjust and align.
What is Click on one of the Level lines, then Click and drag the small hollow circle handle at the end of the Level line and stretch the end further away from the elevation.
500
Default template for Metric Units in the United States and Canada.
What is DefaultUS-Canada.rte?
500
In Windows 7 (or Vista), you can click on the _____ button, and enter Revit in the Search field to launch this program.
What is Start?
500
By doing this to a Section head in any plan view you can jump to the associated Section view.
What is double-click?
500
This padlock icon is used to constrain the length and extents of one Level line to the others nearby?
What is Length and Alignment Constraint?
500
The default Imperial template measurement between levels is 10'-0". You have 3 levels, Level1 , Level2, and Level3 currently at 10'-0". You want to edit the height for Level1 to be at a height of 12'. Do this.
What is select Level2, Level3, and Level4 using Ctrl or a Window selection from right to left touching each Level you wish to select. • On the Options Bar, click the "Activate Dimensions" button • In the temporary dimension that appears between Level1 and Level2, type 12'-0", then ENTER
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