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rjason71

rjason71

Mechanical
Feb 23, 2007
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Certified SolidWorks Expert

Is this higher than pro?
If you have taken this test, would you be willing to describe the differences from the CSWP?

Thanks,
Bob
 
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You've got to pass the pro exam and three other specialty exams to qualify. Then you have to pony up $150 and three hours to get the cert. Not too many of us are at that point. I was thinking of taking it in a couple of weeks. There is surprisingly little info about it on the interwebs.

Dan

Dan's Blog
 
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The problem I have with these exams is they are more speed tests than knowledge.
 
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Time = money. Knowledge < proficiency.

-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
 
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Basicaly agree with handleman, though he put less of a value on knowledge than I do. I think the speed comes with knowledge. If you can just look at a problem and know all of the steps it will take to solve it, then it is just a matter of executing. Without the thought in the intermediate stages, results can be attained quite quickly.

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional
Certified COSMOSWorks Designer Specialist
Certified SolidWorks Advanced Sheet Metal Specialist
 
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I didn't mean that knowledge was less important than proficiency, but that proficiency includes more than just knowledge. Proficiency cannot be had without knowledge.

-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
 
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Gotcha. I interpreted your statement that way at first but then second guessed it thinking the "<" was "less than".

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional
Certified COSMOSWorks Designer Specialist
Certified SolidWorks Advanced Sheet Metal Specialist
 
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has someone did this exam yet??

I am planning to do this. I will need to do those advances one before I go ahead. Any comments on contents of this exam will be appreciated.

Thanks
 
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I would almost agree with Dan, I wouldn't necessarily say it was the easiest (mold tools was pretty simple) though I would say it was the most well thought out. I admit to having failed it by two questions, but I know where the problem was and didn't take the time to fix it, bad on me.

Joe Hasik,
CSWP/SMTL/MTLS
SW 10 x64, SP 3.0
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

 
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Dekker,
I will follow your lead and admit that I failed it too. I made a dumb mistake as a result of not paying full attention to the images provided (rookie).

I wouldn't say the test is particularly difficult, but it is a catch all for concepts that don't have their own test. I would say that someone who has passed the CSWP and three other advanced exams and the CSWE is pretty proficient with SolidWorks.

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Pretty good with SolidWorks
 
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I would agree Dustin. It does ask you to know some pretty esoteric things and does a decent demand of problem solving and asking a user to understand not just that SW can do certain things, but how and why it does them. I saw a visual glitch on the screen and trusted to the values the system gave me glitch and all. I should have fought with the glitch until I got it, I had another 45 minutes to play with at that point and was done with the test. If I would have done things right I could have said that I passed on the first try.

Joe Hasik,
CSWP/SMTL/MTLS
SW 10 x64, SP 3.0
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

 
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Same here. I had a good half hour left. Then when I got the results, I slapped my forehead realizing my mistake... so it goes.

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Pretty good with SolidWorks
 
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When I did my CSWP, I found some of the images/drawings to be ambiguous & confusing to some extent.

That was a big disappointment for me & I wasted a bit of time there but managed to get it right in first try.

Thanks for your input, I feel pumped to go for CSWE now.
 
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