Tips and Tricks to Prep for the CSWP

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Tips And Tricks To Prep

CSW

Avelino Rochino, DS SolidWo


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Who I am...

• Avelino Rochino, Certification Specialist

• Member of the SW Product Definition Team fo

years before joining Certification

• Specialized in defining Sheet Metal, Weldmen

Routing, and Core Functionality


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Present SolidWorks Certification Products

• CSWA – Associate level certification

• CSWP Core – Professional level certification

• CSWP Advanced Certifications:• Sheet Metal

•Surfacing

• Mold Tools

• Weldments

• FEA


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Present SolidWorks Certification Products

• CSWE Expert Certification – Top Certification

Requirements:

• CSWP Exam

• Minimum three CSWP Advanced Certifications


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CSWP Core Modeling Exam (CSWP-Core)

• CSWP Background

• Cheater’s Guide: Preview and hints for each s

of the exam

• CSWA/CSWP coupons…


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A little history…

• Third generation of the CSWP Core exam.• Second generation on-line CSWP exam.

• Very first CSWP test was proctored and had to be taken at a testing center

• Recommended for the experienced user.• Roughly at least 6 months full-time experience is recommended before takin


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What do I need to take my CSWP? (H/W and S/

Required:

• Connection to the Internet• VirtualTester Client

• SolidWorks 2008 or later• Commercial or Student Edition license

Optional:

• Dual monitors


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Why?

Why should I bother getting my CSWP?

• Convenient and honest measurement of SolidWorks

• Good metric for management/employee/consultant• Help in negotiation of bonus, pay raise, or pay fee

•Taking exams will make you smarter

• Prepping for exam will make you review/learn new functionality


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Why now ?

Why should I bother getting my CSWP now as oppose

later?

• Free for all on Sub Services Contract

• Free for all who attend this User Group Mtg

• You are at height of SW knowledge• If employed you have access to SW now


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• Test are taken in three segments• Three segments varying from 40 to 90 mins.

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Once a segment is passed user never has to repeat that segment• User can take segments in any order and at any time

• Once all three segments are passed user automatically receives CSWP certificate

• Many questions have downloaded models• Must use SolidWorks to open files

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Varying downloads reduce ability to cheat• NEVER EVER modify the downloaded files in any way unless instructed to do so.

• Mixture of multiple choice and fill-in questions reduce proerrors

CSWP Core Exam Features


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Inside the CSWP-Core Exam• Recommended Training Courses:

• SolidWorks Essentials

• Advanced Part Modeling

• Advanced Assembly Modeling

• Recommended SolidWorks Version: SolidWorks 2008 and later

• Exam Length: Three Segments, Total 210 minutes

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Minimum Passing grade for each segment: 75%• All candidates receive electronic certificates, business card logos and op

listing on the CSWP directory when they pass.


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Testing ClientTest runs in its own client outside of SolidWorks: Drawings a

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instructions

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Multiple choice

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Testing ClientClient can be re-sized to be displayed alongside SW:

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Testing Client• Best to use dual monitors set-up

• If dual monitors aren’t available re-size Client so it’s displayed alongside S

• In SolidWorks go to Help > Tutorials to automatically resize SW screen (or youdrag corner of SW window)

• Adjust Client by dragging corners so it fits next to reduced SW screen


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CSWP Exam: Segment 1

Segment 1 (90 Minutes)

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Create a part from scratch• Use dimension links and equations to aid in modeling

• Use of equations to relate dimensions

• Update of parameters and dimension sizes

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Mass property analysis• Modification of geometry on initial part to create a more complex part


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What it covers… Segment 1 (90 Minutes)

• Transform a solid and manage its parameters

• At Stage 1 and Stage 3 you will be asked to make simple parametric changes

• Part MUST be robust and easy to modify parametrically.

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• Practice Linked Dimensions and Equations• Linked dimensions will make parameter modification much easie• Linked dimensions and equations automatically organizes the m• Re-label dimensions to make identifying changing parameters m

Segment 1 Hints


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• For each Stage during test there is a Multiple Choice question…maanswer is among choices available

• Do CSWP Practice exam at www.solidworks.com/cswp (click on Cleft, then Practice Exam link on right of page)

Segment 1 Hints

http://www.solidworks.com/cswphttp://www.solidworks.com/cswp


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What it covers…

Segment 2 (40 Minutes)

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Creating configurations from other configurations• Changing configurations

• Design Table creation and modification

• Changing features of a part that is given to you


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Part 1: Configurations and Design Table

• Practice dimension modification across Configs

•Practice feature suppression across Configs

• Create a new configuration based on another configuration

• Practice creating a Design Table (DT) and adding a configuration using D

Part 2: Modifying history of an existing part

• Before modifying anything, step through Feature history one feature at a

• Recognize where key features are such as Shells or Extrude-Cuts so thawill contain proper shapes afterwards

Segment 2 Hints


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Mates• Creating an assembly

• Adding parts to an assembly

• Moving parts with collision detection

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Replacing a part with another part in the assembly• Creating a coordinate system

• Using a coordinate system to do mass properties analysis

What it covers…

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Assembly Functionality:• Practice all the Standard and Advanced Mates• Collision Detection - Move Component command• Flexible Assemblies - Practice how to make an assembly Flexible or Fixed• Practice how to completely replace an existing part in an assembly

Multiple Choice and Fill-in-the-blank Questions:• Each problem set consists of a design that is progressively built or modifie

blank and multiple choice questions.

• Multiple choice questions allow the user to see where he may be “off trac

• If your answer isn’t one of the multiple choice answers, then you messed in between that question and the previous multiple choice question (usualquestions back).

Segment 3 Hints

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t_ 2 0 1 2 Email me if you need more information:

Avelino Rochino

• [email protected]

• www.solidworks.com/cswp

Questions?


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