SOLIDWORKS Practice Problems are ready-to-use CAD exercises designed to help students learn 3D modeling fundamentals by interpreting engineering drawings and building parts in SOLIDWORKS – just like real engineers. Each problem focuses on real-world design skills used in industry.

These practice problems are built for middle school, high school, technical school, and university educators. Whether you’re an experienced CAD teacher filling gaps in your curriculum, building your own lesson plans, or brand new to teaching CAD, these are for you!

Each practice problem includes a printable PDF with a fully dimensioned engineering drawing of a single 3D part. Teachers also receive the correct part volume, which can be removed before distributing to students.

Teachers can easily integrate individual problems into existing lesson plans, use them as homework or assessments, or build a full CAD curriculum from scratch using the library of 365 problems.

The problems mirror the skills tested on the CSWA and CSWP certification exams, including sketching, feature creation, design intent, and reading technical drawings – helping students build confidence through repeated, authentic practice.

No, these problems scale from basic to advanced, making them suitable for beginners learning CAD fundamentals as well as more advanced students preparing for certification.