Certified SolidWorks Professional
Solid Modeling Specialist
A Certified SolidWorks Professional is an individual that has successfully passed our advanced skills examination. Each CSWP has proven their ability to design and analyze parametric parts and moveable assemblies using a variety of complex features in SolidWorks.
All candidates receive electronic certifcates, business card logos and personal listing on CSWP directory when they pass.
Exam details:
Exam Length: 3 Hours
Min Passing grade: 75%
Type: Hands-on exam
Recommended Training:
Exam Topics
- Sketch entities - lines, rectangles, circles, arcs, ellipses, centerlines
- Sketch tools - offset, convert, trim
- Sketch relations
- 3D sketching
- Boss and cut features - extrudes, revolves, sweeps, lofts
- Fillets and chamfers
- Draft
- Shell
- Hole Wizard
- Linear, circular and fill patterns
- Mirror
- Dimensions
- Feature conditions – start and end
- Multi-body parts
- Combine – add, subtract, common
- Move/Copy body
- Split
- Join
- Rib
- Scale
- Indent
- Helix/Spiral
- Curves – projected, composite
- Splines
- Intersection curve
- Guide curves, hold lines
- Library features
- Feature scope
- Mass properties
- Move/Delete face
- Materials
- Linear static analysis
- Loads – force, pressure
- Restraints
- Optimizing - Factor of safety
- Max von Mises stress location
- Max displacement location
- Inserting components - new and existing
- Standard mates - coincident, parallel, perpendicular, tangent, concentric, distance, angle
- Advanced mates - symmetric, cam, width, gear, rack and pinion, limit
- Reference geometry – planes, axis, mate references
- In-context features
- Smart Components
- Smart Fasteners
- Smart Mates
- Interference detection
- Suppression states
- Move/Rotate component
- Exploded view
- Simulation
- Assembly features
- External references
- Design tables
- Drawing sheets and views
- Dimensions and model items
- Annotations
- Formats and templates
- Assembly views – configurations, broken out section view, alternate position view, exploded view
- Bill of Materials
- Custom properties
Online Testing Procedure
You can obtain certification online by visiting the SolidWorks Website. The process is to first purchase the exam, take the exam, and then print the certificate.
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| Purchase the Exam | Take the Exam | Print the Certificate |
| You must first visit the SolidWorks web store, choose the exam to take then make a purchase. | To take the certification exam you download a 'Virtualtester Client' from the SolidWorks web site. | When you achieve a certification, SolidWorks provides 24-hour access to your electronic certificates. |
Go to the SolidWorks Website and purchase/take a SolidWorks Certification Exam
