With Certified Service Partner status, companies are published to the Partner section of www.solidworks.com .

Who Can Apply?

• Only SolidWorks Associate Service Partners can apply .
• SolidWorks and Software resellers cannot apply to become a Certified Service Partner.
• 2 employees have to pass the basic and advanced certifications for PDMWorks Enterprise (must score 80% or higher on the written test, 100% on the Pratical Test).
• The partner has to provide 5 customer references and/or resellers, must be in the SolidWorks PDMWorks family (ie. PDMWorks Enterprise, SmartTeam, M1, etc.), whom we can contact about your company and services offered.

How to Apply?

• Fill out the Certified Service Partner Application, and sign the Solution Partner Logo License Agreement (both available in our Associates secure partner desktop) and send them to SolidWorks.
• When received and approved, we will email you the Certified Service Partner Agreement to be signed and returned to SolidWorks.

Requirements 

• Pass a 90 minute Implementation Panel Review with respect to PDMWorks Enterprise with the designated SolidWorks review team
• The partner must re-certify every other year.

Recommendations

• At least one person per company certified in Microsoft SQL, Windows 2003 Server, etc.
• C++ programming certified

Benefits:

• You receive a copy of the latest version of SolidWorks Office Premium and PDMWorks Enterprise software.
• You get access to the SolidWorks Customer Portal.
• You are also able to contact our API support group at SolidWorks.
• Companies are published to the Partner section at www.solidworks.com .
• You receive first priority for all marketing opportunities including trade show participation, demo CDs and no-fee direct mail.

Questions/Comments? Please contact the SolidWorks partner program at partners@solidworks.com .