SWCP

I'm considering going for Certification. Any feedback from people
about this? My var may let me for-go the training and just sit the
exam. I'm fairly confident that I'll know the content. Does anyone
have some pop-questions that may appear or give me an indication if I
should do the training. (I've been using SWx since ver. 2003 and
mainly do mechanical design.)

Cheers, Dominic.

 

Name 3 history dependent items that you can find in an assembly tree.

Daisy.

 

Go for it. It can have advantages.

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"My var may let me for-go the training "

I dont believe attending any training is a requirement for taking the
test. If your VAR says you must attend their training sessions in
order to take the test I believe they are being less than honest. I
used sw for about 2-3 years before passing the test (started on 98,
took test on 2000 or 2001+) and still to this day I have never
attended any var training.

This is not an answer to your question but thought I would mention it
anyway.

Sam

 

I am not a var, but....
I would do the training, not only to get a higher pass rate, but you "may"
even learn something new.

I say this because, you started on 2003 and "may" not be aware, of all of
the new functions that have appeared in subsequent releases.

Have you done much surfacing work?
I do mechanical design too and have never needed surfacing to complete my
goals.
What if there are questions or tasks that include surfacing?

Does the exam include add-ins?

Before the flamers burn me, (I have not taken the exam, though I would love
too), but I remember the college lecturer stating that no radio questions
are in the exam and 70% of the class failed because of it, not me, cause I
like radio!
OMG, that was years ago!, lol

 

The basic CSWP does not cover surfacing but rather is one of the
required optional modules to take along with the essentials (need one
other). I believe the three basic options are Advanced Modeling
(surfacing), advanced assemblies, and advanced drawings (I think-
don't quote me on this)

Following is an outline of things you need to know:

Modeling:
Creating and editing models
Troubleshooting sketch and model issues
Sketch properties
Dimension properties
Toolbars and their functions
Reference geometry - surfaces, curves, helix, etc.
Configurations
Creating and editing assemblies
- time dependent features
- mates, mate groups, and their properties
- bottom up assembly modeling vs. top down assembly modeling
- assembly configurations and their use
- bill of materials and custom properties
Drawing and Detailing
Creating a drawing
Creating and working with drawing views
Section and detail views
Drawing properties
Drawing templates - custom and standard
Linking custom properties to notes and template regions
Creating parametric notes
Design Intent
Capturing design intent
Design tables
Link values
Equations
In-context relations
File management
"Save as" vs. "Save as copy"
Exporting to different file formats (IGES, STEP, DXF, etc.)
Importing files from other systems
External references
Custom properties
Exploring SolidWorks Tools
Feature Palette
Setting up external references
Creating form tools, palette parts and palette features
Sketch tools
Understanding the measure tool: Normal vs. Projected values
Mass properties options
Understand Check entity tool
Working with Equations
Working with Macros


here is a link to find out more: http://www.solidworks.com/pages/services/Training/CSWP.html

Regards

Mark

 

Mates
Patterns
Sketches
Reference Geometry

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I just passed the test back in June, and I did take a VAR prep. class
which I felt was very helpful, but definately not necessary. It did
give me very good idea of what would be on the test, and I passed.

As long as you read what is expected of the model, and capture the
design intent, you should have no problem passing the test. If you
know the essentials of modeling and assembly, with some advanced
features, you should be OK. The written test has some off the wall
questions, but some very simple ones as well. To prepare for this
part, I went through the help files one day. If there was something
there that I did not recognize, I reviewed it. This really helped and
actually brought up some functions that I had forgot about or did not
know existed. Reviewing these files probably helped me get 20 extra
questions right. Go through the CSWP sample exam on the SW website,
all of the models are similar to what is shown.

Good Luck.

Steve Danasko, CSWP

 

Sorry you failed!

The question said name three, you stated four, which shows your lack of
awareness, pmsl!! lol
Only kidding

Sorry I just had too!

 

There is at least one more. What is it?

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in-context reference holders

Daisy

 

I would consider using i.Get.It because their training software
includes cswp prep stuff

 

Thanks for all your replies, I suppose I need to some study first and
then see how confident I feel.

For those that have certification, what difference does this make to
the way you market yourself to your customers? Most of my customers
have so little knowledge of CAD they are just amazed by the simplest
of things anyway. Will certification have a good chance of improving
the profile of the business, or open the way to new opportunities?
What are other peoples experiences with certification?

Cheers, Dom.

 

Give Daisy a fertilizer stick.

In-context reference holders which are normally not visible. Just
curuious how many times you have fixed an assembly by reording them?

One could also argue that equations are history dependent, but they do
not depend on feature tree order, just order within the Equation
folder.

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