Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional in Mechanical Design ACADEMIC VERSION

Students must have CSWA - Academic certification 30 days prior to taking the CSWP - Academic Exam.

The CSWP - Academic Exam is provided in the following languages: English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Chinese S, Chinese T, Japanese, and Brazilian Portuguese.

Sample CSWP Exam (PDF)

Taking the Exam

The CSWP - Academic exam is only available through qualified educational institutions and Academic Certification Providers, and only given in a proctored environment.

SOLIDWORKS Academic Certification Provider Application

CSWP - Academic certification is intended for a student with a minimum of 1 to 2 years of SOLIDWORKS experience and advanced knowledge of engineering practices. SOLIDWORKS recommends that applicants review the online tutorials on Parts, Assemblies, and Drawings as a prerequisite, and have at least 100 hours of classroom time learning SOLIDWORKS or using SOLIDWORKS with advanced engineering design principles and practices.

Recommended Training Courses

My SolidWorks Learning Paths: CSWA and CSWP Exam Prep Courses
SOLIDWORKS Tutorials

Note: SOLIDWORKS 2015 or later is required to take the exam. Any use of a previous version will result in the inability to open some of the testing files.

Exam Length

3 hours 20 minutes (All segments total)

Minimum Passing grade

70%

About the Exam

All candidates receive electronic certificates, business card logos and personal listing on CSWE directory* when they pass. To show up in the directory, this option must be set in your online certification account.

The current release of the CSWP - Academic Exam has been broken down into three separate segments and can be taken as three separate exams (one exam for each segment) or one exam that includes all three segments. If you take the separate exams, once you pass a segment, you will not have to take it again. Once all three segments have been successfully completed, you will automatically receive your CSWP - Academic Certification. If you take the one exam that includes all three segments, should you fail you will need to retake the whole exam as none of the separate segment results can be broken out from the final score. The instructor will have the discretion as to which type of exam to implement. CSWP exams included with the purchase of the SOLIDWORKS Student Edition is the one exam that includes all three segments.

Exam may feature hands-on challenges in some of these areas:

Segment 1: (70 Minutes – 75 points to pass/105 points maximum)

Creating a part from a drawing
Using linked dimensions and equations to aid in modeling
Using equations to relate dimensions
Updating parameters and dimension sizes
Mass property analysis
Modifying geometry on initial part to create a more complex part
Modifying parameters on the part at different stages while maintaining all other dimensions and design intent

Segment 2: (50 Minutes – 77 points to pass/104 points maximum)

Creating configurations from other configurations
Changing configurations
Creation of configurations using a Design Table
Mass properties
Changing and/or rearranging features of an existing SOLIDWORKS part

Segment 3: (80 Minutes - 77 points to pass/109 points maximum)

Creating an assembly
Adding parts to an assembly
Doing collision detection when moving a part in an assembly
Interference detection
Basic and advanced mates
Inserting subassemblies
Replacing a part with another part in an assembly
Creating a coordinate system
Using a coordinate system to perform mass properties analysis

Standard SOLIDWORKS tools that may be covered in the exam include:

Sketch entities - lines, rectangles, circles, arcs, ellipses, centerlines
Sketch tools - offset, convert, trim
Sketch relations
Boss and cut features - extrudes, revolves, sweeps, lofts
Fillets and chamfers
Draft
Shell
Hole Wizard
Linear, circular, and fill patterns
Linked dimensions
Equations
Mirror
Dimensions
Feature conditions – start and end
Multi-body parts
Rib
Feature scope
Mass properties
Move/Delete face
Materials
Restraints
Inserting components - new and existing
Standard mates and advanced mates
Reference geometry – planes, axis, mate references
In-context features
Interference detection
Suppression states
Move/Rotate component
Assembly features
Collision detection in an assembly
External references
Design tables
Dimensions and model items

Re-test Policy

There is a minimum 14 day waiting period between every attempt of the same CSWP Segment exam. Also, an exam credit for that CSWP Segment must be purchased for each exam attempt.